Year: 1868

on the second Tuesday in October, il


any year, or within ten days next be


fore any election for electors of Pres


idcnt or Vice President of the Unitel


States, and any violation Of this pro


vision shall be a misdemeanor, an,


subject the ofiicerso offending 70 fine


on conviction, of not less than ten no


exceeding one hundred dollars, or :,


imprisonment not exceeding thre'


months, or both, at the discretion O


the court.


SIC. 9. On the petition Of five o.


more citizens Of the county, stating


under oath that they verify below


that frauds will be practiced at tht


election about to be held in any dis


trict, IL shall be the duty of the courl


OF common pleas of said county, If il


session, or, if not, a Judge thereof il


vacation, to appoint two persons, ju


dieious, sober and intelligent citizens


Of the county, to act as overseers al


said election. Said persons shall b,
selected from differentpolit parties


where the inspectors belong TO differ
ent parties, and where both Of SAID
inspectors belong TO the same politica
party, both of the overseers shall be
taken from the opposite political party
Said overscers shall have the right tc
be present with the officers Of The
election during the whole time The
same is held, the votes counted and
returns made out and signed by the
election officers; to keep list of vo
ters, if they see proper; to challenge
any person offering to vote and inter
rogate him and his witnesses under
oath in regard TO his right OF suffrage
at said election: TO examine the pa
pers produced and the officers OF
said election are required to afford "a
said overseers, so selected and ap.
pointed, every convenience an d facility
for the discharge Of their duty, and il
said officers shall refuse TO permit said
oyerseers TO be present and perform
their dutya as aforesaid, or if they shall
be driven away from the polls byvio.
lence or intimidation, ali the votes
polled at such election district shall
be rejected by any tribunal trying q
contest under said election.


SEC. 10. If any prothonotary, clerk,
or the deputy Of either, or any other
person, shall aifix the seal of office To
any naturalization paper and give out
the same in blank, whereby it may be
fraudulently used, or furnish natu-
ralization certificate TO any person
who shall not have been duly exam.
ined and sworn in open court, in pres.
ence Of some Of tho judges thereof,
according 10 the act of Congress, he
shall be guilty of a high misdemoauor
or If any person shall fraudulently use
any such certificate of naturalization
knowing that it was fraudulently used,
and shall vote or attempt to vote
thereon, he shall be guilty of high
misdemeanor, and either or any of the
persons, their aiders or abettors, gull.
ty ofeither of the misdemeanors afore-
said, shall, on conviction, be fined in a
sum not exceeding one thousand dol.
lars, and imprisoned in the proper
penitentiary for period not exceed
ing three years.


SEc IL. Any assessor, election Off
Ger, or person appointed as overseer,
who shall refuse or neglect to perform
any duty enjoined by this act, without
reasonable legal cause, shall be subject
to a penalty of one hundred dollars !;
and If any assessor or election officer
shall enrol any person as a voter whom
he shall know is not qualified, or re-
fuse TO enrol any one whom he shall
know is qualified, ho shall be guilty OF
a misdemeanor in office, and, on con-
viction, be punished by fine and i'm
prisonment, and also be subject to an
action for damages by the party ag-
grieved and If any person shall fraud
ulently alter, add. to, deface or destroy
any registry of voters, made out as
directed by this act, or tear down or
remove the same from the place where
it has been fixed by or under the d.
rection Of the election officers, with
like fraudulent or mschievous intent,
or for any improper purpose, the per-
son so offending shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and, on conviction,
shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, and i'm
prisonment not exceeding two years.


SEC IL. That for ali elections here
after holden under this act, the polls
shall be opened between the hours of
six and seven O'Clock, a. m, and be
closed at six o'clock, p IN. None of
the foregoing provisions of this act
shall apply TO the city of Philadelphia,
but the aldermen for the respective
wards Of said city shall constitute a
board for the appointment of canvass
ers OF election in said city. The said
board shall meet on the first Monday
Of June of each year, at a place to be
provided for them by the councils of
said city, (and it is hereby made the
duty of the select and common coun-
ellis Of said city to provide the same,)
and at said meeting organize said
board by electing one Of their number
president, and they shall also elect a
clerk and messenger. The said board
may adjourn their meeting from time
TO time, as their business may require.
1t shall be the duty of the said board,
on or before the first Monday Of Au-
gust in each and every year, TO ap-
point three reputable citizens for each
election division of said city, all Of
whom shall not be of the same politi-
cal party and who shall be residents
of the ward Of which the said division
for which they are appointed is a part,
to be canvasscrs of election Of said
division, and the clerk of the