The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-10-17
ARTICLE VIII.


SEC. 1. Every male citizen twenty-oi q
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote ut
all elections;
FnSt.--He shall have been citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second II shall have resided i'm the State
one year, Tor, If having previously been
qualified elector or native born citizen of
the state he shall have renewed thereform
and returned, then six moths,) immo j.
aiely precedidg the election.
Thig'd.-He shall have resided in Tho
election district where he offers to vote nc
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
Fourth.-If twenty-five years of age "
upwards, he shall have paid within two
years State or county tax which shalt
have been assessed at least two months amt
paid at least onemonth before election.
SEC. ?. The General election shall L }
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November. but
the General Assembly may, by law, fix Il
dtleront day, two-thirds of all the mem-
bers of each House consanting thereto,
also give official notice of the follow
ingprovisions of an act approved the 30th
of March, 1866, entitled "An act regula-
ting the mode Of voting at all the elections
OF this Commonwealth"
SEC. I. he ii enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of The Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
sembly met, and 1t is hereby enacted hy
| the authority of the same. That the quail
| iied voters OF the sevsral counties of this
Commonwealth, at all general, township,
| borough and special elections are hereby
| hereafter authorized and required To vote
| by ticke's printed or written, or partly
printed and partly writer, severally cas-
| sitied as follows: One ticket shall embrace
the names of all judges of courts voted for
and shall he labeled "Judiciary;" ono
| ticket snail embrace the names of all the
| State officers voted for and be labeled
''State;" one ticket shall embrace the
nam ofall the county offices voted for,
| including Office of Senator and uncm ber of
| Assembly, if voted for, and member OF
Congress, if voted for, and be labeled
| "Countyi : one ticket shall embrace tho.
names otall the township officers voted
for, and he labeled "Township;" :" one.
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
| borough officer voted for, and be labeled
| Borough" and each class shall be depos--
tied in >eperate ballot boxes,
Notice is hereby given, That any persons
| excepting Justices of the Peace who shall
| hold any office or appointment ofproiit or
| trust Unfer the Umtod States, or this.
| state or any city or corporated district,
| whether commissioned officer or other
wise, subordinate officer or agent who
| is or stall he employed under the legSa.
ture, executive or judiciary department ut
this State, or ofany city, or of any ncor-
| porated district, aud also that every MEM
| ber of Congress and of the Stare Legsa-
| ture, or OF the select or common council
of any oitN, or commissioners of any in
| corporated district. is by law incapable of
| holding or exercising at the time, tho
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 epresentatively 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 Tlonesta, as follows: ."Ail
| Judges living within twelve miles of the
| ProthonotarY's otlioe, or within twenty
four miles If their residence be in a town,
village or city Vpon the line of a railroad
! leading TO the county seat. shall before two
O'Clock p. M. on WEDN ESDAY, NO
| VENEER SEVENTH, lSS3 and all other
! Judges shall before twelve o'clock, M, on
| THU RSDAY, NOVEMBER EIGHTH,
| 1883, 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 oath day of september,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three, and in
! the one hundred and eighth year of the
Independence of the United States.
C. w. CLARK, Sheriff.