Year: 1869

wealth.


SECTION 1. BE il enacted dy the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives Of The
Commonwealth of ofPennSylrania IN Gen
eral assembly met, and il is hereby en-
acted By tie authority Of The same, That
it shall be the duty of each of the as.
SCISSORS within this Commonwealth, on
the first Monday in June of each year,
to take up the transcript he has received
from the county commissioners under
the eighth section of the act of 18th
April, 1884, and proceed to an immedi-
ate revision of the same, by striking
therefrom the name Of every person
who is known by him to have died or
removed since the last previous assess
ment from the district of which he is
the assessor, or whose death or remov-
al from the same shall be made known
to him, and TO add to the same the name
of any qualified voter who shall be
known by him to have moved into the
district since the last previous assess
ment, or whose removal into the same
shall be or shall have been made known
to him, and also the names of all who
shall make claim to him, to be quail
fled voters therein. AS soon as this re-
vision is completed he shall visit every
dwelling house in the district and make
careful inquiry if any person whose
name is on his list has died or removed
from the district, and if so to take the
same therefrom, or whether any quail
fed voter resides therein whose name
is not on his list, and # so to add the
same thereto; and in all cases where q
name is added to the list tax shall
forthwith be assessed against the per-
son; and the assessor shall in all cases
ascertain, byinquiry, upon what ground
the person so assessed claims to be vo-
ter. Upon the completion ofthis work
it shall be the duty of each assessor as
aforesaid to proceed to make out list,
in alphabetical order, of the white
freemen above twenty-onc years of age
claiming to be qualified voters in the
ward, borough, township or district OF
which he is the assessor, and opposite
each of said names state whether said
freeman is or is not housekeeper, and
if he is, the number of his residence, in
towns where the same are numbered,
with the street, alley or court in whic cll
situated; and if in town where there
are no numbers, the name of the street,
alley or court on which said house
fronts; also, the occupation of the per-
son; and where he is not housekceper
the occupation, place of boarding, and
with whom, and if working for anoth-
er, the name of the employer, and write
opposite each of said names the word
"voter;" where any person claims to
vote by reason of naturalization, he
shall exhibit his certificate thereof to
the assessor, unless he has been for five
consecutive years next preceding a vo-
ter in said district; and in all cases
where the person has been naturalized,
the name shall be marked with the let
ter M" where the person has merely
declared his intentions to become a cit
izen and designs to be naturalized be-
fore the next election, the name shall
be marked sd. l." where the claim is
to vote by reason of being between the
ages of twenty-one and twenty-five, as
provided by law, the word "age" shall
be entered; and if the person has moved
into the election district to reside since
the last general election, the letter'R"
shall be placed opposite the name. 1t
shall be the further duty of each asses
so- as aforesaid, upon the completion of
the duties herein imposed, to make out
u separate list of all new assessments
made by him and the amounts assessed
upon each, and furnish the same imme-
diatCly to the county commissioners,
who shall Immediately add the names
to the tax duplicate of the ward, bor-
ough, township ordistrict in which they
have been assessed.


Sec. =. On the list being completed
and the assessments made rs aforesaid,
the same shall forthwith he returned TO
the county commissioners, who shall
cause duplicate copies of said lists, with
the observations and explanations re-
qulred to be noted as aforesaid, to he
made out as soon as practicable and
placed in the hands of the assessor, who
shall, prior to the first of August in each
year, put one copy thereof on the door
Of or on the house where the election of
the respective district is required to be
hold pntut,, th. al har in hi,
session, for the inspection free Of charge
of any person resident in the said cleo
ton district who shall desire to see the
same; and it shall be the duty of the
said assessor to add, from time to time,
on the personal application of any one
claiming the right to vote, the name of
such claimant, and mark opposite the
name sc. VI" and Immediately assess
him with a tax, noting, as in all other
cases, his occupation, residence, wheth-
era boarder or housekeeper;ifa a board
or, with whom he boards, and whether
naturalized or designing to be, marking
in all such cases the letters, opposite the
name, IN" or sd. l." rs the case may
be; If the person claiming to be assessed
be naturalized, he shall exhibit to the
assessor his certificate of naturalization;
and if he claims that he designs to be
naturalized before the next ensuing
election, he shall exhibit the certificate
of his declaration of intention; in all
cases where any ward, borough, town
ship or election district is divided into
two or more precincts, the assessor shall
note in all his assessments the election
precinct in which each elector resides,
and shall make a separate return for
each to the county commissioners, in
all cases in which y return is required
from him by the provisions OF this act;
and the county com missioners in max
ing duplicate copies of all such returns,