The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-10-15
ARTICLE VIII,
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

SEC. |. Every male citizen twenty-ond
years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at
all elections:
FirSt.-He shall have been citizen OF
the United States at least one month.
SecOnd.-H e shall have resided in the State
one year, Tor, if having previously been a
| qualified cloctor 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 where he offers to vote at
least two months Immediately preceding
the election.
FOmh.-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 AMI
paid at least one month before election.
SEC. 2. Tho 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 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"
SEC. |. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Cf Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
SCmbly met, and ii is hereby enacted hy
| the authority of the same. That the quail
| iticd 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, severally clas-
! sficd as follows One ticket shall embrace
the names of falljudges of courts voted for,
and shall be labeled Judiciary :" one
! .lr..t. oil
State officers voted for and be labeled
estate" 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
! Congress, il voted for, and be labeled
! "County = one ticket shall embrace the
names Of all the township officers voted
! for, and be labeled "Township :" one
! ticket shall embrace the names of all the
| borough officers voted for aud be 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 ofproht or
trust under tho United States, or this
state, or any city or corporatod district,
| whether commissioned officer or other
! wise, subordinate officer or agent who
! is or shall be employed under the legisla-
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 Legisla-
/ ture, or of the select or common council
! Oft any city, or commissioners of any in
| corporated district, is by law incapable of
| holding or exercising at the time, tho
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 eligi-
! lie to be then voted for.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall rcproSentatiyely take charge of tho
/ certificates Of return of the election of
/ thcir respective districts and produce
/ them AT the ProthOuOt8ry's Office in tho
! Borough of Honosta, aS follows: "All
| Judges living within twelve miles of tina
/ PrOthuuotarV's office, or within twenty
I 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 WEDN NESDAN, NO
/ NEMBER FIFTH, 1890, and al other
Judges shall before twelve o'clock, m,
/ ON THURSDAY, NONEM BIER SIXTH,
1880, deliver said returns. together with
the return sheets, 10 the ProthonotaIY of
/ the Court of Common Pleas of Forest
county, which said return shall be filed,
/ and the day and hour OF ding marked
/ therein, and shall be preserved by the
Pruthouotary for public inspection.
Given under my hand al my office i'm Tio-
uesta, Pa, this Goth day of September,
i'm the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety, and in the
one hundred and fifteenth wear of the
independence of the United States.
GEO. w. SAWYER sheriff.