Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-19

Union township, at the house Of d. Z. Buhaker
Woodward township, at the public school hous,
in tho town Of Houtlyille,
Form of Tickets.
AN ACT regulating the mode Of voting OF al
elections IN the several counties Of this Com
monvoelth, approved the 3Oth day Of March
A. D. 1885, viz;
SECTION /. BE II enacted by the Senate and
Fouse Of Representatives ofthe Commonwealth ol
Ponnsylvania In General Assembly mot, and Il Il
hereby enacted by authority Of the same, That III,
qualified voters Of the several counties Of this
Commonwealth, at all general. township borough
and special elections are hereby hereafter author
iFed aud required to vote, by tickets, printed, Of
written, or partly printed and partly written, sev.
orally classified as follows' One ticket shall en-
brace the names Of al judges OF courts voted for
and to TO labeled, outside, iudiciary !" one ticket
shall embrace the namcs Of the State officers voted
for, and be labeled, estate !" one ticket shall en-.
brace tho names Of all county officers voted for
includiog odice Of senator, member aud memberi
Of assembly, II voted for, and member Of Congress
" voted for, and be labeled, "county y ono ticket
shall embrace the names Of all township onicor,
voted for. and be labeled, township !" ono ticket
shall embrace the names Of all borough officers
voted for, and be labeled, thorough !" and each
class shall be deposited In separate ballot toxos.
When the Polls are TO be Kept Open.
A further supplement to the act regulating
elections in this Commonwealth, approved
January 80, and February 10, A. d. ls7l
SIC. b. At all elections hereafter held under
the laws Of this Commonwealth, the polls shall b.
opened at seven O'Clock, o. m, and closed at seven
O'Clock, pm.
appointment of Judges and Inspectors.
sro. 6. In all election districts where a vacancy
exists by reason Of tho disqualification Of tht
officers or otherwise in an election board hereto.
fore appointed, or where any new district shall B,
formed, the Judge or Judges of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas Of the proper county shall, ten day,
before any general or special election, appoint
competent persons TO GIL said vacannies and Ia
conduct tho election in said new districts, and in
tho appointment Of inspectors in any election
district both shall not be Of the same political
party, aud the judge Of elections shall In all ca,et
be Of tho political party having the majority Of
votes In said district nearly as the said judge
or judges can ascertain the fact, and 10 case Of
the disagreement Of the judges as to tho selection
Of Inspectors the political majority Of the judges
shall select one Of said inspectors, and the minor
i.y judge or judges shall select tho other.
SEC 7. Whenever there shall be vacancy in
an election board on the morning Of an election
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
existing laws.
Duties Of Election Of1cers.
SEC. S. Al the opening Of the polls at al cleo.
tions II shall be the duty Of the judges Of election
for their respective districts to designate one Of
the Inspectors, whose duty II shall be to have in
custody the registry Of voters, and TO make the
entries therein required by law, and It shall be
the duty Of the other Of the said inspectors to
receive and number the ballots presented at said
election.
SEc 2. All elections by the citizens shall be BY
ballot every ballot voted shall be numbered In
the order In which 1t shall be received. and tho
number recorded by the clerks on he list Of voters
opposite the name Of the elactor from whom re.
ooived. And any voter voting two or more tick
cts, tho several tickets 10 voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding with
the number to the name Of the voter. Any elec.
tor may write his name upon bis ticket or cause
the same 10 be written thereon, and attended by
a citizen Of the district. In addition to the oath
now prescribed by law 10 DO takon and subscribed
by election officers they shall severally bc sworn
or affirmed not to disclose how any elecior shall
have voted, unless required to do 30 as witnesses
In judicial proceeding. All judges, Inspectors
clerks and oversecrs Of any election held under
this act shall, before entering upon their dutios
be duly sworn or affirmed In tho presence Of
each other. The Judge shall be sworn by tho
minority inspector, If there shall be such minority
Inspector and in case there shall be no minority
inspector then by justice Of the peace or alder.
man, aud the inspectors overseers and clerk shall
be sworn by the iudgc Certificates Of such swear
Ing or affirming shall bo duly made out and sign.
ed by the officers 20 sworn, and attested BY the
oEcer who administered the oath. II any Judge
or minority inspectorrofuses or fails to swear the
officers Of election In the manner required b, this
,oi or if any officer Of election shall act without
being fret duly sworn, or II any officer Of election
lhall sign the form Of oath without being duly
sworn, or II any judge or minority inspector shall
,eriiiy that any officer was sworn when he was
lot shall be deemed misdomeanor, and upon
conviction the officer or officers so offending shall
be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars or
mprisonment not exceeding one year or both at
he discretion Of the Court.
Non-Reglstered Voters.
sEo. TO-. On the day Of election any person
whose name shall not appear on tho rogiitry oil
'otcrs, and who claims tho right 10 vote at said
Election, shall produce NJ least one qualified voter
Il the district as witness TO the residence oil
he claimant in the district in which he claims to
,e n voter for the period Of at least two mo tbs
preceding said election, which wit
less shall be sworn or affirmed, and subscribe a
written, or partly written and partly printed aHi
lAvit 10 the facts stated by him, which AFFIDAVIT
hall define clearly whore the residence is Of the
'crson 20 claiming to be voter, aud the person
o claiming the right to vote shall also take and
ubscribs n written, or partly written and partly
irnted affidavit, aiating to the best Of HE knowl.
dgo aud belief when aud whore he was born
bat he hns boen a citizen Of The United States
or one month, and Of She Commonwealth oil
'onnsylvaniai that ho has resided In the Com.
nonNcalth ono year, or II formerly a qualified
Hector or nativeborn citizen thereof and has
emoved thereifom and returned, that he las 70.
ided therein siS months next preceding said elcc.
ioni that ho has resided 10 the district in which
10 claims to be voter for the period Of At least
wo months Immediately preceding said election
hat he has not moved into the district for the