TOL. 49
tntingdon County Alms House
ECEIPT• AND EXPENDITURES
oldie IICNTIN4:1 1 0N COUNTY ALMS
4E, from December 4th, 1572, tc December 2.1, 1573,
RECEIPTS.
1110U1lt drawn from County Treaeur, on
dery g 1,454 E 3
ohn Logan, Steward, for sundries detailed
his Account l4l 90
EXPESDITURES.
ron FALAI.
avid Smith, ulages as 11.!rmer
C. Gr;ty, far Mt, m, farm
I; te;vort, for one bay
. 11. Kyppr, fur oue cow .........
Et.•ermnn, fur fly yet. awl
:1;;;;;.:1 '''''''''' fur burp in; !int!.
...
3. It. Douglass. for five bile clover seed 30 00
toyer Az tlewee, for 70 chestnut rails. 5O
gooch Lete, for 1!4 fillittiPlS timothy seed 600
lanie4 Harper, for plw-trona
r. w. Montgomery, for combined reaper and
mower lO5 00
fi;
;iller. Barker & Co., for threshing machine
and horse-power
t"illinm riper, for harvesting 2l 70
post fence OO 28
- Lomas E. Orbiaon, for a ton of plaster l5 09
William llawey, for wagon work.
'human B. Landis, for smithing ......
lenry kly_er . a 2 "
Nit
if. Harris, for wagon work
larrison Shaver, for one cow IS 00
sa. havestlng 531 days 8 25
;amid Shama . , for harvestingand Orel hing 13 59
1. 31. Johnguit, for 5 3 34 days harvesting S 25
rola' C. Pergrin, for 8 - days harvesting l2 00
for 2 days threshing 2 CO
" "
for I day cutting coru 1 00
. ....
mending
Davi I Zimmerman. Awl day butchering
B. ii;;;;;y. for harness
imuel Cooper, ter fruit trees
fur killing Iwo calves
do for Pis fresh fish
ram PRoVLSIONS (MALEED P.)
Lewis Bollinger, for 11 lb pork
Adam lleiffuer, for 136 lb bacon,and 3 bushels
of wheat
Dasid McGarrey, for 2 , 2 Mof beef .
Jau.m Smith. for 2.5 16 of pork
du do f Slam. (440 11 , 1
Geo. W. '6 hitlaker. for 19 lb veal
W. L. Person, for 412 th pork
James 11. Park. fur 24 fh shoulders .......
W. A. Fniker, fur 30 bushels (Rose and Peer
lest rotator.
Barton Jreen, for 35 bushels Garnet potatoes
Mi 75 rein t 4
Barton Green. for 49 bushels 62e cents
Joseph Miller for 2S /y th hotmy
Witliam Lewis, for 6 th -Cheese
Robert Duzliant. for 6 11, hops
Epltra!ta Eyler, for 10 bushels apples...
Joel I.uherg, or 22116 of pork. and 15316 of
beef _ - .
Isaac Book, for 617 lb of pork
ltichard Ashman. for 1757 fh of pork
Ads". Heeler, for 12Si lh of bust"
Kyper, for 151 lb of beef
John NI eCall isle, for 71911 beef
Robert llighom, for 310 lb beef
Joseph Kough, for 75 th brrf
Samuel lt. Douglass. for 3Sllb beef
Dash' Douglass, sen., 1.11 614 bushels new po
tatoes ......... ...... .......
David Douglass, Feu , for 11 bushels ashes.-- 1 75
110 511 h real 4 59
1)31b pork 7 21)
410 fh smtl . 540
IS3 lb herr . si
2 cords of wood
du do
do do
do do
do do
do do
....
d,, do 392 lb of pork .....-
do ,14 4.1 lb beef.....
laybl 11. Douglagg, gen., for 731 lb beef
:. A. Myers. for 71 lb seal, 93 %beef andlll3 4
lb mutton
Ealdi k Noce, for 781 lb beef
:e3. W. Withington. fiff 991 lb beef
rob n Javb•, fur 915 lb beef
do do one mod Teasel
do do 4 , 1 lb ham
do d•.r II lb pork
do do difference botween bull and
cew (trade)
:barter) CI 6aird,3lo 7h pork
do do for balding, ac.. ......
do do for wait
leorge W. Oornelitti, fur 92 lb bed'
$1,041 49
TOE MEECH , IN DIM (FILE 10
W. 11. Brewster for merchandise.
W. A.Fraker, do
J. R. Cnnuon, do
Mr. 11. Miller. do
0, - nnntriglutm, du
.1. B. 31yton, do
J. 11. Miller, do
Etnlre k Forst, do
PBnallitutoh &Co do
A. W. Gilleland, do
11. Adams, do
11. 9. Smelker, do
T. F. Orbison, do
Barton Green, do
Beni
X 509 78
........ 7SB 28
314 80
53 9
63 00
42 06
21 10
18 32
24 49
16 30
19 27
46 05
77h
& Oo , do
lohn A. Kerr. do
losley,Metzter&Co brtobacco
,chran & Gillespie, do
t. F. Douglass fer clothing
D. Eteeven, for hardware
40 45
40 32
190 85
57 99
roa orr-DOO6 ExPrxers
ohn P. Stewart, (director for cu..door ocr
vices
Fiords Iticbardoon, (director for nut-door oer-
225 1 , 9
1. 11. Kyper, Director,for out door services.— 28 01
Dr. A. B Brumbaugh. amputating T. Rich
ardron'a foot and medical attendance l2 50
Dr. A. B. Brumbaneb, for medical services to
out-door paupers.
Dr. M. It. ISrenemnu. f r medical services • f
pauper in Carbon township, 8 months and
28 days 37 18
Dr. J. F. Wiliam. fur medical services of pan
-5110 in ntrree township 29 14
Dr Duff, for medical services to paupers :12
JiicksOn township 23 33
Dr If. Orlady, for intallail services to paupers
in Petersburg, Ac.,
Dr. B. F. Oreen, for medical services to pau
pers in Clay and Springfield
Dr. Hill, for medical services to paupers in
Lipper West l2 50
Dr. W. 11. Ifinrinuan. for medical services to
reacher to pan- 2°
0°
pelt; in Mapleton, Union and Brady town
el ips moni bss
Dr. 1. J. Meal,, for attending Goo. Sellers-- 10 CO
do do for Jonittlino Sheffer l4 00
do de for moving paupers 432
do do for Lewis Bningardner 2O 00
do do for Mrs. Seacrist, Job noon and
ahley
Dr. J. W . Duurriddie, for medical services to
paupers in Franklin and Warriursmark
township., 6 months 2O CO
Dr J. W. Ounwiddie, for Dorsey Wm d, med
ical 'services 22 25
Dr. J. W. Dunniddie, fur Thoniaa Kerlin,
medical services BOO
Dr. Oeo. IV. Thompson, serviced to paupers in
Mount Union l5 CO
Dr. (leo. W Thompson, for assistin& in am
putating the foot of William Pierce 25 00
D.. Thotntoon std 5111arthoy, for medical
service+ attending lime Smith 2O CO
Dr. 8. L. Mlltrthy, for attending C. Wel, l7 50
da do for attending John Snack 25 00
Dr. J. A. Deaver. for attending (leo. Oill l2 00
Dr. John U. Wintrude, for attending, John
Long 25 eo
Dr. S. Thompson, far medical services render
ed C DeA mitt 5OO
Dr. J. F. Thom:stion, for medical serviced to
W. Pierre 268 50
Dr. J F. Thompson, for medical services - to
L. Biimg irdner BO On
Dr. W. AI. far medical SerViCel to Joe
Snyder 7B 75
Dr. D. P. Miller, for medical services to Thos
Rielmrdion
D. P. )tiller, for Medical Service. to Rob-
ert :Comm
Ir. D. P. Miller, for medial' rervires to Mary
Nestlmo
Dr. D. 1.. f.r medirol cervices to D.
Curly
J. It Flickinger, fur medical tervices to
D. 1'ar..114
Dr. W. A. Dinelintan, f , r medical servic
rendered Lsw is Bunigardner lB 00
James Fleming, for keeping T. Donnely sup
per and breakfast 1 25
James Fleming, for keeping George Kulp 2
hs lO 00
D. 1.. Wray, for keeping George • Gill
months 2O 00
Anti -
24 00
.drew Smith, for keeping E. Boblite 8
months • -
;emerge A. Eaton, for keeping W. Williams
and fourily, 2 enonths l6 00
N. E. 51cMurtrie, for keeping Mat. Ann Mar
tin, 2 months .. ....
Henry & lb., for keeping Ohenet Wasting 8
months. .................... ... ......
David Deng, for keeping Jane and Ellen (lar
dy, children, 2 nettrults l6 00
T. Ewing, for keeping Daniel Kanewers 8
J. J. Reed, fur keeping Christ Bordsh mid
Lonely 1 month 5 0)
.1. J. Ittsed. for melt. fur B trdsh and fatuity.._ f6 GO
Itomer Neiee, for keeping B. Stehley 2 must hi 20 GO
Peter Speck, fur keeping E. Porter ' 2 months BOO
Henry Carbough, for keeping Sarah Gin - -
b oug h Ite mouths . . . 41 CO
George M. Park. for keeping Mrs. Bu engin finer
suet 2 children 24 00
GOO. M. Pork, for nets for L. Bningarelner 52 88
Jame. llenderson, for keeping Isaac Ashton
4 m •nthe ............ .................. ................
Mrs. Ism er Ashton, fur keeping Isaac Ashton
S months ... 64 CO
W. P. (Phis.. for kerpin It. Sharer 1 yoor l6 01
Andrew Brumba gh, fur keeping Mary Lynn
end [Amity, 1 year SI 00
Andrew Brumbaugh, relief furnished George
Lynn .
.. . .. ... .
ng T. Thornburg 6 300 The following FUME do not appear in the shove report,
A. IL Bough , for keeping
and are thereGsre legitimate deduce ion frum the aggregste
months .. ... .. .... , 24 20 n 1811.626.73 ; leaving as the evens! expenses for the USE
Mrs 9 Murphy, for keeping C. Campbell 12 and support of the institution proper, during the current
months-. ....... .......
Georg.* Shultabarger• for keeping Farah Reaper and freight on It sloo 00
Shultzharger, 12 months
P. Brumbaugh, fur keeping P. Dlggins 1 year 96 On 31.11. Brper's mite with inters 1 year SI days 124 37
I'. Brumbaugh, fur keeping 11. C. Lytle's rams Meets Richardson, cash In Wingate case-. 30 75
sly 1 year CO 00 du do do by Judge Clarks
Martin Diner, fur keeping Elisabeth Itloger
• son . - 41 15
1 rear . 62 00 A. W. Evans, rm., on Fen's kt•eping In house 122 00
Dar. A. W. Evans, esti , due on Ezra'. keeping.... 71 20
7) 00 Post and Mali fence 155 00
Meat House _
—.-.
ten! Foster, for keeping Matilda Ewing 1
Cgit',Alin , . McGinnis, fur keeping D. Me(Da
nis 1 year OOOO
Lewis, for keeping Mrs. Weirs, Mrs.
Huffman, Mrs. Dell. Hosea 11111, ThOnlag
lilebardson, Mr. T Loneand Mrs. Hulick 154 78
George W. Lukens, fur keeping lire. Copra
haver 35 01
Rli. Kin•loe, fur provisions and nis. for
25 73
Mrs uarwnhaver .
E. Heade/am, fur coMna and hauling
COrINP
rani. Fleming, for 9 meals fur paupers
du •du for keeping Thorns Flinn
NI
•
unting d on
‘,.• ournal.
Huntingdon County Alms House.
3 e•eeks 5 00
G. &J. 11. Shoenberger for Inds. lurnishol
Geo. Gill S Cl
Greenwood Furnace, for and.. de., furnished
M. Weaver .. .... .... .......
Torn. & Co., for relief given Thomas Patten
Shearer, for keeping John Snyder and
, .
family 6 months - 146 11
A. enovnover, for keeping A. Bradley and
family (1 year '
Geo. IV. Putt, esq., for coffin, cllgginggniveand
hauling eolith lO 00
M. 11. Hyper, for grain furnished David
Keogh 0 32
Joseph °burn, for provisions for 31 Robin
$11,626 73
148 81'
A. W. Swoop°, for relief given John Cleckner
W. Pa 1 terson and Rom Smith 139 00
David Fortenhurg, for keeping . Mary Miller
5 week. ta, 02 to l2 50
William Philip., for keeping George Cam
bridge n 7 weeks ... ....... . . ES 75
J. C. Walker, for mds. furnished Martha
S. C Walker, for mils. furnished Kate Comp
....—. .
Mcßurney & Co., mds. furnished Mrs. De-
$241 09
73110
32 511
13 00
P. M. I!!tre, esq., a.i.nce rendered Cbarl.
.m I i sen . . .... . 19 95
J. S Dare, fur keeping W. POterson 4 months 34 52
Penna. State Lunatic Hospital, for, keeping
John Shively one year lBO 65
Directors of the Poor. of Bedford county, for
keeping Anymila MeCaban lOO 51
A. Heaton for articles furnished John
3 19
&tiler & Foust, for relief to Snack family 37 32
Etnier & Foust, for relief to Thou. Johnston'
9 61
160 51
Emily .. : . .... . . . 21. 65
A. W. Brown, for making coffin for Pierce.— 6 Oa
A. W. Brown. for making coffin for E. Snyder G .
Miles W. Brown, for 3 meals for John Brine... 1 cif
11. 11. Swoops, ter coffin and hauling corpse... 8 00
Thomas Cissney for keeping D. A. Parsons 1
month ...... ..... ...... ............ 20 00
Edward Carroll, for digging grave for D.
Levi Decker, for digging gray, kg•-••••••••••• - 5 11 ,
Daniel Montgomery, for shaving, laying old
and washing Cree 5 on
B. Aikey, for keeping Ann Wears tt months 13 30
J. C. Shaffer, fur keeping Elizabeth Boblits
$1.524 14
S. Withley, for keeping Amon Wearer.......... 2.5
Nonla Smith for selling Curbough's goods nt
n0rti0n............ ........... 1 1.0
A. Bearer, for coffin a n d hooting 31 rs. 'or-
C. Crotsh.y for keeping Lewis BUMPirdner... u 0 On
Rinirburgh, for limping Mien Gay-
George 31cCrum, for coffin and hauling Nancy
William Slumßerm. keeping D. Ward ...... ....... 3J 00
]lra. Corbin for keeping 31 re. Newman two
200
Cotrio Hoff. fortligg.ng grove for B. C. Lytle 2 00
Daritl elarloon, egg., for coffin and .tough do
for l.ee•is finniganlner ...........
4ranril King, fir hauling coffin and corrna
11. lien, foi• r °lief to ..... :1 00
Covert & Heck for goods furnished Pierce
family ........... ..... ...... ..... 4CO
3liehnel piney, shoes for Maggio Brown.-- 3 OD
E. Robley for keeping George Sellers ..... 10 OD
Grove t Peightni, for keeping E. Porter 3
23 54
4. 10
114 2n
months ... . 12 00
O. .unningham, fur relief given George At-
John J. lloss for rare of Stmck fami1y.......... 5 CO
Sarah Greer. for keeping T. Johnson's family 12 50
A. Simons, for coffin and Laming eorym 7 50
A. S. Harrison, for keeping Taylor Kelly 7
months . . ' . . . 10 00
L. Phetwant, for aitendiug C. Webb, and ma- _ _
king coffin
R. Voughn, for relief to R. Th0mp.0n....-- 5 00
.1. C. Browttor, for pmtilions to Pierce.....- ll 51
Ann Johnson, for keening D. Lightner's child
..,..
In ttrt
montivi.. . . .. .
S. flower, for keeping F. M. luionth IR 00
G. F. Lynn, for medicin.4 for G. Lynn, &c... 8 15
Andy Hicks. for relief to C. Brener and
famly 920
W. M. Boreland, for releif to Thomas Johnson 25 36
11. C. Madden, fru r elief to E. Snyder 1 68
It. Wills, for coffin and hauling Ilu. corpse Ac 13 00
A. Grove to CO , for relief of E. Porter 4 00
A. Graffins, for relief or pante.. 1 75
A. C. Roddy, for relief of .I,eph Snyder lO 00
Mieloel Quarry, for relief of E. Shaffer 8 11l
MSC. LANEOCS exn INCIDENTAL (run
By Dr. W. P. McSite, for alcohol. Ac 3 50
do do for Epsent salts, ...... 2 25
do do tincture lodine and Faits,
Ac 5 75
Dr. W. Mc:cite, for slippetyelm and camphor
Ac G 00
Dr W. P. McNite, for medicines fur Mrs.
Cron:,
James A. Doyle, fur 7 coffins (in-door pau
pers) N 00
James A. Doyle.. for carpenter work
Piper, for lOW dare carpenter work l5 27
do do for 1 day butchering 2OO
do do for one day planting corn lOO
Edward A. Myra!, for labor at house l3 00
Fanmel Miller, fur 40 tons coal . ISG 90
M. S. Harrison, for tinware-- ...... .............. 47 16
Penna. It. B. Co., for freight ............. ..... 20 07
Dud B. T. R. IL do ...... 175
David W. Pergrin, for 2 pairs 5h0e5.........._.. 800
E. J. Pergrin, to butchering 5 days ...... ......... 6 00
11. P. Hawker. for earthenware .............. 14 37
Philip Rafe, for shingles and 15 00
J. B. Common, for advertising "action" and
"Financial Statem,nt'". ..... ....... ...... 47 40
A. Goss, fur advertising " Finan cial . State-
J. IL Durborrow & Co., for advertising "Fi
nancial Statement"... ........ ............. 47 60
Perry Ott Fire Insurance Co., for insurance of
A1m5....... ............ ......... .—..... 53 21
David Smith. for grads bought at 5 54
N. Laferty, for 15 curds of wood 'and 8 logs
Dr. R. Baird, for treatment in William's case.. 10 00
T. W. Myton, fw costs in the case of the Com
monwealth vs. Frank Wingate
John Dougherty, for 15315th coal.-- 25 95
Nicholas Lynn, for MGR, hops
David Etnire,jr., for 2;4 tons of c0at.....
GNI. W. Cogley, for 6 1 / 4 lh pun.— ....... 612
John Logan, fur 10% yards carpet.— .......... 787
do. do 1 month as Steward for 1869-- 41 66
Last Taylor, for 3431 feet of boards ........... 34 49
A. It. Stewart, for 1 tea kettle...._ _.....1 25
W. B. Leas, fur goods at administrator's sale... 5 00
Jacob Hoffman, for 20 it. lewd or ............... 760
Knit McMullen, for) shoats weighing 970 lb.-. 44 50
John Becks, fur use of cider prems .....-......-
140
Mira Marietta Treater, for 23 weeks and 13i
dove house work . ....
Min Mary Clark, fur 14 weeks and 4 days
house work ..... ............. ...... ............ 29 13
Mier E. J. Wilson, fur 7 weeks and 3 days
home work.. . .
Geo. W. Whittaker, for statistical reports...— 34 31
W. 11. Roush, for moving paupers• to the Altus
$2,:t19 77
153 C 9
BSIIOTALS (111ARKIM a.)
By Thomas Stewart, esq., for orders of relief 100
John F. Thompson, esq., for orders of relief 300
John M. Leech, esq., do do 1 On
J. L. Mellvain, esq., do do 3 00
J. I I sillley, esq., do do 1 00
A. Magabes. esq., ' do do 1 no
L. Evans, esq, do do 1 00
A. W. Evans, mg., do de 2 10
J. Mclntire, req., do do S 25
John Beaver. coq., do do 3 to
J. Canty. V.I. do do 1 00
C. R. McCurthey,esq., do do 1 00
George Sipes, esq., do do 800
Peter Swoop, esq., do do 16 10
Richard Colegate, esq., do do 1 35
John 11. Lightuer, veg., do do 420
D. R. Fury, esti.. do do 3 00
P. 11. Bence, esq, do do 1 09
John 0 Murry, est; . do do 24 27
A. W. Pheasant, for moslng paupers to the
Alms House
A. Robison, for Dossing lauper to the Alms
Home 2OO
. Richard S. Starr, for moving pauper to the
Alms Mese 2 00
E. It Rdgers, for moving pauper to the Alms
House 6 00
Y. S. Livingston, for moving paupers to the
Alms House . 400
J. M. Piper, for moving paspers to the Alms-
Donee. 200
Jacobs & Co.. for moving paupers to the Alms ,
House 3 15
William Bice, for moving paupers to the Alms-
House
Gaspe A. neaten. for moving paupers to the
Alms Don-e 6 f 5
Richard Wills, fur moving pauper. to the
Alois House 2O 71
A Hicks. for moving paispere to the Aline
Hons.. 2 50
Adam Eyler, for moving paupers to the AIDIN
11011,0
E. Trough, for moving paupers to the Alms
House 2 CO
J. 31. Mead, for moving pauvers to the Alms
House 2 00
Samuel Jones. for moving paupem to the
Alms 11011. .... 200
J. D. Sloan, for moving paupers to the Alms
N. Grissinger, for moving paupens to the Altus
By John I'. Stewart, for services as Director 10
Harris Richardson, for ser vi ces as Director 12
11. 11. Kyper, for services as Director 12 months 43 32
Gilbert Horning, for services as Director 2 •
months lO 72
°romp W. Whittaker, for services as Clerk
12 months . 50 00
Mcnte Williamson, tom., Attorney for Direc
tors 12 months
Dr. W. I'. McNite, attending physician 12
months
John Logan, Stewanl for amount of his ac
count 6ll 43
40011100bels Lime @ 4ets per Imehel l6O 00
One Cow lB 00
2009 7meals furnished “Tramps." during year 240 00
Clothing furnished "Tramps." during year 200 00
road and Clothing furnished Isaac Cron's
Lundy 6O 00
6lx acres land told to Dr. Itoyr & Co 276 00
$2,110 47
We, the tandereigned, Auditors of the ConntY of Huu•
tingdvo, do hereby certify that we have eaaudued the or.
Huntingdon County Alms House.
den, vouchers. accounts &c., of the Directors of the Poor
of sand county, and find the saute to be correct as above
stated; and we do further find, that on examining the
Trwtsurer's account, he has paid on Poor House Orders,
since last settlement, the tom of 110,654.85.
Witness our hands at Huntingdon, this—Any of Janu
ary, A. D. Int
S. P. SMITH,
BARTON G R RENE. }Auditors.
SILAS A. CRESSWELL,
U U Poo' Tater.
[Original.]
Sister Fannie
I sit where the wild flowers mantle
The turf, in a gorgeous array,
Which wraps the fair form of our Fannie
Who sings with the angels to-day.
Ah well do our sad hearts remember
When first we the pallor descried,
Which marked the approach of the monster
To claim the dear child for his bride.
As slowly the crimson hue faded,
And death's palli•1 harbinger flung
His weird spell so gloomily o'er her.
Our hearts a sad requiem sung.
As twilight's dim shadows, at even,
Proclaim the descent of night's gloom,
The wan spectre marked our hearth-angel
An occupant of the dark tomb.
Bow poignant the snap of the tendrils
That twined around each loving heart,
When, hopeless, we knew that our darling
Must front our home-circle depart?
But hope lights a shimmering beacon,
Which softens the blow of the torah,
And tells us dear Fanny is singing
Where flowers eternally bloom.
Though, sleeping beneath this green mantle,
She's free from earth's turmoil and strife;
Secure where the crystal stream gushes
From the evergreen mountains of life.
prating fin the piiiion.
GENERAL ELECTION LAN,
Full Text of the Bill as it Finally
PaFsed the Leiislature.
The First Bill Passed by the Legislature
Under the New Constitution,
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BY ASSESSORS
TN JUNE OF EVERY YEAR.
A further supplement to the act regula.
tin; electiOn's in tbiA Conmionwealili
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, Sze.--That it
shalt be the duty of each of the assessors
who are required to perform any duties
incident to the holding of elections and
the registration of voters in the different
counties or cities in this Commonwealth,
on the first Monday of June of each year,
to take up the transcript of the next pre
ceding assessment as transmitted to them
by the city or county commistsioners; and
proceed to the revision of the saute, and
tbr this purpose he shall visit every dwell
ing house in his district, and make care
ful inquiry if any person whose name is on
his list has died or removed from the dis
trict, and if so to erase the same there
from ; or whether any qualified voter re
sides therein whose name is not on thelist,
and if so to add the same thereto, and in
all cases where a 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 so
assessed claims to be a voter. Upon the
completion of this work it shall be the du
ty of each assessor as aforesaid to proceed
to make out a list, in alphabetical order,
of the male citizens twe.nty.one years of
age and upwards claiming to be qualified
voters in the election district of which he
is the assessor, and opposite each of said
names state whether said citizen is or is
not a housekeeper; and, if he is, the num
ber of his residence in towns where the
saute are numbered, with the street, alley
or court in which situated, and if in a
town where there are no numbers, the
name of the street, alley or court on which
said house fronts, also the occupation of
the prson, and where lie is not a house
keeper the occupation, place of boarding;
and with whom, and, if working fer , anoth
er, the name of the employer, and write
opposite each of Fain name the word,
"voter." When any person claims to vote
by reason of naturalization he shall exhib
it his certificate thereof to the Assessor
wales he has been for two conseoutive
years next preceding a voter in said dis
trict; and in all sasses where the person
has been naturalized the name shall be
marked with the letter "N." Where the
person has merely declared his intentions
to become a citizen and designsto be natu
ralized before the next eleotion he shall
exhibit the certificate of his declaration
of intention and the name shall be mark
ed "D I;" and where the person shall be
entitled by existing laws to be naturalized
without making a declaration of his inten.
tion 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 "I
N." Where the claim is to vote by rea
son of being of the age of twenty-one and
under twenty-two as provided by law, the
word "age" shall be entered; 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 each
assessor, as aforesaid, upon the completion
of the duties herein imposed to make out
a separate list of all new assessments made
by him. On the list being completed and
the assessments made as aforesaid the same
shall forthwith be returned to the County
Commissioners.
$4,542 &4
992 84
$162 98
CORRECTION OF REGISTRATION-NEGLECT
OP DUTY BY ASSESSORS.
SECTION 2. The County Commissioners
shall immediately add the names on the
list of new assessments to the tax duplicate
of the ward, borough, township or district
in which they have been assessed, and
cause duplicate copies of the other list,
with the observations and explanations re
quired to be noted as aforesaid to be made
out as 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 requried to be held,
and retain the other in his possession for
the inspection, free of charge, of any per•
son resident in the said election district
who shall desire to see the same; and it
shall be the duty of the sold assessor to
add from time to time, on the personal ap
plication of any one claiming the right to
vote, the name of such claimant., and mark
opposite the name "C. V;" and immeliate
ly assess him, noting as in all other oases
his oocupation,residenee, whether a board
$1,042 F 7
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1874
'er or house-keeper; if a boarder with
' whom he boards, and whether naturalized,
or designing to be, marking in all cases
opposite the name the letters "N," "D I,"
or "I N." as the ease may be. if the per
son claiming to be assessed be naturalized,
he shall exhibit to the assessor his certifi
cate of naturalization, and if he claims
that he designs to be naturalized before
the next ensuing election he shall exhibit
the certificate of his declaration of inten
tion, if such previous declaration is requir
ed by the laws of the United States. It
shall be the duty of the said assessor to be
present at the election house of the said
election districts, during the two secular
days next preceding the day fixed by the
third section of this act for returning the
list to the county commissioners, from ten
A. M., to three r. se., and front six r. M.,
to nine r. at., of each of said days, for the
purpose of hearing and acting upon appli
cations to be made under the provisions of
this section, or relating to names upon said
list, or that are sought to be placed there
on or struck therefrom; and it shall be his
•duty to correct said lists by adding thereto
the names of persons entitled to vote not
already thereon, and by striking therefrom
fictitious name or names of persons who
have died or removed from said district ;
and the said lists shall be open for inspec
tion by any qualified elector of the county
or ward in which the election district is
situated, as well as by the person claiming
to be registered; art' the Court of Com
mon Please of the proper county, or any
law judge thereof at chambers, on the ap
plication of any qualified elector of the •
ward or county under oath. setting forth a
breach of any of the duties imposed on
said assessor by this act, which oath way
be made at any time before the day of elec.
Lion, shall call the assessor and the com
plainant before it or him by citation or
rule, t© show cause, and shall hear the par
ties and dispose of the subject in a sum
mary manner as to law and justice shall
belong, and shall if need be order the as
sessor to correct the registry accordingly,
and the said court or judge rimy enforce
such order by attachment as in proceedings
for comtempt.
FINAL RETURN OF CORRECT REGISTRY TO
COMMISSIONERS.
SECTION 3. After the assessments have
been completed, on the sixty-firs: , day be
fore the Tuesday next following. the first
Monday of November in each year, the as
sessor shall on the following day 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 first section of this ac', noting opposite
each name the observations and explana
tions required to be noted as aforesaid, and
the county commissioners shall thereupon
cause the same to be added to the return
required by the first se ction of this act,
and a full and correct copy thereof to be
made containing the names of all persons
so returned as resident taxables in said
election district, and furnish the same, to
gether with the necessary election blanks,
to the officers of the election in such elec
tion district on or before seven o'clock on
the morning of the election; and no man
shall be 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.
APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS. THEIR
DUTY.
SECTION 4. On the petition of five or
more citizens of any election district set
ting forth that the appointment of over
seers is a reasonable precaution to secure
the purity and fairness of the election in
said district, it shall be the duty of the
Court of Common Pleas of the proper
county, all the law judges of the said court
able to act at the concurring., to appoint
two judicious, sober and intelligent citizens
of the said district, belonging to different
political parties, overseers of election, to
supervise the proceedingsofelection officers
thereof, and to make report of the same as
they may be required by such court. Said
overseers shall be persons qualified to serve
upon election boards, and shall have the
right to be present with the officers of such
election during the whole time the same is
held, the votes counted, and the returns
made out and signed by the election of
ficers, to keep a list of voters if they see
proper, to challenge any person offering to
vote, and interrogate him and his witnes
ses. under oath, in regard to his right of
suffrage at said election, and to examine
his papers produced; and the officers of
said election are required to afford to said
overseers so selected and appointed every
convenience and facility for the discharge
of their duties, and if said election officers
shall refuse to permit said overseers to be
present and perform their duties as afore
said, such officer or officers shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined not exceeding one thousand
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding one
year, or both, in the discretion 6r the court;
or if the overseers shall be driven away
from the polls by violence or intimidation,
all the votes polled in such election dis
trict may be rejected by the proper tribu
nal trying a contest under said election, or
a part or portion of such votes aforesaid
may be counted as such tribunal may deem
necessary to a just and proper disposition
of the case.
WHEN THE POLLS ARE TO BE KEPT OPEN,
SECTION 5. At all elections hereafter
held under the laws of this Commonwealth,
the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock,
A. and closed at seven o'clock
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND INSPEC
TORS BY TUE COURT.
SECTION 6. In all election districts
where a vacancy exists by reason of the
disqualification of the officer or otherwise
in an election board heretofore appointed,
or Where any new district shall be formed,
the Judge or Judges of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of the proper county shall, ten
days before any general or special election
appoint competent persons to fill said va
cancies, and to conduct the election in
said new districts, and in the appointment
of inspectors in any election district both
shall not be of the saute political party,
and the judge of elections shall in all cases
be of the political party havi4 , the major
ity of votes in said district as nearly as
said judge or judges can ascertain the fact,
and in case of the disagreement of the
judges as to the selection of inspectors the
political majority of the judges shall
select one of such inspectors, .and the mi
nority judge or judges shall select the
other.
SECTION 7. Whenever there shall be a
vacancy. .in a election board on the morning
of an election, said Vacancy shall be filled
in conformity with existing laws.
DUTIES OF ELECTION OFFICERS,
SECTION 8. At the opening of the polls
at all elections it shall be the duty of the
judges of election for : their respective dis
tricts to designate one of the inspectors,
whose duty it shall be to have in custody
the registry of voters, and to make the en
tries therein required by law, and it shall
be the duty of the other of said inspectors
to receive and number the ballots present
ed at said election.
Section 9 All elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot voted shall
be numbered in the order in which it shall
be received, and the number recorded by
the clerks on the list of voters opposite the
name of the elector from whom received.
And any voter voting two or more tickets,
the several tickets so voted 'shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding
with the number to the name of the voter.
Any elector may write his name upon his
ticket or cause the saute to be written
thereon and attested by a citizen of the
district. In addition to the oath now pre
scribed by law to be taken end subscribed
by election officers, they shall severally be
sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any
elector shall have voted, unless required
to do so as witnesses in a judicial proceed
ing. All judges, inspectors, clerks and
overseers of any election held under this
act shall, before enterine• ' upon their duties,
be duly sworn or affirmed in the presence
of each other. The judge shall be sworn
by the minority inspector, if there shall be
a minority inspector, and in case there be no
minority inspector then by a justice of the
peace or alderman, and the inspectors,
overseers and clerks shall be sworn by the
judge. Certificates of such swearing or
affirming shall he duly made out and sign
ed by the officers so sworn, and attested
by the officers who administered the oath.
If any judge or minority inspector refuses
or fails to swear the officers of election in
the manner required by this act, or if any
officer of election shall act without being
first duly sworn, or if any officer of elec
tion shall sign the form
.of oath without
being duly sworn, or if any judge or min
ority inspector shall certify that any offi
cer was sworn when be waS not, it shall be
deemed a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion the officer or officers so offendinr , shall
be tined not exceeding one thousand dol
lars or imprisonment not exceeding one
'ear or both in the discretion of the court.
NON•REGISTERED VOTERS.
SECTION 10. On the day of election
any person %those name shall not appear
on tile registry of voters, and who claims
the right to vote at said election, shall pro
duce at least one qualified voter of the dis
trict as a witness to the residence of the
claimant in the district in which he claims
to be a voter for the period of at least two
months immediately preceding said elec
tion, which witness shall be sworn or
affirmed, and subscribe a written, or part
ly written and partly printed affidavit to
the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where the residence is
of the person so claiming to be a voter,
and the person so claiming the right to rote
shall also take and subscribe a written or
partly written and partly printed affidavit,
stating to the best of his knowledge and
belief r when and where he was born, that
he has been a citizen of the United States
for one month, and of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, that he has resided in the
"Conimonwealth one year, or if furmerly a
qualified elector or native born citizen
thereof, and bas removed therefrom and
returned, that be has resided therein six
months next preceding said election; that
lie has resided in the district in which he
claims to be a voter for the period of at
least two months immediately preceding
said election ; that he has not moved into
the district for the purpose of voting there
in; that he has, if twenty-two years of age
or upwards, paid a State or county tax
within two years, which was assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election. The said affi x
davit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to be paid by the' affiant was
assessed, and when and where and t.) whom
paid, and the tax receipt therefor shall be
produced for examination unless the affi
ant shall state in his affidavit that it has
been lost or destroyed or that ho never re
ceived any, and, if a naturalized citizen,
shall also state when, where and by what
court he was naturalized, and shall also
produce his certificate of naturalization for
examination; but so claiming the right to
vote shall take and subscribe an affidavit
that he is a native born citizen of' the
United States, or if born elsewhere shall
state the fact in his affidavit' and shall
produce evidence that he has been natur
alized, or that he is entitled to citizenship
by reason of his father's natnralizatiou,
and shall further state in his affidavit that
he is ut the time of making the affidavit a
the age of twenty-one and under twenty
two years, that he has been a citizen of
the United States one month, and has re
sided in the State one year; or, if a native
born citizen of the State, and removed
therefrom and returned, that he has resid
ed therein six months next preceding said
election, and in the elgetion district two
months immediately preceding such elec
tion, he shall be entitled to vote, although
he shall not have paid his taxes. The
said affidavits of all persons making such
claims and affidavits of the witnesses to
their residence shall be preserved by the
election board, and at the closeofthe elec
tion they shall be enclosed with the list of
voters, tally list, and other papers required
by law to be filed by the return judge with
the prothonotary, and shall remain on file
therewith in the prothonotary's office, sub
ject to examination as other election pa
pers are. If the election officers shall find
that the applicant possesses all the legal
qualifications of a voter he shall be per
mitted ti vote, and his name shall be add
ed to the list of taxables by the election
officers, the word 'lax" beim -, added where
the - claimant claims to vote on tax, and
the word "age" where he claims to vote on
age, the saute words being added by the
clerks in each case respectively on the lists
of persons voting at such election.
CHALLENGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS.
SECTION 11. It shall be lawful for any
qualified citizen of the district, notwith
standing the name of the proposed voter
is contained on the list of resident taxables,
to challenge the vote of such person,
whereupon the same proof of the right of
suffrage as is now required by law shall be
publicly made, and acted on by the Elec
tion Board, and the vote admitted or re
jected according to the evidence. Every
person claiming to be a naturalized citizen
shall be required to produce his naturali
zation certificate at the election before re
-ling, except where he has been for-five
years consecutively a voter in the district
which he offers his vote, and on the
vote of such persons being received it shall
be the duty of the election officers to write
or stamp on such certificate the word
• "voted," with the day, month and year,
and if any election officer or officers shall
receive a second vote on the same day by
virtue of the sane certificate, excepting
where tons are entitled to vote because of
the naturalization of their ththers, they
and the person who shall offer such second
vote shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof be fined or imprison
ed, or both at the discretion of the ccurt,
but the fine shall not exceed five hundred
dollars in emit case nor the imprisonment
one year. The like punishment shall be
inflicted on conviction on the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to
make or cause to be madethe endorsement
required as aforesaid on said naturalization
certificate.
NEGLECT OF DUTY OF ELECTION OFFI
CERS.
SECTIOD 12. I f 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 offering to
vote whose name is not on the list of as
sessed voters, or whose right to vote is
challenged by any qualified voter who pre
sent, and shall admit such persons to vote
without requiring such proof, every per
son so offending shall upon conviction be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sen
tenced for every such offence to pay a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to
undergo an of imprisonment not more than
one year or both at the discretion of the
court:
CANVASS OP THE VOTES BY TUB COURT,
SECTION 13. As soon as the polls close
the officers of election shall proceed to
count all the votes east for each candidate
voted for, and make out a full return of
the same in triplicate, with a return sheet
in addition, in all of which the votes re
ceived by et:ch candidate shall be given
after his or her name, first in words and
again .in figures, and shall be signed by
all of eaid officers, and certified by over
seers if any, or if not so certified, the
overseers and any officer refusing to sign
or certify or either of them, shall write
upon each of the returns his or their rea
sons for not signing or certifying them.—
The vote as soon as counted shall also be
publicly and fully declared from the win
dow to the citizens present, and a brief
statement showing the votes received by
each candidate shall be made and signed
by the election officers as soon as the vote
is counted, and the same shall be immedi
ately posted on the door of the election
house for information of the public. The
triplicate returns shall be enclosed in en
voi apes and he sealed in presence of the
officers, and one envelope with the unseal.
ed return sheet given to the judge, which
shall contain one list of voters, tally-paper,
and oaths of officers, and another of said
envelopes Shall be given to - the minority
inspector. All judges living within twelve
miles of the prothonotary's office, or with
in twenty-four miles, if their residence be
in a town, village or city upon the line of
a railroad leading to the county seat, shall
before two o'clock, past meridian, of the
day after the election, and all other judges
shall before twelve o'clock meridian of the
second day after the election, deliver said
return, together with return sheet to the
prothonotary of the court of common pleas
of the county, which said return sheet
shall be filed, and the day and hour of
filing marked thereon, and shall be preserv
ed by the prothonotary for public inspec
tion. At twelve o'clock on the second
day following any election, the prothono
tary of the court of common pleas shall
present the said returns to the said court;
in counties where there is no resident
president judge, the associate judges shall
perform the duties imposed upon the court
of common pleas, which shall convene for
said purpose; the returns presented by the
prothonotary shall be opened by sai-1 court.,
and computed by such of its officers, and
such sworn assistants as the court shall ap
point, in the presence of the judge or
judges of said court, and the leturns cer
tified and certificates of election issued un
der the seal of the court, as is now requir
ed to be done by return judges, and the
vote as so computed and certified shall be
made a matter of record in said omit
The sessions of the said court shall be open
to the public, and in case the return of
any election district shall be missing when
the returns are presented, or in case of
complaint of a qualified elector under oath
charging palpable fraud or mistake, and
particularly specifying the alleged fraud
or mistake, or where fraud or mistake is
apparent on the return, and if in the judg
ment of the court it shall be necessary to
a just return said court shall issue sum
mary process against the election officers,
and overseers if' any, of the election this
:rid complained of, to bring them forth
with into court, with all election papers in
their possession, and if palpable miAake
or fraud shall be discovered, it shall, upon
such hearing as may be deemed necessary
to enlighten the court, be corrected by the
court, and so certified; but all allegations
of palpable fraud or mistake shall be de
cided by the said court • within three days.
after the day, the returns are brought in
to court for computation, and the said in
quiry shall be directed only to palpable
fraud or mistake, shall be decided by the
said court within three days after the day
the returns are brought into court for com
putation, and, the said inqury shall be di
rected only to palpable fraud or mistake
and shall net be deemed a judicial ad
judiction to conclude any contest now
or hereafter to be provided by law ;
and the other of said triplicate re
turns shall be placed iu the box and seal
ed up with the ballots. Nothing in this
act shall require the returns of election of
township or borough officers to be made to
the court as directed in this section, but
all returns of the election of township and
borough officers shall be enclosed in a seal
,ed cover, directed to the prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of the proper
county, and shall by some one of them be
',delivered into his office within three days
after every such election and filed therein.
In counties where there are three or more
judges of said court learned in the law, at
least two judges shall sit to compute and
certify returns, unless unavoidably prevent
ed. If any of the said judges shall him
li be a candidate for any office at any
election be shall not sit with the court or
act in counting the returns of such elec.
Lion, and in such case the other judges, if
any, shall act, and it' in any county there
shall be no judge qualified to hold the said
court under the provisions of this act pre
sent and able to act, then and in every
such case, the register of wills ; the sher
iff and county commissioners of the proper
county shall be and constitute a Board,
who, or a majority of whom, shall have
and exercise all the powers, and perform
all the duties vested in or required to be
pe farmed by the court of common pleas
of such county, by and under the provis
ions of this section ; but none of the said
officers shall act as a member of such Board
when himself a candidate for any office at
the election, the returns of which the said
Board is required to ceunt under the pro
visions of this section. The returns
required by this art to be presented
by the prothonotary of the court of cow.
mon pleas of the counties of Philadelphia
and Allegheny respectively shall be pre
sented to such three or more of the judges
of the several courts of common pleas of
said county respectively, as the judges of
said courts or a majority of them may des
ignate to perform the duty of receiving,
computing and certifying said returns.
When two or more counties are connected
for the election of any officer the courts of
such counties shall each appoint a return
judge to meet at such time and place as
required by law to compare hod certify the
vote of such districts. All officets provi
ded for by this act shall be compensated
as like officers are paid by existing laws.
Whenever a place has been or shall be
provided by the authorities of any city,
county, township or borough for the safe
keeping of the ballot-boxes, the judge and
minority inspector shall, after the election
shall be finished, and the ballot box or
boxes containing tickets, list of voters and
other papers have been securely bound
with tape and sealed, and the signatures
of the judge and inspectors affixed there
to, forthwith deliver the same, together
with the remaining boxes, to the mayor
and recorder of such city, or in counties,
townships or boroughs to such person or
persons as the Court of Common Pleas of
the county proper may designate, at the place
provided as aforesaid. who shall hen deposit
the said boxes and keep the same to an
swer the call of any court or tribunal au
thorized to try the merits of such election.
Whenever the election officers of any elec
tion di:4 rid. shall require the election
boxes of such district to hold any elec
tion which by law they are, or shall be, re
quired to hold, they shall keep the same
securely in their possession without open
ing until the morning of such election,
and until they shall severally be sworn or
affirmed not to disclose how any elector
shall have voted, and after being so sworn
or affirmed, they shall open the said boxes
and burn and totally destroy all ballots and
other papers which they shall find therein
before proceeding to hold such election.
APPOINTMENT OF ASSESSORS TO FILL VA•
CANCIES
SECTION 14. That from and immedi
ately after the passage of this act the Court
of Common Pleas in the proper county
in election districts wherein assessors
have not heretofore been elected, shall
appoint one reputable person in each
election district to be the assessor there
of, who shall perform all the duties re
lating to elections now required to be
performed by assessors under the provision
of this act. Such assessors shall be ap•
pointed as nearly as can be ascertained
from the party having a majority ofthe
votes in their respective districts.
THE ENSUING FEBRUARY ELECTION
SECTION 15. That at the election to be
held on the third Tuesday of February
next, and at the election annually there
after, there shall be elected in each elec
tion district in the State, as well in those
wherein the registration of voters has here
tofore been made by officers appointed and
not chosen by the people to perform the
duty, as in all others, one person as judge
and two inspectors in conformity with the
general laws of the Commonwealth, to
conduct the elections for one year, and also
an assessor wbo shall perform the duties
incident to elections as required by the
provisions of this act,
REGISTRATION FOR FEBRUARY ELECTION.
SgarioN 16. That the assessors appoint
ed under the fourteenth section of this act,
shall, within five days after their appoint
ment, proceed to make out lists of the
qualified electors in their respective elec
tion districts, and deliver the same to the
commissioners. who shall transmit a certi
fied copy of the same to the judge of each
election district at least forty-eight hours
before the election to be held on the third
Tuesday of February nest; said assessors
shall also post ten copies thereof in con•
spicuous places in each election district at
least ten days before said election. And
the lists so made by the assessors during
the two secular days preceding the day of
the delivery thereof to the commissioners
k . of which days public) notice shall be given
by handbill throughout said district) shall
be open for inspection and correction, in
custody of said assessor, from 10 A. M. to
3 P. at., and from 6 P. u., to 9 P. M., of
each of said days, in the manner provided
in section second of this act, and all of
the remedies, prlvileges and powers secured
and provided thereby are hereby made ap
plicable to the lists herein named.
SEarroN 17. The respective assessors,
inspectors and judges of the elections shall
each have the power to administer the oath
to any person claiming the right to be as
sessed, or the right of suffrage, or in re
gard to any other matter or thing requir
ed to be done or inquired into by any of said
officers under this act, and any willful false
swearing by any person in relation to any
matter or thing concerning which they
shall bo lawfully interrogated by any of
said officers or overseers, shall be perjury.
DUTIES OF ASSESSORS AND OTHER ELEC-
TION OFFICERS,
SECTION 18. The assessors shall each
receive the same compensation for the time
necessarily spent in performing the duties
hereby enjoined as is provided by law to
assessors for making valuations to be paid
by the County Commissioners as in. other
cases, and it shall not be lawful for any
assessor to assess a tax against any person
whatever within sixty-one days next pre
ceding the annual election in November.
Any violation of this provision shall be a
misdemeanor and subject the officer so of
fending to a fine, on conviction, not ex- ,
ceeding one hundred dollars, or to impris
onment not exceeding three months, or
both, at the discretion of the court.
SECTION 19. Any assessor, election of
ficer or person appointed as an overseer
who shall neglect or refuse to perform any
duty enjoined by this act, without reason
able or legal cause, shall be subject to a
penalty of one hundred dollars, and if sny
assessor shall knowingly assess any person
as a voter who is not qualified, or shall
willfully refuse to assess any one who is
qualified, he shall be guilty of a misde
meanor in office, and on conviction be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding
two years, or both at the discretion of the
court, 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 voters 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 mis
chievous intent, or for any improper pur
pose, tjm person so offending shall be guil
ty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by a fine not exeeding
five hundred dollars and imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court. And if any person
shall by vi,dence or intimid aim drive, or
attempt to drive from the polls, any per-
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son or persons appointed by the court to
act as overseers of an election, or in any
way wilfully prevent said overseers from
performing the duties enjoined upon them
by this act, such person shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
of shall be punished by a fine not exceed
ing one thousand dollars, or by imprison
ment not exceeding two years, or both at
the discretion of the Court. Any person
who shall on the day of any election visit
a piling place in any election district at
which he is not entitled to vote, and shall
i.hy intimidation or violence for the
purpose of preventing any officer of elec
tion from performing the duties required
of him by law, or for the purpose of pre
venting any qualified voter of such district
exercising his right to vote, or from exer
cising his right to challenge any person
offering to vote, such person shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion of the Court. Any
clerk, overseer or election officer who shall
disclose bow any elector shall have voted,
unless required to do as a witness in a ju
dicial proceeding, shall ba guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, at the dis
cretion of the Court.
ISSUE OF FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION
PAPER
SECTION 20. If any prothonotary, clerk,
or the deputy of either, or any other per
son shall affix the seal of any court to any
naturalization paper, or permit the same
to be affixed, or give out or cause or per
mit such naturalization paper to be given
out in blank, whereby it may be fraudu
lently used, or furnish a naturalization
certificate 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 toTthe act of Congress,
or shall aid in, connive at, or in any way
permit the issue of any fraudulent naturali
zation certificate, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, or if any one shall fraudu
lently use any such certificate of naturali
zation, knowing that it was fraudulently
used, or shall vote or attempt to vote there
on, or if any one shall vote or attempt to
vote on any certificate of naturalization not
issued to hint he shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and either or any of the persons,
their eiders or abettors, found guilty of
either of the misdemeanors aforesaid shall
be fined in a sum not exceeding one thous
and dollars, and imprisoned in the proper
penitentiary for a period not exceeding
three years.
SECTION 21. Any person, on oath or
affirmation, in . or before any court in the
State or officer authorized to administer
oaths, shall, to procure a certificate of nat
uralization for himself or any other person,
wilfully depose, declare on affirm any mat
ter to , be fact, knowing the same to be
false, or shall in like manner deny any
matter to be fact, knowing the same to be
true, shall be deemed guilty of perjury,
and any certificate of naturalization issued
in pursuance of any such deposition, dec
laration or affirmation shall be null and
void, and it shall be the duty of the court
issuing the same, upon proof being made
before it that it was fraudulently obtained
to take immediate 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 an aceney what
ever in the issue, circulation or use of any
fraudulent naturalization certificate shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall undergo
an imprisonment in the penitentiary for
not more than two years, and pay a Sue of
not more than one thousand dollars for
every such offense, or eithr, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
FORMS FOR ELECTION BLANKS.
SECTION 22. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of tho Commonwealth to prepare
forms for all the blanks made necessary by
this act, and furnish copies of the same to
the county commissioners of the several
counties of the commonwath ; and the
County Commissioners of each county shall
as soon as may be necessary after receipt
of the same, at the proper expense of the
county, procure and furnish to all the
election officers of the election districts of
their respective counties copies of snob
blanks in such quantities as may be ren
dered necessary for the discharge of their
duties under this act, and shall pay all
necessary:expenses for lights, rent, fuel
and stationery on bills certified by the
election officers.
SPECIAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
SEcrrioN 23. Special elections for city,
ward, borough and township officers for
regular terms of service, shall be regulated
and conducted in like manner as general
elections, and by the same officers who
shall perform the same dutiesoiltd be sub
ject to the same penalties as are provided
for general elections, unless otherwise pro
vided for in this act.
SECTION 24. All the duties imposed by
this act upon County Commissioners shall
be performed in tho city of Philadelphia
by the city Commissioners.
DISPOSITION OF FINES AND PENALTIES
SECTION 25. All funds arising from
fines imposed and collected in pursuance
of the foregoing sections shall be applied
to the common schools of the county in
which said fines may have been collected.
and to be apportioned among the several
"school districts according to the popula
tion thereof.
SECTION 26. All acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with this act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Personal
Chief Justice Waite believes in female
suffrage.
Col. Gordon is to take Sir Samuel Ba
ker's place in Central Africa, and prose
cute the plans of the Viceroy of Egypt.
Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson
left one daughter, an interesting young
lady, who is now at school in Charlotte,
N. C.
One of the latest official acts of ex-Gov
ernor Davis, of Texas, was the appoint
ment of a lady as the Commissioner of the
Centennial celebration at Philadelphia.
General Cashing has been making a part
ing
visit to "Glebeland ," his country seat,
in Virginia, about five wiles from the cap
ital, where he will leave his valuable law
library.
Mr. Win. Trotter. of Taylor county,
Kentucky, has fallen heir to $500,000, be
queathed by an aunt in England. Before
his good luck overtook him he used to be
Old Bill Trotter,