The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-04


all the votes cast shall be declared
elected.
DIGEST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION
LAWS.
Polls open at a m. and close at 7
p. m.
WHO CAN VOTE.
Every male citizen, twenty lone years
of age, possessing the following quail
fications, shall be entitled to vote at all
elections:
1. He shall have been citizen of
the United States one month.
q He shall have resided in the State
one year or, if having previously been
qualified elector or native-born citi-
zen thereof, and shall have removed
therefrom and returned, then he shall
have resided therein six months i'm
mediately preceding the election.
3. He shall have resided in the dis
trict where he intends to vote two
months Immediately preceding the
election, instead of ten days, as here
tofore. a residence is neither lost nor
gained by being left in any poorhouse,
nor while confined in prison.
4. If twenty-five years of age, or up
ward, he shall have paid, within two
years, Il State or county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least two
months previous to the election, and
paid at least one month previous to the
same.
5. The "naturalized' citizen must
have been "naturalized" at least one
month before the election.
6. All persons are required to take
notice, that by the 18th amendment of
the Constitution of the United States,
it is provided that "The right of citi-
zens of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the Unit
ed States or by any State, on account
of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude."
GENERAL ELECTION.
General elections shall be held on the
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November, in each year.
ELECTION FOR WARD, BOROUGH, ETC.
Elections for city, ward, borough
and township officers, for regular terms
of service, on the third Tuesday OF
February, in each year.
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| Women twenty-one years of age and
upward, shall be eligible to any office
of control or management under the
school laws of this State.
| ASSESSORS.
One Assessor is elected annually, il
February, in each division; but where
the division is divided, on account o.
the vote exceeding two hundred anC
fifty, the Court of Common Pleas ap
points in the new division, until tn,
next election, the old officer holding
over in the original division.
The Assessor takes the transcript o.
the former assessment and revises it
visiting every house in his district, ant
inquiring who has died or removed
who remains, and who has moved into
the division, and adds or erases the
names, as the case may be. He ther
makes out an alphabetical list of The
persons entitled to vote. Prior to thu
first Monday of August the Assessor
must put a copy of the registry of elec
tors on the door of, or on the division
house, and retain one copy in his pos
session, for the inspection, free o
charge, of any person in the district
and from time to time to add to the lis
the names of persons entitled to vote
upon personal application; and oppo
site each name shall give the numbe
of house, occupation, whether house
keeper; if not, with whom he boards
and name of employer; and opposit,
each name write the word "coter,.' i
naturalized, mark the letter "N;.
where he has declared his intention
and designs to be naturalized befor
the next election, mark sd L." wher
entitled to be naturalized under exist
ing laws, without making declaration
of intention, and intends to be natural
lied at least one month before the mex
' general election, mark 81 NJ" wher
on age, mark "age,;'" and if moved in
to the district since last election, to re
side, mark "R.,' :" then make out q SEP
arate list of new assessments, and re
turn all lists to the County Commits
sioners, who shall cause the same to b
printed and posted on the voting plac
for each division, for inspection. O
the sixty-frst and sixty-second day
prior to the Tuesday after the frs
Monday of November, the Assesso
must sit at the division house from
a. m. to 8 p. m, and from p. m. to
P. m, for the purpose of adding to tn
list the names of persons entitled t
vote, and of striking from the list tn
names of fictitious persons, and of pc
sons who have died or removed froI
= the division.
FINE AND IMPRISONMENT OF ASSESSOR
A penalty, of fine and Imprisonment
! for an Assessor knowingly assassin
, any person who is not voter, or r
fusing to assess person who is quail
! fed, is provided.
APPEAL TO BE MADE IN COURT.
G In addition, the Court of Commo
= Pleas, or any Judge thereof, at al
4 time before the day of election, upc
complaint before it or him, under oat
e of a breach of any of the duties impo
/ ed on the Assessor, can call the Asse
4 sor before it OF him, and hear the pa
ties and dispose of the subject, in
summary manner, as to law and justi
belong, and, if need be, order the A
SCISSOR to correct the registry accor
ingly, and enforce such order by attac
If ment or proceedings upon conteml
p The Court of Common Pleas has
a power to add name to the Assesso
4 list unless the party has made apple
tion TO the Assessor to have his mar
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