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riUIE INQUIRER
BOOK STORE,
opposite the Mengel House,
BEDFORD, PA.
Tlie proprietor takes pleasure in offering to the
public the following articles belonging to the
Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICES:
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.
NOV E L S.
BIBLES, HYMN BOOKS, AC.:
Large Family Bibles,
Small Bibles.
Medium Bibles,
Lutheran Hymn Books,
Methodist Hymn Books,
Smith's Dictionary of the Bible,
History of the Books of the Bible,
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Mourning, French Note,
Bath Post, Damask Laid Note,
Cream Laid Note, Envelopes, Ac.
WALL PAPER.
Several Hundred Different Figures, the Largest
lot ever brought to Bedford county, for
sale at prices CHEAPER THAN
EV ER SOLD in Bedford.
BLANK BOOKS.
Day Books. Ledgers,
Account Books, Cash Books,
Pocket Ledgers, Time Books,
Tuck Memorandums, Pass Books,
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Arnold's Writing Fluids,
Hover's Inks,
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Charlton's Inks,
Eukolon for pasting, Ac.
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Uillot's, Cohen's,
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Cohen s Eagle,
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Atlantic Monthly,
Harper's Magazine,
Madame Demorest'a Mirror of Fashions,
Kiectic Magazine,
Godey's Lady's Book,
Galaxy,
Lady's Friend,
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Oar Young Foiks,
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taining to the Book and Stationery business,
which we ere prepared to sell cheaper than the
cheapest, are above enumerated. Give us a call
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ment we expect to sell at cheap as goods of this
eiass are sold anywhere
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JPLEC T R I C
TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S
OFFICE,
Nos. 23 & 25 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK.
Organized under special charter from the State
of New York.
CAPITAL $5,000,000
50,000 SHARKS, SIOO EACH
DIRECTOR S.
Hos. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell! Co., Chiaa.
FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Bu tterfieid A C
New York.
ISAAC LIVERMORE. Treasurer Michigan Con
tral Railroad, Boston.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Expires* Company, New Y'ork.
Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, N. Y.
O. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs A
Hardcastle, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York.
OFFICERS.
A. G. CURTIN, President.
N. MICKLES, Vice President.
GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Com
monwealth,) Treasurer.
HON. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solicitor.
The Chinese Government having (through the
Hon. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea
ports of the Empire by submarine electrie tele
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down a line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following port s, vi 2 :
Population.
Canton 1,000,000
Macoa 60.000
Hong-Kong 250,000
Swatow 200,000
Amoy 250,000
Foo-Chow 1,250,000
Wan-Chu 300,000
Ningpo 400,000
Hang Chean 1,200,000
Shanghai 1,000,000
Total 5,910,000
These ports have a foreign commerce of $900,-
000.000. and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
its canals and navigable rivers.
The cable being laid, this company proposes
ereoting land lines, and establishing a speedy and
trustworthy means of communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the commu
nieations of the Government, of business, and of
social life especially in China. She has no postal
system, and her enly means nowofcommuuicating
information is by couriers on land, and by steam
ers on water.
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main densely peopled ; but
few yet realise that she contains more than a third
of the human race. The latest returns made to
her central authorities for taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population Four hun
dred and Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate.
Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old,
not only can but do read and write. Her civili
zation is peculiar, but her literature is as exten
sive as that of Eurepe. China is a land of teach
ers and traders ; and the latter are exceedingly
quick to avail themselves of every proffered facili
ty for procuring early information. It is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-day great numbers of fleet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence. If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their great seeports were now in
existence, it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years of its suc
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise commends itself as in a greater
degree renumerative to capitalists, and to our
whole people. It is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangelically.
stock of this Company has been un
qualifiedly recommended to capitalists and busi
ness men, as a desirable investment by editorial
articles in the New York Herald, Tribune,
World, Times, Post, Express, Independent, and
in the Philadelphia North American, Press,
Ledger, Inquirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Shares of this company, to a limited number,
may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payable down,
sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing
December 1, 1868, on application to
DREXEL & CO.,
34 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Shares can be obtained in Bedford by applica
tion to Reed A Sehell, Bankers, who are author
ized to receive subscriptions, and can give all ne
cessary information on the subject. sept2syl
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BAVK HEARD OF
HOOFLAND'S UERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure yon and your children. They are
entirely different from TT 'he many preparations
now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavernAA-preparatien, or any
thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medi
cines. They are
The greatest known remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Secsa I ft tions when in a Lying
Posture, Dimness of V./ Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest,
Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
All these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vege able and contains no liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots,
Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus are ex - tractcd from them by
a scientific Chemist. I ft These extracts are
then forwarded to this VJ country to be used ex
pressly far the manufacture of these Bitters
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in esses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with prut Santa Crux Rum. Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that those remedies are en
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cqre of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth
ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasaDt and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, wbilo
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic i in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone |-( and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen -ft- the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
gest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, omaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they a.-e Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bail blood. Keep your blood pure; keep
your Liver iu order, w- keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these reme I-4 dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in theeountry
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADRLPHIA, March 16, 1867.
I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters" is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
lul in disorders of the digestive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
• FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attaeks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from
my experience of it. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. JACXSON—DEAR SIR:—I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the piactice as out of my appropriate
sphere, Thave in all cases declined; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness ot Dr. Hoof
land's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express uy full conviction
that for general debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Com -y plaint, it is a safe
and valuable prepare [V] tion. In some cases
it may fail ; bnt usual X a ly, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. H. KENNARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK
SOU on the front of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per bottle ;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonio is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommendedand do not allow the
Druggist to induce 1 J you to take anything
else that he may say-ft-Jis just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to examine the article\you buy
in order to get the genuine.
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BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY HORNING, MAY 14, 1869.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY KMX IK).VS.
Agreeablyto the provisions of the
Rules for the Government of the Dem
ocratic Party of Bedford County, adop
ted by tho Democratic County Com
mittee, Feb. 25, 18G9, tho Democrat
ic voters of Bedford County will assem
ble at the polling places in the several
election districts, on SATURDAY,
MAY 29, and vote by ballot
for the choice of Candidates for the sev
eral offices to be filled at the next Gen
eral Election, and, also, for two Inspec
tors and one Judge for each polling
place who shall hold the primary Elec
tion for the next year. The Vigilance
Oommitte now in existence shall hold
this election, and in districts which
have no such Committees, the Demo
cratic voters present at the j>olling
place at the time herein fixed for the
opening of the polls, shall elect two In
spectors and one Judge to hold the e
lection. The polls in the townships
shall be open from nine o'clock a. rn.
until 6 o'clock p. m., those in the bor
oughs from 1 o'clock p. m. until G o'-
clock p. in. An accurrate list of the
names of all persons voting shall be
kept and a correct and full return of
all the votes cast for the several persons
voted for shall be made out, and both
the list and returns shall be certified
over the signature of at least two of
the election officers to be correct and
true. After the countiugof the ballots,
and the proper certification of the re
turns, the list of voters and the return
of votes for the several candidates, shall
be settled up by the Inspectors and de
livered to the Judge, who shall place
the sealed return in the hands of the
Chairman of the County Committo,
at a meeting of the Judges from each
polling-place, to be held at the Court
House, in Bedford, on TUESDAY,
JUNE 1, at one o'clock, p. m. All per
sons entitled to vote at the election for
Representatives in the Legislature and
pledging themselves to vote the whole
Democratic ticket at the next General
Election, wjll be permitted to vote at
this election.
J. W. DICKKRSON,
Ch'u Dem. Co. Com.
HEGIHTHY LAW.
AN ACT
Further supplemental to the act relative to the
elections of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen *
erat Assembly met, and it is hereby en
acted by the authority of the same,
That it shall be the duty of each of the
assessors within this Common wealth,
on the first Monday in June of each
year, to take up the transcript he has
received from the county commission
ers under the eighth section of the act
of 15th April, 1834, and proceed to an
immediate revision of the same, bv
striking therefrom the name of every
person who is known by him to have
died or removed since the last previ
ous assessment from the district of
which he is the assessor, or whose
death or removal from the same shall
be made known to him, and to add to
the same the name of any qualified
voter who shall bo known by him to
have moved into the district since the
last previous assessment, or whose re
moval into the same shall be or shall
have been made known to him, and al
so the names of all who shall make
claim to him, to be qualified voters
therein. As soon as this revision is
completed he shall visit every dwelling
house in the district and make careful
inquiry if any person whose name is
on his list has died or removed from
the district, and if so to take the same
therefrom, or whether any qualified
voter resides therein whose name is
not on his list, and if so to add the
same thereto ; and in all cases where a
name is added to the list a tax shall
forthwith be assessed against the per
son ; and the assessor shall in all cases
ascertain, by inquiry, upon what
ground the person so assessed claims
to be a voter. Upon the completion
of this work, it shall bo the duty of
each assessor as aforesaid to proceed to
make out a list, in alphabetical order,
of the white freemen, above twenty
one years of age, claiming to be quali
fied voters in the ward, borough, town
ship or district of which he is theasses
sor, and opposite each of said names
slate whether said freeman is or is not
a housekeeper ; and if he is, the num
ber of his residence, in towns where
the same are numbered, with thestreet,
alley or court in which situated ; and
if in a town where there are no num
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 a housekeeper, the oc
cupation, place of boarding and with
whom, and if working for another,
the name of the employer, and write
opposite each of said names the word
"voterwhere any person claims to
vote by reason of naturalization, he
shall exhibit his certificate thereof to
the assessor, unless he has been for
five consecutive years next preceding
a voter in said district; and in all cases
where the person has been naturalized,
the name shall be marked with the
letter "Nwhere the person has
merely declared his intentions to be
come a citizen and designs to be nat
uralized before the next election, the
name shaii be marked "D. I.;" where
the claim is to vote by reason of being
between the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-two, as provided by law, the
word "age" shall be entered j and if
the person has moved into the election
district to reside since the last general
election, the letter "R" shall be placed
opposite the name. It shall be the
further duty of t£"h assessor as afore
said, upon the completion of the du
ties herein imposed, to make out a
separate list of all new assessments
made by him and the amounts assessed
upon each, and furnish the same im
mediately to the county commission
ers, who shall immediately add the
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names to the tax duplicate of the ward,
borough, township or district in which
they have been assessed.
See. 2. On the list being completed
and the assessments 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 ex
planations required to be noted as afore
said, to be made out as soon as practi
cable and placed in the hands of the as
sessor, who shall, prior to the first of
August in each year, put one copy
thereof on the door of or on the house
where the election of the respective
district is required to be held and re
tain the other in his possession, for the
inspection, free of charge, of any per
son resident in the said election dis
trict who shall desire to see the same;
and it shall be the duty of the said as
sessor to add, from time to time, on the
personal application of any one claim
ing the right to vote, the name of such
claimant, and mark opposite the name
"C. V.;"and immediately assesses him
with a tax, noting, as in all other cases,
his occupation, residence, whether a
boarder or housekeeper ; if a boarder,
with whom he boards; and whether
naturalized or designing to lie, mark
ing iu all such cases the letters, oppo
site the name, "N." or "D. 1.," as the
ease may be; if the person claiming to
be assessed be naturalized, he shall ex
hibit to the assessor his certificate of
naturalization ; and if be claims that
he designs to lie naturalized before the
next ensuing election, he shall exhibit
the certificate of his declaration of in
tention ; in all cases where any ward,
borough, township or election district
is divided into two or more precincts,
the assessor shall note in all his assess
ments the election precinct in which
each elector resides, and shall make a
separate return for each to the county
commissioners, in all cases in which a
return is required from 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, ar.d shall
furnish the same to the assessor; and
the copies required by this act to he
laced on the doors of or on election
places on or before the first of August
in each year, shall he placed on the
door of or on the election place in each
of said precincts.
Sec. 3. After the assessments have
been completed on the tenth day pre
ceding the second Tuesday in October
of each year, the assessor shall, on the
Monday immediately following, make
a 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 explanations required
to be noted as aforesaid ; and the coun
ty commissioners shall thereupon
cause the same to be added to the re
turn required by the second section of
this act, and a full and correct copy
thereof to be made, containing the
names of all persons so returned as res
ident taxables in said ward, borough,
township or precinct, and furnish the
same, together with the necessary elec
tion blanks, to the officers of the elec
tion in said ward, borough, township
or precinct, on or before six o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of
October; and no man shall be permit
ted 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.
Sec. 4. 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 of the district as a wit
ness to the residence of the claimant in
the district in which he claims to be a
voter, for the period of "at least ten days
next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe a writ
ten, or partly written and partly print
ed, affidavit to the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall define clearly
where the resilience is of the person so
claiming to be a voter ; and the person
so claiming the right to vote shall also
take and subscribe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit,
stating, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, where and when he was
born ; that he is a citizen of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania and of the
United States ; that he has resided in
the Commonwealth one year, or if for
merly a citizen therein and has moved
therefrom, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said elec
tion ; that he has not moved into the
district for the purpose of voting there
in ; that he has paid a State or county
tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least ten days before said elec
tion ; and, if a naturalized citizen r
shall also state when, where and by
what court he was naturalized and,
shall also produce his certificate of nat
uralization for examination ; the saiu
affidavit shall state when and where
the tax claimed to be paid by the
affiant was assessed, and when, where
and to whom paid ; and the tax receipt
therefore shall be produced for exami
nation, unless the affiant shall state in
his affidavit that it has been lost or de
stroyed, or that he never received any j
but if the person so claiming the right
to vote shall take and subscribe an af
fidavit, that he is a native born citizen
of the United States, (or if born else*
where, shall state that fact in his affi
davit, and shall produce evidence that
he has been naturalized, or that he is
entitled to citizenship by reason of his
father's naturalization); and shall
further state in his affidavit that he is,
at the time of taking the affidavit, be
tween the ages af twenty-one and
twenty-two years; that he has resided
in the State one year and in the elec
tion district ten days next preceding
such election, he shall 1 e entitled to
vote, although he shall not have paid
taxes; the said affidavits of all persons
making such claims, and the affidavits
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 and other papers re
quired by law to be filed by the return
judges with the prothonotary, and
shall remain on file therewith in the
prothonotary's office, subject to exami
nation, 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 they
shall be permitted to vote, and the
name or names shall bo added to the
list of taxables by the election officers,
the word "tax" being added where the
claimant claims to vote on tax,and the
word "age" where he claims to vote
on age ; the same words being added
by the clerks in each case respectively,
on the list of persons voting at such
election.
Sec. 5. It shall be lawful for any
qualified citizen of the district, not
withstanding the name of the proposed
voter is contained on the list of resi
dent taxables, to challenge the vote of
such persons; whereupon the same
proof of the right to suffrage as is now
required by law shall be publicly made
and acted on by the election board, and
the vote admitted or rejected, accor
ding to the evidence; every person
claiming to be a naturalized citizen
shall be required to produce his natur
alization certificate at the election be
fore voting, except where he has been
for ten years, consecutively, a voter in
the district in which he offers his vote;
and on the vote of such person being
received, it shall be the doty of the
election officers to write or stamp on
such certificate the word "voted,"
with the mouth and year; and if any
election officer or officers shall receive
a second vote on the same day, by
virtue of the same certificate, excep
ting where sons are entitled to vote
by virtue of the naturalization of their
fathers, they and the person who shall
offer such second vote, upon so offend
ing, shall he guilty of a high misde
meanor, and, on conviction thereof, be
fined or imprisoned, or both, at thedis
cretion of the court; but the fine shall
not exceed one hundred dollars ;n
each case, nor the imprisonment one
year; the like punishment shall be in
flicted on conviction of the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to
make, or cause to be made, the indorse
ment required, as aforesaid, on said
naturalization certificate.
Sec. 6. If any election officer shall
refuse or neglect to require such proof
of the right of suffrage as is prescribed
by this law, or the laws to which this
is a supplement, from any person of
fering to vote whose name is not on
the list of assessed voters or whose
right to vote is challenged by any
qualified voter present, and shall ad
rait such persons to vote without re
quiring such proof, every person so
offending shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a high misdemeanor, and
shall be sentenced, for every such of
fence, to pay a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or to undergo an im
prisonment not more than one year,
or either or both, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 7. Ten days preceding every
election for elections of President and
Vice President of the United States,
it shall be the duty of the assessor to
attend at the place fixed by law for
holding the election in each election
district, and then and there here all
applications of persons whose names
have been omitted from the list of
assessed voters, and who claim the
right to vote, or whose rights have
originated since the same was made
out, aud shall add the names of persons
thereto as shall show that they are en
titled to the right of suffrage in such
district, on the personal application of
the claimant only, and forthwith assess
them with the proper tax. After
completing the list, a copy thereof
shall be placed on the door of or on the
house where the election is to be held,
at least eight days before the election ,
and at the election the same course
shall be pursued, in all respects, as is
required by this act and the acts to
which it is a supplement, at the gen
eral elections in October. The assessor
shall also make the same returns to
the county commissioners of all assess
ments made by virtue of this section ;
and the county commissioners shall
furnish copies thereof to the election
officers in each district, in like manner
in all respects as is required ai the
general election in October.
Sec. 8. The same rules and regula
tions shall apply at every special elec
tion, and at every separate city, borough
or word election, in all respects, as at
the general elections in October.
Sec. 0. The respective assessors, in
spectors and judges of the elections
shall each have the power to adminis
ter oaths to any persons claiming the
right to be assessed or the right of suf
frage, or in regard to any other matter
or thing required to be done or inquir
ed into by any person in relation to
any matter or thing concerning which
they shall be lawfully interrogated by
any of said officers, shall be punished
as perjury.
Sec. 10. The assessors shall each re
ceive the same compensation for the
time necessarily spent in performing
the duties hereby enjolnid as is provid
ed by law for the pertormanee of their
other duties, to be payed by the county
ommissioners as in other cases ; and it
shall not be lawful for any assessor to
assess a tax against any person whatev
er within ten days next preceding the
election to be held on the second Tues
day of October, in any year, or within
ten days next before any election for
electors of President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States; any viola
tion of this provision shall be a misde
meanor, and subject the officers so of
fending to a fine, on convietiou, not
exceeding one hundred dollars, or to
imprisonment not exceeding three
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months, or both, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 11. On the petition of five or
more citizens of the county, stating un
der oath that they verily believe that
frauds will be practiced at the election
about to be held, in any district, it
shall be the duty of the court of com
mon pleaseof said county, if in session,
or if not a judge thereof in vacation, to
appoiut two judicious, sober intelligent
citizens of the county to act as o
verseers of said election; said o
verseers shall be selected from different
political parties, where the inspectors
belong to different parties, aud
where both of said inspectors be
longing to the same political party,
both of the overseers shall be taken
from the opposite political party ; said
overseers shall have the right to be
present with the officers of the elec
tion, during the whole time the same is
held, the votes counted, and returns
made out and signed by the election of
ficers ; to keep a list of voters, if they
see proper; to challenge any person of
fering to vote, and interrogate hira and
his witnesses, under oath in regard to
his righs of suffrage at said election,
and to examine his papers produced ;
and the officers of said election are re
quired to afford to said overseers so se
lected and appointed every conve
nience and facility for the discharge of
their duties ; and if said election offi
cers shall refuse to permit said over
seers to be present and perform their
duties as aforesaid, or if they shall bo
driven away from the polls by vio
lence or intimidation, all the votes poll
at such election district may be rejec
ted by any tribunal trying a contest
under said election : Provided, That no
person siguing the petition shall be ap
pointed an overseer.
Sec. 12 If any prothonotary, clerk,
or the deputy of either, or any other
person, shall affix the seal of office to
any naturalization paper, or permit the
same to be affixed, or give out, or cause
or permit the same to be given out, in
blank, whereby it may be fraudulently
used, or furnish a naturalization certifi
cate to any person who shall not have
been duly examined and sworn in open
court, in the presence of some of the
judges thereof, according to the act of
Congress, or shall aid in, connive at, or
in any way permit the issue of any
fraudulent naturalization certificate, he
shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor;
or if any one shall fraudulently use
any such certificate of naturalization,
knowing that it was fraudulently is
sued, or shall vote, or attempt to VOtu
thereon, or if any one shall vote, oral
tempt to vote, on any certificate of nat
uralization not issued to him, he shall
be guilty of a high misdemeanor: and
either or any of the persons, their aid
ers or abettors, guilty of either of
misdemeanors, aforesaid, shall on con
viction, be fined in a sum not ex
ceeding one thousand dollars, and
imprisoned in the proper penitenti
ary for a period not exceeding three
years.
Sec. 13. Any person who on oath or
affirmation, in or before any court in
this State, or officer authorized toad
minister oaths shall, to precure a cer
ticfiate of naturalization, for himself
or any other person wilfully de
pose, declare or affirm any matter to be
a fact, knowing the same to be false,
or shall in like manner deny any mat
ter to be fact, knowing the same to be
true, shall be deemed guilty of perjury;
and any certificate of naturalization is
sued in pursuance of any such despot
ism, declaration or affirmation, shall
be null and void and it shall
be the duty of the court issuing the
same upon proof before it that it was
fraudulently obtained, to take imme
diate measures for recalling the same
for cancellation ; and any person who
shall vote or attempt to vote on any
paper so obtained, or who shall in any
way aid in, connive at, or have any a
gency whatever in the issue, circula
tion or use of any fraudulent naturaliz
ation certificate, shall be deemed guil
ty of misdemeanor, and, upon convic
tion thereof, shall undergo an impris
onment in the penitentiary for not
more than two years, and pay a fine,
not more than one thousand dollars,
for every such offense, or either or
both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 14. Any assessor, election officer
or person appointed as an overseer,
who shall neglect or refuse to perform
any duty enjoined by this act, without
reasonable or legal cause, shall be sub
ject to a penalty of one hundred dol
lars ; and if any assessor shall assess auy
person as a voter who is not qualified,
or shall refuse to assess any one who is
qualified he shall be guilty of a misde
meanor in office, and on conviction be
punished by a fine or imprisonment,
and also be subject to an action for
damages by the party aggrieved ; and
if any person shall fraudulently alter,
add to, deface or destroy any list of vo
ters made out as directed by this act,
or tear down or remove the same from
the place where it has been fixed, with
fraudulent or mischievous intent, or
for any improper purpose, the person
so offending shall be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or both, at
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 15. AH elections for city, ward,
borough, township and election officers
shall hereafter be held on the second
Tuesday of October, subject to ail the
provisions of the law regulating the
election of such officers not inconsistent
with this act; the persons elected to
such offices at the time shall take their
places at the expiration of the terms
of the persons holding the same at tho
time of such election ; but no election
for the office of assessor or assistant as
sessor shall be held, under this act, un
til the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
Sec. 10. At all elections hereafter
held, under the laws of this Common
wealth, the polls shall be oj>cned be
tween the hours of six and seven o'-
clock a. m., and closed at seven o'clock
p. m.
Sec. 17 It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth to pre
pare forms for all the blanks made
necessary by this act, and furnish
copies ot the same to the county com
missioners of the several counties of the
Commonwealth: and the county com
missioners of each county shall, as
soon as may be necessary after receipt
of the same, at the the proper expense
of the county, procure and furnish to
all the election officers of the election
districts of their respective counties
copies of such blanks, in such quanti
ties as inay be rendered necessary for
the discharge of their duties under this
act.