Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-06

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April 18th, le40, it Is enacted that the a.
said 18th section '.shall not be eonstrpad <
as to prevent any military officer or boronsoo
ofilcer from serving as judge, inspecto. >.
clerk OF any general or special election VI VI
this, is,Commonweaith."
As therein directed, also give otfc;.,
notice OF the following provisions of An .a.
approved March go, 1866. entitled sAn A..
regulating the mode of voting at ali eIsc
tons in the several counties Of this Com
monwealth :"
Sc cTIoN :. Be it enacted by the Sen,,.
and House Of Representatives of the Con-
rnonweafth of Pennsylvania in General A.
sembly met, and 1t is hereby enacted by ,ba
authority of the same, That the qualified
voters Of the Several counties of this Com
monwealih, ac all general, township, bor-
ough and special elections, are hereby here
alter authorized AID required to vote bv
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally classified az
follows One ticket shall embrace the names
of all Judges OF Courts voted for, and to b,
labeled outside Judiciary )" one ticket
shall embrace all the names Of State officers
voted for, and be labeled SIS tate :" ,e
ticket shall embrace the names of all county
officers voted for, including Office of Sena-
tor, member and members of Assembly. if
voted for, aud members Of Congress, If 1o-
ted for, aA6 labeled "County; :" and each
class shall te deposited in separate ballot
boxes.
First and Second Sections Of the .7ct of Con-
gre,s Of March 81, 1870.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the United Stqt,,
Of -fmsrtea IN Congress assembled, That all
citizens VI the United States, who are. or
snail be otherwise qualified To vote at any
election By the people, in any State, Terri
tory, district, county, city, parish, town
ship, school district, municipality or other
territorial subdivisions, shall be entitled and
allowed to vote at all such election rs without
distinction of race, color, or previous con-
dition OF servitnde, any Constitution, law
custom, usage or regulation of any State.
Territory, or by, or under its authority to
the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION ,. find be II further enscfed. That
if, by or under the authority OF the Con-
sriiution OF laws of any State, or the laws
of any Territory, any act is or shall
be required to be done as q prerequisite
or qualification tor voting, and BY such
Constitution or law PERSONS or officers are or
shall be charged with the performance OF
duties IN furnishing to citizens an oppor.u-
nifty to perform such prerequisite to become
qualified to vote, it shall be the duty OF
eS ery person and officer to give all citizens
OF the United States the same and equal
opportunity TO PERFORM such prerequisite
and 10 become qualified to vote without dis
tinction Of race, color or previous condi-
ton OF servitude, and if any such person or
officer shall refuse or knowingly omit to give
fall effect TO this section, he shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fivo
hundred dollars to the person aggrieycd
thereby, to be recovered by an action on
the case, with full costs and such allowance
for counsel fees as the court shall deem Just,
and shall also tor every such offence be
de emet -uiity Oi a miSdemeanOr, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined not less han
tive hundred dollars or be imprisoned not
less than one month nor more than one year,
VI both, at the discretion of the court
Given under my hand az my office in Mifflin-
town, this fourth day of October, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty, and OF the Independence
of the United States, the ono hundred
and fifth.
JAMES R. KELLY, ShriH
Sherifs Office, Miffiintown,
October 4, 1850.