Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-05

As therein directed, also give official
notice of the following provisions of an act
approved March 80, 1866, entitled &c An Act
regulating the mode of voting at all cleo
tions in the several counties of this Com
monwealth :"
SECTION :. Be it enacted BY the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Co,O-
monwealth OF Pennsylvania in General AS
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the qualified
voters OF the several counties of this Com
monwealfh, at all general, township, bor-
ough and special elections, are hereby here
alter authorized and 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 ssS tate :" ole
ticket shall embrace the names Of all county
officers voted for, including Office OF Sena-
tor, member and members of Assembly, if
voted fer, and members of Congress, if 'o-
ted for, and labeled .sCounty; ~ and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballot
boxes.
gress of Hpek 81, 1870.
SECTION /. Be II snacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the United Sldiss
Of .4merica 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, OF by, or under its authority TO
the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION =. find be ii further easctsi, 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 a 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 oppcrtn
nifty to perform such prerequisite to become
qualified TO vote, il shall be the duty of
every person and officer TO give all citizens
cf 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 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 a misdemeanor, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined not less than
five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not
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 Miffiin-
town, this iosrth 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 one hundred
and fifth.
JAMES R. KELLY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Mifilintown,
October 3, 1881.