The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-10-30
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

SEC l. Every male citizen twenty-ono'
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at
all elections:
FirSt-He shall have been a citizen OF
the United States at least one month.
Second n G shall have resided in the Stato
one year, Tor, if having previously been a
! qualified elector or native born citizen of
the State he shall have renewed thereform
| and returned, then six months,) immedi-
| ately preceding the election.
Third.-He shall have resided in tue
election district where he offers to vote at
| lesst two months Immediately preceding
| the election.
| F0u1th.-If twenty-five years of age or
upwards, he shall have paid within two.
| years State or county tax which shall
| have been assessed at least two months and
! paid at least one month before election.
SEC. 2. The General election shall be
| held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday of November, hut
| the General Assembly may, by law, fix a
differont day, two-thirds of all tn , mem-
bers of each House consonting thereto.
l also give official notice of the follow
ing provisions of an act approved the Both
of March, 1866, entitled "An act rcgula-
| ting the mode of voting mt all the elections
! of this Commonwealth"
SEC. l. BE il enacted by the Senate and
House Cf Representatives 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 several counties of this
| Commonwealth, at all general, township,
! borough and special elections are hereby
| hereafter authorized aud required to vote
! by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, severally clas-
sitied 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, il voted for, and member of
Congress, il voted Tor, and be labeled
| County :" one ticket shall embrace the
names of all the township officers voted
for, and be labeled "Township - ono
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 amy city or corporated district,
whether commissioned officer or other
wise, a subordinate officer or agent who
is or shall be employed under the logisla-
! ture, executive or judiciary department 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 Lcgisa-
| ture, or of the select or common council
| of amy 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 he eligi-
bic to be then voted for.
Tho Judges OF the aforesaid districts
shall reprcSentatively take charge of the
certificates of return of the election of
their respective districts. and produce
tncm at the PrOthnuotarY's office in the
. BoroGgh of Tunesta, as follows: "All
yadges living within twelve miles of the
| Parliamentary office, or within twenty
four miles it their residence be in town,
village or city vpon the line of a railroad
leading 10 the county seat shall before two
O'clock p. M, on WEDNESDAY, NO
NEMBER SIXTH, 1889, and al other
THURSDAY, NOV EN- BIER SEVENTH,
loS9, deliver said returns. together with
the return sheets, to the Proth0notary Of
the Court OF Common Pleas Of Forest
county, which said return shall l.S filed,
and the day and hour of filing marked
therein. and shall be preserved by tho
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-nine, and in
the one hundred and fourteenth wear OF
the Independence of the United States.
, GEO. W, SAWYER, Sheriff.