MARRIED.
i, snrflirucville Sept 28th, 1871, by Rev. J. I
..ArfipL Cvrenitis Stone and Miss Emma L.
Hosteller, all of Stroud tup., Monroe Co. Ia
DIEEL
Kt Scranton, Fa., Sept. 30th, Ida, infant
daughter ot Anima ana turner v liuarnson,
zed 17 months. Intered in family burying
Trnnnds at Shafer's school house.
rrouna aicua,.
In Smithheld, &ept., loin, Julia, wife of
nurcw "p" " ""
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StrOuasuuig j-a.uis., uui. j, aou.
Thi annual meeting oi uie torKnoiners oi
this ianK, wm w uciu me iaiiKing nuu.st,
-II 1. 4. T 1 TT
on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7A, 1871,
uffPfn the hours of 12 and 3 o'clock, on that
oct 5-4t Cashier.
Teachers Examinations.
The examination of applicants for Schools
WU1 be held in the following districts at the
time and places named :
Middle Smithfield, Monday Oct 16, Sand
Hill School House.
Smithfield, Tuesday Oct. 17, Shawnee,
Tocono, Wednesday Oct. 18, M. Miller's,
Tannersville.
Jackson. Thursday Oct. 19, Jackson Cor
"Hamilton, Friday Oct. 20, Snydersville.
Stroud. Saturday Oct. 11, Stroudsbnre.
Chestnutliill, Monday Oct. 23, Urodheads
Polk, Tuesday Oct. 24, Kreegeville.
Eldred, Wednesday Oct. 25, Kunkletown
Jloss Thursday Oct. 26, Kossland.
The examination of each day will begin at
30 o'clock, a. m. Teachers will please be punc
iial Directors and citizens generally are
arnestlv requested to be in attendance.
' JEUE. FRUTCHEY,
Co. StipL Monroe.
?troudbtirg Sept., 28, lS71.-tL
Administrator's SVotice.
Instate of George Rilbcrnd, late of Ross
township, dec'i
Letters of administration upon the Estate
-.f CiLHire lulwrnd, dec d, havmsr been
rranted to the undersigned by the Uegister
far the rrobate oi his, ivc. m ana lor trie
county (if Monroe. All persons indebted to
aid Estate are requested to make payment
and those having claims or demands against
the same, to make them known without de-
Jay' LAFAYETTE S. RILBERND,
Administrator.
1 0., Sayloriburg, Pa.
Sent 21 '71-CL
FRESH
0 Y S T
AT
CHARLES HERMAN'S.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Arrive Daily From the City.
sept 21 -1m
Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
For the relief anil
cure of nil deranjre
menta in the t-tuni-arh,
liver, ami Ikw
cl.. They are mil"!
iicrient, :iml an
excellent pnrpative.
ItoiiiR luiivly vejje-
table, they cuntain
110 iiteretir or mine
ral whatever. Murh
puttering if jrf-venr-
el Lv their tnnelv
inr; ind every family fhoulil have tl)em on han!
r Uieir protection jiikI relief, when reutiired.
Lonj: exerienee h:if irfVl them to be the nal
't, ure.t, and he.-t of all the l'ill with whkh
tbr market abounds. liy their oeeaMnnal ue,
tlie bhtocl i-" uiitieil, the coiTUtioni of the t-x-t"m
evprlled, ohtni'-tion. removed, ail the
hoie machinery of life rc-tuwl to it healthy
'tivity. liileinal orjran vhirli iK-come ringed
nd hici-h are cleansed ly A'lrr'n i'lll. and
timul:itrl into action. 'J"hu incipient diea
i :luin?'t into health, the value of which e.h autre,
lien refktiel uu the a-t nmllitudes wlm i'iijy
it, can Iwirdiy he eonipiited. Their Mtpir cualinj:
tuakp ttiem plci-nnl to take, and jire-erre Iheir
Tirtne. uiiinitairel for any length of time, m
that thev are ever fredi, ainl Krl'ectJy reliahle.
Altlioiijrli fcearchinjr, they re mild, and oerate
witlmiu (iir.turh.tnce to tlie con.titnI kin, ir diet, or
Ki-uKtinn.
Ku'l ilirc'tinns are piren on the wrapper to
'-h Ikv. how to n.-e them an Family 1'hxic,
nl for the following comitaiut, wliieli these
fill rapidly cure:
Kor Irae)iiM or E nlirT 1in. f.ltlHMi
I.Moruor and Io f .1 tif e, they
tHuld le taken moderately to .-tiuiulate the Moiii
'h, and retore its healthy tone and action.
tor lit tT(otiiJainV and it l ariu- KVinp
V'tix, tilio llrtKUllir, MiU EB-iil-rhe.
Juuiiilira or r"it .( I. ite. FHI
( vlir ;ni. 1 itiiioiiM -vt. Ihev r-h.ndd
I jiidi i(,tijy t.,keu for each cae. to cnrm'l thf
'liswd action or rrtttove the nr4 ruction w hid".
: it.
fnr IlTjrntcrT or Diit rrhorii, hnt one
Wiltl ...r i norally reipiirrd.
tr It Urimiicrioiii. (.'out, C-'ruvrl,
ftlMlion of th aiciirT. in (lie
HueU and Iottt. iIm-v hhould he cotnin
uoii.ly takm, a reo,utrel, to eh:ine the dier4d
'tmn of the nvstem. Vith nue.U change tlo-e
"iiililniniK disappear.
't llrop.T and ISroi.ic.l !wellln;i.
J'y ulioiild taken in large and ireiiieiit doc
t iirn.hi.-e thi; eilect of a drat t.- pnrve.
tor Muptr-iioii, a larjre doe should be
en. ay it produces the derirel etTecr hv vm
ttij .
A a Tinr fill, take on or two ; to
J"iimM' diirr.tion and relieve the Momach.
An (M-eavional done tiintilatr the stomach nn.l
Jewels, restore the aptx-tite, and invi-irate. tl;
Ttrni. Jl.-iii-,. it rten ;t.J-anfareoi. where
Li ??" ,rra"V'''ent ei-t. One who tel
i?-Tr r 0n ,in','' " ,,OM 'r lhf"
rli ma hiin lrf1 oecidedlv I tetter, from then
,",ln a,' renovating eC'cvt on the digc.-tivt
ppartitui.
I'ttKfARKt BV
AYJ'll L CO., Vrartirnl Chrmist,
hOWKLL, MASS., I'. . A.
rtmsAus ur all dkluoists kvekywherl
wpt 21 iy
INDEPENDENT
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR THE
A. S S M T f
i xk J- J' J -
LA H D T Ti ti n T) -RT f
aJ3U XVilirUxtlYI I
NEW DEPARTURE!
Cuiididatc.
lhdfnendfnt Vittrrt nf- W.rn
...j . "V J"-
1 Tl
V' . Ve.reDy offer myself as an IndenendentLu
f "ueiuie ()r
IhH. A .. . n
U a c?yi?Mi)i t
e Counties of Monroe and CaTbop, in
F0 fetat Legislature of Penplvwi.
in rfrro I
T'tT intrs 0 rTvrrT-'iT'-.
ldsburcj, August 31 1871.
ltd-
BLANK LEASES
For Sale at this Offtcc.
E Pi S
fflie 1m.i.1W
I
1
To the
General Election.
ShcrilTs Proclamation.
1TT Tl .
. -j. ie general As-
eembty or trie Commonwealth of Pennsvlva.
i " tiiiincu au ati regulating the Ueneral
Elections within thn
passeu on me day of July, 1839 it is
"'au- "uy i me mern sheriff of evrrv
rmiintn w. ..L1: . - .
w yic jjuuhc nonce or such elections
io oe nomen, ana to make known in such
notice what officers are to be elected. There-
tore l, I'ETER MER WINE, High Sher
in or me county ot Monroe, do make known
by this proclamation to the electors nf tho
county ot Monroe, that an Election will be
netu in said county, on
1 UL.ZUA, the 10th day of OCTOBERlbc election district ten days as aforesaid
next, at the several election district hpW
enumerated, at which limp an,t i ".l . J
be elected hv th, fronmnn ,.r .iL .
Monroe, by ballot,
- : " w mc tuuuiy ui
AndltOf General of
rne ommonweairi ot rennsylvania.
J t.. t rl
e "u,tvur general oi
rrrrt icto-vivto . . .. .
vfi . cuiibvivania.
1 tvj ruivouno lorssociateJudfreS t
xTrT,r.noACTr ?Dl7 pr wonroe.
"iiij i iiiwua jur oiienn 01 the C
Countv
01 ivionroe.
ONE PERSON for Treasurer of the Coun
ly of Monroe,
ONE PERSON for Coroner of the Countv
Monroe.
ONE PERSON for Commissioner of the
County of Monroe.
ONE PERSON for Auditor of the Countv
01 jionroe.
llacc of Volins.
The freemen of the township of Chesnut-
hill are to hold their election at the house of
Felix Storm, in said township.
lhe treemen ot the Township of Cool-
oaugn wui nold their election at the JNagles-
ville. school-house, in said township.
lhe treemen ot the township of Hamilton
win iioiu uieir election at the house ot Jas.
:n l.u 1 . ... . .
C. Westervelt, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Middle
Smithfield, will hold their election at the
house of James Place, in said township.
1 lie treemen of the township of Pocono,
will hold their election at the house of Ma
nassah Miller, in saiJ township.
the treemen of the township of Paradise,
will hold their election at the house
Abraham Gish, in said township.
0f
lhe treemen of the township of Polk, will
hold their election at the house of George
Green, in said township.
1 he freemen of the township of Price, will
hold their election at the house of Lewis
Lonjr, in said township.
I he treemen ot the township of tddrcd,
will hold their election at the house of John
Frantz, jr., in said township.
lhe lreemen of the township of Ross, will
hold their election at the house of Jacob II
Stockcr, in said townstlip.
lhe treemen of the township of bmithheld
will hold their election at the house of
Thomas Brodhead, in said township.
The freemen of Stroudsburp, will hold
their election at the Court House, in said
borough.
The freemen of the township of Stroud, will
hold their election at the house of John Bald
win, in the borough of Stroudsburo;.
The freemen of the township of Tobyhan
nah, will hold their election at the house of
Robert Warner, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Jackson,
will hold their election at the house, of bamu-
el R. Bossard, in said township.
The freemen of tlie township of Tunk-
hannock, will hold their election at the
house of Joseph Norton, in said township,
The freemen of the township of Barrett,
will hold their election at the house of Henry
Deubler, in said township.
The freemen of East Stroudsburg, will
hold their election at the Analomink House,
in said Borough.
IVoticc is Hereby Given,
That every person, excepting Justices of
the Peace, who shall hold an office or ap
pointment of profit or trust under the United
States or of this Slate or any city or corpor-
ated district, whether a commissioned officer
I
or otherwise, a subordinate othcer, or agents
who is or shall be employed under the legis
lative, executive or judiciary department of
this State or the United States, or of any
incorporated district; and also, that every
member of Congress, and of the State legis
lature and of the select or common council
of any city, or commissioners or any incorpor
ated district is by law incapable of holding
or exercising at the same lime, the appoint
ment of Judge, inspector, or clerk of any
election of this Commonwealth, and that no
Inspector, Judge or other officer of such olec-
tion shall be eligible to be then voted fur.
Also, that in the fovrlh section of the Act
of Assembly, entitled " An Act relationg to
executions and for other purposes," approved
April 1G, 1640, it is enacted that the afore
said 13th section, ' shall not be construed, to
prevent any military officer or borough offi
cer, Irom serving as juuge, jnsaecior, or
Clerk, at any general or special election in
this Commonwealth."
And the said act of Assembly, entitled "an
act relating to .elections of this Common
wealth, passed July 2d, ISJ'J, turther provides
That the Inspectors and Judges thall meet
at the respective places appointed for hold-
in the election in the district to which they
respectively belong, before nine o'clock on
the morning of the secod Tuesday of Oete
ber. and each of said inspectors shall appoint
one clerk, who shall be a qualified voter, of
such district.
In case the person who shall have re-
ceived the second highest number of votes
for inspector, shall not attend on me oay ot
any election then the person who shall have
received the t-econd highest number of votes
fnr indnrp at ih niYt nrpr.edin.o' election shall
act as inspector in his place. And in case
the person who shall have received he high-
esl nurober of votes for inspector thall not
attend, the nerson elected iud?re shall an-
point an inspector in his place and in case
the person elected, as judge shall not attend,
then the inspector who received the highest
number ot votes shall appoint a judge in his
place; or if any vacancy shall continue in
the board for the space of one hour after the
time fixed by law for the opening of the
election, the qualified voters of the town
ship, ward or district for which such omcers
.n 1 i, .i0l0A nrPBPnt m enrh
ouaii iittc uctu i.v,v.i , r-
JKft
fi
ection, Shall elect one oi me uuiuuer 10
vacanoy.
hall he the duty of said assessors re
spectively to attend at the places of holding
every general, special or township ejection
during the whole time said election is kept
open, for the purpose of giving information
to the Inspectors and Judges, when called eti
ia relation to the righof any person ase;3-
ea oy mem tor toU at such
such other n.a iters in relation to the assess
ments of votes as the said inspectors or judg
es, ur euner oi mem, snail irom time to time
require.
.T til
io person snau oe permitted to ote at
any election as aforesaid, than a white free
man of the age of twenty-one years or more
wno snaii nave resiaea in tfiis Htate at least
one year, and in the election district where
he otters to vote at least ten davs immediate
ly preceding such election, and within tw
years paid a state or County Tax whic
snail nave been assessed at least ten day
neiore the election. Hut a citizen of the
United Mates who has previously been
ijuduucu vuirr oi una oiaie and removed
therefrom and returned and who shall hav
resided in the election district and naid tax
es aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote alte
residing in thisb:ate six months. Provided
That the white freemen citizens of the Uni
ted States between the aires oftwentv-one
anu iwentv-two years
Who had rpii1fJ in
. e e"l!Vea.l. voie although they sua I
not ,CP,W ga,u laxes.
i0 Person sna be admitted to vote
,. ,...,, : . , .. . .
....-u. .o voummeu in me nsi oi
missinnfro nnlocs A) li 1 .
for payment within two ve-rs. of a State or
.-....., ui.iv.oo "ionic uiuuuctra u. receiui
county tax assessed agreeably to the Consti
it . . .
Ilitinn. nnrl m i.f.,t... :.i
. fc ' w"vwj cviucnct; ciuici
on 1.4 nwn mtUr ffi, .: e .1..
mat he has pa.d such tax, or on failure to
produce a receipt, shall make oath to the
payment thereof; or, second if he claims
right to vote by being an elector between
the ages of 21 and 22 years he shall depose
on oath or affirmation that he has resided in
the State at least one year next before his
application and make such proof of residence
in the district as is required by this act, and
that he does verily believe, from the accounts
given hun, that he is of the aire aforesaid
and gives such other evidence aa is required
oy mis aci, w Hereupon the name of the per
60,1 80 admit.ted to vote shall be inserted in
the alphabetical list by the inspectors and a
note made opposite thereto, by writing the
wora 'tax, it tie shall be admitted to Ins vote
by reason of such age, and in such case the
name shall be called to the clerks whoshal
make the like notes in the list of voters kept
by tnem.
it any person shall prevent or attempt to
prerent any orhcer of any- election , under
this act from holding such election or use
or threaten any violence to any such officer
or shall interrupt or improperly interfere
wilh him in the execution of his duty, or
shall block up the window or avenue to any
window where the same may be holding, or
shall riotous'y disturb the peace at such
election, or shall use or practice any intim
dating threats force or violence, with design
to influence unduly or overawe any elector
or to prevent him Irom voting or restrain the
freedom ot choice, such persons, on convic
tion shall be fined in any sum not less than
fite hundred dollars and be imprisoned for
any time not less than three nor more than
twelve months, and if it shall be shown to
the Court where the trial of such offence
shall be had that the person so offending' was
not a resident of the city, ward, district or
township where the said offence was com
miUed a.nd not. entitled to vote therein, then
on conviction he shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than one hundred or more
thnn on-? thousand dollar?, and be imprisoned
not less than six months, nor more than two
yeirs
If any person shall make any bet or wager
upon lhe result ot any election in this Com
monwealth, or shall offer to make any such
bet or wager, either hy verbal proclamation
thereof, or by any written or printed adver
iisement, or cnanenge or invite any persons
to make such bet or wager, upon conviction
hereof, he or they shall forfeit and pay three
times the amount so bet or to be tx-t.
If any person not by law qualified shall
fraudulently vote at any election in this
commonwealth, or being otherwise qualified,
bhall vote out of his proper district, or if any
tperson knowing the want of such qualifica
tion, shall aid or procure such person to vote,
the person offending shall on conviction, be
fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred
dollar, and be imprisoned for any term not
exceeding three months.
In all cases where the name of a person
claiming to vote is found on the list furnish
ed by the Commissioners and Assessors, or his
right to vote whether thereon or not is ob
icted t0 b J qualified citizen it shall be
A f 1 . A A. A L - 4 . A - 1
tne auty 01 me inspector to examine tucn
person on oath as to his qualifications, and if
he claims to have resided within the district
fijr one year or more his oath shall be suffi
cient proof thereof, but he shall make proofat
least by one competent witness who shall be
a qualified elector that he has resided within
the district for more than ten days next pre
ceding such election and shall also himself
6 wear, that his bona fide residence in pur
suance of his lawful calling is within the
district, and that he did not remove In said
district for the purpose of voting therein.
Every person qualified as aforesaid, and
who shall make due proof, if required of his
residence and payment of taxes aforesaid,
shall be admitted to vote in the township,
ward or district in which he shall reside.
If any person shall vote at more than one
ejection district or otherwise fraudulently
vote more than once on the tame day, or
shall fraudulently fold and deliver to the in
spector two tickets together with the intent
illegally to vote or advise and procure an
other so to do, he or they so offending shall
pn conviction, be fined 10 any sum not less
than fifty nor more than five hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned for any term not less
than three nor more than twelve months.
" If any person not qualified to vote in this
Commonwealth, agreeably to law except the
6ons of qualified citizens), 6hall appear at any
place of election for the purpose ot issuing
tickets or influencing the citizens quilified
to vote, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay
any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for eery fuch offence, and be imprisoned for
any term not exceeding three months
Pursuant to the provision contained in the
61 h section of the act aforesaid, the Judges
of the aforesaid district shall take charge of
the certificate or return of the election of
their respective districts and produce them at
a meeting of the judges from each district at
the Court House in the Borough of Strouds
burg, on the third day after the day of elec
tion, beinw for the present year on FRIDA Y
the 14th day of OCTOBER next, then and
there to do, and perform the duties required
by law of said judges. Also, that where a
judge by sickness or unavoidable circumstan
ces, is unable to attend said meeting of Judges
then the certificate or return as aforesaid
shall be taken charge of by one of the In
spectors or clerks of the election of said dis
trict, who shall do and perform the duties
required of said judge unable to attend.
CHANGE IN THE MODE OF VOTING.
As therein directed, I also give official
notice of the. following provisions of an act
approved March 30, 18G6, entitled An. act
regulating the mode of voting at all elec
tions in the (several counties of this Com
monwealth."
iseclion 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and Houae of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by th
authority of the name. That the qualified
voters, of the several counties of this com
monwealth, at all general, township, borough
and special elections, are hereby hereatte
authorized and required to vote by tickets
printed or written, or partly printpd and
partly written, severally classified as follows:
une ticket shall embrace the names of al
Judges of courts voted for, and to Le labelled
outside " Judiciary :" one ticket shall em
brace the name of all State officers voted tor
and be labellded "State;" one ticket shal
embrace the name of all County officers vot
ed for, including officer of Senator, member
and members of Assembly, if voted tr, and
members of Congress, if voted fr and be
labelled "County;" one ticket shall embrace
the name of all township officers voted for,
and be labelled " townsihp ;'one ticket sha
embrace the mimes of all borough officers
voted for and be labelled "borough:" and
each class shall be deposited in separate ba!
loi-ooxes.
ACT, April 17, 1SG9.
oectwn 3. After the assessments have
been completed on the tenth day preceding
the, second J uesday in October ot each year
the assessor shall, on the Monday immediate
iy ioiiowing, make a return to the countv
commissioners ot tne names ot all persons
assessed by him since the return required
to be made by him by the second section of
this act, noting opposite each name the ob
servations and explanations required to be
noted as aforesaid ; and the county Commis'
sioners shall thereupon cause the same to be
added to the return required by the second
section ot 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 ward, borough, township or
precinct, and furnish the same together with
the necessary election blanks, to the officers
of the election in said ward, borough, town
snip or precinct, on or before six o clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc
tober; and no man shall be permitted to vote
at the election on that day whose name is
not on the list, unless he sh ill make proof
ot his right to vote, as hereinafter required
section 4. On the day of election any
person whose name is not on the list, anil
claiming the right to vote at 6aid election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter of
the district 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
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe a written,
or partly written and partly printed, aflldavit
to the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where the residence is
of the person o claimining to be a voter .and
the person so claiming the right to vote shall
also take and subscribe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, staling,
to the best of his knowledge and belief,
where and when he was born; that he is a
citizen of the commonwealth of Pennsylva
ma and of the United States; that he has re
sided in the commonwealth one year, or if
brmerly a citizen therein and has moved
therefrom, that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election ; that he
lias not moved into the district for the pur
pose ot voting inerein ; that he has paid a
state or county tax within two years, which
was assessed at least ten days before said
ection; 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 cxamin
ation ; the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to be paid by the
affiant was assessed, and when, where and
to whom paid ; and the tax receipt therefor
shall be produced for exam mat ion, unless the
affiant shall state in his affidavit that it has
been lost or destyed, or that he never re
ceived any; but if the person so claiming
the right to vote shall take and subscribe an
affidavit, that he is a native born citizen of
the United State? (or if born elsewhere,
shall state that fact in his aflldavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural-
zed, or that he is entitled to citizenship by
reason ot his lathers naturalization ;) and
shall further state in his affidavit that he is
at the time of taking the affidavit, between
the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years;
that he has resided in the slate one year and
n the election district ten days next prece-
mg such election, he shall be entitled to
vote, although he shall not have paid taxes;
the said affidavits of all persons making such
laims, and the affidavits of the witnesses to
their residence, shall be preserved by the
lection board, and at the close of the elec
tion they shall be enclosed with the list of
voters, tally list and other papers required
y Jaw to be filed by the return judge with
the prothonotary, and shall remain on file
therewith in the prothonotory's office, sub
eel to examination, as other election papers
re; if the election officers shall find that
the'applicant or applicants possecs all the
egal qualifications of voters, he or they snal'
be permitted to vote, and the name or names
shall be added to the list of taxables by the
lection officers, the word ''tax ' being added
where the claimant claims to vote on tax,
nd the word "age" where he claims to vote
on age ; the same words being added by the
lerks in each case respectively, on the Ii6ts
of persons voting at such election.
Section 5. It shall be lawful for anv
ualified citizen of the district, notwithstand-
ng the name of the proposed voter is con
ained on the list of resident taxables, to
hallenge the vote of each person ; where
upon the same proof of the right of suffrage
s is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election board, and
the vote admitted or rejected, according to
the evidence ; every person claiming tp be a
naturalized citizen shall be required to pro
nee his naturalisation certificate at the elec
tion before voting, except where he has been
lor ten years, consecutively, a voter in the
istrict in which he oilers his vote; and on
the vote of sucli person being received, it
shall be the duty of the election officers to
write or stamp on such certificate the word
'voted, with the month and year; and if
ny election officer or officers shall receives
second ote on the same day, by virtue of
the same certifficate, excepting where sons
re entitled lo vote by virtue ol the natural-
zation of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such econd vote, upon so of
fending shall be guilty of a high mUdemean-
or, and on conviction inereoi, oe nneu or
imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprison
ment one year ; the like punishment shall
:ie inflicted on conviction, on lhe. officers of
election who shall neglect or refuselo make,
or cause to be made, the indorsement requir
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization certi
ficate.
Scc 6. Ifiany election officershall refuse
or neglect to require such proof of the right
f 8ufurage as is prescribed by this law. or
the laws lo which this is a supplement, from
ny person, offering to vote whae name is
not on the K?f ef assessed voter?, or whose
right to vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such person
to vote without requiring such proof, every
person so offending, shall upon conviction
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
a tine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or
to undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, of either or both, at the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 7. Ten days preceding every elec
tion for i-lecfors of President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, it shall tc the
duty of the Assessor to attend at the place
fixed by law for holding the election in each
election district, and then and there hear all
applications of persons whose names have
been omitted Irom the list ofasscsscd voters
and who claim the right to vote or whose
right have originated since the same was
made out, and shall add the names of such
persons thereto as shall show that they are
entitled lo the right of suffrage in such dis
trict, on the personal application of the
climant only, and forthwith assess them with
the tax. After completing the list, n copy
thereof shall be placed on the door of or on
the house where the election is to be held,
at least eight days befor the election ; and
at the election thesa'ine course shall be pur
sued, in all respects, as is required by this
act, and the acts to which it is a supplement
at the general elections, in October. The
Assessor shall also make the same returns to
the county commissioners of all assessments
made by virtue of this section ; and the coun
ty commissioners shall furnish copies thereof
to the election officers in each district, in like
manner, in all respects, as is required at the
general election in October.
iSec. 8. The same rules and regulations
shall apply at every special election, and
at every seperate city, borough or ward elec
ion, in all respects as at the general elections
in October.
Sec. 9. The respective assessors, inspec
tors and judges of the elections shall each
have the power to administer, oaths to any
persons claiming the right to be assessed or
the right of suffrage, or in regard to any oth
er matter or thing required to be done or in
quired into by any of said officers tinder this
act; and any willful false swearing by any
person in relation to any mat'er or thing
concerning which they thall be lawfully in
terrogated by any of said officers shall be
punished as perjury.
Sec. 10. j he assessors shall each receive
the same compensation for the time neces
sarily spent in performing the duties hereby
enjoined as is provided by law for the per
formance of their other duties, to be paid
by the counfy commissioners as in other cases;
and it shall not be lawful for any ass-ssor
to assess a tax against any person whatever
within ten days next preceding the election
to be held on the second Tuesday of Octo
ber, in nny year, or within ten days next be
fore any election for electors of President
and Vice President of the United States ;
any violation of this provision shall be a mis
demeanor, and subject the officers so offend
ing to a fine, on conviction, not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not
exceeding three months, or both at the dis
creet ion of the con it.
Sec. 11. On the petition of five or more
citizens of the county, stating under oath
that they verily believe that frauds will be
practiced at the election about to be held in
any district, it shall be the duty of the court
of common pleas of said county, if in session
or if not a judge thereof in vacation, to ap
point two judicious, sober and intelligent cit
izens of the county to act as overseers at said
election; said overseers shall be selected from
different political parlies, where the inspec
tors belong to different parties, and where
both of said inspectors belong to the s:ime
political party, both of the overseers shall
betaken from the opposite political party;
said overseers shall have the right to be pre
sent with the officers of the election, during
the whole time the same is held, the votes
counted and the returns made out and sign
ed by the election officers; to keep a list of
voters, it tney tee proper; to cnaiienge any
person onenng to vote, interrogate mm anu
rr a i
his witness uuueroain, 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 over
seers so selected and appointed every con
venience and facility for the discharge of
their duties; and if said election officers shall
refuse to permit said overseers be present
arid perform their duties as aforesaid, or if
they shall be driven away from the polls by
violence or intimidation, all the votes polled
at such election district may be rejected by
any tribunal trying a contest under smd e'ec
ion : Provided, 1 hat no person signing the
petition 6hall be appointed an overseer.
Sec. 12. If any prothonotary, clerk, or the
deputy of either, or any other person, shall
affix the seal of office to any naturalization
paper, or permit the same to be affixed, or
give out, or cause or permit the same to be
given out, in bhink, whereby it may be
fraudlently used, or furnish a naturalization
certificate, to any person who shall not have
been duly examined and sworn in open court,
n the presence of some of the judges there
f, according to the act of Congress, or shall
aid in, connic at, or in any way permit the
issue of any fraudulent naturalization certi
ficate. he 6hall be guilty of a high
misdemeanor; or if any one shall fraudulently
use any such certificate of naturalization,
knowing that it was fraudulently issued, or
hall vote, or attempt to vote thereon, ifany
one shall vole, or attempt to vote, on any
certificate of naturalization not issued to him.
he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor;
and either or anv of the nersons. their aiders
of abettors, guilty of either of the misdemea
nors aforesaid, shall, on conviction, be fined
n a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
nd imprisoned in the proper penitentiary
for a period not exceeding three years.
Sec. 16. Any person who on oath or
ffirmation, in or before any court in this
1 .
State, or officer authorized to administer
oaths, shall, to procure a certificate ol
naturalization, lor himself or any other per
son, wiuuiiy oepose, ueciore or ainrm any
i I . 1 t . tr
matter to be tact, knowing the same to be
false, or shall in like manner deny any mat
er to be fact, knowing the sinie to be true,
hall be deemed guilty of perjury; and any
certificate of naturalization issued in pursur-
ance of any such deposition, dclaration or
affirmation, shall he null and void; and it
hall be the duty of the court issuing the
same, upon proof beinf made before is I In I
was fraudlently obtanincd, to take un
mediate measures for re-carl ing the same for
cancelation ; and any person who shall vote,
or attempt to vote, on nny paper so obtained
or who shall in any way aid in, connive at,
r have any agency whatever in the issue,
irculation or useof any fnudlent naturaliza-
ion cerificale, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
hull undergo an imprisonment in the
penitentiary lor not mora ih.ni two years.
nd pay a fine, not more than one tlutisaiul
dollars, for cveysuch offence, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 14. Any asfcessor, election oflicer or
or person appointed as an overseer, wiurtha'l
neglect or refuse lo perform any duly en--joined
by this act, w ithout reasonable or
legal cotise, fhall be sut.j ct to a penally of
one hundred dMIars, and ifand a."sessoJ sflall
assess any person as a voter who is net qualifi
ed ; or shall refut-e to assess any one who i
qualified, he shall be guilty of a mifdemeanor
in office, and on conviction be pa a is tied 1
fine or imprisonment, and also be subject lo
an action for damages by the party nggriet
ed ; and if any person shall Iraudolently
after, add o, 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
mischievous intent, or for any improper pur--pose,
the person so offending shall be guilty
of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction1
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or . imprisonment not
exceeding two years, o both, at the discre
tion of the court. .
$'c. 15. All elections for city, ward
borough, township and election officers idiall
hereafter be held on tlie second Tuesday of
October, subject to all the provisions of the
laws. regulating the election of such officers
not inconsistent with this act ; the persons
elected to such offices at that time shall take
their places at the expiration of the terms of
the persons holding the same at the time ot"
such election ; but no election for the office of
assessor or assistant assessor shall be held.
under this act, until the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
occ. 10. At all elections heniftcr held Ut-
tier the laws of this commonwealth, the poll
hall be opened letwcen.the hours ot six ami
seven o'clock, a. in., and closed at seven
o'clock, p. m.
ibec. 1 1 . It shall be the duty of the Secre
tary of the Comuiowealth to prepare forms
for all the blanks made necessary by this act,
and furnish copies of the same to tlie county
commissioners of the several eoasties ot'tho
commonwealth ; and the county cosnmis
sioners 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 elec
tion districts of the respective counties copies
of such blanks in sucli qualities as may be
rendered necessary for the discharge of their
duties under this act.
tSrc. 19. That citizens of this State
temporally in the service of the State or of '
the United States governments, on clerical or.
other duty, and who do not vote where thus
employed, shall not be thereby deprived of
the right to vote in their several eksti3Q. dis
tricts if otherwise dulv qualified,.
Src. 20. The actl entitled "A furthcir
supplement to the act regulating to the elec
tions of this commonwealth,''' approved April
fourth, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, and ail other laws
altered or supplied by this att,, bo ami the
same are hereby repealed,
I alo make known the- following act- ap
proved the 2d day cf June, 1S71, entitled;
"An oct to authorize a jmpnUtrvite vpon the que
turn of railing a conrcution to amend the C&nxtitu-'
tion of Inufilrania."
Sec. 1. Le it enacted, &c, That the ques
tion of calling a convention to amend the con
stitution of this commonwealth, be submitted'
to a vote of the people, at the general elcetiom
to be held on the second Tuesday of October-"
next, the said question to be voted for in man
ner following, to wit : in counties and cities in
which slip ticket voting is authorized by law,
votes for and against a convention may lie ex
pressed aud given upon the ticket, headed or
endorsed with the word "StatCj" and not other
wise, and the words used sJiall be constitutional:
convention," and underneath "for a convert
tion" or against a convention ;" and m cohi
ties and districts in which slip ticket voting
shall not be authorized by law, each elector
voting upon said quhtun shall cast a separate
ballot, endorsed a th outside "constitutional
convention," and coHtaining on tle inside the
words "for a convention"' "against a conven
tion ; and all votes east as aforesaid shall be
received counted and rctnred by the proper
election officers and return judges as voles for
Governor, are received, counted and returned
under existing laws.
And the Judges of the respective Districts
aforesaid, are by the said act required to meet
at the Court House in the J)ooiigit.of Strouds-
,., on tt.e tt,ini (uy after tjie .i Ia t)f
. 1 - -'
election, beins rillDA Y, the TiniiTEETii day
of October, then nd tltere to perform thq
things required of tKem by law.
God Sure tha Gowmrwimliii,
PETKI i M EttW 1 N E, Sheriff,.
Sheriff's Office, Stroudsbur, 1
Sept. 14, 1S71. J
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