Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-02
Legal Notices.

Office or appointment OF Juoge, Inspector oi
clerk of any election in this Commonwealth,
and no inspector, judge, or other officer or
such election shall be eligible to any ONCE
then to be voted for" i.
Also, that IN the 4th section Of the Act OF
Assembly, entitled Gan Act relating to ex-
ecutions and for other purposes" approved
April 18th, 1870, it is enacted that the afore-
said 18th section sssh&ll moi. be construed so
ss TO prevent any military officer or borough
officer from serving as judge, inspector or
clerk of any general or special election OF
this Commonwealth"
As therein directed, I also give official
notice Of the following provisions OF an act
approved March 80, 1866. entitleds' &c An Act
regulating the mode of voting at all elec~
tons in the several counties Of this Com
monwealth :"
SECTION :. Be 1t enacted BY tho Senate
and House Of Representatives OF the Co,o-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it il hereby enacted BY the
authority Of tho same, That the qualified
voters OF the several counties Of this Com
monwealfh, st all general, township, bor-
oueh and special elections, arc hereby here
sfter authorized AID required to vote BY
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally classified as
follows One ticket'shall embrace the names
of all Judges of Courts voted for, and to be
labeled outside Judiciary :" one ticket
shall embrace all the names Of State officers
voted for, and be labeled estate :" o le
ticket shall embrace the names of all county
officers voted for, including Office of Sena-
tor, member and members of Assembly, If
voted for, and members of Congress, if vo-
ted for, and labeled ssCOunty;" and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballot
boxes.
FIRST and Second Sections Of the .fef Of Con-
gress Of March 81, 1870.
SECTION l. Be {! enacted by the Senate and
House Of Repressniatires Of the United States
of .imerica In Congress assembled, That all
citizens of 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 such 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.
SEcTIos 9. find Be it further enacted, 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 shall
be required TO be done as . 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 10 citizens an opportu
nifty to perform such prerequisite to become
qualified to vote, it shall be the duty Of
every person and officer to give all citizens
Of the United States the same and equal
opportunity to perform such prerequisite
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 i've
hundred dollars to the person agyrieved
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 for every such offence Be
deemed guilty of misdemesnor, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined not less than
five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not
less thar one month nor more than one year,
or both, at the discretion of the court.
Given under my hand at my Office in Miffiin-
town, this fosrth day Of October, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty Ole, and OF the lndepen-
dence of the United States, the one hun
dred and sixth.
JAAES r. KELLY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Hiffiintown,
October 8, 1881.