Year: 1872




hOuse-keeper, if a bOarder with whom he
boards, and whether naturalized or de
signing to be, marking in all such cases
the letters opposite the name IN" or "D.
IL as the case may be; If the person
claiming to be assessed he naturaliZed he
shall exhibit to the assessor his certificate
of naturalization and if he claims that he
designs To he natufalized before the next
ensuing election, he sha exhibit his Ger
titicate of declaration of intentions i'm all
eases where any ward, borough, township
or election district is divided into two nr
more precincts, the assessor shall note in
all his assessments the election precinct in
which each elcctor resides. and shall make
a separate return for each to the county
commissioners in all cases in which re-
turn is required of him by the provisions
of this act; and the county commissioners
in making duplicate copies of the names
of the voters in each precinct separately,
and shall furnish the same tn the assessor,
and the copies required by this act to be
placed on the door of or on election places
on or before tn first day of August i'm each
year, shall be placed on the door of or on
the election place in each of sal precincts.


SEC. 3 After the assessments shall have
been completed on the tenth day prece-
ding the second Tuesday of October in
each year, the assessor shall, on the Mon
day Immediately following, make return
to the county commissioners OF the names
of all persons assessed by him since the
return required TO be made by him by the
second section of this act, noting opposite
each name the observations and explana-
tons required to he noted as aforesaid, and
the county commissioners shall thoreupon
cause the same to be added to the returns
required by the second section of this act,
and q full and correct copy to be made,
containing the names of all persons so re
turned as resident taXables in said ward,
borough, townshsp or precinct, and fur
nish the same together with the necessary
election blanks TO the officers of the eec-
ton in said ward, borough, township or
precinct, on or before six o'clock on the
morning ofthe first Tuesday of November
and no man shall he permitted to vote at
the election on that day whose name is not
on said list, unless he shall make proof of
his right to vote, as hereinafter required.


SIC. ON the day OF election any person
whose name is not on the said list, and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter
ofthe district as a witness to the residence
of the claimant i'll the district in which he
claims to he voter, for Il period Of at least
ten days next preceding said election,
which witness shall take and subscribe a
written, or partly written and partly
printed affidavit, TO the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall clearly define where
the residence is of The person so claiming
to be voter, and the person claiming the
right to vote shall also take and subscribe
To II written, or partly written and parity
printed affidavit, stating that to the best of
his knowledge and belief when and where
he was born; that he is citizen of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of
the United States; that he has resided in
the Commonwealth one year, or if former
ly citizen therein, and has moved there
IRON SIX months prec ding such election;
that he has not moved into the district for
the purpose of voting therein; that he nas
paid State or county tax within two years
which was assessed at least ten days before
said election; and, if a naturalaed citizen,
also state when, where and ly what court
he was naturaliZed, and shall also produce
his certificate Of naturalization for eNami-
nation: the said affidavit shall also state
when and where the tax claimed to be paid
by the affidavit was assessed, aud when,
where, and TO whom paid, and the tax re-
Ceipt therefor shall he produced Tor cXam-
nation, unless tie allant shall state in his
affidavit that it has been lost or DESTROYED
or that he never received any, but il the
person so claiming the right 10 vote shall
take and subscribe an affidavit that he is
Il native born citizen Of the United States,
or IL born elsewhere, shall state that fact in
his affidavit, or shall produce evidence
that he has been naturaliZed or that lac is
entitled to citzensiip by reason of lis
l&.hcrs naturalization and shall further
state IN his affidavit that he is at the time
oI taking tine affidavit, between the age OF
twenty-One and twenty-five years that he
has resided in the State one year and in
the district ten days preceding such cleo
ton, he shall be entitled to vote, although
he shall not have paid taxes; the said afli-
daVits OF the witnesses TO their residence
shall be preserved by the election board
and at the close of the election they shall
be enclosed with the list of voters, tally
list aud other papers required by law to he
filed by the return judges with The pro-
thOnotIry, and shall remain on file there
with at the prothonotary's office, subject
to examination as other election papers
are; If the election officers shall find that
the applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifications of voters, he or thew
shall be permitted to vote. and the name
or names shall he added to the list of taxa
bies by the the election officers, the word
tax beng added when the claimant
claims to vote on tax, and the word aye
when he claims TO vote on age, the same
words being added by the clerks in each
case respectively on the list of persons Yo-
ting atsuch elections.


SEC. 8. II shall be lawful for any oua'l-
ned citizen of the district, Notwithstanding
The name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned on the list OF resident taNableS. TO
the vote Of such person, where
upon the same proof of right of suffrage as
snow required by law Shall be publicly
made and acted upon by tine election board
and the vote admitted or rejected accord
ing To the evidence; every person claiming
TO be na!uraliZed citizen shall be required
10 produce his naturalization certificate at
the election before voting, except ne has
b en- for ten years cOnsecutiNcly a voter in
the district in which he offers his vote; and
ON the vote of such person being received
il shall he the duty of the election officers
To write or stamp on such certificate the
word VOTED with the month and wear.
and IL any election officer or officers Shall
receive "A second vote on the same day, bV
virtue of the same certificate, excepting
where sons are entitled 10 vote by the nat
of their fathers, they and the
person who shall offer such second vote,
upon so offending shall he deemed guilty |
OI hlGh mlsdehoanOr, an. on conviction !
thereof he fined and imprisoned, or both, |
lt the discretion of the court, but the fine .
shall not exceed one hundred dollars in F..
each case or the Imprisonment one wear;
the like punishment shall be inflicted, on |
on the officers OF election who /
shall neglect or refuse to makc.or cause 10 /.
be made, the endorsement required as |