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lit. All legal baeloee eot,,' to at
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Collection! nil alleiker prof ssional
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As lATTOttSKT AT LAW,
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Freeburg IV,
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lib promptly auaddt.
jaw t,Fo4ii
TTII.YaN GEZElt,
If ATTORN) AT LAW,
Lewisburg IV,
r,rt kli prefesstoaalservlo to i pub-
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ATTOHMSY AT LAW,
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JOHN K. HUGHES, Eq.,
(JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Peon Twp., Sojdtr Co. Ti
m F. VAN BUSKIEK,
UROICAL A MECHANICAL DENTIST
SalinsgroT Ponn.
IV H. WAGNER, Esq.,
II JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE.
Jaokooe Township, 8njderCo. Pa.,
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D T. PARKS,
hL - ATTOKM KT AT LAW
DISTRICT ATTOKNT,
PIDDLIBUBO. SNYDER COUNTY. Pa
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VOL U.
THE ELECTION LAW.
itiuiraT atioh or totbm tit tvnn.
A TTTBTHitn DPPt.RmniT to the act
regnlatini; election in this Coifl-
moikmmth.
Smrrto" 1. Bt ftenaett, etV., That
it shall be the duty of each nLihe as
season, who are reqnired tcr porfonu
any daties incident to the holdinr of
elections and the registration of voters
in the different counties or cities of
this Commonwealth, on the first Mon
day of Jane of each year to take np the
transcript of the next preceding as-1
sessment, as transmitted to them by
the city or connty commissioners,
proceed to the revision of the same i
and for this purpose he shall visit
every dwelling house in his district
and make careful inquiry if any per
son, whose name is on his list, nas
died or removed from the district,
and if so to erase the same there
from t or whether any qualified voter
resides therein whose name is not on
his list, and if so to add the same
thereto; and in all eases where a
name is added to. the list the person
shall forthwith he assessed i and the
assessor sliall 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 duty of each as
sessor, as aforesaid, to proceed to
make out a list in alphabetical order
of the male citizens twenty-one years
of age and upwards, claiming to be
qualified voters in the election dis
trict of which he is the assessor, and
opposite each of said names state
whether said citizen is or is not a
housekeeper, and ii he is the number
of his residence in towns where the
same are numbered, with the street,
alley or court in which situated, and
if in a town where there are no num
bers, the name of the street, alley or
court on which said house fronts i
also the occupation of the person.
and where he is not a housekeeper
the occupation, place of boarding,
and with whom and if working for
another the name of the employer ;
and write opposite each of said names
the word "voter." Where any pur
son claims to vote by reason of
naturalization he shall "exhibit his
certificate thereof to the assessor, un
less he has been for two consecutive
year next preceding a voter in said
district, and in all cases where the
person has been naturalized tho name
shall be marked with the letter "N."
Where the person has merely declared
his intentions to become a citizen
and designs to be naturalized before
the next election he shall exhibit tho
certificate of his declaration of inten
tion and the name shall be marked
"D I," and where tho person shall be
entitled by existing laws to be natu
ralized without making a declaration
of his intention to bo 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 aud the
name of snch person shall be marked
"I N." Where the claim is to vote
by reason 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 sinee the last general elec
tion the letter "IV Shall be placed
opposite the name. It shall be the
further duty of each assessor, as
aforesaid, npon the completion of tuo
duties herein imposed to make oat a
separate list of ail the new assess
ment made by him. On the lists
being completed and the assessments
made as aforesaid, toe same shall
forthwith be returned to the county
commissioners.
Carnation of Rrgitmlim Neglect of Duly
oy Attfjuort.
Sec. 3. The county commissioners
shall immediately add the names on
the list of new assesssments , to the
tax. duplicate of ward, borough,
township or district in which they
have been assessed A cause duplicate
copies of the other lists with the ob
serrations and explanations required
to be noted as aforesaid, to be made
out as soon aa practicable and placed
in the hands of the assessor, who
shall prior to the first Monday of
August in each year put one copy
thereof on the' door of or on the
house where the election of the re
spective district is required to be
held, and retain the other in bis pos
session for the inspection, free of
charge, of any person resident fn the
said election district who snail desire
to see the same, and it shall be the
duty of tho said assessor to add from
time to time on the porsonal appli
cation of any one claiming the right
to vote, the name of such claimant
and mark opposite the name "0 V"
and immediately assess him, noting,
aa in all other cases, his occupation,
residence, whether a boarder or
bonsekeeperi if a boarder, with
whom he boards, and whether natur
alixed or designing to be, marking in
all eases opposite the nam the let
ten N.W "D I" ot "I N aa the case
may be. If the parson claiming to
aasessea be ncsuralixea be shall
ibit to the assessor bis certificate
of natoraliTAtron, and if be claims
that be deb urns to be naturalized
before the next ensuing election he
shall exhibit the certificate) of bis
declaration of intention if such pre
vious declaration la required by the
laws of the United States, It shall
be the duty of the said assessor to
be present at the election houas of
the said eleotion district durinjr the
two secular days next preoeeding the
day Bxed by tbe third section of this
Zi p
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mDDLEBURGr, SHYDER COUNTY, PAM
comity commissions, from ton a. m.
to throe p. m., and from six p. m. to
nine p. m nf each said days, for the
purpose of hearing and acting upon
applications to be made under the
provisions of this section, or relating
to names npon said list, or that are
sought to bo placed thereon, or
struck tlierofroro, and it shall be his
duty to correct said lints by adding
thereto the namos of person enti
tled to vote, not alroady thereon,
and by striking therofrora fictitious
names, or names of persons who
may have died or removed from said
district, and the said list shall be
open lor inspection by any qualified
eWtor of the connty or ward in
which tho eloclion district is situat
ed, as well as by tho person claiming
to be registerefl, aud Court of Com
mon Pleas of the proier county, or
any law judge tberoof, at chambers,
on the application of auy qualified
elector of the ward or county under
oath setting forth a breach of any of
the duties imposed on said SKsessor
by this not, which oath may be made
at any time Iwforo tbe day of elec
tion, shall coll the assessor and the
assessor and the complainant before
it or hint by citation or rule to show
cause, and shall hear the parties and
dispose of the subject in a summary
raanuur, as to law and justice sluill
bolong, and shall if need be order
the assessor to correct tbe registry
accordingly, and the said court or
judge may enforce such order by at
tachment aa in proceedings for con
tempt
Final Itrturm nf Girrrrtrd RrgiMry lo t)
(AjmmiMwnen,
Sea. 3. Al'(r the nciMmenU hoe
heeo oouiplfiad on the .ixtvflrst da
bvloro tbe TuetJe? next following the
fint Muudiy of November in encb
yeur, tlie assottsor ah til on tbe fjllow
iun day, make a return to the eiumy
rommiuioners of the namJof ' sll
peraoos ussed by hits since the re
turn required to be mule by him by
the first ecl ion of this sot, ootintt
opposite each name tbs obHtrvatioiiS
aoii explanations required to be tinted
is fnrenlt, nod tbe oouoty comoils
nioners ahull thrapon oaus the
twme to be sddod ti tbe return re.
quired by tbo first section of this sot,
aud a full sod crroct eopy tberoof tu
I) innde, oootaioing the oames of til
pi-riuns so returned ss resident laxu
01.'. io said eloclion district, end fur
oisb tho sunn, toother with the
oetf-i,y eleoiioo blank", to the offi
cer of the tloctioo lo .mch election
district on or before sev.n . o'olock on
tbe morning of tbo olentlon, and no
man ahull be permitted to vote at
the election on that dy whoso name
is not on mi l lit, uolc. he shall
ciske proof of his right lo vote os
hereinafter required.
AppoiiUinriU of Oeif ert Their Dtit'ut.
See. 4. Uu the petition of five or
more eh izooi of say eloclion district
setting forth that tbe tppoiotoicut of
ovorxeors u a ro.sonablo precaution
lo secure the purity uod fnirncst of
tho eleotion in said district, it shill
be the duty of lbs Court of Common
Pless of the proper couoty, all the law
Juie of the ssid court, sble to sot
si the time concurring, to appoint
two judioioui", sober and intelligent
oitiseo of said di.triot, belonging to
diffeteot political parties, ovemren of
election, to supervise tbo proceod
iog. of eleotion officer, thereof, and
to make report of lb same as they
rosy be required by suoh court. Ssid
overseom shall be persons qualified
to servo upon eleotion board and
.hall hsvs th right to be present
with tbe ofCers of uob eleotion du
ring tbe whole time the same It hrlf,
the oles counted, and tbe returns
made out sod siloed by tbs election
eleotion officers, to keep s list of vo
ter, if t boy e proper, to ebslleoge
say person offoring to vote, and inter
rog.te him and his witnesses aodor
oath in regard 4o bis right ofsuffrag
at said eleotion, and to examine bi.
paper produced J snl tbs officer of
said eleotion are required to afford to
sttid overseers so selected and sppolo-
ted, every couvenieooe sod facility
for lb discharge of their dutle , serf
if said election officers shall refuse to
permit said overseers to be present
and perform their duties ss aforesaid
.licit effloer or omcer. shall be pnilty
of mlsd.tneaoor, and on convict ion
thereof .hall be fined not exceed loa
$1,000, or imprisonment not txcaed
ing one year, or both io tbe discre
tion of tbs court : or if tbe overseers
shall be driven away from tho pIU
by violence or Intimidation, sll the
votes polled io such elect loo district
rosy be rele Vo; by lb proper tribu
nal tryiog a content nodor said eloc
tioo, or a part or portion of such votes
aforesaid may be counted a Vich
tribunal may deem necessary to a just
snd proper disposition of lbs ess.
When the Pottt art to be Kept Open.
See. 5. At sll eleoiloos hereafter
held under the law of Ibia Common-
wosltb, lbs poll , shall b open at
seven o'clock, a. m., sod closed at
seven o'olock p. m. .
Appointment of J iulgr and Lupeohr by
me Uiun,
8e. 6 la all eleotloa disirlot
where a vsciocy eslsU by reswn ot
the di.aualifiustioa of tbe offl'.rar
otbsrwis io aa election board be're-
tofor appointed, or libera any oew
diatriet shall be formed, tbs Judge
orUudgo of lbs Court of Com moo
Plsas of the proptr eoanty shall, lea
days before any general or special
elfolioBf sppoiat competent persons
M in said vacancies, and to coaaaet
tbs alsttiac In ssid new districts, and
bj Uf Ppdjao of inJPt
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1
soy sleetiou district both shsll oot be
of the ssme political party, and the
Judts of elections shall In sll on bos
bo of the political party bsvlng the
majority 6f votes io ssid district ss
nearly as Hi Judge or Judges can
ascertain the fact, and lo ease of tho
disagreement of the Jodf-e a lo the
selection of I nspeelors the politico.!
majority of the Judges shsll select
one of moli Iopooturs, sod the mi
nority Judgo or JuJges shsll select
IbsoUior.
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a vacancy V an election board on tbe
. .!.
morning oi an bioi-uud, mn Turancj
shall be filled in sonformity with ex
isting laws. t
Dnflt of Burton OJtonn.
Rao' 8. At tha onamnir of til nolU
at all eleotion. it shall be the duty ot
the judges ot steoiion lor wieir res
pective district, to designate one of
tbo Inxpeotors, whose duty it shall
be to have in eustody the registry of
cotes, and to make the entries there
in required by law, snd hall be the
duty of tbe other of ssid Inspec
tors to receive snd number lb bal
lots preeen'.ed at said eleotion.
Sua. II All election, bv tbe eitU
ten ahull be by ballot; every ballot
voted .ball bo uumborod io tuo order
in whirh il ahnll ha roaeived. and the
number recorded by the clerks on tho
list of voter, opposite the name ot
tbo doctor from whom received. And
I be several tickets so voted shall each
be numbered with tbe number cor
responding with the aornber to tbe
nam of tbe voter. Any ehmt r way
writ his name upon bis ticket or
cause lLo siraa to be wrliton thereon
aodaltcted by a elliien of tho di.
triet Io addition to tbo os'b now
proscribed by law to betaken tod suh
scribed by election ottlccr, tbey tball
severslly be sworn or alHrraed oot to
ditploto bow any e lee tor shall have
voted, notes, required to do so s.
witonsefl io a judioial proceeding
Xlt Judges, Inspector, Clerks and
overseers of any eleotion held nndor
thi. sot, .bull befors entoring npon
their duties, be duly sworn or sfDrtu
ed in (he preeoco of each other.
The juditeeaall be sworo by tbo mi
nority oPpeoW. aud in esso thoro
be no" minority Intpector. than by s
Justice of the Peace or sMei'tnsn, and
and tho nonectoM. overseers sod
perks, shall bs sworn by the Jude.
Certificates or such swearing or ni
firmina shall be duty nisdo out and
signed by the officers at) sworo. and
stlCKtod by tbe offioor who sdminic
.terod Ihe oath. If any Jude or
Tnioority Inspector refuse or fail to
wear, tbo officers of election io the
msouer required by thi act, or if
any officer of election shall act with
out beiuu dulv sworo. or if any offi
cer of cleotioo shall sign the form of
oath, without being dulv sworo, or ir
snv Judeo or minority Iopeotor shall
certify thst soy officer was sworn
when ho was not, it snail ue aoemeu
a misdemeanor, sod upon conviction
tha nfllisr or u libera so offondina slull
be fined not exeneding one thousaod
doll ir. or Imprisonment not axc'oci
inn tino year or 15.U in the discretion
of the couit.
Xon-ltegitwd I otce.
Sue. 10. On the dav of election
any person whose name shall not ap
pear ou tbe registry oi voters auu
who chums the riorlit to vote at said
election, shall nroduoo at least one
qualified voter of tho district a a
witness to tbe residence oi me claim
ant in the district in whioh he chums
to be a voter for tbe period of at least
two month immediately preceding
said election, wuicu wuness suait ue
sworn or affirmed, and Bubsonue a
writtonor partly written and partly
printod affidavit to the faots stated
by him, which affidavit shall define
cUrly when tbe residence is of the
person so claiming to be a voter, and
the person so claiming tho right to
vote shall also take and subscribe a
written, or partly written and partly
printed affidavit, stating to the best
of hi knowledge and belief when and
where he was born, that he has been
a citizen of the United State for one
month and of the Commonwealth of
Pnnnavlvania. that he ha residod in
the Commonwealth one yoar, or if
formerly a qualified elector or native
born citizen thereof and has removed
therefrom and returned, that he ha
roaldnd therein aix month next pre
ceding said election t that be baa re.
sided in the district in which he
claims to be a voter for the period of
a a J 1
at ' least two montna uiimouiaioiy
nrMwulinrr said election i that he has
uot moved into the district for tho
purpose of voting therein j that be
has, if twenty-two years of age or up
wnnlu. naid a State or countv tax
within two years, which was assessed
at least two months ana paid at least
one month before the election i the
the said affi uvit sliall also state wben
and when the tax claimed to bo paid
by ihe affiant was assessed, and wben
unit whsrs and to whom Paid, and
the tax receipt therefor shall bo pro-
dnced for examination, uniess tuo
affiant shall state in bis affidavit that
it has been lost or dostroyed or that
he no never roceived any, and if a
naturalized eitizen lull- also state
ahun 1im indTv what court he
was natruralicei, and shall also pro
duce bi eertifloate of naturalization
vnn4ina.tinn- hnt if the parson ao
v f r
claiming tha right to voto shall take
ami Mutumnba an amdavit tnai no is
nstii born citizen of tha United
RtAiAa. or ' if' born elsewhere shall
state tha fact bt bi affidavit and shall
produce) evidence that he baa been
aunOard ff that bj cnUUed
FEBRUARY 28, 1874.
citizenship by reason of his father's
naturalization, and shall further state
in his affidavit that he is, at the time
of making the affidavit, of the age of
twenty-one and under twenty-two
year "t that he has boeu a citizen of
the United States one month and bos
resided in the State ono year t or if
a nativo born citizen of the State,
and removed thorefrora and returned
that ho ho resided therein six
months next preceding said election
and in the ' election district two
month immediately preceding snch
election, he shall be entitled to vote
although he shall not have paid tax
es t the said affidavits of all persons
making such claims and tho affidavits j
of the witnesses to thuir residences
shall lo prosorvod by tho eloclion
board, and at tho close of the elec
tion tbey shall bo ouchisnd with
tho list of voters, tally list and other
papers required by law to bo filed by
the return judge with the prothono
tary, nud shall remain on file there
with iu the prolhonotary's ofllco,
aubjoct to examination as other elec
tion papers aro i if the election offi
eors shall find that the applicant pos
sesses all the legal qualifications of a
voter, be shnll bo permitted to vote
and his name shall bo added to the
list of taxable by the election offi
cers, the word "tax" being added
where the claimant claims to voto mi
tax, and the word "age" where ho
claims to vote on nge ; tho same
words being addod by the clerks iu
each rase respectively on the list of
persons voting at such election.
C'htill'HiJf of Irti.itrwt Vutrr.
Sro. 11. It shall be lawful for any
qualified cilizon of the district, not
withstanding tho natno of tho pro
posed voter is contained on tho lint
of resident taxable, to rhallonge the
vote of such persons, whereupon tho I
is now required by law shall bo pub
licly made and rvcted on by tho elec
tion board, and the vote admitted or
rejected according to tho evidenco ;
every person claiming to be a natur
alized citizen shalUajjo required to
produce his naturalization certificate
at tho election before voting, except
where ho has boeu for five years con
socutiwly a voter in the dmtrict in
which he offers his voto, aud ou the
voto of snch porsous being received,
it shall )o tho duAjr of the election
officers to write dr stamp on such
certificate tho word "votoa," with the
day, month and year ; and if any
election officer or officer shall re
cuive a socond voto on the satuo day,
by virtuo of the same certificate, ex
cepting whero sons are entitled to
vote because of the naturalization of
thoir fathers, they apjl tho persons
who shall offer such Second vote shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof bo fined or itn
prisoned, or both, at tho discretion
of the court, but tho fino shall not
exceed five hundred dollars in each
ease; nor the imprisonment ono years
tho like punishment shall be inllictod
on conviction of the officers of elec
tion who shall neglect or refuse to
make or cause to be mado the en
dorsement required as aforesaid on
said naturalization certificate.
XiyM of Put ii of I'.lertion Ojfia-r.
Sr.o. 12. If any election officer
shall refuse or noglect to require
such proof of the right of sulTrngo as
is proscribed by this law, or the laws
to which this, is a supplement, from
any person offering to voto whose
name is not on the list of assessed
voters, or whose right to vote is chal
lenged bv any qualified voter present
and sliall admit such person to vote
without requiring such proof, every
person so offending shall, upon oou
viction, be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be sentenced for every such
offense to pay a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or to undergo
an imprisonment not more than one
year, or both, at the discretion of tho
court
(unross of the Votrt by th Oiurt.
Sko. 13. As soon as the polls shall
close, the oifioors of eleotion shall
proceed to count all tbe votes cast
for each candidate voted for, aud
make out a full return of tho same
in triplicate, with a return sheet iu
addition, iu all of which the votoa re
oeived by each candidate shall bo
given after bis or her name, first in
words and again in ngures, ana snail
be signed by all oi aaid officers, and
certified by overseers, if any, or if
not so certified, the overseen aud
any officer refusing to sign or certi
fy, or either of them, shall write up
on each of the returns, hi or their
reasons for not signing or certifying
them. . The vote, as soon as count
ed, shall also be publicly and fully
declared from the window to the cit-
izons present, and a brief stiitomont
showing the vote received by each
candidate, shall be made and signed
by the election oPloer as soon as the
vote is counted, aud me earns suait
be immediately posted up on the
the door of the election bouse lor
information of the public The tri
plicate returns shall be enclosed in
envelope and be sealed in presence
of tbe oUioers, and one envelope witu
tli unsealed return sheet given to
the judge, which shall contain one
list of voters, tally paper aud oaths
of officer, and another of said enve
lope shall be given to the minority
inspector. All judge living with
in twelve mile of the Prothooota-
ry'a office, or within twenty-four
mile, if their reside noe be in town,
village or oity, or upon the Una of a
railroad leading to tbe county seat,
hail, before 3 o'clock put meridian
rgf tb day after ttjhicUva, aadaU
NO. 48
other judges shall, before twelve
o'clock meridian of the second clay
after the eloetiou, deliver said return
together with the return sheet to
the Prothonotory of the Court of
Common rleas of the county, which
aaid return shall be filed, and the day
and hour of filing marked thereon,
and shall be preserved by the Pro
thonotary for pnblio inspection. At
twelve o'clock on the said second day
following any election, the Prothon
oUrv of the Court of Common Pleas
slillirpresout the said returns to the
court In counties whero there is
no resident I 'rem. lent Jtuhjo, the As
nociate Judges shall perform thedu
ties imposed upon the Court of
Common Pleas, which shall ooiivoue
for said purpose. The returns pre
sented by the Prothonotary hhall be
opened by said court and computed
by such of its officers nud such sworn
assistants as the court shall appoint,
in presence of tho judge or judges of
said court and the returns certified
and certificates of election issued un
der the seal of tho court as is now
required to be doue by return judg
es, and the vote so computed aud
certified shnll bo made a matter of
record in said court The sessions
of tbe sari court shall bo open to
tbo public, anil in case tho return of j
any election districts shall be missing
when the returns are presented or iu
coho of complaint of a qualified elec
tor under oath, charging ulpallo
fraud or mistake, and particularly
specifying the allegod fraud or mis
take, where fraud or mistake is ap
parent on tho return, the court shall
examine the return, and if, in tho
judgctneut of tho court it shall be
necessary to a just return said court
shall in h no summary process agaiust
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buu 7tv.iiiMtl utuiui a nun uiuimTuint At
any, oi ino election uiur.net com
plained of, to bring thein forthwith
into court with all flection papers
in their possession, ami if palpable
mistake .or fraud be discovered it
shall, upon such hearing as tuay be
deemed necessary to enlighten tho
court be corrected by tho court, and
so certified i but all allegations of
palpable fraud or ruistako shall bo
decided by the said court within
three days after tho day tho returns
are brought into court for computa
tion, and tho said inquiry shall lo di
rected only to palpable fraud or inis
tako. aud shall not bo deemed a jn
diciivl adjudication to conclude any
contest now or hereafter to bo pro
vided by law ; anil the other of said
triplicate returns shall be placed iu
tho box and scaled up with tho bal
lots. Nothing in this act shall re
quire the returns of eloetiou of town
ship or borough olucors to be made
to the court as directod in this sec
tion, but all returns of election of
township and borough officers shall
bo enclosod in a soalud cover direct
ed to the protlionotury of the Court
of Common I lea of tho propor
county, and shall, by sorao one of
thein, be delivered iuto his offico
within three days ufter every such
election and filed therein. In couu
ties whore tlro are throo or more
judges of said court learned in tho
law, at least two judges shall sit to
compute and certify-returns, unless
unavoidably prevented. If any of
the said judges shall himself be a
candidate for any office at any eleo
tion, ho shall not sit with tho court
or act iu counting tho returns of
such election, and in such cases tho
other judges, if any, shall act aud if
in any county there shall bono judgo
3ualifiud to hold tho said court lin
er tho provisions of this act present
and able to act then, aud in every
such easo tbe Kegister or ills, tho
Sheriff and the Couuty Commission
ers of the propor county shall bo and
constitute a board, who, or a majori
ty of whom shall have, aud exerciso
all the powers and perform all the
duties vested in, or required ta be
iierformed by tho Court of Common
Mens of such couuty, by and under
the provisions of this section, but
none of the said officers shall not as
a member of suoh board when him- j
self a candidate for any oftle at the
election, the returns of which tho
said board is required to count uu
dor tho provisions of this suction.
1 ho returns required by this act to
bo presented by the Prothonotary of
the Courts of Uommon rleus of the
counties of Philadelphia and Alle
gheny, respectively, shall be pre
sented to sucn three or more or the
Judges of tbe several Court of
Common Pleas of said couutios, re
spectively, a the judge of said
courts, or a majority of them, may
designate to perform the duty of re
ceiving, computing and certifying
sold returns. When two or more
counties are connected for the elec
tion of any officer, the court of
such counties shall each appoint a re
turn judge to meet at such time and
place as required by law to compute
and certify the voto of such districts.
All officer provided for by thi act
shall be compensated aa like officers
are paid by existing law, whenev
er a place has been or shall be pro
vided by th authority or any city,
oounty, township or borough, for the
safo keeping or uia ballot boxes, tne
iudae aud minority inspector shall.
after th election shall be finished
and the ballot box or boxes contain
ing the tiokets, list of voter and
other paper, bav been aeourely
bound with tap and aealed and the
signatures of the judge and inspeo-
ton affixed th . reto, forthwith deliver
the same, together with tb remain
ing boxes, to the) Mayor and Heoor-
dor or iucu city, or in couut, town
.Axlvortlmtngr llatom.
One column one year, fW)
une-nair, coyimn, one year, ;uw
One-fourth colutiyi.one yfesr, M.tiQ
One square (10 lineal insertion 7A
Ercrv adflitioiinl insertion, 60 '
Professional and Business cards of
not rnor than 6 linen, per year, 5.00
Auditor, Kxccutnr, Administrator
, snd Assignee Notices, 2 .V)
Editorial notices per line, 1A '
All advertisements for a shorter pe- .
riod than one year ere psyiible at the
timo they are ordered, and if not paid
tbe erson ordering them will be field
responsible for the money.
a". .
ship or boroughs, to snch person or
persons as the Court of Commou
l'leas of the proper county may de
signate at the place provided a
aforesaid, who shall then deposit th
said boxes and keep tho same to
answer the call of any court or tri
bunal authorized to try the merits of
such eloetiou. Whenever the elec
tion officers of any election district
shall require the election boxes of
such district to hold any election
which by law they artf" or shall be re
quired to hold, they shall keep the
same securely in their possossion,
without opening, until tho morning
of such election, and until they shall
severally bo sworn or affirmed not to
disclose how auy elector sliall have
voted, anil after lieing so stvorn or .
affirmed they shall open the said
Itoxns aud burn and totallv destrov
all tho ballots aud other papers which
they sliall find therein before pro
ceeding to hod such election.
Appotntiitrnt of'Aiivmr$ to fill Vuxiiwi'l.
Sko. 11. That from and immediate
ly after tho passage of this act. the
Court of Common l'leas io the propor
county, in election districts wherein
assessors have- not heretofore been
eleclod, shall appoint ono reputable
person in each district to le the as
sessor thereof, who shall perform all
the duties rotating to elections now.
required to be performed by assesor
under the provisions of this act t
such assessors shall bo appointed
nearly as can be ascertained from
tho party having a majority of the
votes in their respective districts.
Th Futuiiij F'linvtry FMimi.
8o. l'. Tlint al the election to bo hold
onlhetbird Tuuoluy of February nest,
ami llisl si tbe vlcctiun snuunlly thcreaf
tar, tlirre ulinll he licte t In each rlectioa
district in the 8isie, as well in thrae Here
in the registration of voters hits heretofore
been msile ty officers sppoinied an1 not
chofen by Ihe people lo porfurm the duty
as in all others, one person as judge and
two iuiectra, iu conformity with ib
general laws of tbe CotnoioowesltU. ti
conduct the elections for one jut. and
also an aseas,ir wuo shall pjrform tbo
l tit lea inaidvot to tbe eleoiio is a rtipurol
by lb provision! of Ibii act.
Ilijiflfiitimt for Ftbrwiry Ekrlion.
Hao. 1G. That the assesiore appointed
under Ihe fourteenth lection nf this act
shall, within five dsyi slier tbMr appoint
ment, proceed lo oiske out list of th
qualified electori in their respective eleo
tion districts, and deliver Ihe im to th
ojiniuissioners, who shsll transmit a cer
tified copy of the same to tbe juJge of
eaoh election district at least forty-eight
hours before tbe election lo he bold on
Ibe third Tuesday of r'ebrusry neii ; .aid
assessors shall also post ten copies thereof -in
conspiouous plitn-s in enoli election
district at least leu days before said elec
tion, and tbo lists so made by lbs sties,
ore during tbe two secular dnyi preceJing
Ibedsy of the delivery Iherejf lo lb
jiiiiuii.ioners (of wuicb days publio
notice shsll be given by band bill through
out said district), shall bo open for in
spection aud correotion, ia Ibe ouslo-ly of
said assessor, from tea a. in. to tbre p.
iu., and from six p. in. to nine p. ni. of
eaoh of said Jnys.in the manner provided
in section aeoomrof tfiis act, and all of
the remedies, privilege! and powers se
cure,! and provided thereby, are hereby
made applicable lo Ike lists herein named.
Sec. 17 The respective asiesiurs, in
ipeotoa and judges of tbe elections, shall
each have the power lo administer oithe
lo any persou olnimiug the right to be
assessed, or the right of suffrage, or in re
gard lo any olbor waiter or thing repair
ed tn bs done or in ptired into hy any nf
said officers tin ter this act. anl auy will,
ful, false swearing hy any person, in re
lation to any mailer or thing ooaoerniiix
wbicb tbey shall be lawfully interrogated
by any of said oBioers or overseen, shall
be prrjury.
Jhili't of .iwsirs other KlttJion
UJirr.
Ssc. 18. The aCsessors shall eaoh r.
celv lb same compensation for Ibe time
necessarily spent in performing Ibe duties
hereby enjoined, as is providod by law
lo assessors for making valutlions, to be
paid by Ihe county commissioner! as In
other cases, and it ihall uot be lasrful fir
anv assessor to assess a las niainst any
person whatever wilbin sliiy.on days
next preceding lit annual eleciion io No.
vember any violation of tbti provision,
shall be a misdemeno r, and lu'ject tbe
ollioeri so oflcn ling lo a fin on oouviotion
not riceedius on htitilred dollars, or In
imprittounient oot exceeding Hire
outbs, or botb, at tne ats-reiioo of ibe
court.
Sec. 19. Any a'sesjor, election officer
or person appointed as an overseer, who
bail negleot or refine to perform any
duly enjoiued by this aot without reasou
aul or legal cause, shall be suhjeot tu
Eeueliy of tiuu, and ir any assessor sball
nowingly assess any psrsna as a voter
wbi la Bt qualified, or shall willfully re
fuse to asses auy ou who la qualified, bt
aball be guilty of a misdemeanor In otfloe,
and on conviction be punished by a An
not exceeding $1,000, or iinurisontaoot uot
eioeeding two years, or both, at Ihe die-
creliou of tbs court, and alio bs subject
to an aclioB for damages by tb party ag
grieved, and if any persou shall fraudu
lently alter, add Ij, deface or destroy auy
list or volars mad oul as direeled by Ibis
set, or tsar down or remove Ihe earns from
tbs plac where it kas bseu fixed whit
fraudulent or mischievous Intent, or for
any improper purpose, th person so of
feuding sball be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on eoavioiloo shall he punished by a
On not deeding jojj, r Imprisonment
not exceeding two year, or both, at tb
discretion of tb court and if any person
shall', by vloleno or intimidation, drive.
or attempt to drive, from th polls auy
person, or persons, appointed by Ib eourt
l act as overseer! of aa election, or la
any way willfully resent said overseer
from performing lb duties sujulued up-
oa to out ry mi aot, sucn persoa snail o
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon eon
vioiion Ikereof akall b punlsbsd by a flit
aot exoeeding 1,000, or by Imprisonment
not exoeediuf tw years, or bulb, at tb
discretion of to oourt. Auy parson wko
shall, a lh day of any elsoioa, visit a
polling plaos la any elsollou UUtrlot at
wtioa s it aot auiia io vol, ana snail
bs any Intimidation or vlolrao for tb
purpose of preventing auy morr of lo.
tloo from performing Ibe duties required '
of Mm by law, or fur Ik purpose of pre.
venting aay qualified voter of suoh district
xerolslog bis- rtgat to vol. r from - .
roiling kis right i hIUage aay petvut)
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