Year: 1864

Duse, not only IN the elections to be held un-
der the same, but III he returns thereof
And If any commissioner appointed by or
under this act shall knowingly violate his
duty or knowingly omit or fail to do his du-
ty under this act. or violate any part of his
oath or affirmation, he shall be liable to in
dlctment for perjury in the proper county
and upon conviction shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or
imprisonment III the penitentiary at labor
not exceeding one year or both IN the discre-
ton of the court.


SEC. % 1t shall be duty of such commits
slonerS to deliver, as far as practicable, at
least four Of the copies of this act, and other
extracts of law published as herein before di-
rected, and at least tN o blank forms of poll
books, tally lists and returns entrusted to
them, as mentioned In the twenty third sec
ton OF this act, to the commanding officers
OF every company or part of company of
Pennsylvania soldiers in the actual military
or naval service of the United States or of
this State, and to make suitable arrange
ments and provision for the opening of polls
under this act. 1t shall also be the duty of
SAID commissioners, as soon as practicable
after the day of election, to call upon the
Judges OF the election and procure one poll
book cOntaIng the returns OF the election,
and safely to preserve the same not only
from loss but from alteration, and deliver
the same without delay TO the Secretary of
State


SIC. &c. Said commissioners shall receive
III full compensation for their services under
this act ten cents per mile IN going to and
returning from their respective regiments,
estimating the distance OF travel by the IL
sually Travelled route, and it is hereby made
the duty OF the Auditor General and State
-.
thereof IN the same manner as other claims
are now audited and paid by law All com
manding and other officers are requested 10
to aid the commissioners herein appointed,
and TO give them all proper facilities to ena
BILE them TO carry out the design and inten
tention OF this act Said commissioners
shall be deemedto be in actual military service
by the authority OF this Commonwealth, and
entitled to vote at any one OF the polls to be
opened under the provisions Of this act, and
the names of said voters shall be entered up
on the poll-books, and the returns there OF
made to the proper county III the manner
hercinbetore directed as to members at COM
panies.


SEC -. No mOra informality in the man
ner Of carrying out or executing any of the
provisions of this act shall invaldate any
election held under the same, or authorize
the return thereof to be rejected or set aside,
nor shall any failure on the part OF the COM
Inissioners to reach or visit any regiment or
company, or part OF company, or the failure
Of any company or part of company to vote
invalidate any election which may be held
under this act


SEC. % The several officers authorized to
conduct such election shall have the like
powers and they, as well as other persons
who may attend, vote, or offer to yoIe at such
elction, shall be subject to the like penalties
and restrictions as are declared or provided In
the case OF elections by the citizens at their
usual places of election, and all the provis-
ions Of the general election laws of this
State, so far as applicable and not inconsls
tent with the provisons of this act nor sup
piled thereby, shall apply to all elections
held under this act.


SEC % No compensation shall be allow
ed to any judge or clerk under this act.


SIC. 30. When the sheriff Of any city or
county shall issue his proclamation for an
election for presidential, congressional,
district, city. county, or State election under
the laws of this State, he shall transmit I'M
mediately copies thereof to the field officers
and senior captains in the service aforesaid
from said city or county.


SEC. 81 The sum of fifteen thousand
dollars, or 50 much thereof as may be neses-
sary, Is hereby appropi lated from the gen
eral revenue to be paid upon the order OF
the Secretary of the Commonwealth to car
ry this law into effect.


SEC. 30. When any of the electors men
toned in the first section of this act, less
! than ten in number, shall be members of
companies of another State or Territory, or
| for any sufficient and legal cause snail be
separated from their proper company, or
! shall be in any hospital, or on recruiting,
provost or other duty, whether within or
without this State, under such clrcumstan-
ces as shall render it probable that he or
| they will be unable to rejoln their company
on or before the day of the elections therein
mentioned, said elector or electors shall have
a right to vote in the following manner


Sec 33 The voter aforesaid is hereby au-
thorized before the day of election to de
! post his ballot or ballots properly folded, as
! required by the general election laws OF this
State in sealed envelope, together with a
written, or partly written and partly printed
statement containing the name OF the voter,
the county, township, borough or ward OF
which he is a resident and written or
printed authority to some quallhed voter IN
the election district of which said voter is
a resident, to cast the ballots contained In
said envelope for him on the day of said e.
lection, said statement and authority TO be
signed by the said voter, and attested by the
commanding or some commissioned officer


of the company of which he is a member,
In the case of a private and of some com
missioned officer OF a regiment, In the case


of an officer, if any such officers are con


veniently accessible, and if otherwise than
by some other witness, and there shall also


accompany said ballots an affidavit OF said


voter taken before some one OF the oIiicer'


aforesaid, and in the absence OF such OH


GERS, before some other person duly author