Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-10-11
OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS.

CoSsTIfUfios or PENSsVLFANIA--ART VIII.
SECTION |. Every male citizen twenty-one
years of age, possessing the following qualih "a
tions, shall be entitled to vote at all elections
First-He shall have been a citizen of the
United States at least one month.
Scc oGd He shall have resided iE the Stte
one year (or If having pre- Fious'y been quail
fed ecctor or raive born citizen OF he State
he shall have removed there and returned. Il en-
six nopths) Immediately preceding the cleo
ton.
Tbird-He shall have resided in the election
district where hc shall Offer his vote at least tEy
months immediately rcccdlng the election.
FOURTH twenty two years or upwards, he
shall have paid within two years "A State or coun.
ty tax, which shall have been assessed at least
two months and paid at least one month before
the election
SECTION 5. Electors Shall in all cases except
treason, felony and breach or surety of the
peace be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance on elections and IN going to aud re-
turning therefroin.
SECTION 6. Whenever any OF the qualified
electors of this Commonwealth shall be ia act
ual military service under requisition from the
President of the United States, or by the author
ty OF this Commonwe nth, such electors may
exercise the right of suffrage in II elections by
the citizens, ur der such regulations rs are or
shall pc prescribed 10y law, as fully &C If they
we've present at their usual places of election.
SECTION e. All laws regulating tie holding
Of the elections by the citizens or for the fcgls-
tratiuu Of electors shall be uniform through.
out &: State, but elcctor shall be deprived
OF The privilege by reason OF his name not being
registered.
SECTION 49, For the purpose Of voting, no
person shall be deemed to have gained resi-
dcnee by reason of his presence or lost IL by
reason OF his absence, while employed in the
service either ciyi! or military, OF this State, OF
of the United States, nor while engaged III the
navigation of the waters OF this State or OF The
United States, or on the high seas, nor while
stndent In any institute of learning, nor while
kept in any poor house or o.her asylum ut pub
lie expense nor while confined in public pri-
son.
Election officers will take notice that the Act
entitled "a Further Supplement 40 the Eleciion
Laws of the Commonwealth" disqualiiyiEg de-
sertcrs from TIE army Of the United States from
voting has recently been declared u:constitu-
tulal l,y the Super Court OF Pennsylvania,
is now null aud void, and that all persons tor
mery disqualified hereunder are now lawful
voters, II otherwise qualified
WHEREAS, Tie fifteenth amendment OF the
Constitution OF the UnItcd States - ~ follows
SIC. The right OF the citizens of the United
States shal! not be deu!od o abridged by the
Uni ed States account OF race, color or pre-
vious condition of seryitude.
SIC. 2. That Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.
AND WHEREAS, The Congress OF the United
States, On the 3lst March, 1874, passed an act
entitled AN Act to enforce the right OF citizens
OF the United States to vote in the several
States of tho Union and for other purposes,
the first and second sections OF which arc as
follows
SEC. ]. Be il enacted. &c, That all citizens OF
the United States who are or shall be otherwise
qualified to vote at any election by the people OF
any State, territory district, city. parish town
ship, school district municipality or other terri
torial subdivision slall be entitled ard allowed
to vote ct all such elections, without distinction
Of color, reec previous condition Of servitnde,
any constitution, law, custom usage or rcgula-
ton of any State or territory or Ly or under its
authority, to tho contrary Notwithstanding.
Sic. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That II,