Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-10-07

clerk OF anN Rc0trdl VI bPCSAoa NANsN- -
this Commonwealth"
As therein directed, l also give ofhcia
notice OF tho following provisions OF an act
approved March 80, 1856, entitled" 4" An Ac'
regulating the mode of voting at all cleo
tions in the several counties Of this Com
monwealth :"
SEcrIor :. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
scmbly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the quallfied
voters of the several counties of this Com
monwealfh, at all general, township, bor-
ough and special cleo tions, are hereby here
after authorized and required to vote by
ticket, printed or written, or partly printed
and partly written, severally classlhed as
follows: One ticket shall embrace the names
of all Judges of Courts voted for, and to be
labsled outside Judiciary :" one ticket
shall embrace all the names of State officers
voted for, and be labeled as tate" ls
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 yo-
ted for, and labeled .sCounty;" and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballot
boxes.
FIRST and Second Sections Of the .4ct Of Cen
gress of March 81, 1870.
SECTION /. Be NJ enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of The United STATES
of America IN Congress assembled, Ihat 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
fnalt thar
territorial subdivisions, shall be entitled and
allowed to vote at all such elections without
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 .. find be IL further enacted, That
if, by or under the authority OF the Con-
stitution or laws Of any State, or the laws
of any Territory, any act is or shall
be required to be done as a 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 the same aud equal
opportunity to perform such prerequisite
and to become qualified to vote without dis
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 aggrioved
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 misdemeanor, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined not less than
five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not
less than one month nor more than one year
or both, at the discretion of the COURT
Given under Ey hsnd at my Office in Miffiin-
town, this first day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and ninstv-ene and OF the lndepen-
dence of the United States, ths one hun
dred and fifteenth.
FRANKLIN W. NOBLE, Sheriff.
SherifTs Office, Miffintown,
October !, 1891.