The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-10-08
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

SEC. l. Every male citizen twenty-one
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at
all elections:
FhSt.-He shall have been a citizen OF
the United States at least one month.
SccOH IL @ shall have resided i'm the State
one year, (or, if having previously been
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 the
election district whore he offers to vote at
leest two months Immediately preceding
the election,
FOUrth.-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 3 mem-
bers of each House consenting thereto,
also give official notice of the follow.
ing provisions of an act approved the 30''
of March, 1866, entitled San act regaia-
ting the mode of voting at all the elections
of this Commonwealth.'
SEC. l. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House CT Representatives of The Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
sembiy met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the quail
ited voters OF the several 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, soverally clas-
siticd 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 Ofall the county officers voted for,
| including Office of Senator and member of
! Assembly, if voted for, and member of
! Con Sress, il voted !or, and DO labeled
! County = one ticket shall embrace the
| names IF all the township officers voted
! for, and he labeled Township :" one
| ticket shall embrace the names of all the
! borough officers voted for and he labeled
Borough" and each class shall be depos-
| tied i'm separate ballot boxes.
! Notice is hereby given, That any person
/ excepting Justices of the Peace who shall
| hold any Office or appointment ofprofit 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 shall be employed under the legis y
| ture, executive or judiciary department. (
this State, or in any city, or of any ineor-
pOrated district and also that every mem
/ Der of Congress and of the State Legisla-
/ turc, 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
ether officer Of such election shall be eligi-
/ ble to he then voted for.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall rcpresentativelY take charge of the
certificates of return of the election OF
/ their respective districts. and produce
/ them AT the Prothonotary office in the
/ Borough of TiOnesta, aS follows: "All
/ Judges living within twelve miles of th0
/ Prothonotarv's office, or within twenty
four miles il thcir residence be in town,
/ village or city rpon the line of a railroad
/ leading 10 the county seat. shall before two
/ o'clock p. m. on WEDNESDAY, NO
/ VENEER FIFTH, 1890, and all other
Judges shall before twelve o'clock, M,
on THURSDAY. NONEM BIER SIXTH,
1890, 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 al my oilice in Tio-
nesta, Pa, this 29th day of September,
in the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety, and In the
one hundred and fifteenth year of the
Independence of the United States.
GEO. W. SAWYER, sheriff.