Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-20

April 18th, 1870, it is enacted t ha, ,ha g.
said 18th section s.shall not be coust-r.s
as to prevent any military ofiic er or boo %
officer from serving as judge, inspec,o.ea
clerk of any general or special elect;oa
this Commonwealth" VI
As therein directed, also give os.,.,
notice of the following provisions of an aa.
approved March 80, 1866, entitled (. An
regulating the mode OF voting at an sla.' -
tions in the several counties Of this Con-
monwealth :"
SECTION :. Be II enacted by the Sena,.
and House of Representatives of the Corr,
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General A.
semblr met, apd il is hereby enacted bv ,bs
authority Of the same, That the qualified
voters of the several counties of this Com.
mohwealfh, at ali general, township. bor-
oukh ahd special elections, are hereby here
after authorized and required to vote sy
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally classified n.
follows: One ticket shall embrace the narn,s
of all Judges of Courts voted fer, and TO D.
labeled outside s.Judiciary - one tick,t
shall embrace all the names of State officers
voted for, and be labeled as tate :" orc
ticket shall embrace the names Of all county
efticers voted for, including Office of Sens
tor, member and members of Assembly, if
voted for, and members of Congress, if vo-
ted for, ast labeled 'sCounty - and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballet
boxes.
FIRST and Second Section, Of the -7et Of Co..
grsss Of March 81, 1870.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the Uni.ed States
Of .4msrIca in Congress assembled, That al
citizens vf the United States, who are, or
shall 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 snch elections without
distinction of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude, 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 sasettd, That
If, by or under the authority of the Con-
stitution or laws OF any State, or the laws
of any Territory, any act is or shah
be required 20 be done as a prerequisite
or qualification for 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
every person and office to give all citizens
of the United States the same and equal
opportunity to perform such prerequisite
and to 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
full effect to this section, he shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of five
hundred dollars to the person aggrieved
thereby. TO be recovered BY an action or
tlr- case, with full costs and such allowance
for counsel fees as the court shall deem Just
and shall also for every such offence be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
on conviction thereof, he fined not less than
five hundred dollars or be imprisoned no;
less than one month nor more than one year,
or both, at the discretion Of the court.
Given under my hand at my Office in Miifiin
town, this fourth day of October, m the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty, and of the Independence
of the United States, the one hundred
and fifth.
JAMES r. KELLY, Sheriff.
Sheriff7s Office, Niflintown,
October 4, 1880.