The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-10-06
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

SEC. /. Every male citizen twenty-oI q
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote ut
all oectionS
FirSt.-He shall have been citizen OF
the United States at least one month.
SecOnd.-He G shall have resided in the State
one year, Tor, if having previously been u
qualified elector or native born citizen of
the State he shall have renewed thereform
and returned, then six months,) imme II
ately preceding the election.
Third.-He shall have resided in the
election district where he offers TO vote at
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
F'oiwh.-If twenty-five years of age or
upwards, he shall have paid within tw o
years a State or county tax which shall
have been assessed at least two months and
paid at least one month before election.
Sec. =. The General election shall he
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November, but
the General Assembly may, by law, fix n
difleront day, two-thirds of all the mem
bers of each House consenting thereto,
also give official notice of the follow
ing provisions 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"
SIC. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
semblY met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the quail
ified 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 tickets printed or written, or partly
| printed and partly written, severally clas-
| siiied as follows One ticket shall embrace
the names of alljudges of courts voted for
and shall be labeled Judiciary :" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
| State officers voted for and be labeled
| 'State ~ one ticket shall embrace the
names of all the county officers voted for.
including Office of Senator and member of
| Assembly, if voted for, and member 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 "T'ownship :" one
| ticket shall embrace the names of all the
borough officers voted for and be labeled
Borough" and each class shall be depos-
tied in separate 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 district,
whether commissioned officer or other
! wise, subordinate officer or agent who
is or snail be employed under tho legisla
| ture, executive or judiciary deDartment of
| this state, or in any city, or OF any incor-
! porated district, and also that every mem
| Der Of Congress and of the State Legisla-
| ture, or of the select or common council
Of any city, 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 eliri-
| bic 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 ProthOnotuys Office in the
Borough of Tionesta, as follows: "Au
| Judges living within twelve miles of the
Prothonotary's Office, or within twentv-
four miles if their residence be i'm a town.
| village or city Tpon the line of a railroad
| leading to the county seat. shall before two
| O'Clock p. m. on WEDNESDAY, NO
| VEMBER THIRD, 1856, and all other
Judges shall before twelve o'clock, M, on
! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER FOURTH
1856, 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 9th day of September,
IN the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-six, and in
theone hundred and eleventh year of the
Independence of the United States.
J.. AGNEW, Sheriff.