The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27

LAWS RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
And I, the said Sheriff, do furth-
er make known and give notice of
the following provisions of law re-
lating to said elections: 49, ''t
OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS.
Constitution of Pennsylvania
Article VIII.
Section livery male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications. shall
be entitled to vote at all elections:
First-He shall have been a citi-
zen of the United States at least
one month.
Second-He shall have resided in
the State one year, (or If having
previously been a qualified elector
or native born citizen of the State,
he shall have removed therefrom
and returned, then six months)
Immediately preceding the election.
| Third-He shall have resided in
the election district where he shall
offer to vote at least two months
Immediately preceding the election.
Fourth-If twenty-five years of
age, or upwards, he shall have paid
within two years a State or county
| tax, which shall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at
least one month before the election.
| Section 13-For the purpose of
voting, no person shall be deemed
| to have gained residence by rea-
son of his presence, or lost it by
| reason by his absence, while en-
| ployed in the service either civil or
military, of this State, or of the
United States, nor while engaged in
| the navigation of the waters of the
State, or of the United States, or on
| the high seas, nor while a student
in any institution of learning, nor
while kept in any poor house or
other asylum at the public expense
nor while confined in public
| prison.
OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
Constitution of Pennsylvania-Art.
VIII.
Section 14-District election
boards shall consist of judge and
| two inspectors, who shall be chosen
| annually by the citizens. Each
elector shall have the right to vote
! for the judge and one inspector, and
each inspector shall appoint one
clerk. Election officers shall be
privileged from arrest upon days of
| election, and while engaged in max
| ing up and transmitting returns, ex-
cept, upon warrant of court of
record or judge thereof, for an cleo
| tion fraud, for felony, or for wan
ton breach of the peace.
Section 15-No person shall be
qualified to serve as an election Of
| ficer who shall hold, or shall with
| in two months have held any office,
appointment or employment under
| the government of the United States
or of this State, or of any city or
county or of any municipal board,
commission or trust in any city, save
| only justices of the peace and al
| dermen, notaries public and persons
| in military service of the State; nor
shall any election officer be eligible
to any civil Office to be filed by any
| election at which he shall serve,
save only to such subordinate muni-
cipal or local offices below the grade
| of city or county offices as shall be
designated by general law.
ACT OF JUNE 26, 1885, SEC
TION 10.
| Every person excepting justices
of the peace who shall hold any Of
fee or appointment of profit or trust
under the government of the United
States, or of his state, or of any city
or incorporated district, whether a
commissioned officer or otherwise,
a subordinate officer or agent who is
or shall be employed under the leg
islative, executive or judiciary de-
partment of this state, or of the
United States of America, or of any
city or incorporated strict, and also
every member of Congress, and of
the State Legislature, and of the
select or of common council of any
city, or commissioners of any in
corporated district, is by law incap-
able of holding or exercising at the
same time the Office or appointment
of judge, inspector or clerk of any
election of the commonwealth, and
no inspector, judge or other officer
to any Office to be then voted for,
except that of an election officer.
ACT JULY, 1889.
Section 16 if any
vacancy shall continue in the board
for the space of one hour after the
time fixed by law for the opening
of the election, and qualified voters
of the township, ward or district,
for which such officer shall have been
elected present at the place of cleo
tlOu, shall S0l0CI Ou0 Ol Iu0lT num-
Der to fill such vacancy.
ACT 80 JANUARY. 1874.
Section 9-All judges, inspectors,
clerks and overseers of any election
held under this act, shall before en-
tering upon their duties be duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of
each other. The judge shall be
sworn by the minority inspector, if
there shall be such minority inspec-
tor, and in case there be no minor
ity inspector, then by a justice of
the peace or an alderman, and the
inspectors, overseers and clerks shall
be sworn by the judge. Certifi-
Gates of such swearing or affirming
shall be duly made out and signed
by the officers so sworn, and at
tested by the officer who admins
tered the oath.
PRIVILEGES OF ELECTORS AND
OFFICERS.