Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-10-21

As therein directed, / also give offcia
notice OF tho following provisions OF an ac,
approved March 80, 1866, entitled" !" An Ac'
regulating tho mode of voting at all elec'
tions in the several counties Of this Com-
monwealth 20
Srcrrox :. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the CON-
monwealth Of Pennsylvania in General AS
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the qualified
voters OF the several counties Of this Com
monwealth, at all general, township, bor-
ough and special elections, are hereby here
after authorized AID required to vote BY
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally classified as
follows One ticket shall embrace the names
of all Judges of Courts voted for, and to bs
labeled outside "Judiciary )" one ticket
shall embrace all the names Of State officers
voted for, and be labeled ssS tate :" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all county
officers voted for, including Office Of Sena-
tor, member and members Of Assembly, If
voted for, and members of Congress, if vo-
ted for, and labeled "County;" and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballot
boxes.
fu,t and Second Secf,on, Of the -iet Of Con-
gress Of March 81, 1871.
SECTION I. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatires Of the United States
of .4merica in Congress assembled, That all
citizens of the United States, who are, or
shall be otherwise qualified TO vote at any
election by the people, in any State, Terri
tory, district, county, city, parish, town
ship, school district, municipality or other
territorial subdivisions, shall be entitled and
a wed IN af all ell q N Wi
distinction of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude, any Constitution, law,
custom, usage or regulation of any State,
Territory, or by, or under its authority to
the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 2. find be II further enacted, That
if, by or under the authority OF the Con-
stitution OF laws Of any State, OF tho laws
of any Territory, any act is or shall
be required TO be done as . prerequisite
or qualification for voting, and by such
Constitution or law persons or officers are or
shall be charged with the performance of
duties in furnishing to citizens an opportu-
nifty to perform such prerequisite to become
qualified to vote, it shall be the duty of
every person and officer to give all citizens
OF the United States tho same and equal
opportunity to perform such prerequisite
ohu W " fOlC
tinction of race, color or previous condi-
ton of servitude, and if any such person or
officer shall refuse or knowingly omit to give
full effect to this section, he shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of five
hundred dollars to the person aggricved
thereby, to be recovered by an action on
the case, with full costs and such allowance
Tor counsel fees as the court shall deem Just,
and shall also for every such offence be
deemed guilty of a misicmcanor, and shall,
On conviction thereof, be fined not less than
five hundred dollars or be imprisoned nst
less than one month nor more than one year
or both, at the discretion of the COURT
Given under my hand at nv office in hiffiin-
town, this first day Of October, in the
year of our Lord one Thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-one and of the Indepen-
dence of the United States, the one hun
dred and ffteenrh.
FRANKLIN W. NOBLE, Sheriff.
Sheriff1s Office, Mifriintown,)
October l, 1891.