The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-11
ARTICLE VIII.
suFFRAoE AND ELECTION.

SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.
SEC. ]. Every male citizen twenty-oi
years OF age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled To vote ut
all elections:
FirSt.-He shall have been citizen Of
the United States at least one month.
Second h shall have resided in the State
one year, Tor, If having previously boen
qualified elector or native born citzen of
the State he shall have renewed theretorm
and returned, then six moths,) imme J.
aiely procedidg the election.
Thtrd.--IIe shall have resided in iho
election district where he offers to vote ns
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
Fourth.--If twepty-two years of nge n
upwards, he sliaN have paid within two
years State or county tax which shnil
have been assessed at least two months ailsl
paid at least onemonth before election.
SEC. 2. The General election shalt / ?
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing tho first Monday of November, bias
the General Assembly may by law, fix
ditferont day, two-thirds OF ali the mors-
bers of each House consenting thereto.
l also give official notice Of the follow
ing provisions of an act approved the Soth
of March, 1866, entitled IAN act ragula-
ting tho mode of voting mt all the eleetios&
of this Commonwealth
SEC. l. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania i'm General As
semblY met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the quail
itied voters OF the seVsml counties of tlhs
Commonwealth, at all general, township,
borough and special elections are henelv
hereafter authorized and required 70 vote
by tickets printed or written. or panly
printed and partly written, severallv elias
sified as follows: Ono tickc ct shall emil race
the names of ali Judges OF courts voted for
and shall be labeled Judiciary - ono
ticket snail embrace the names of all the
State officers voted for and he labeled
'State;" one ticket shall embrace the
names of all the county offices volcd fer,
including office of Senator and memberYof
| Assembly, if voted for, and nlonibor OF
Congress, if voted for, and be labeled
"County;" one ticket shall embrace. the
names of all the township officers voted
for, and be labeled Township - one
ticket shall embrace the names OF all the
borough officer voted for, and be labeled
thorough" and each class shall be d. pos
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
State, or any city or corporated distsd,t,
whether commissioned ofiicer or other
wise, a subordinate officer or agent who
Is or shall be employed under the legisla-
ture, executive or judiciary departmental
this State, or of any city, or of any moor
porated district, and also that every menu
Der 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
certificates 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 the
ProthonotarY's office, or within twenty
four miles if their residence be in a town,
village or city upon the line of a railroad
leading TO the county seat. shall before two
O'Clock p. M. on WEDNESDAY, NO
VEMBER 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.