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VOL. VI. NO. 24.
T10NESTA, PA., SEPTEMBER 17. 1873.
$2 PER ANNUM.
nymou communication.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TI0HE8TA LODGE
JVo. 8G9,
I. O. of O. F
MEETS every Friday evening, at 8
o'slock, In the Hull formerly occupied
r tbeOood Templars.
8. U. HASLET, N. G.
J. T. DALE, Sec'y. 27-tf.
Samuel D. Irwin,
ATTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW
and REAL ESTATE AMENT. I.egal
fcnain promptly attoudod to. Tlonesta,
J'a. 40-ly.
a, BBWTOB rSTTIS. 1LM w. tats.
PKTTI5 & TAT K,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
M bM IM, TIONESTA , PA .
Swm A. Jol".
SrMft'Sto, r.
Mason, Jenks,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office on Kim
Street, above Walnut, Tlonesta, l'a.
r. W. Hays,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Nott
Pciuc, Reynold llukill A :.'
Bleak, 8noa St., OH City, Pa. Sfl-ly
W. XntHSAk. f. B. SHILBT,
KiKjrnj m & a milky,
JMeerners at Law, - , Franklin, Pa.
PRACTICE In the several Court of Ve
aango, Crawford, Forest, and adtnln
Jnf eeaatlea. 9-ly,
. BABBI, D. P. FASSSTT,
lUMltlS A TASSSTT,
eaeraer at taw, TltasvUlo Pann'a
PRACTICE In all the Conrta of Warren,
A Crawford, for act and Venango Conn
. 40-tf
TKTSICIAXSA SURGEONS,
i. wTXAlS, X. S., sal J. B. BLAUE, K. D.
ala entered Into a e-nartnerehip. all
eaJla. Bight or day, will receive immediate
attention. Office at residence of Dr. Wi
hi, Sim St., Tioneeta, Pa. SO-ly
J. H. Heivly,
SURGEON DENTIST. In SchonMom
Kullding, ltweMt Centre and Syca
more St., Oil City, Pa. -
All operation done in a careful manner
and warranted. Chloroform and ether ad-
Bainlstered when required If tlio case will
permit. , 15-ly
Ctyirle B. Artsart,
TXTIST, Centre Street, Oil City, Pa.
J-J IB ilMII' B1O0K.
I-awren.ce House,
TMONK8TA. PA.. O. O. BUTTER
X FIELD. PaopBlETon. Thia houae
J centrally located. Everything new and
wall furnished Superior aocorauioda-
tlon and strict attention given to guest
Vegetable and Fruits of all kind nerved
In their aeaaon. Sample room for Com-
mercial Agenta. m
Tloneata Houae.
MTTTEL, Proprietor, Elm St. Tio-
neata. Pa., at the mouth of thecreek,
Mr. Iltle baa thoroughly renovated the
TVmssta Home, and re-furniahed it eom-
lately. All who patronlr.e him will he
well entertained at reaaonable rates. 20 ly
rOlKST HOUSE,
D BLACK PROPRIETOR. Oppoalte
Court House, Tioneeta. Pa. Just
pane j. Everything new aud clean and
freah. The beat of liquors kept constantly
a band. A portion of the public patron
effe la respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 7
National Hotel, -
TIDIOTTTE, PA., Bent. Elliott, propria
tor. This house has been newly furn
lahedandls kept in good style. Quest
will be made eomfortablo bare at reasona
ble rate. ly,
Scott House.
FAOrjNDUS, PA., E. A. Roberta, Pro
prietor. This hotel has been recently
re-f arnlahed and now offers auperior ao-
traodauons to gues's. zo-iy.
Dr. J. L. Aconqb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who baa
bad fifteen years' experience in a large
and successful practice, will attend ail
Prefaeaional Calls. Office In hia Drug and
Ureeary Store, located in Tidioute, nedx
TMUaulo iiouae.
IK HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Oil. Cutlery, all of th beat quality, aud
will be anld at reaaonable rate.
DR. CUAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Physician and DruartlHt from New York.
kaa charge of tbo Htvre. All oreecriptiou
av a- hat. jo. r. riax. a. a u.lt
MJLT, rJIXK A CO.,
33 A IT K 33 S
tOarasr ef Elm'A Walnut Sta. Tioneeta.
Bank of Dleeoant and Deposit,
later'eat allowed on Tim Depoaita.
OeUeleM madeon all tbePrlnoipal point
of the U, 8.
Collection solicited.
18-1 y.
a. . i LS. hal i- T. P1LB. Cuklw.
iAVINOS BANK,
Tloneata, Forest Co., Pa.
, Tale Bank tranaacln a General Banking,
4Jetlectinr and Exciianue Jiuniueta.
. Draite ou lhe Principal Cities of the
U auaa blilrt aua l'.nroe DouKhtandsoia
veld aua rtilver coin and Uovernmeii
alecuriHa bought aud sold. 7-30 Bonds
fiiveril on the moat favorable terms.
Inwm.i slionad nnUsme depoelta.
t-Isr. 4, If.
PROCLAMATION OF GENER
AL ELECTION.
Whorean. In and by an act of thnOcnnral
Assembly of the Common wenlth of Penn
sylvania, cntitlod 'An Act to rcfrulnto the
General Klnctlons within this Common
wealth.' It is enjoined unnn mo to Bivo
publio notice of said eloetlons, and to
enumeritto in wild notice what odlccrs are
tobeeloctod, I,T. i. Vantilcson,!! iph Sher-
llt ot ihoootinty or oront, do liorctiy muke
known and arive this publio notice to the
electors of tlio county of Foroat, that a
Ounural ICIectlon will be hold In said coun
ty, on the
SECOND TCESDAY (Hth) OF OCTOBER, 1871,
at thn soveral diHtrlrls, vlr. :
in liarnott township Htciaringtnn school
house
In Oreon township at tho houso of L.
Amor.
In Howe township at tho houne of C. F.
Fox.
In Jenks township at the court houso In
Marlon.
In Harmony township at Allondcr school
houso.
In Hickory township at Ball school
houso.
In KlntfMloy township at Wheeler. Du-
scnlmry A Co'a store.
In Tionestu township at school house in
Tlonesla iHirouph.
In Ti' tiesta boroiiKh at school house In
Raid borouu'li. '
At which timo and places the qualified
electors will elect by dnllnt:
One person for the ofllco of Judge of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
una peraon lor me otuco ot i reasurer or
I'cnnMVlvmiia.
Ono person for Assembly to represent
Clnrion and Forest Counties.
One person for the ollleo of County Com
missioner of Forest County.
One person for the ollico of County Aud
itor of Forest County.
One person for the office of District At
torney of Forest County.
une person ror mo oinceor jury Com
missioner of Foreat Couaty.
One person for the ofllce of Coroner of
Forest County.
Notice is horoby Riven. That any person
excepting Justices of the Ponce who shall
hold any oillce or appointment of profit or
truat under the United Wtates, or thisiSUito
or any city or corporntcd district, whothor
commissioned otlicor or , otherwise, a
subordinate officer or agent who is or shall
tioemployort under the legislature, execu
tive or iudiciarv doom tomtit of this Ktate.
or of any city, or of any Incorporated dis
trict, anci aiso, mat every mom nor 01 con
gress mid of the State Legislature, or of
the select or common council of any city.
or commissioners of tmy incorporated dis
trict, is by lnw incnpiilile of holding or ex
ercising at tlio timo, tho olliue or nppoint
mant of Judge, lnspei-tor or clerk of any
oloction of this Commonwealth, and that
no inspector, iudgo or other otlicor of such
election Bhiill bo eligible to bo then votod
for.
Also, that in tho 4 111 section of tho act of
Assembly entitled " An net relating to
elections and lor other purposes," appro
ved April imn im it is unat'U'U llmt the
13th auction shall not bo so construed as to
prevout any militia or borough otlicor
irom serving osjuugc, inspector or Clerk,
at any gunoral or special o'ection in this
Common wool th.
A further supplement to tho eloction
laws of this Commonwealth :
Whereas, by an act of tho Congress
of the liuitbd States, entitled "An
act to amend the several acU hereto-
tore passed to provide for tho enrolling
and calling out of the national forces, and
for other purposes," und approved March
Id. Itt6.r. All persons who have deserted
the military or naval services of the Uni
ted states, and who have been discharged
or relieved from the penalty or disability
therein provided, are deemed and taken
to have voluntarily relinquished and for
feited their rights to become citizens, and
are doprivod of exercising auy rights of
citizenship hereof;
Ana wuereas, pors'lis tot citizens of
the United States, are under tho constitu
tion and laws of Pennsylvania qualified
doctors of this Commonwealth
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsyl vonia in Ueuoral Assem
bly mot, and it is hereby enacted by the
same aud in all elections hereaftor to be
held in this Commonwealth; it shall be
unlawful for the judges or inspectors of
any such election to receive any ballot or
ballots from any persons embraced in tho
firovisions, and subject to the disabilities
in posed by said act of Congress, approved
March 3d, 1805. And it shall be unlawful
for auy such person to offer to vote any
such ballot or ballots.
So. '1. That if any such judge or inspec
tors of eloction or any of them shall receive
or consent to receive any such unlawful
ballot or ballots from any such disqualified
person, he or they so offending shall he
guilty ot misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof in any Court of Uuarter Ses
sions or this Commonwealth, he shall lor
each offence be sentenced to pay a tine of
not less than ene hundred dollars, uud to
undergo imprisonment in the jail of the
proper county for not loss than sixty days.
Kuu. 8, That if auy person deprived ot
citicenahip and dituiuulilied aa aforesaid
shall at any eloction hereafter to be held
In this. Commonwealth vote or tender to
the otllcera thereof, and oQ'et to vote a bal
lot or ballots, auy person so offending
shall be guilty ot a miademeonor, and ou
oouviotion thereof in any Court of Quarter
sessions of this Commonwealth, shall for
each offence be punished in a like manner
as is provided in th proceeding section of
una wi, iu uia vase ui uiucura oi elections
receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
Site. 4. That if auy person sliall hereafter
persuade or advise auy person or persons
deprived of ojitizenship and disqualified as
aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots to
the olUctrs of any election hereafter to be
held iu thia Commonwealth, or shall per
auade ar advise any such officer to receive
any boilotor ballots from any peraon de
prived of citizenship aud disqualified as
aforesaid, such persons so offeuding shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of tins Commonwealth, ahull be
punished in like uiuuuer as provided in the
second section of this act, iu the case of
otttcers of auch election receiving such uu
lswfrj ballot or ballots.
REGISTRY LAW.
I also give official notice to the olectors
of Forest county that, by an act entitled
" An act further supplemental to the act
relative to the elections of this Common
wealth," approved April 17th, lso'J, jt is
provided as follows:
Slav). Be it enacted bv the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem
bly met, and It Is hereby enacted by au
thority of the same, That it shall be thndu
ty of each of the assossors of this Com
monwealth, on the first Monday of June
of each year, to take up tho transcript he
has recelvod from the county commission
er under the eighth section of tho act of
15th of April, 18.41, and proceed to an Im
mediate revision of the same by striking
therofrom the name of every person whois
known by him to have died or removed
since the last previous assessment from tho
district of which, he in tho assessor, or
whose death or removal shall be mado
known to him. and to add to the sninn the
mime of any qualified voter who shall bo
made known to him, to have removed into
the district sinco the last previous assess
ment, or whoso removal into the samo
shall boor shall hnve been made known to
him, and also tho names of all who mako
claim to him to lie qualified voters therein.
As soon as this revision is completed ho
shall visit every dwelling bouse in hisdis
trietand make carclul Inquiry if any per
son whose name la on his list has diod or
removed from tho district, and if so, to
take the same therefrom, or whether any
qualified voter resides therein whose namo
Is not on the list, and if so, to add the same
thereto, and in all cases where a namo Is
added to the list a tax shall forthwith be
assessed against the person, and the asses
sor shall in all cases ascertain by inquiry
upon what ground the person so assessed
claims to lie a voter. Upon tho completion
of this work it shall be the duty of each as
sessor as atoresaiu to proceca to mnKO out
a list in alphabetical orderof tho freemen
above twenty-one years of age claiming
to be qualified voters in the ward, borough,
township or district of which he is assess
or, and opposite to each of aaidnamnsstate
whether said freoman is or is not a house
keeper, and if he is, tho number of his res
idence, in towns w hero the same are num
bered, with ttie street, alley or court in
which sitnate.and if in a town where thore
are no numbers, tho nameof tho street, al
ley or court on which said houso fronts ;
also tho occupation of the person, and
where he is not a housekeeper, the occupa
tion, place of boarding and with whom, and
lr worKing lor anotner, tno nam? or em
ployer, and writo opposite eai of said
namo the word " voter," and where any
person claims to vote by reason of natur
al imtinn ho shall exhibit his certificate'
thereof to the assessor, unless he hns boon
for five consecutive vears noxt preceding
a voter In said district! and in all cases
where tho person ha been naturalized, the
name shall lie marked with the letter "N."
Where the person has merely declared his
intention to become A niti.en and designs
to bo naturalized beloro the next election.
the lmmo shall be marked "I). I." Where
theclaim to vote Is by reason of being be
twecn the ages of twenty-one und twenty
two. as provided bv law. tho word "ago'
shall bo entorod, and if the person has
moved Into the election district to resido
since tlio last general election the letter
" H." shall le placed opposite tlio nume.
It shall be th" further duty of rnch assess
or as aforesaid, upon tho completion of tlio
duties horein imposed, to make a separato
flat or all new assessments made ny him
and tho amounts assessed upon Pitch, and
furnish the same immediately to thn com
missioners, who shall immediately add
the names to tho tax duplicates and the
wards, township, borough or district in
which they have boeti assessed.
Skc. 2. On the list being completed and
the assessment mado as aforesaid the same
shall bo forthwitli returned to the county
commissioners, who shall duplicate copies
of said lists, with the observations and ex
planations required to be noted as afore
said, to be made out as soon aa practicable
and placed in the bauds of the assessor,
who shall prior to the first of August in
each yonr put ono copy thereof on the
house whero the election of tho respective
district is required to be held, and retain
the other in his possession lor tho inspec
tion, free of charge, of anv liersen residing
in the said election district who shall d&-
siro to soo tho sumo, and it shall bo tho du
ty of tho namo assessor to a id, from time
to time, on Iho personal application of any
one claim ing the right to vote, the name of
sucn claimant, ana niarn opposite um
name"!'. I." and immediately ussess him
with a tax, noting in an cases, ms nrcupa
tion, residence, whether a boarder or
houso-keoper. if a boarder with whom he
boards, and whether naturalized or de
signing to bo, marking in all such eases
the letters opposite the namo "N." or "I).
I." as tho case may bo j if tho person
claiming to bo assessed bo naturalized, be
shall exhibit to the assessor ins cortuicate
of naturalization and if ho claims that he
designs to be naturalised before tho next
ensuing eloction, lie uha'l, exhibit hia cer
tificate of declaration of intentions ; in nil
cases whero any ward, borough, township
or eloction district is divided into two or
more precincts, the assessor shall note in
all his assessmonts the election precinct in
which each elector resides, and shall make
a separate return, for each to the county
couiinissioiioi's in all cases in which a re
turn is required of him by the provisions
of this act; and the county commissioners
in milking duplicate copies of the uames j
of the voters in each precinct separately,
and shall furnish the same to the ttsoes ior,
ami tlio copiea requnetl by this act to be
placed on the Avot of ov on election plnces
on or bo lore tin first day of August in each
veur, Lhall bo placed on the door of or on
the election phwo in each of said products.
Skc. 3 After the assessments shall have
been completed ou the tenth day prece
ding tlio second Tuesdayof October in
each year, the assessor shall, on the Mon
day immediately following,make a return
to the county commissioners of the names
of all persons assessed by him since tho
return required to be made by him by the
second suction of thia act, uotiug opposite
each namo the observation and explana
tions required to bo noted as aforesaid, and
the county commissioners shall thercuxm
cause tiie same to be aaded to tho returns
required by the socoud section of this act,
and a full and correct copy to be made,
containing the names of ail person so re
turned as resident taxable lu baid ward,
borough, townshsp or precinct; tud fur
nish the same together with tno necessary
eloction blanks to the otlicor of the ejec
tion iu said ward, borough, township or
precinct, on or before six o'clock on the
morning of the first Tuesday of November,
and no man shall be permuted to vote at
the eloction on that day whose nume is not
on said list, unlc he shall mako proof of
hia right to vote, as herciuallur required.
Hnu. 4 Ou the day or election any person
whose name is not on the said list, and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least ono qualitlod voter
of the district aa a witness to the residence
of the claimant lu the district in which he
claims to be a voter, for a period of at least
ten days next preceding said election.
which witness shall tuka and subscribe a
written, or partly written and partly
printed Hflidftvit, to the facts stated by him.
which alllilavlt shall clearly define where
the residence i of the person so claiming
to be a voter, and the person claiming the
right to vote shall also take and subscribe
tp a written, or partly written and partly
inn Hiimavit, mating rmu 10 me Dost or
lis knowledge and belief when and where
ho was born ; that he is a citizen of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of
tho United Slates ; that he has resided in
tho Commonwealth one year, or if former
ly a citizon therein, and "has moved there
from six months preceding such election;
that ho has not moved into the district for
tho purpose of voting therein; that he has
paid a .Stale orcounty tax within two years
which was assessed at least ten days before
said eloction ; Bnd, if a naturalized citizen,
also state when, where and by what court
ho was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization for exami
nation: tho said affidavit shall also state
when and where tho tax claimed to be naid
by tlio affidavit was assessed, and when,
whore, and to whom paid, ana the tax re
ceipt therefor shall be produced for exam
ination, unless the afliunt shall titate in his
affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed.
or in at no never receivea any, out n tno
person so claiming tlio right "to voto shall
take and subscribe an affidavit that he Is
a native born citizen of the United States,
or li uorn elsewhere, snail state that fact in
his affidavit, or shall produce evidence
that he has boon naturalized or that he is
entitled to citizenship by reason of bis
father's naturalization; and shall further
state in his affidavit that he is, at tho time
of taking the affidavit, bet weon tho ago of
twenty-ono and twenty-two years; that ho
has resided In the Stato one year and in
the district tun days preceding auch elec
tion, ho shall be entitled to vote, although
ho shall not have paid taxes ; the said affi
davits of tho witnesses to thoir residenco
shall be preserved by tho election board,
and at the close of tho eloction they shall
bo enclosed with tho list of voters, tally
list and othor papers required by law to be
tilod by the return judges with the pro
thonotary, and shall remain on file there
with at the prothonotary's office, subject
to examination as other election papers
are ; if the election officers shall find that
the applicant or applicants possess all tho
legal qualifications of voters, he or they
shall be permitted to vote, and tho name
or names shall la? added to the list of taxa
bles by the the election officers, tho word
'"tax" being added when tho claimant
claims to vote on tax, and the word "age"
when he claims to voto on ago, the sumo'
words being added by the clerks in each
caso respectively on tlio list of persons vo
ting at such elections. -
Skc. 5. It shall bo lawful for any quali
fied citizen of the district, notwithstanding
tho nume of tho proposed voter is con
tained on the list of resident taxable, to
challenge the voto of ouch person, where
upon tiie snmo proof of right of suffrage as
Is now required by law ahull bo publicly
made and acted upon by tho election board
and tho voto admitted or rejected, accord
ing to the evidence; every person claiming
to bo a naturalized citizen shall bo required
to produce his naturalization certificate at
tho election before voting, except ho has
been for ton years consecutively a voter in
the district in which ho offers his vote; and
on the vote of such porson being received
it shall be the duty of the election officers
to write or stump on such certificate the
word "voted," with tho month and your,
and if any election officer or officers shall
receive a second vote on tlio same day, by
virtue of the some certificate, excepting
where sons are entitlod to vote by the nat
uralization of thoir fathers, they and the
person who shall offer such a second vote,
upon so offending shall bo doomed guilty
of high misdemeanor, an, on conviction
thereof be fined and imprisoned; or both,
at the discretion of the court, but tho tine
shall not exceed one hundred dollars In
each case or the imprisonment ono year;
the like punishment shall be inflicted, on
conviction, on tho officers ot election who
shall neglect or refuse to make.or rouse to
bo made, the endorsement required as
nforcsuiiion said naturalization certificates.
Sbo. 6. If any election officer shall re
fuse or neglect to require such proof of the
right of suffrage as is required by this law,
or the Ihws to which this is a supplement,
from any person offering to vote whoso
name is not on tho list of assessed voters,
or whose right to vote is challenged by
any qnalifiod voter requiring such proof,
every person so offending shall upon con
viction be deemed guilty of a high misdo
meanor, and shall be sentenced, for every
offense, to pay a fine not exceoding one
hundred dollars, or to undergo an impris
onment not exceeding one year, or either
or both, at the discretion of the court.
Kec. 7. Ten davs rtrecedinir every elec
tion for electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, it shall be
tlte duly of the assessor to attend at tho
place required by law for holding the elec
tion in each election district, and thon and
there hear all applications of persons
whose names have boon omitted from the
list of assessed voter, who claimed the
right to vote, or whose rights have origin
ated since the same was made out, and
shall add the names of such persons there
to as shall show thabsthey are entitled to
the right of suffrago in audi district, on
tiie personal application of the claimant
only, aud forthwith assess them with the
iiro'ner tax. After completing the list, a
cjpy thereof shall be placed on the door of
or ou me uouse wncre tiie election is to oe
held, at least eight davs before the election;
aud at tho election tlio same course shall
be pursued in all respects as is required
bv this act and the acts to which this is a
supplement, at tho geueral election in Oc
tober. The assessor ahull also make the
same returns to the county coministiionors
of all assessments made by virtue of this
nection ; and the county commissioners
shall furnish copies thereof to the election
onlcers iu each Ulstrict, in lino iranner, in
all lesuecls. aa is required ut the geueral
election iu October.
Six. U. The respective assessors, iuspec-
ton and judges ef the election shall each
have the power toadmiuiator oa tin to anv
person claiming the rlj;ht to be assessed
or the Hunt of auffrage, or iu regard to any
other matter or lhin; required to be done
or laquirod uit !y a:iy o; said omrors un
der this act, ana any wniui laiseswearing
by any poraou in relation to any niattter
concerning which they shall be lawfully
interrogated by any of said officers, shall
be pun, shed as perjury.
Sic. 10. The a-it.cs.sors sliall each receive
the same compensation for thai time noce
satilv spent in performing their dutic.j
hureliy enjoined us is provided by law for
the pcrtoruiuuc of their other duties, to
bo paid by the county commissioners as iu
other coses ; and it sliall not bo lawful for
any poion to assess a tux against uuy per
sou w hatever withiu tun dat a uext pfeced
ing tho election to be held on thu second
Tuesday of October, iu uuy year, or within
teu uov next beloro any election for elec
tor of President and Vice President of
the United State; any violation of tills
provision shall be a misdemeanor, and
subjecting the officer sooilcnding toa tine
on oouvicuon not exceeding one hundred
dollars of to imprisonment not exceeding
three months, or both at tho discretion of
tho court.
Sbo. 11. On petition of five or more citK
Rons of the county, slating under oath that
they verily believe that frauds will be
practiced at tho election about to be held
in any district. It shall be the duty of tho
Court of Common Picas of said county, if
In session, If not a judge thereof in vaca
tion, to appoint two liidicious, sober and
Intelligent citizens ot the county to act as
overseers of said election ; said overeer
shall bo selected from different political
parties, where the inspectors belong to dif
ferent parties, and where both inspectors
belong to tho sumn political parly both of
th overseers shall bo taken from the op
posite political party; said overseers shall
have the right to be present with the offi
cersof the election during tho whole time
tho same is held, the votes counted and the
returns mado out and signed by the elec
tion olllcors ; to keep a list of the voters if
they see proper ; to ehallongo any person
offering to voto.and to interrogate. Mm and
his witnosses, under oath, in regard to his
right of suffrago at said eleutiun, tnd to
examine his papers produced j and tho
officers of said eloction are required to af
ford to said oversoors si selected and ap
pointed every convonionce and tacility for
the discharge of thoir duties; and if said
election, officers shall refuse to permit said
overseers to be present and perform their
duties as aforesaid, or if they shall bo
driven away from tho polls by' violence or
intimidation, all tho vote polled at auch
election district may be rejected, by anv
tribunal trying a contest under the said
election: Provided, that no person signing
the potition shall be appointed an overseer.
Sko. 12. If any prothonotary, clerk, or
deputy of either, or any other person slurll
atrix tho seal of ofllce to any naturalization
paper, or permit tho same to bo affixed, or
givo out, or cause, or permit the same to
bo given out, in blank, whereby it may be
fraudulently used, or furnish a nauraliza
tien pupor to any person who sliall not
have been duly examined and sworn in
open court, in the presence of some of the
judges thereof, according to the act of
Congress, or aboil aid In or connive at, or
in any way permit tho issue of any fraud
ulent naturalization certificates, he shall be
guilty of high misdemoaiaor ; or if any
one shall fraudulently use any such certif
icate of naturalization, knowing that it was
fraudulently issued, or shall vote or at
tompt to voto thereon, or if any one shall
vote or attempt to vote on any certificate
of naturali.ution not issued to him, he
shall ho guilty of a high misdemeanor;
and either or any of the porsons, thoir aid
ers or ttbottors.shull on conviction be fined
in a sum not exceeding ono thousand dol
lars, and imprisonment in tho proper pen
itentiary rot a periou not exceeding threo
years.
seo. l.J. Anv person Who. on onth or af
firmation before any court of tills Stato. or
officer authorized to administer oaths.
shall, to procure a ccrtificiitoof naturaliza
tion, tor hiniscir or any other person, wll
fullydeposeor affirm any matter to be facts,
knowing the same to bo untrue, sliall be
guilty of perjury ; and any certificate of
naturalization issueu in pursuance ot any
such deixmition, dcclration or affirmation
shall bo null and void ; and it shall bo the
duty of tho court burning tho same, upon
prooi ooino; innao oeiore it llial it was
fraudulently obtained, to take immediate
measures for recalling the samo for can-
collation ; and any person who shall vote
or attempt to vote on any paper an ob
tained, or shall any way aid in. connive at
or have any agency whatover in the issue,
circuiuuon or use oi any fraudulent natur
alization certificate, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeandor, and upon conviction
thoreof shall undergo imprisonment in the
penitentiarj for not more than two years,
and pay a tine of not more than one'thnu
sand dollars, or oither or both, at tho dis
cretion of the court.
Sko. 14. Any assessor, election officer or
porson appointed as an oversoor,who shall
neglect or retuse to perform any duty en
joined by tliis act, without legal cause,
snail oe suDject to a penalty ot ono hun
dred dollars, aud if any assessor ahull as
sess any person as a 'voter who is not
qualified, or refuse to dsscss any one who
is quannea, no snail lie ucemea guilty oi a
misdemeander In office, and on conviction
bo punished by fine and imprisonment.
and subject to an action for damage by the
person aggrievea, ana lr auy person shall
fraudulently add to, deface r dostroy a
list of voters made out as directed by this
act, or tear down or remove tho saino from
the place where it has been filled, with
fraudulent or mischievous intent, or for
any iuipropor purpose, the person so of-
lenuiug snail he guilty ot a high misde
meanor, and on couviction ahull be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars or Imprisonment not exceeding
two years, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
Stic. 15. AU elections hereafter held, un
der tho laws of this Commonwealth, the
polls sliall be opened between the hour of
six and seven o'clock a, iu., and closed at
sovon o'clock p. in.
Sko. 10. It shall be the duty of the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth to prepare
forms lor hii mo umum made necessary
by this act, and furnish copies of the same
to all the eountv commissioners of the sev
eral counties of the Commonwealth ; aud
the couuty commissioners or each county
shall, as soon as necessary after the receipt
of the same, at the proper expense of the
county, piocuro aua iurni.iii tn an the
eloction officers of the election districts of
their respective counties, copies of such
blanks, lu such quantities as may Do ren
dored necessary for the discharge ol their
nunc, uniier wis act.
.
Sco. 17. That eitizens of this State tent'
por.iril y in the survic of the State or the
United Slates Government, on clerical or
other duty, and who do not voto where
thus employed, shall not be deprived
thereby of th light lo voto in thoir soveral
election aiatiicu ir otherwise duly quail
ueu.
CHANGE IN THE MODE OF V0TINO,
As therein disroctod, I also clva official
notico of the follow ing provisions of an
act approvcu me autn or March, isoo. en
titled ''An Act regulating the luodu of vot
ing i an the clecliou lu tins Comuion
wealth."
Six'. 1. Be It enacted by the Senulo and
House or Itepresentutiveaof the Common
wculih of Pennsylvania iu General Assem
bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
Aiiiiioriiycr tno same, -mat the qualified
voicra or uie several cuuutiuw of tin Com
mouweiilth, at all general, tow nship, bor
ough aud special elections are hereby here'
after authorized aud reouircd to vote bv
tickets printed or written, or partly print
ed and partly written, severally claaailied
as follows: One ticket shall embrace the
names of all Judges of courts: voted for.
and be labeled "Judiciary," ono ticket
shall emhraco tiie nanus of all the Slate
omovrs votod lor und bo labeled "State,
one tlckpt shall embrace the names of all
the county officers voted for, Including
office of Senator and member of Assem
bly, if vrftcd for, and member of Congress,
if voted for, and lie labeled "County," one
ticket shall embrace the names of all tho
township officers voted for, and be labeled
"Township " one tieket shall emprac the
names of all tho borough officers votod for,
and be labeled ''Ilorouuh," and each class
shall bo deposited in seperata ballot box
es. Pursuant to the provisions contained
in the 7illh section or tho act first aforesaid,
the judges of the aforesaid districts shall
representatively take charge of the certifi
cates of return of tho eloction of their re
spective districts, and produce them at a
meeting of one Judge from each district,
at tho liornugh of Tioneeta, on the Sd day
after the election, being FRIDAY THU
17TH DAY OF OCTOHKH, 1873, then and
thereto erforni the duties required by
law of said judges.
Also, that whero a judge, by sickness or
unavoidable accident, is unable to attend
such meeting of judges, thon tho cert iticata
of return ahull betaken chargo of by ono
of the Inspectors or cleiks of election of
the district, who shall do and perform tho
dutios of.said Judge unable to attend.
T. J.
VAW uikskw, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY VIRTUE of sundry writ of 2 Plo
ries ti.fa.ven.ex.and lev.fa.issuedout of
the Court of Common Pleas of Forest Co.,
and to mo directed, there will bo exposed
to sale by publio vendue or outcry, at tho
Court House, lu the borough of i ionesta,
on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, A. D. 1878,
at lfl o'clock A. M., the following described
real estate, to-wlt :
Thomas B. Neawrlght vs. James W.
Guthrie, 2 Plurles Fi. Fa. No. 10, Sept. Tr,
187H, E. D. No. 28 Sept. Tr., 1872. All de
fendant's right, title, interest and claim of
In and to all that certain piece or prrcel of
land situato in Jenks Township, Forest
County, Pa. Uoginning at the uorthwest
corner of Wan ant No. 2775, thonoe by
Warrant No. 4121 and land surveyed to
Samuel Wallace north 616 perches, thence
ny warrant jno. bou east no perciies,
thence by Warrant No. 3C60 south 108 per
ches, thence by last mentioned Warrant
east 3;td perches, and thenee by Warrant
z77u west 4K(i perches to the place or be
ginning. Containing 1013 acres more or
as. warranted in tho name of JSelson
Strong.
Taken In execution and to be sold as the
nronertv of James V. (Inthrio at thn suit
of Thomas 11. Sou w right.
ALSO,
W. H. Raymond vs. Henry Wathoy
and M. J. Wathoy, Lev. Fa. No. 28 Sept.
Tr. 173, C. 1. l- ehy. Tr. 1873. Mason it
Jenks An undivided one half interest in
all thnt certain piece or parcel of land sit
uato in tho Township of Hickory, County
of Forest, and Stato of Pen no., bounded
anu oescriiiea as rouows, to-wit: itegin
uig at a white oak tree tlio most northerly
corner of the whole tract, thence by tract
No. 6207 south forty-five dogrees east threo
hundred and twenty perches to a post and
stone, thence by tract No. 5202 south forty
five degrees west one hundred and sixty-
lght ana lour-ientns perches to a post.
thence by lands of tho Mercantile Petro
loum Company north eighty degrees west
throe hundred" und eighty-eight and four
tenths perches, to a post' by blazed trees,
thonce by tract No. 5280 north forty-five
degrees oast threo hundred and sixty-one
and six-tenth porches, to tbo place of be
ginning. Containing five hundred and
seventy acres, more or less, being tho
most nortueriy halt or the traot numbered
5201. Together with all and singular tho
buildings and improvements.
t aken in execution and to be sold as tho
property of Henry Wathoy and M. J.
Wathoy, at the suit of W. H. Raymond.
ALSO,
II. Child A Co. vs. Thos. Boyd. Ganott
Crusan aud Thos. U. Stewart, partners aa
lJoyd, crusan c Co., Yen. Kx. No. 44 Sept.
Tr. 1873, E. D. 87 May Tr. 1873. Allen &
Thompson A cortuin piece or parcel of
land situato in Howe Township, Forest
County, Pennsylvania, numbered War
rant 2878 bounded as follows, to-wit : On
tlio north by Warrant No. 2f80, on tho
east by Warrant No, 2882, on the south by
wariunt mo. ana the west Dy war
rant Nos. 3187 and B18U. Containing 1000
aures, more or less, being same land that
Jonathan Hays, lute Treasurer of Foreat
county, soiu lor taxes on J une z, isoz,
by doud dated and acknowledged in open
Court, Sept. 23, 1873, to James Stewart.
Taken in execution ana to bo sola as tlio
property of Thos. Boyd, Uunett Crusan
and Thos. U. Stewart, partners as Boyd Jt
Cruaau, at the suit oi it. C'liilds fc Co.
Terms Cash.
T. J. VAN GIE8EN. Sheriff. .
Sheriff's Office, Tionosta, Pa., Aug. 12th,
1873.
Trial List for Spt. Term, 1873.
Elizabeth Ocer vs. R. C. Scott et a'.
F. II. Ellsworth use vs. John U. Diiks et
al.
. il. Hoffman vs. Juo. Fagundus etal.
Jno. Beason nat vs. Leopold HUbrouuer.
David Havs vs. W. P. Neill ot al.
II. L. Hngan vs. Geo. Walters et si.
Jas. Raffurty vs. Thos. Porter.
w. 11. 1-owrio vs. Andrew Cook et al.
Foster Farm O'l Co. vs. Owston A Sow
ers.
Wulble A Hopkins vs. J. J. McC'aslio.
rsonj. roaraon vs. Da via nays.
James 1'Jynn vs. K. N. Lacy.
Terrlssa Poberta and husband vs. J, J.
r Isber.
J. W. Mayes use vs. Goo. W. Rose.
Johu Kubus adru'r. Ac. vs. C. M. Lyon et
al
Fourth National Bank of Pittsburgh et al
vs. uoo. o. Hunter etai.
J. 13. AG NEW, Prothy.
August ft, 1873.
Frank Robbing,
PHOTOGRAPHS R ,
(SUfcXJESHOR TO DKMINQ.)
Pictures In every styleof the art. Views
of the oil region for sale on taken to or
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CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing.
SYCAMORE STREET, near Uulon Do
put, Oil City, Pa. 20-tf
J. B. LONG,
JANUFACTUREU of aud Dealer i"
harness, saddles, whip kobich,
CURRY COMBS, UKl'SHV.
HORSE CUtTUUSO.
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