The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-25
ARTICLE VIII.
suFrnAon ANp ELEcrloN.

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ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.
SEC. J.. Every male citizen twonty-oi q,
years Of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled 20 vote At
all elections
F6St.-He shall have been n citizen Of
the United States at least one month.
Second II Q shall have resided ip theStatc
one year, Tor, If having previously beena
qualifed electOr or native born citizen Of
the State he shall have renewed thereicrm
and returned. then six motbs,) iinmo l.
a,ely procedidg the election.
Ihird.-lle shall have resided in the
election district where he offers 60 vote nt
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
FOu'th.-If twenty-five years of age sr
upwards, he shall have paid within two
years a State or county tax which sh,ul
have been assessed at least two months aud
paid at least onemonth before election.
SEC. 2. The General election shall /
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November. but
the General Assembly may, by law, flx
diiferont day, two-thirds OF all the niem-
bers of each House consenting thercto.
also give official notice Of the inflow
ing provisions of an net approved the 30th
of March, 1866, entitled "An act regula-
ting the mode of voting nj all tho olectious
OF this Commonwealth"
SEC. ]. BE il enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives OF The Common
wealth "f Pennsylvania in Genoral AS
semblY met, and it is hereby enacted hy
the authority of the same. That the quail
ined voters OF the sevsrnl counties Of this
Commonwealth AZ all general, township,
borough and special elections are hereby
hereafter authorized and required 20 vote
by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed aud partly written. soverallv elias
siiicd lis follows; One ticket shall embrace
the names of all iudges of courts voted for
and shall be labeled "Judiciary - ono
ticket snail embrace the names OF all the
State officers voted for and be lAbeicd
''State;' one ticket shall embrace tho
mann of all the comfy offices voted for,
including Office of Senator and member of
Assembly, If voted for, and member OF
Congress, il voted for, and be labeled
County," one ticket shall embrace tho
names of all the township officers voted
for, and he labeled township - one
ticket shall embrace the names OF all tho
borough officer voted for, and be labeled
Borough" and each class shall be dcpos-
tied in seperate ballot boxes.
Notice is hereby given, That any person
excepting Justices OF the Peace who shall
hold any office or appointment of profit or
trust under the United States, or this
whether commissioned officer or other
wise, subordinate officer or agent who
is or shall be employed under the legisla-
ture, executive or judiciary department OF
this State, or of any city, or of any mcor-
porated district, and also that every mem
ber of Congress and of the State Legisla-
ture, or of the select or common council
of any oity or commissioners Of any in
corporated district, is by law incapable of
holding or exercising at the time, the
office or appointment of Judge, inspector
or clerk of any election in this Common
wealth, and that no inspector, Judge or
other officer of such election shall be eli
gible TO be then voted for.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall representatively take charge Of the
certincates OF return of the election of
their respective districts, and produce
them at the PrOthonotary's Office in the
Borough of Tionesta, as follows: "All
Judges living within twelve miles of tho
ProthonOtarY's office, or within twenty
four miles if their residence be in town,
village or city upon the line of a railroad
leading 70 the county seat. shall before two
O'Clock p. M. on WEDNESDAY, NO
VENEER EIGHTH, 1882, and all other
judges shall before twelve O'clock M, on
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER NINTH,
1882, deliver said returns, together with
the return sheets, to the Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas Of Forest
county, which said return shall be filed,
and the day and hour of filing marked
therein, and shall be preserved by the
Prothonotary for public inspection.
Given under my hand at my office in Tio-
nesta, Pa, this 10th day of september,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two, and in
the one hundred and seventh year of the
Independence of the United States.
G. w. CLARK Sheriff.