The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-09-26
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.
SEC. l. Every male citizen twenty-ol q.
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote al
all elections:
FnSt.-He shall have been a citizen oi
the United States at least one month.
Second g shall have resided In the State
one year, Tor, If having previously been
quallhed elector or native born citizen OF
the S'ate he shall have renewed thereform
and returned, then six months,) imme ~
ately preceding the election.
Third.-Ile shall have resided In tho
election district where he offers TO vote AZ.
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
Fourth.--If twenty-five years of age 81
upwards, he shall have paid within t,pI|.
years State or county tax which shaii
have been assessed ut least two months and
paid Mt least one month before election.
SEC. 2. Tho General election shall ~
held annually on the Tuesday next follows
ing the hrst Monday of November, buI
tho General Assembly may, by law, fix q
differont day, two-thirds OF all the men.
bers of each House consonting Thereto
also give official notice of the follow.
ing provisions of an act approved tho 500.
of March, 1866, entitled "An act regui1.
ting the mode of voting at all the election
OF this Commonwealth"
SEC. |. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Ct Representatives ofthe COmmoH =
wealth of Pennsylvania in General a..
sembly met, and 1t is hereby enacted 81
the authority of the same. That the QunI*
iiied voters OF the several counties of thj@
Commonwealth, at all general, townshin
borough and special elections are herei;<
hereafter authorized aud required TO vote
Ivy tickets printed or written, or paF-r-<1
printed and partly writton, soverally cla.:,t 4
siied as follows: One ticket shall emhr.ia.
of nj IA, ,,.g,. .|
and shall bo labeled Judiciary ~ hi
ticket shall embrace the names OF all
state officers voted for and be laboI|1t
state; = one ticket shall embrace
names or all the county officers voted
including Office of Senator and monhcI
Assembly, II voted for, and membot
Congress, II voted for, and be laheI&
county - one ticket shall embraco W
nalnes ol all the township officers VoIH
for, and be labeled "Township y Ill
ticket shall embrace the names Of al
borough officers voted for end be labs
Borough" and each class shall bo daI
tied in separate ballot boxes.
Notice is hereby given, That any p1<
excepting Justices OF the Peace who
hold any Office or appointment OF pfl$ & +
trust under the United States, or 2&
state, or any city or corporated di1<IZo
whether commissioned officer or OK
wise, subordinate officer or agent
Is or shall be employed under tho ie&{1
ture, executive or judiciary depnrtnloa o.
inns state, or IN any city, or OF any i8|
porated district, and also that every ~
ber of Congress aud Of the Stlte Lcxii
ture, or of the select or common co61<
OF any city, or commissioners Of airy .
corporaled district, is by law incapn3i
holulng or exercising at tho time.
Office or appointment of Judge, ihst'
OF clerk of any election in this Comm
wealth, and that no inspector, iu{I1H
Otncr Offlpgf of such plot.tfOp Shnll f.l.I
Bile To ho then voted for.
The Judges of tho aforesaid diNlt|
shall rcpresentatively take charge of
certificates of return of the olection
their respective districts, and prtldI1<
them ut tho Prothonotary's oifico IN &1.
borough OF Tioncsta, as follows
Judges living within twelve miles of {f
frothonotarS's office, or within tWti1. ~
iour miles If their residence be in f8"[
village or city upon the line of iuill<
leadlnS To the county seat, shall bei1rt +.
O'Clock p. m. on WEDNESDAY "43
VENEER SEVENTH, 1888. and a i d +
Judges shall before twelve o'clo, K, fi.
TIL U RSDAH, NOVEMBER EIGHf
loss, deliver said returns, together NI1|
the return sheets, To tho ProthonotnrQ &
the Court of Common Pleas OF Fo1
county, which said return shall 10 h|3.i
and the day and hour OF filing mnrf R3
therein, and shall be preserved bv c
Prothonotary for public inspection. =
Given under my hand at my office IN n
nesta, Pa, this 2Ith day of SeptemI =
IN the year of our Lord one thout<s
eight hundred and lightweight, and
tho one hundred and thirteenth yea<
the Independence OF tho United St<.11
GEO. W. SAWYER, ShetI. .z..l..1