The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-30
ARTICLE VIII.
surrnAnE AND l.LEcr1oN.

NNA'NN'NN'NAN'h
sylvania:
ARTICLE VIII
sUFFRAuE AND ELECTION.
SIC. !. Every male citizen twenty-oi o
years of age, possessing tho following
quail ications, snail be entitled to vote a.
all elections:
F'ir&t.--l!e shall have been citizen of
the United States at least one month.
SCcOp t.-t shall have resided in the state
one wear, (or, if having previously bccn n
qua ited elcctOr or native horr cit.Zan OF
the State he shall have renewed thrreiorn
and returned, then six MOTHS, imme l.
ac,v pre>cdidg tie election.
IhuH. lie shul have resided in NO
g ection district whore he offers to vote rt
lGHat tw months Immediately preceding
the o,Cctiuu.
I5uiA.--lf twenty-five years Of age II
upwards, he shall have paid within two
years II state or county tax which shall
hAve been as,esscd mt least two months and
paid 10 least oncrIonth before election,
SEC >. The General election shHll /
hello annually Vp the Tuesday next l0liow-
| nG the first Monday of November, but
| the Gruolal Assembly mag, bv lax, fN II
dilfyrnUt day, two-thirds of all the NOM
! bCrs ut Carh House consanting thereto.
| / a!.,o give Official notice Of tho follow
! ing provisions OF an act approved the 3Dth
! of March. 1855, Cnttled IAN act rcl;ula-
| ting the nodc of voting vt all the elections
OF this commonwealth
SEC. /. BE il enacted by The Sprato and
! House uf Representatives OF the Common
Woalth W PennsyVania in General As
| seIubiy met, and il * horeby enacted hy
! the authority Of the same. That tho qual-
| flied voters OF the sevsral counties OF this
Commonwealth, NJ all general, township,
borough and special elections are hereby
| hereafter authorized aud required 10 vote
! by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written. seVerallY cas-
| siied as follows: One ticket shall embrace
the names OF all Judges of courts voted for
aud shall be labeled "Judiciary;" ono
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
| State officers voted for and be labeled
| estate - one ticket shall embrace the
namts of all the county offices voted for,
! including Office OF Senator and member of
Assembly, if voted for, and nomicr Of
Congress, If voted for, and be labeled
"County; = one ticket shall embrace the
names of all the township officers voted
for, and he labeled "Township;' ono
ticket shall embrace the names oi all the
borough officer voted for, and be labeled
Borough" and each class shall be depos-
tied in seperate ballot boxes.
Notice is hereby given, That any person
excepting Justices of the Peace who shall
hold amy Office or appointment of profit or
trust under the United States, or this
t state, or any city on coFpOrated district,
whether commissioned Oihser or other
wise, Il subordinate officer or agent who
is or snail he employed under the legisla-
ture, executive or judiciary department of
this State, on OF any city, or of any incor-
pOrated district, and also that every mem
| Der of Congress and of the State Legisia-
) turc, or of the select or common council
) OF any oitI, or commissioners Of any in
} corporated district. is by law incapable of
5 holding or exercising at the time, the
( Office or appointment of Judge, inspector
4 or clerk OF any election in this Common
9 wealth, and th0t no inspector, Judge or
other officer of such election shall be eli
/ gibe TO he then voted for.
| The Judges Of the aforesaid districts
f shall representatiyely take charge of the
o certificates of return of the election ol
their respective districts, and produce
5 them at the Prothonotary's office in the
/ Borough of Tiouesta, as follows: "All
t Judges living within twelve miles of the
. ProthonOtarY's office, or within twenty
four miles if their residence be in town,
S village or city Upon the line of railroad
4 leading TO the county seat. shall before two
4 o'clock p. m. on WEDNESDAY, NO
v VEMBER FOURTH, 1885, and all other
Q judges shall before twelve o'clock, m, on
|. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER FIFTH,
S 1885, deliver said returns. together with
g the return sheets, to the Prothonotary oi
l. the Court Of Common Pleas of Forest
@ county, which said return shall be filed
@ and the day and hour of filing marked
Q therein. and shall be preserved by the
n 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-hve, and in
IS the one hundred and tenth year Of the
Il Independence Of the United States.
S l.. AGNEW, Sheriff.