The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-10-03
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELEcrIov.

SUFFRAGE AND EIECTlONs
SEC. /. Every male citizon twenty-oI e
years oc age, possessing tho following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote ut
all elections
FrSt.--He shall have been citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second II G shall have resided in the State
one year, (or. il having previously been
qualified elector or native born citizen of
the state he shall have renewed thereforln
and returned, then six moths) imme i
ately precedidg the election.
Third.-He shall have resided i'm the
election district where he offers to vote ut
lesst two months immediately preceding
the election.
F0urth.-If twenty-five years of ago IT
upwards, he shall have paid within two
years a State or county tax which shall
have been assessed at least two months AMI
paid ut least onemonth before clection.
SEC. ,. The General election shall / =
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November, but
the General Assembly may, by law, fix u
diilcrOnt day, two-thrds of all the mem
bers of each House consenting thereto.
l also give official notice of the follow
| ing provisions of an act approved the 30th
| of March, 1866, entitled IAN act regula-
| ting the mode of voting mt all the elections
OF this Commonwealth"
SEC. /. BE it enacted by the Senate AMI
| House at Representatives of The Common
! wealth ui Pennsylvania in General As
| Scmbly met, and IL is hereby enacted by
| the authority of the same. That the qual-
| iiod voters Oi the scVSral cou mites of this
! Commonwealth, at all general, township,
| borough and special elections are hereby
hereafter authorized and required 10 vote
by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, severally elias
sihed as follows: One ticket shall embrace
the names of all Judges of courts voted for
and shall be labeled "Judiciary;" one
| ticket snail embrace The names of all the
| State officers voted for and be labeled
| estate - one ticket shall embrace the
nam ofal the county offices voted for,
including Office of Senator and rNombor OF
| Assembly, ii voted for, and memhcr OF
Congress, ii voted Tor, and he labeled
County" :" one ticket shall omIgacc the
names Of AL the township officers voted
Tor, and lo labeled Townships" ono
ticket shall embrace the names ot all tho
borough officer voted for, and ~ labelled
"Borcugh,' and each class shall bc dcpus--
tied in >epcratc ballot hoXes.
Notice i, hereby given, That any person.
excepting Justices OF the Peavo vino shall
hold any Office or appOintment Of profit uI-
trust under the United States, or this
state, or any city or cOrporated district,
whether commissioned OH ser or other
wise, subordinate officer or agent who
is or shall he employed under The legisla-
mre executive or judiciary department Ot
this State, or of amy city, or of any mcor-
porated district, and also that every mcm-
ber of Congress and of the State iegisla-
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
gihle 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 mt 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 i'm town,
! village or city upon the line of Il railroad
leading to the county seat. shall before two
o'clock p. M. on WEDNESDAY, NO
VEMBER SEVENTH, 1888, and all other
, judges shall before tweIve o'clock, M, on
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER EIGHTH,
: 1888, deliver said returns. together with
3 the return sheets, to the Prothonotary o.
the Court of Common Pleas of Pores
. county, which said return shall be filed
2 and the day and hour of filing marked
3 therein. and shall be preserved by the
! Prothonotary for public inspection.
: Given under my hand at my office in Tio
= nesta, Pa, this oath day of september
in the year of our Lord one thousand
3 eight hundred and eighty-three, and il
the one hundred and eighth year of The
| Independence of the United States.
$ c. w. CLARK, Sheriff,