Year: 1874







REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN JUNE.
A ruRrHER SUPPLEMENT to the act


regulating elections in this Com


monsseAlth.


SECTION 1. Be II enacted, etc., That
IL shall be the duty Of each 9f-the as
SCISSORS, who are required t6perform
any duties incident to the holding Of
elections aud the registration Of voters
in the different counties or cities Of
this Commonwealth, on the first Mon
day of June Of each year TO take up the
transcript Of the next preceding as
sessment. as transmitted TO them by
the city or county commissioners,
proceed to the revision Of the same
and for this purpose he shall visit
every dwelling house in his district
and make careful inquiry II any per-
son, whose name is on his list, has
died or removed from the district,
and il so to erase tho same there
from or whether any qualified voter
resides therein whose name is not on
his list, and il 90 TO add the same
thereto; and in all cases where q
name is added to the list the person
shall forthwith be assessed and the
assessor shall in all cases ascertain
by inquiry upon what ground the
person 80 assessed claims to be a
voter. Upon the completion Of this
work it shall be the duty Of each rs.
SCISSOR, az aforesaid, to proceed to
make out q list in alphabetical order
Of the male citizens twenty-one years
Of age and upwards, claiming TO be
qualified voters in the election dis
trict Of which he is the assessor, and
opposite each Of said names state
whether said citizen is or is not a
housekeeper, and il he is the number
OF his residence in towns where the
same are numbered, with the street,
alley or court in which situated, and
IL in q town where there are no mum.
bers, the name Of the street, alley or
court on which said house fronts +;
also the occupation of the person,
and where he is not . housekeeper
the occupation, place of boarding,
and with whom and il working for
another the name of the employer ;
and write opposite each Of said names
the word "voter." Where any per-
son claims to vote by reason of
naturalization he shall exhibit his
certificate thereof to the assessor, un-
less he has been for two consecutive
year next preceding a voter in said
district, aud in all cases where the
person has been naturalized the name
shall be marked with the letter IN" D"
Where the person has merely declared
his intentions to become a citizen
and designs to be naturalized before
the next election he shall exhibit the
certificate Of his declaration OF inten-
ton and the name shall be marked
ID !" and where the person shall be
entitled by existing laws to be natu.
ralized without making a declaration
Of his intention to be naturalized,
and intends to be naturalized at least
one month before the next general
election, the name Of such person
shall be added to the list and the
name Of such person shall be marked
II N" Where the claim is to vote
by reason of being of the age OF
twenty-one and under twenty-five as
provided by law. the word age
shall be entered, aud IL the person
has moved into the election district
to reside since the last general cleo
ton the letter "R"ssshall be placed
opposite the name. 1t shall be the
further duty of each assessor, as
aforesaid, upon the completion Of the
duties herein imposed to make out q
separate list of all the new assess
ments made by him. On the lists
being completed and the assessments
made as aforesaid, the same shall
forth with be returned to the county
commissioners. 4
Correction Of Regiuation--Neglecs Of Duty
by assessors.


SEC. 2. The county commissioners
shall Immediately add the names on
the list Of new assessments to the
tax duplicate Of ward, borough,
township or district in which they
have been assessed & cause duplicate
copies Of the other lists with the OBJ
servations and explanations required
to be noted AZ aforesaid, TO be made
out a. soon as practicable and placed
in the hands Of the assessor, who
shall prior TO the first Monday OF
August in each year put one copy
thereof on the door Of or on the
house where the election Of the re-
spective district is required to be
held, and retain the other in his pos
session for the inspection, free OF
charge, Of any person resident in the
said election 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 appli-
cation of any one claiming the right
to vote, the name OF such claimant
and mark opposite the name &c v"
and immediately assess him, noting,
a. in all other cases, his occupation,
residence, whether Q boarder or
housekeeper, il . boarder, with
whom he boards, and whether natur
allied or designing TO be, marking in
all cases opposite the name the let
ters "N,"'D T. or II NJ a. the case
may be- II the pArson claiming to
b assesssd be nafaralizsd he shall