Year: 1868

A Further Supplement to the Act Relating


to the Elections of this Commonwealth.


SECTION L. BE It enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives. of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania an Gen
croi ASSendiy met and al IS hereby en-
acted 6y the authority ofthe same: That,
from and after the passage of this act, it
shall be the duty of the several assessors
within this Commonwealth, on receiving
their transcripts from the county commits
sioners, to proceed to make out list in
alphabetical order of the white freemen
I above twenty-one years of age, whom
| they shall know, or who shall make claim
to said assessors, to be qualified voters
within their respective townships, bor-
oughs, wards or other election districts,
and, opposite said names, state whether
the said freeman is or rs not a house
keeper and, if he is, the number of his
residence, in towns where the same are
numbered, with the street, alley or court
in which 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 party,
and, where he is not housekeeper, the
occupation, place of boarding, and with
whom, and, if working for another, the
name of the employer; and write oppo-
site said name ne word 20 voter y; aud,
where said party claims to vote by reason
of naturalization, he shall exhibit his cer-
tifcate thereof to the assessor, unless he
shall have voted in the township, bor-
ough, ward or district at FIVE preceding
general elections, and, on exhibition of
the certificate, the name shall be marked
with the letter \ where the party has
merely declared his intention to become
citizen, and designs to be naturalized
before the next election, the name shall
be marked ID L; where tire claim is to
vote by reason of being between the
ages of twenty-one and twenty two as
provided by law, the word cage" shall
be entered; and, if the party has moved
into the election district to reside since
the last general election, the letter Il
shall be placed opposite the name; and
in all Of the cases enumerated tax shall
forthwith be assessed against the person.
And in order to carry this law into effect
for the present year, it shall be the duty
of the commissioners of the respective
counties Of this Commonwealth, within
sixty days after the passage of this act, to
cause alphabetical lists Of the persons re-
turned by the assessors as having been
assessed In the several districts for the
present year to be made out and placed
in the hands of the respective assessors,
whose duty it shall be, on or before the
first of September, to ascertain the quail
fcations of the persons so named, and
their claims to vote as before mentioned,
and perform in regard to such persons
all of the duties enjoiued by this act, and
furnish said list to the commissioners and
election board as hereinafter directed !;
Pro0iIcd, That the names of all persons,
who were duly registered and permitted
TO vote at the next preceding general
election in October shall, without further
proof or application, be placed on the list
or registry directed to be prepared for
the election in November, but they and
all others shall be subject to challenge,
and their right to vote be passed on as
prescribed by the fourth section of this
act. -.n 3


SEC 2. On the list being completed
and the assessment made as aforesaid,
the same shall forthwith be returned to
the county commissioners, who shall
cause duplicate copies of said lists, with
the observations and explanations requir-
ed to be noted as aforesaid, to be made
out as soon as practicable and placed in
the hands of the assessor, who shall, prior
to the first of August next ensuing said
assessments, put one copy thereof on the
door of the house where the election Of
the respective district is required to be
held. and retain the other in his posses
sion for the inspection, free OF charge, of
any person resident within the said cleo
ton district who shall desire to see the
same. aud it shall be the duty of said as
SCISSOR to add from time to time, on the
personal application of any claiming the
right to vote, the name of such claimant,
aud mark opposite the name q v, and
immediately assess him with tax. On
the tenth day preceding the general cleo
tion in October next thereafter, it shall
be the duty of the assessor to produce
the list in his possession to the inspectors