Mlowing Is a correct text if
ot election law, at 'he
.eion of the Legislature, and
f which the next flection will I
' Assessors nnd election officers
..-a well to aluily and Usrn their
under it, mid it will result in
' rm if voters acquaint themselves
its provision loo. Tho proper
of tho net should ho, "an act to
, nt the laboring while ninn from
rig a vote," becanso thin was tho
t aimed at hy its fVamcrs ;
iher supplement to nrt relating to
electluua of tills ConaQinowralth.
. ction 1. He it enacted d c. That
si and ufler the passage of this act
'tall ho tho duty of tlio several ux
ors wilhinlhis Common wealth, ou
iving their transcripts from tho
ity commissioners, to proceed to
o nut u lint in alphabetical order
. white freemvu above twenty
years of age whom thoy shall
v, or who ahull make claim to
assessors to be qualified voter
iin their respective townships,
mglm, ward or other election dia
ls, and opposite said names state
llier said freeman is or is not a
t
r
c.n.
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v, ,
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tUecper, and, if he in, the number
!;t residence, in towns where the
,a are numbered, with the street,
y or court in which situated, and
M a town where them are no niiin
the name of the street alley or
l on which said bouse fronts ; al
1'ie occupation of the party, and,
o he is not a housekeeper, the
jiation, place of boarding and
i whom ; and, if working for
.her, the name of the employor;
if
If;
write opposite suiu nuine the
1 "voter;" and where said parly
:ia to vote by reason of nuturali
;n, he shall exhibit his certificate
tali
thereof to the assessor, unless he shall
hiivn voted in the township, borough,
v , J or district, at five preceeding
f ral elections ; and on exhibition
of the certificate, the name shull be
f kea with the letter JN ; when the
party bus merely declared his l n ten
tiini to become a citizen and designs
1 o t e naturalized before the next elec
tion the name shall be marked D I ;
t i ove the claim is to vote by reason
of being between the ages of twenty
t'lH) ai.d twentv-two. as nrovided bv
lav.', the word "ago" shall be entered,
"d if the party has moved into the
i lion district to reside since the
I. .i general election, the letter H shall
to placed opposite the name; and in
t il of the casus enumerated a tax shall
iutthwith be assessed against tho pcr
e:n. And in order to carry this law
int effect for the present year it shall
l the duty of tho commissioners of
t! .; respective counties of this Com
sv it wealth within sixty days alter
tl.s p.issago of this act, to cause alpha
ir ;,ieal lists of the persons returned
t y tho assessors as having been as
i cd in iho several districts for the
pre tent year, to bo made out and pla
ce J in the hunds of the respective as
t ors, whose duty it shall be, on or
L' roro the Crstof September, to ascer
t'u the (ualiticalions of the persons
f ) named and their claims to veto as
In "re mentioned and performed, in
ii wJ to such persons, all of tho du
ll, t enjoined by this act, and furnish
s . 1 list to the commissioners and
:tioo board as hereinafter directed;
1', voided, That the names of all per
son who were July registered and
permitted to vote at the next proceed
n( ; general election in October, shall,
v. ii Uout further proof or application,
l e placed on the list or registry dircc
t!' i to bo preparud for the election in
November, but they and all others
i -liull bo subject to challenge and their
3 :;bl to vote be parsed on as prescri
! o'i by the fourth section of this act.
Sec. 2. On the list being completed
. lid assessments made as aforesaid,
l ie same shall forthwith be returned
to th coaaty commissioners, who
"'tall cause duplicate copies of said
li ' ts, with the observations and expla
i itions required to be noted as ufuro-r-aid,
to lu made out as soon as prac
ticable and placed in the hunds ot the
u-osur, wlio ahull, prior to the first
' (' August next ensuing said asxjss
Mcnta, put one copy thereof on the
o'yiir of the house where the election
tl the respective district is required
be bi-hi, and retain the other in his
; . session for tho inspection, free of
urge, of any person resident within
' said election district whoshnll do
t .0 to sou the same, and it shall be
r,i duty of the suid assessor to add,
' iu time to lime, on tho personal ap
; 'icalion of any one claiming the
r..;bt to vote, the name of such claim
.1, and murk opposite tho name C V,
,J immediately ussoss him with a
it. On the tenth day proceeding
i; s general election in October next
.ii. leafier, it shall be tho duty of tho
u 'lessor to produce the list in his pos
! lion to the inspectors and judgos
i ;ho election of the proper district
.! a mooting to be held by them as
; reiuafier mentioned.
.'M3. 3. It shall be the duty of the
; -jieetor and judge of the eloction.
ether with the assessor, to altend
the place of holding tho general
iiims for the respective election
Hen on Saturduy, the tenth day
it precocdintr the econd Tuesday
i i - H i ther, and on tho other days
'. r. matter mentioned, and continue
in -!en session at said place from I
o'i lock a. m., till six o'clock p. m., of
f .i : liny, to hear prKf of the right of
r pcciive persons to volo whoso
i ;us are u mtained in the assessor's
i; ', as before mentioned, orwho shall
i i ')" to them to have their names
i -ttrod ; and all persons who have
'"i previ xisly voted in tho election
'id shall make duo proof, in the
i uncr now prescribed by the elec
i .i laws, of their right to vote in
r i district, and like proof shall be
io in u 11 cases by those applying
Tis'ry whoso names are not en
i 4 by the assessor and marked
ur'aud it shall be tho duty of
I nssi,Hor, forthwith, lo assess said
i -oil with a lax us required by law,
" i the proof being made to the satis
; .urn td the election board, if not
; ;ady assessed. On tho list of the
r in tho said dlrict being com
, it sliall be the duly of the eluc
i oRecrs aforesaid fa cause dupli-
ejipies thereof to bo made out.
h i. tli, in alphabetical order, one
v it'll shall bo plaeed on the door
. -ron the home wherr-the elections
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are to he held, and the other retained
by the Judgo of tlio election, who shall
hold the sumo subject to the inspec
tion of any cilixen of said district un
til the day of the general election, and
producothe same thereat; I'rovided,
That the officers horeinbetore named.
when they shall deem it advisable,
may meet for the purposes named in
this section one or more days, not ex
ceeding four, prior to tho tenth day
next preceeding any general or Presi
dential election, of which meeting and
its purposes they shull give due pub
lic notice by written or printed hand
bills, posted in at least six of tho most
public places in their respective wards
in cities, boroughs, wards in boroughs
or townships: And provided further,
That whore any ward in a city, bor
ough, or ward in a borough or town
ship having but one assessor is divi
ded into two or more election pre
cincts or districts, the judges and in
spectors of all such election districts
or precincts, in each ward in a city,
borough, or ward in a borough or
township, respectively, shall meet at
the usuul place ot holding the election
in the precinct polling the largest
number of votes ul tho last preceed
ing election in their respective wards,
boroughs or towushija, and shall give
due public notice as hereinbefore pro
vide, of tho time and place of their
meeting, and in all cases where any
ward in the city, borough, ward in a
borough or township, is so divided in
to two or more election districts, it
shall be tho duty of. the assessor to as
sess each voter in the election dis
trict to which he belongs, and to fur
nish separate duplicate lists to the
election officers in each election dis
trict. It shall be the iurther duty of
the said inspectors, judges and asses
sor, in each ward, borough or town
ship, to meet again, at the place fixed
on by tho third section of this actT, on
tho Thursday next preceeding any
general election, between tho hours
of nine and ten, a. in., and remain in
session until six p. m., for the purpose
ol hearing and determining any claims
that may be presented to them by
any person or persons claiming to
be entitled to volo, and whose name
or names have not been entered on
tho registry of the election disti ict in
which he or they claim to be entitled
lo vote. Each person so claiming to
be entitled to vole therein, shall pro
duce at least ouo qualified voter of
the district as a witness to the resi
dence of tho claimant in the district
in which ho claims to be a voter for
tlio period of at least ten days next
preceeding the general election then
next ensuing, which witness shall
take and subscribe, an affidavit lo the
facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define, clearly where tho resi
dence is of the person so claiming to
bo a voter, and the person so claiming
tho right to bo registered shall also
take and subscribe an affidavit stating
where and when he was born ; that
he is a citizen of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and of tho United
.States; and, if a naturalized citizen,
shall also state when, w here and by
what court he was naturalized; and
ho shall also present his certificate of
naturalization for examination, unless
he has been a voter in said election
district for five years, then next pre
ceeding; that he has resided in ihis
Commonwealth one year, or, if for
merly a citizen therein, and has moved
therefrom, that ho lias resided there
in six months next preceeding the
general election then next following ;
that he has not moved into the dis
trict for the purpose of votingthorcin;
lliut he has paid State or county tax
Within two year, 'which vvas ussuesed
at least ten days beforo tho election
for w hich he proposes to be registered,
and that he was prevented from reg
istering his name at the first meeting
for that purpose, as directed by this
act. Tho said affidavit shall also state
when and where the taK claimed to
ho paid by the allium was assessed,
and when, whero and to whom paid,
and the tax receipt thereof shall be
produced for examination, unless the
atliant shall make oath that it has
boon lost or destroyed, or that he nev
er received any receipt : Provided,
That if the person so claiming the
right to vote, shall take nnd subscribe
an affidavit that he is a citizen of tho
United States ; that ho is, at the time
of tak ing the alfida vit, or will be on
or beforo tho day of tho next election
ensuing, between the ages of twenty
one and twenty -two years; that tie
has resided in the Stale oneycar, and
in the election district ten days next
preceding such election ; ho shall bo
entitled to bo registered as a voter,
although he shall not have paid tax
es, xne sain atniiavits oi an persons
limiting such claims, and the alliJavit
of the witnesses to their residence,
shall bo preserved by the said board
until the dar of tho election, and
shall, at tho close thereof, bo placed
in the ballot-box, along with the oth
er papers now required by law to be
preserved therein, if said board shall
find that the applicant or applicants
possess all the legal qualifications ol
voters, the name or names shall be;
added to the list alphabetically, with
liko olloci as it done ten days before
the election, and they spall forthwith
be plueed with tho other names al
the foot of the list on tho door or
house of tho plac of election, and as
each person whose name is enrolled
votes al said election, one ol the
clerks thereof shall mark on or oppo
ilo to tho name ''vote," and it shall
not be lawful for tho oftieora of the
election to receivo ino vote 01 any
person whoso name was not con
tained in said registry, made out and
put up at least eight days beforo the
election, as aforesaid, or in the regis
try mado on tho Thursday next pro
ceding tho election, and the reception
of (he vote r,f any person not so regis
tered shall constitute a misdemeanor
in tho election officers so receiving it
and on conviction thereof, the election
officers so ofl'endidg shall be sutject
to fino or imprisonment, or both, at
tho discretion of tho court.
Skc 4. It shall bo luwful for any
qualified citizen of the district, not
withstanding the namo of the proposed
votor is contained in tho registry, and
tho right to vote has been passed on
by the election hoard, tochallonge the
votoof'such person, whereupon the
same proof of the right of sutlrago as
is now required by law shall be pub
licly made and again acted on hy the
election board, and the voK) admitted
ar rejected according to the evidence.
Every person claiming to bo a natur
alized citizen shall bo required to pro
duce his naturalization certificate at
tho eloction before voting, as required
by existing laws, except Where his
case comes within tho fifth provision
ot the sixty-fourth section of the act
of one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine, lo which this is a supple
ment, although the same may have
been exibiled to the election board be
fore the registry; and, on the vote of
such jKsrson being received, it shull be
the duty of tho election officers to
cause to be distinctly written thereon
the word "voted," with Iho mentli
and year, and if any election officer
at the same or any other district shall
receivo a second vote on the same
day by virtue of such. certificate, ihcy
and the person w ho shall offer such
second vote, uixm so offuuding, shull
be guilty of a high misdemeanor.and,
on conviction thereof, bo fined and
imprisoned at the discretion of the
court: Provided, suid fine shall not
exceed one hundred dollars and the
imprisonment shall not exceed one
year, and like punishment shall be in
llicted on the officers of tho election
who shull neglect or refuso to make,
or cause to be mado, tho endorsement
rcqired as aforesaid ousaid naturaliza
tion certificate.
Skc. 5. On the close of tho polls
the registry list, on which the memo
randum of the voting has been kept
as before directed, shall bo sealed up
A'ith and preserved in tho same man
ner now required by law as to tho tal
ly papers, and not taken out until after
the next meeting of the Legislature,
unless required on the hearing of a con
tested election or for tho purpose of
being used at iho election ol .'residen
tial electors, cr preparatory thereto,
as hereinafter provided, aflor which it
shall again bo sealed np and carefully
preserved as before directed.
Sic. C. Ten days precoding every
eloction for electors of President and
Vice President of the United Stales,
it shall bo the duty of tho election
board and iho proper assessor to moot
at the place of holding the general elec
tion in the district for tho same length
of time and in iho manner directed in
tho third section of Ihis act, and then
and there hear all applications of per
sons whoso names have been omittod
from the registry and who claim the
right to vote, or whose rights have
originated since tho iimo w$a made
out, and add thereto the names of such
persons as shall show that they are
entitled tho right of suffrage in such
district, on the personal application ol
the claimant only, and, ii the person
shall not have been previously assessed
it shall be tho duty of tho assesor
to assess him with the proper tax.
Aflerconiplcting the lint, a copy there
of shall be placed on tho door of or on
the house where' tho election is to bo
held, at leasl eight days prior to hol
ding t'10 same, when tho fame course
shall bo pursued in every particular in
regard to reeeiV' ing or rejecting the
voles, marking tho same on tho regis
try list, endorsing the naturalization
papers with the proper month and
year, preserving the paper, and all oth
er things as are required by this act
at tho general elections in Octolter.
Skc. 7. At every special election
directed by law, and at every separate
city, ward, borough or township elec
tion, tho registry required lo bo kept
as aforesaid may be used by the prop
er ollicers as cvidonco of tho persons
entitled to voto thereat, and said offi
cers shall require all persons whoso
names are not on tho registry, wether
challenged or not, to show that they
possess iho right of suflrago at said
election; but nothing herein contained
shall make tho want of said registry
conclusivo against tho right of the per
son lo vote at such eloction, but the
same shall be judged of and decided
us in other cases.
Sec. 8. Before entering on the du
ties of their offices under this act, the
respective assessors and inspectors
ami judges of the elections shall take
an oat.1' , before Bomecompetentaiithor
ity, in addition to tho oaths now re
quired by law, "to perform tho sever
al duties enjoinod by this act with
fidelity, and according to the require
ments thereof in every particular, to
the best of their ability.'' Thcyshall
each have tho power to administer
oaths lo every person claiming the
right to bo assessed or enrolled or the
right of suffrage, or in regard to any
other matter or thing required to be
dono or inquired into by .said o dicers
under this act, and any wilful false
swearing by any person in relation to
any matter or thingconcerning which
they shall be lawfully interrogated by
any of "aid officers undcrihisact.shall
be punished as perjury. Said assessors
inspectors and judgos shall each re
ceive the samo compensation for tho
ti mo neecssnrily spent in performing
tho duties hereby enjoined, as is pro
vided by law for tho performance of
their other duties, lo be paid by tho
county commissioners as in other ca
ses, with a proper allowance to bo
judged of by tho said commissioners
for the expense of making the list or
registries hereby required to bo mado
out; and it.shall not bo lawful for any ,
assessor to assess a tux against any
person wlintevcr within ten days
next preceding tho election to bo held
on tho second Tuesday in October, in
any year, .or within ten days next bo
fore any election for electors of Pres
ident or Vice President of tho United
States, and any violation of this pro
vision shull bo a misdemeanor, and
subject t he officer so offending to a fine,
on conviction, of not less than ton nor
exceeding one hundred dollars, or to
imprisonment not exceeding three
months, or both, at tho discretion of
the court.
Skc. 9. On the petition of fivo or
more citizens of tho county, staling
under oath that thsy verily beliove
that frauds will be practiced at tho
election about to be held in any dis
trict, it shull bo the duty of the court
ol common pleas of said county, if in
session, or, if not, a judge thereof in
vacation, to appoint two persons, ju
dicious, sober and intelligent citizens
of the county, to act as overseers at
said eloction. Said persons shull bo
selected from different political parties,
where the inspectors oolong to differ
ent purtios, and where both of said
inspectors belong to the same political
party, both of the overseers shall bo
taken from thoopposite political party.
Said overseers shall have the right to
be present with tho officers cf tho
eleclion during the whole time the
same is held, the votes counted and
returns made out and signed by the
election officers; to keep a list of vo
ters, it tncy see proper; to challenge
any person offering lo vole and inter
rogate him and Ins witnesses under
oath in regard to bis right of Bufl'ragc
at said election ; to examine the pa
pers produced ; and tho officers of
suid election are required to afford to
said overseers, so selected and ap
pointed, every con venience and liici I i ty
for the discharge of their duty, and if
said officers shall refuse lo permit said
overseers to bo present and perform
their dutyas aforesaid, or if thcyshall
bo driven away from the polls by vio
lence or intimidation, all the votes
polled at such election district shall
bo rejected by any tribunal trying a
contest under said election.
Sec. 10. If any prothonotary, clerk,
or tho deputy of cither, or any other
person, shall affix the seal of office to
any naturalization paper and give out
the same in blank, whereby it may be
fraudulently used, or furnish a natu
ralization certificate to any person
who shall not have been duly exam
ined and sworn in open court, in pres
ence of some of tho Judges thereof,
according to the act of Congress, ho
shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor;
or if any person shall fraudulently use
any such certificate of naturalization,
knowing that . it was fraudulently used,
and shall vote or attempt to vole
thereon, he shull be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and either or any of the
persona, their aiders or abettors, guil
ty of either of the misdemeanors afore
said, shall, on conviction, be fined in a
sum not exceeding ono thousand dol
lars, and imprisoned in the proper
penitentiary for a period not exceed
ing three years.
Sec. 11. A ny assessor, election offi
cer, or person apKintod as overseer,
who shall refuse or neglect to perform
any duty enjoined by this act, without
reasonable legal cause, shall bv subject
to a penalty of one hundred dollars;
and if any assessor or election officer
shall enrol any person as a voter whom
he shull know is not qualified, or re
fuse to enrol any one whom be shull
know is qualified, ho shall bo guilty of
a misdemeanor in office, and, on con
viction, be punished by tine and im
prisonment, and also bo subject to an
action for damuges by tho party ag
grieved ; and if any purson shall fraud
ulently alter, add. to, deface or destroy
any registry of voters, made out as
directed by this act, or tear down or
remove the sumo from the placo whero
it bus been fixed by or under the di
rection of the election officers, with
liko fraudulent or mischievous intent,
or for any improper purpose, tho per
son so offending shall bo guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and, on conviction,
shull bo punished by a Gno not ex
ceeding five hundred dollars, and im
prisonment not exceeding two years.
Sec. 12. That for all elections hero
after holden under this act, tho polls
shall bo opened between the hours of
six and seven o'clock, a. ru., and bo
closed at six o'clock, p. m. None of
the foregoing provisions of this act
shall apply to the city of Philadelphia,
but the aldermen for tho respectivo
wards of said city shall constitute a
board for tho appointment of canvass
ers of election in suid city. Tho said
board shall meet on the first Monday
of June of each year, at a place to be
provided for them by tho councils of
said cit), (nnd it is hereby mado the
duly of iho select and common coun
cils of suid city to provido tho same,)
and at said meeting organize said
board by electing ono of their number
president, and Ihcy shall also elect a
clerk and messenger. The said board
may adjourn their meeting from lime
to time, as their business may require.
It shall be the duty of the said board,
on or beforo tho first Jlondny of Au
gust in each and every -ear, to ap
point three reputable citizens for each
election division of said city, all of
whom shall not be of tho same politi
cal party and who shall bo residents
of the wanl of which the said division
for which they aro appointed is a part,
to bo canvassers ot election of said
election division, and tho clerk of tho
said board shall forthwith notify tho
said canvassers of their appointment,
and any vacancy occurring in tho said
canvassors shall bo filled by appoint
ment by the board of aldermon.
Sko. 15. It shall be tho duty of the
said canvassers, or a majority of them,
to meet al tho regular places ol hold
ing election' n their respective cleo-
lion divisions at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of tho first Monday in Sep
tember, of each year, and proceed upon
that and tho two days next ensuing,
to make out an alphabetical list of all
such pei-sons as they shull know to be
qualified electors, who havo voted at
uny preceding general election thoroin,
and shall state opposite said names
whether said elector is or is not a
housekeeper, and if ho bo, tho number
ol his residence and also his occupation,
and where ho is not u housekeeper,
his occupation, pluco of boarding, and
with whom. Said list when comple
ted shall be signed by said canvassers,
or a majority of them, who shall lake
and subscribe an oath or affirmation,
beforo an alderman of said city, that
said list is a true list of the voters in
tho said election division who havo
heretofore voted in said election divi
sion, so far as tho samo arc known to
them; and said canvassers shall then
prepare three copies of said lists, one
of which shall bo left with the city
commissioners, one with the board of
uldermen and the other they shall ro-rri...-.
. .
imu. j. ne uny commissioners, mime
idiatcly upon tho receipt of the same,
shall cause to be printed and posted
at least ten places in each election di
vision a cony of the said list, with the
oaths of tho canvassers appended
thereto, together with a notico that
the board of canvassers will tieet at
tho place of holding the general elec
tion in said division on the llith day
immediately preceding the day of the
general election ana lor iwo days then
ensuing, for the purpose of revising,
correcting, adding to, subtracting
from, and completing the list.
Skc. 14. It shall be tho duty of tho
said canvassers of each division, or a
majority of them, to meet at the place
for holding the general election in said
division on tho 12lb day immediately
preceding the day of general election
and for two days next ensuing, and
thoy shall then and there proceed to
revise said list, and correct the same
by striking from it tho namo of any
person whom they shall know or re
ceive satisfactory proof of being de
ceased, or who shall havo removed
from said election division, and by
adding thereto tho namo, residence
and occupation of any person who
shall to their satisfaction, in conform
ity with tho provisions of this act,
piovo himself to lie a qualified elector
of said election division, and for this
pnrpose tho said canvassers shall re
main in session from ten o'clock in tho
forenoon until ten o'clock in the after
noon of suid days. Each person so
claiming to bo entitled to vole therein
shall produce at least ono qualified
voter of tho said division as a witness
of tho residence of said claimant in
said division for the period of at least
ten days preceding tho general elec
tion then next ensuing, which witness
shall take and subscribe loan affidavit
to the fact stated by him, which affi
davit shall dcfi"c clearly tho residence
of the person so claiming to bo a voter;
and tho person so claiming the right
to bo registered shall also lako and
subscribe an affidavit, stating whero
and when ho was born, that ho is a
citizen ol the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and of tho United States;
and if a naturalized cilizen, ho bliall
also state when, wbore, and by what
court ho was naturalized, and also
present his certificate of naturalization
for examination, unless ho has been a
voter in said election division for five
years precsding tho general election
ihen next ensuing; that ho has resided
in this Commonwealth ono yenr, or if
formerly a citizen therein and has re
moved therefrom, that he has lesided
therein six mont lit, preceding the gen
eral election then next follow ing; that
ho has not moved into the division for
the purposo of voting Ihereiu ; and
that ho has not been registered as a
voter elsewhere. Which said affida
vits, both of tho claimant and his
witness, shall bo preserved by the can
vassers. Sec. 15. Immediately upon the com
pletion of said lists of voters by revi
sion, correction nnd addition thereto,
tho canvassers shall make four copies
of tho same j ono of which they shall
reiain ; ono ot winch copies they shall
deposit with the said board of alder
men, together with tho written affi
davits of the claimants and their wit
nesses, taken ashereinbefore provided ;
one of which copies they shall furnish
to tho assessors of tho ward, who
thereupon shall immediately assess a
tax, according to law, npon every per
son whoso name is contained in said
list, and deliver the same immediately
to tho city commissioners, who shall
caiiso a sufficient number to bo printed
for tho use of tho receiver of taxes,
and one of which copies they shall do
liver to the inspectors and judges of
election of the proper election division
on the morning of the general election,
before Iho opening ol tho polls at said
election; and the only evidence that
such person has resided in such elec
tion division for ten days next pre
ceding such eloction shall be the fact
that his name is found thereon, as
hereinbefore provided, and tho recep
tion of tho vote of any person not so
proved shall constitute a misdemeanor
in tho election officers so recoiving it,
nnd on conviction thereof tho election
officers so offending shall be subject to
a fine not exceeding threo hundred
dollars, and imprisonment not exceed
ing ono year, at the discretion of tho
court. And as each person whoso
namo is enrolled votes al said election,
ono of tho inspectors thereof shall
mark opposite to tho name, "voted."
It shall be lawful for any qualified
citizen of tho division, notwithstand
ing the name of the proposed voter is
on the said list nnd the right to voto
has been passed on by tho said can
vassers, to challenge the vote of such
person, whereupon the same proof of
the right oi sutlrago as 11 now re
quired by law shall be publicly nia.le
and again acted on by the election
board, and the voto admitted or re
jected according to the evidence. Ev
ery person claiming to be a natural
ized citizen shall be required to produce
his naturalization certificate at llie
election before voting, as required by
existing laws, (except where his case
conies within the fifth provision of the
sixty-fourth section of the act of eigh
teen hundrudand thirty-nine, to which
this is a supplement,) certificate may
have bocn exhibited to tho said can
vassers before the completion of said
list.
Skc. 10. On the close of the polls
tho said list on which the mmonnAJ""
of the voliup, has been kept as before
directed shall be scaled up with and
deposited in ono of the ballot-boxes
as now renin red hy law.
Stc. 17. On the tenth day preceding
every election lor electors for l'rei
dent and Vice President of tho Uni
tod State, and on the tenth day pro-
ccding any special election within
said city, the said canvassers shall
meet at the place of holding the gen
eral election in tlio election division
at ten o'clock in the forenoon and re
main in session until seven o'clock in
the afternoon, and shall proceed to
hear the application of all persons
whose names are omitted from the
said list who claim the ritrlit to vote
and shall proceed to add the names of
qualified persons upon their personal
application and they shall perform
the liko duties with regard to said
claimant. The copies of lists and the
affidavits of the claimants and their
witnesses as they are hereinbefore di
rected to proceed previous to any gen
eral election, and the assessors of each
ward are hereby required to assess
the tax against all persons so added
and immediately return said list lo
tho office of the city commissioners.
Six. 18. Before entering npon the
duties of their offices, under this act,
the canvassers and election officers of
the elections shall lake an oath before
some competent authority in addition
to the oaths required by law to per
form the several duties enjoined by
this act w ith fidelity according to the
requirements thereof in every partic
ular to tho best of Iheir ability. They
shall each have the power to adminis
ter oaths to ever' jx'rson claiming
tho right to voto or in regard to any
other matter or thirg required to bo
done or inquired into by said officers
under this act; and ai.y wilful false
swearing by any person in violution
lo any matter or thing concerning
which they shall be lawfully interro
gated by any of said officers under
this act, shall be punished as perjury.
Suid canvassers shall receive, for ev
ery day employed, the sum of five
dollars each ; the 6aid clerk of the
Hoard of Aldermen shall receivo five
dollars per day for every day cm
ployed, and the said messenger of tho
Board the sum of three dollars for ev
ery day employed, and warrants for
tho same shall bo drawn by the city
commissioners of said city and be
paid by the city treasurer.
Pec. 19. And it shall bo the duty
of the conncili of said city to make
tho necessary appropriations, from
time to time for providing such sta
tionery as may be necessary for use
under the provisions of this act.
Sko. 20. That the county com
missioners shall, at the properexpenso
of the county, procure and furnish all
the blanks made necessary by this act.
Skc. 21. All laws inconsistant
with any ol tho provisions of this act
bo and the same are hereby repealed.
KL1SIIA W. iAV!S,
Fpi-aV.iT of the Hunw of rVprwntiitlvw.
JAMES L. GItAllAM,
Fptwkrr 'if tbe rnte.
Approved tlio 4th day of April, ISC.
JXO. . GEARY.
fiinco Brownlow lias discontinued
tho penitentiary in Tennessee theciti
tens aro executing the law and the
offenders at the samo time A negro
fuel thief was shot near Memphis a
few nights ago, and a horse thief met
with tlio same fiito last week l.esr
Tazewell. Both wore caught in the
act. Some of bis pets who were par
doned on Friday, resumed business on
Saturday, and several stole cows and
are in prison at Nashville awaiting
trial.
Jean Taul Jlichter thus sadly aatir
izes the sudden plunge into matri
mony : "Marriage is commonly a loU
tcry for women, for, at a certain age,
they have more feeling than knowl
edge, and in their hearts thore is a
fire for the sacrifice and no god, as in
the Viigin Temple of Vista there was
no image, but only fire, nnd at tho
first appearance of any divinity the
altar was consecrated to him."
A witness being called to give cvi
denco in court in Connecticut respect
ing tho loss of a shirt, gave the fol
lowing: "Mother said that Ji nth said
that l'olly told her, that sho saw a
man that see a boy run through tho
street with a streaked flannel shirt,
alt checker, checker, checker; and
our gnls won't lie, for mother has
w hipped thorn a thousand times for
lying-"
Tho Radical papers herald the re
,. . xt vr i . . I
Slllt in IiOW Hampshire as an evidence
!oi mo popularity oi ueneral urani.
How so f llnrriman last year, without
drant, received ovt?r threo thousand
majority; this year, with Grant, his
majority, on a largely increased vote,
is reduoed to about twenty-four hun
dred. Left handed popularity this
for General Grant.
A man should neither borrow his
neichhor'a newspaper nor his 'wife
-
He should hare one of hia own.
?hf f IfarflM r.fpuMlrsn.
Tf fi4 In I'tuhre, tnt i Km thrv m !),. I id
II I- 1 4 it ihrv KHor ... bit
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A4nmittmtnr' tncJ V uvultV no'tc I 50
AudiiDrt' ntir J
Caution aiit Katmrtt I
I'(pMlutitn noiicct, S
lwal nutimt, p-r linr 1
('l)iiuiirr rotM. rr livr linn, per due ... !1
I'rotetnuiiNl ni, 1 yrr 4 M
YKAHI r AllVf MTIM.rll.
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1 i(unn f.. 15 (tit 1 rM.lmuii.. lO I
S Kumre 1" H I I c luiuun 15 IU
Jul t ork.
I i KKfc.
Htnr-r qrrtn. 2 bV quint, fvn-quirr.fi IS
ft A Ml HI I, l ft.
i nbeet, 2S or Um, t 5 I nhr-et, lit or lt, 6 OU
Over 2 uftaolj f ahuv t prftHjrumiate rate.
Eili lor and iVuprittur.
Hoots ana J'horiJ.
WW BOOT AM) SHOE Mltjl'.
EDWARD MACK.
On M.rktt itr.it, rintit tli. "JUpublicw"
OSl-4.
rpilE proprietor ku .ntersd into lb. BOOT A
y mt fine. Ut hi. work. Srci.l .itvntiun
rill be pld til mruretoriBir S1 work H
h on bd a l.rg lot f fcrtnch Kip ad
C.lf 8kim, of lh rrrr brit qunlllT. 'Ib.eiii
ten. of Cl..rfi.ld .nd vicinity nr. rscpeoltallj
iDvii.d to urn. bis a uial. Ko etanrg. lor cU.
. noi,' t-tf
l'EAl'E rfiOCLUUED.
TEE WAR OVEE IS CLEARFIELD.
KNOX TOWNSHIP QUIET.
Nearly a!l the Contrabands going back
to their old matters; but 'nary one
going to old Massachusetts, irhere
they were loved so long and so well.
IV eonteqoFDM of th. bo.r fneti. T. SHORT,
of th. bid "Short bho9 bop." would an
noune. to hit naroeron. ptront, and tho poupla
of Clrar3tld eoantj at Urri, that b. bu son-
Srit rale lot of food wal.ri.l, jn t reaairod fra
tb. Eot, and U prepared on anort notioa to aiaba
and aapod BiwU and Shoes, at hia aaw abop ia
Urabaa'a row. Ha ia larirBed tbat be ear. pteaaa
all.(o'ileti it night be tome icteo'.ljr loj.l alaj.
at bona pitriota.) Ha ia proparad loa.ll low for
Cab or Country Pmdnaa. t)on" forget tha
Shop nut d wr to Sboweri t Graham's ttora,
on Market atreet, ClearBeld, I'a., and kapt aj a
fellow ennmaal; nailed
"8H0RTT."
dTmelTconnelly,
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer
HAf jart reeeired a (na lot af Pranrk CALF
8K1.N8, and ia now prepared to aaaaafaa
ur. ar.i-jlhine in bit line at tin lowett Sgurae.
lit will warrant kit work to be at reprerented.
He reapertfull toliriu a aall, at kia abop na
Market itreet, areond door wetlof the poitoOoe,
when be will do all in bit power to reader satisfaction-
Sueae tat Waiter topi on band.
wijrSSTy DAKiri. CON KELLY.
m boot AAliibTinop,
IK tl'RM EJfSVILI.E.
TH R aubtcriber baring lately turted a sew
Boot and boe tbop ia Corwemrille, oa
Main street, oppoaite Joaeph R. Irwin'a Drug
flora, re'partfull annoenrei to Ibt pnblie that
ht it prepared to inana'artsre all elrlreof Bnott
and r-boee. and everything in bit line, on tbort
notice. He alto krepi oa band a good aatort
ment of rtadr made work, which he will aall
cheap for cash or eonntrj produce.
etlT-tf 8:13 LEWIS ?. ROSS.
Sftotrls.
Hotel Property for Sale.
rp MB well knowa property of the lata B. A.
1 Rota, defeated, eimate ia the eillare of
New Liberie, Duoneiahle tnwnrhip, Clintoa eo,
tee wiilet from Lock llarea.and fur rain? year
aeJ aa a Urern stand, ia now offered fir rale,
rhere ia atvo a blacktci( ehp attached to th
property. For particular., aditreea
Mr.. MARGARET ROSS,
Feb. J7 Jet Lack llarea. Pa.
JONES'S HOTEL.
(roaMKnur trout's,)
Corner of Sontk and Canal Streeta, (tt Railroad.)
Ii ARRI8BI HC, Pa.
BiarH-lm pd J. II. JONES, PropV.
THE WESTERN HOTEL.
CLIAP.riF.LD, PA.
Till anberriber baring leased for a Irrn of
year, this wall knowa Iloirl, (kept foraiany
je.rt by Mr. Lanirb.) and re Surd and rrlnr.
nirhed It throughout. Is now prepared to enter
tain trarelers and the public generally npon
terns il it hoped alike srreeahle t both pen-eat
tnd proprietor. Hit TABLE and BAR will
he top- lied with the bert the market afford. :
and no palna will be spared en hi part to add ta
tbe convenience nnd eonafort ef bte guests.
A l.nrry PtaMe it also attached to the et.
tablirhtnent. Dorset, llugrira, etc., furnirhed
on e&ort aoUee, or fisrvm taken to any point
doired. JAMES A. PT1NE,
JU Pmp'ietnr. '
SUSQUEHANNA HOUSE.
Curwentrllle, t.lrarfield roituty. Pa.
riTJlS old aad well aetaUithed Hotel, heentl
1 fully moiled on the banks of the Furque.
ha tine, ia the horoteh ef Curwenrriiu. bat beea
leeeed fnr a terra of yrara by the endertig neeV
it aaa neen entirely rrnttrd, and is now open to
tbe pnblie generally and the travelling tunas.
nity in particular. No pains will be spared to
render coasts comfortable while tarrying at thil
bouse. An pie biabhog ro..a for the aocorame
datiua of teams. Charges modrtfe.
nerSl tf WM. M. JEFFRIES.
MOUNT VERNON HOUSE.
LL'MbrR CITT, CLEARFIELD CO., PA.
FTMIE nnderrigned hairing pnrehaaed this Hotel,
X takes this opportunity of informing the pub
lic in general, arid traveler in particular, that be
has taken groat pains in refurnishing and refiitinf
it with stieoial reference to the socoroinndation and
comfort of all who mar choo.e to give him a ealt.
The wants of his patrons will be allendH to with
pleasure and promptness. Aniiile rTAULINti
attavhod thereto.
m.Tll.ly JAaES ARTHURS.
RAILROAD HOUSE.
MA15 STREET, rtllLirsBl'IlO, PA.
THE andrrslgned keeps ennetantly a band
the beet ef Liqnore. His tablt ia always
supplied with the best tbs market tfforda. Tbs
trareling pablle will do wall lo gire hia a ealL
norl.'oi. RObbRT LLOYD.
SUSQUEHANNA" HOUSE.
oixistwwn, pAvrnix co., ta.
THE amlersigned takes Ibis nsthed of In
forming the Watermen of Clesr6eld county,
thai he hat rerltted atd re-opened the hotel for.
merry kept by E. Shreiner, at Cotestown. bera
be will take special pains to render satirfartioa
lo all who faror hint with their patrentgo. lie
bat blown all tha rockt out of the river and
bi. viown an ui. rncas nui 01 ine riv.r ana
.(anted anul.binr ro.l. for half a mils ahov. bl.
rlecn. (frbls, erj UkOlltiS l ALK.
,RNc,lXiOTE:L-
IIARRISM'RO, PA.,
(Railroad street, one square above the Ptpet.)
ribe subscriber respectfully Invites the publie
L and traveling community ta give him a tall.
Lumbermen are pariieaiarly Invited. French,
German and English spoken intba kmse. rharg.
eamederate. (Apr, la tf.) J. M. WKAVKK.
T
UK DEMOCRATIC ALMANAC for 186
ISC? and lata fur sale at the "IWabhoeo,"
wtirw. Price ti rente. Mtiled U st.t nddrer. tt