Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-11

then six MONTHS Immediately preceding tn
| election,
Sd. He shall have resided In the election dis
| trtct were he shall offer TO vote at least tw,
| months Immediately preceding the election.
4th. II twenty-one years of age OF upward hi
| shall have paid within two years State o
| county tax, which shall have been assessed al
least two months and paid at least one montl
| before the election
SEC. 4. All elections by the citizens shall bt
by ballot: Every ballot voted shall be numbered
in the order In which 1t shall be received, anC
the number recorded by the election Officers on
the list or voters opposite the name OF the cleo
tor who presents the ballots. Any elector may
write his name upon his ticket, or cause his
name to be written thereon, and attested by a
citizen OF the district. The election officers shall
be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any
elector shall have voted unless required to do so
as witness in judicial proceeding.
SEC 3. Electors shall In all cases except trea-
son, felony and breach OF surety OF the peace, be
privileged from arrest during their attendance
on election, and In going TO and returning there
from.
SEC. 6. Whenever any of the qualified electors
OF this commonwealth shall be In active mill
tary service, under requisitiOn from the Pres
ident OF the United States or by authority from
this Commonwealth, such electors may exercise
the right OF suffrage In all elections by the
citizens, under such regulations as are or shall
be prescribed by law, as fully as II they were
present at their usual place of election.
SEC. Z. All the laws rgulating the holding of
elections by the citizens for the regulation OF
electors shall be uniform throughout the state
but no elector shall be deprived of the privilege
OF voting by reason of his name not being regis
tered.
SEC. s. Any person who shall give or promise
to give any elector any money, reward or other
valuable considerations for his vote at any cleo
tton, or for Withholding the same, or who shall
give or promise TO give such consideration to
any other person or party for such electors vote
or for Withholding thereof, and any elector who
shall receive or agree to receive for himself or
another, any money, reward or other valuable
considerations for his vote at any election, or
for Withholding the same, thereby forfeits the
right to vote at snch elections and an elector
whose right to vote shall be challenged for such
cause before the election officers shall be re-
quired to swear or affirm that the matter of the
challenge is untrue before his vote shall be re-
ceiVed.
SEC. 0. Any person who shall while a candi-
date for Office be guilty Of bribery, fraud or
wilful violation of any election laws shall be for
ever disqualified from holding any Office Of
trust or profit within this commonwealth, any
person convicted OF wiliul violation or any cleo
tion law, shall In addition to anypenalty provid-
ed by law, be deprived OF the right OF suffrage
absolutely for a term OF four years.
SEC. 13. For the purpose OF voting no person
shall be deemed to have gained residence by
reason OF his presence, or lost 1t by reason OF his
absence, while employed In the service, either
civil or military, OF this state or Of the United
States, or on the high seas, or while student at
any institution of learning, nor while kept in
poor house or other asylum at public expense,
nor while confined in public prison.
SEC. IA District election boards shall con-
sist of judge and two inspectors, who shall be
chosen annually by the citizens. Each elector
shall have right to vote for one judge and one
inspector; and each inspector shall appoint one
clerk The first election board OF any new dis
tTtct shall be selected and vacancies In election
boards filed as shall be provided by law. Elec-
tion officers shall be privileged from arrest upon
day of election and while engagedin making up
and transmitting returns, except upon war
rant of a court OF record or judge thereof, for an
frDnd felony
peace In cities they may claim exemption from
jury duty during their terms OF service.
SEC. 15 No person shall be qualified to serve
as an election officer who shall hold or who shall
have held within Two months any of1ce, ap-
pointment or employment In or under the
government of the United States, or OF this
State OF any city or county or any municipal
board, commission or trust in any city, save
only justices OF the peace, and aldermen, nota-
ries public and persons In the military service
OF the state; nor snail any eleGtloh oIlcer oe
eligible to any civil Office to be filled at an cleo
ton at which he shall serve, save to such
subordinate municipal or local offices, below the
grade of city or county officer, as shall be des-
ignated by law.
And also the following Acts OF Assembly now
in force in this state, VIZ:
ACT OF JANUARY 30, 1874.
SEC. 4. That all elections hereafter held un-
der the laws OF the Commonwealth, the polls
shall be opened at O'Clock a. M, and close at
SEC. S. Whenever there shall be vacancy in
the election board on the morning OF the cleo
tion said vacancy shall be filled In conformity
with existing laws.
The Act OF Assembly entitled, an " Act relat-
ing to the elections OF this commonwealth, ~
passed July ., 1876, provides as follows, tO-wtt
That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet at
tho respective place appointed for holding the
electipn in the district to which they respect
lively belong before o'clock in the morning on
Tuesday, November 5th- and each said inSpec-
tor shall appoint one clerk, who shall be quail
flied voter OF such district.
In case the person VINO shall nave received the
second highest number OF votes for Inspector
shall not attend on the day OF an election, then
the person who shall have received the next
highest number OF votes for judge the next pre-
ceding election shall act as inspector In his place.
And, In case the person who shall have received
the highest number OF votes for Inspector shall
not attend, the person elected Judge shall ap-
point an Inspector In his place. And, in case
the person elected judge should not attend, then
the Inspector who shall have received the high
place, and If any vacancy shall continue In the
Board for the space OF one hour after the time
fixed by the law for the opening OF the election,
the qualified voters OF the township, ward or dis
trlct for which such officers have been elected
shall elect some one of their number to fill the
vacancy.
MODE OF VOTING.
The attention OF all qualified voters is di-
rected to the following Act OF Assembly regu-
lating the mode OF voting In this Common
wealth;
CHANGE IN THE MODE OF VOTING.
AN ACT regulating the mode of voting at all the
elections in the several counties OF the COM
monwealth approved March 30. 1869.
SEC, /. BE 10 enacted by the Senate and House
or Representatives 10 the Commonwealth or Penn
SplUdnid IN General assembly met ana 10 is here
by enacted bB the dt1toTityor the same, That the
qualified voters OF the several counties of this
Commonwealth at the general, township, bor-
ough, or special elections, are hereby author
ize1 and required to vote the tickets printed or
written, or partly printed, or partly written,
severally classified as follows: One ticket shall
embrace the names all the Judges OF Courts to
be voted for, and be labeled outside "Judici-
ary;" one ticket shall embrace the names of all
state officers voted for and be labeled State :"
one ticket shall embrace the names Of county
officers voted for and be labeled County ~ one
ticket shall embrace the names OF all township
officers voted for and be labeled "T0wnship :"
one ticket shall embrace the names OF all bor-
ough officers voted for and labeled Borough"
and each class shall be deposited in separate
ballot box.
GIVEN under my hand, at my office in Eben
burg, this the sth day OF october, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty nine and the independence OF the
United states OF America the one hundred and
fourteenth.
j. C. sTINEMAN,