t t I MM T9i'"'( K'?'1. 'I 4 r " Rates of Advertising. One Square (1 inch,) one Inertion - l SO One Square " one month - - S 00 One Square - . ' - three months - 6 00 One Square " one year - - 10 00 Two Squares, ono year - - 13 o Quarter Oil, . i 80 00 Half " " - - . . ftO 00 On - " - --. - 1W0 00 . Legal notice at established rates.- - Marrlngeand death notices, gratis. . . All bills for yearly advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid for In advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. 19 PUBLISHED KVEftY WEDNESDAY, BY W. 11. DUNN. rriOE I!T EOBIUBOW k B0H1TER'8 BuTLMHCj ELM BTKEET, TI0BE8TA, PA. TERMS, $2.00 A YEAR. r. 1 15 v. :x V J i I No Subscriptions received for a shortor period than throe months. i .. l.... 1 1 . i . .1 r it of tho country. No notico will lie taken of VOL. VIII. NO. 2G. T10NESTA PA.j OCTOBER 6, 187o. $2 PER ANNUM. !1II"T1 IllOU i-WIMIIlIfIH'Ul.(M1Bl. V in 4 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIOHESTA LODGE A'o. 3fi, T.O.of O.F, MEETS every Friday evening, at 7 o'clock, In tli" Hull formerly occupied by we uood Templars. , is, i HaIjIj i , n. , A. RANDALL, Biw'y. 27-tf. 'f IONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342, O. IT. A.. Mi TKETS at Odd Fellow' Lodge Room, I JM. every Tuesday evening, at J o'clock. J. T. DALE. C. T. M. CLARK, U. 8. 81. Dr.W. W. Powell, o FFICE and residence opposite the Lawrence H ohm. Offioedays Wednes days and Saturdays, z-ti. X. IX. A-dlNISW, Attorney at Law, - Tlonesta, Pa. Office on Eliu Street. May lfl, 1873.-tr E. L. Davis, A TTORNEY AT RAW, Tlonesta, Pa. ii. Collections made lo this and luljoln- ' lng counties. 40-ly 5IILKH W. TA-TK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, h Strert, ' TIOXKSTA, PA. F. W. Hays, ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Pum.10, Reynolds HukiU Uloek, Huneca St., Oil City, Pa. Notary Jt.Co.'s 8-ly F. KINKBAIU V. B. SMXLBT. KIXXEJllA SMILET, Attorneys at Law, - - - Framklln, Pa. 1 PRACTICE in the several Courts of Te- naniro, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin ing counties. d-iy. ... . C. A M. V. LAWSON, BARI1EUH and Ilnlrtlrossers. Smcar baiiRh bulldiiiR. Klin St. Switches, Kriaxes, llraids, CiirlK, ., made from t'omlunifs. Jlavlmr sottled iterinunontly in this placo, they dnaire the patronage of ine puoiie. naiiHiuciion guaraniesn. 10 0111 If ATIOST AIj IIOTEI TII5IOTJTZE3., , IPJ. W. D. HUCKLtN, - PnopniKTOR. Frlst-Clns Licensed House. Good sta ble connected. ., ... .W-iy CENTRAL HOUSE, , , . TJONNKU AGNEW ' ULOOK. T 1 Aomkw, Proprietor. This is a new house, and has Just boon fitted up aeeotnuioihitioii of tlie public. A JMrtion I f tho patrouago of the publio is solicited. 4-iy 1 Lawrence House, rn ION EST A. PA.. WILLIAM LAW- 1. RENCE. PBopniBTOK. This nous la ceutrallv located. Everything new and well furninlied Huperlor accommoda tion and strict attention itiven to euests. Veiretablos and FrulU of all kinds served in their season. 8ampl0 roou for Coni jmoroial Ai?ont-fc - --' FOREST HOUSE, O A. VARNER PnopniKTOR. Opposite O. Court HouHo. TionesU, - Pa. Justl Icnod. Everythinir now and clean and fresh. The best ot honors kept constantly on bund. A portion of the publio pntron- avce is renpocuuny souciioa. -i-iv C. B. Weber's Hotel, TYLERS BURGH. FA. C. B. WEBER, hax noHsoosion of the new brick hotel mill will be happy to entertain all hia old customers, una anv numbor of new ones. Uood acuoiiimodationa for guests, and ex cellent stablimr. 10 -3m. Dr. J. L. Acortvb, PHYSICIAN ANI SURG EON,who has liad tifteon years' experience in a large and successful practice, win attena an Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and Grocory Storo, located in 'f idiouto, near I Tidioute llouso. IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND . A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors I ouacco, Jgn, nu,iiunui j , v. Mti.. hie, Cutlery, all of the besi quality, and will be sold at reasonable rates. HR. CHAS. O. AV, an experienced PlivHiciauaad DrugilstfVom New York, has charge of the Sums. All prescriptions puip accurately. a. a. may. J r. rjisK. a. a hut. MA Y, PARK c CO., Comer of Elm fe Walnut Sts. Tjonosta. Bunk of Discount and Deposit. Iiiterost allowed on Timo Deposits. 5l!in-lius aiatleonaU UiePriuuipal polnU of the V. fi. Collections solioltoil. 18-ly. P. W. CLARK, tfuOMISSIOHEU'SCI.ICKK, KOKKST CO., PA.) . HEAL ESTATE AGENT. H OUSES and Lots for Sale and REN T. Wild lJinda for Sale. I have superior facilities for ascertaining ftie condition of taxes and tax deeds, to., mid aiu thuiefore oualitied to act iutelli- cuniiv as auiit of those living at a dis- ihiium owninur lands ill tho County. (.UUco in Comiuissiouurs Room, Court Hiwh Titnosta, l a. 4 -W-ly. U. W. CLARK. f. r i WANTED. Everybody to know that Four-Fold I.inliuant is tno loaning imi mtnl fur ciiriuu all kind of Pains und Sure Throats, and for Horses. Cattle, ifc tlm nio.st successful Ijinimcnt in the n:irkct. rioo ciiculars around liottlos. Sold bv all Druggists. au-ly com Painting, Paper-Hanging &c, I t? .II. CH ASF, of Tlonesta, often hia A-i erlcoa to those In need of PAINTING. GKAININO, CALCIMTNTNO. s ! . 1 i L .KIZINU it VARNISHINO, SIGN WRITING, PAPFR HANGING.. AND CARRIAGE WORK, Work promptly attended to and ; Hut lsilTiiot Ion Guni'nntcd. Mr. Chase will' 'Work In the country 13-tf, when desired. NEW HAH NESS SHOP, JUST opened next door north of the Lawrence House. The undersigned is prepared to do all kinds of work In bill line in tne Mm style ana on anon nonce. If IS W II A It If E S M A Sjieolalty. Keeps on hand a Ane-assort-msntof Curry Combs, Brushes, Harness (ill, Whips, and Saddle. Harness of all kinds made to order and cheap aa the cheapest Remember the name and place North of Lawronee House. 14-ly Tlonesta, Fa. . mis. j. in. iieatii, DRESSMAKER, Tlonesta, Pa. MRS. HEATH has recently moved to this place for the purpose of meeting , want which the ladies of the town and county have for a long time known, that of havino; a dressmaker of experience amonir thum. I am ttreosrea to make all kinds of dresses in the latest styles, and guarantee satisfnetion. Rtamplntt forbmtd i ln(r and emlridery done In thu best ntan ner, with the newest patterns. All I ask is a talr trial. Residence on Water 8treok in the house formerly occupied by Jacob unnver. wi Frank Robblns ; ; PHOTOORAPIIER, (snCRKSSOB TO DKMlIf O.) -', Pictures la every atrleof the art. Views of the oil regions for sale or taken to or. dor. , , : ' CENTRE STREKT, near R, R. crossing, dYCAMORB STREET, near-Union To. pot, in city, ra. xu-m PHOTOGRAPHS GALLERY. i ILM MTSEET, SOUTH OF ROBTNSON BONNER'S STORE. -: . Tionosta, Pa., M. CARPENTER, -- - Proprietor. Pictures taken in all the latest styles the art. ... 28-tr L.fKLEIN, (in BOVARP cf CO.'S Store, Tionosta, Pa.) U PRACTICAL ffMTCHiyi AKER & JEWELER, ' ' ' ' "DEALER IN , ' . Watches, Clock; Solid aint VlaUxi f Jewelrvt -Black Jewtlry. :,--t i i 1 v Eye Olantet, Spec- " tacit, Violin gtrittff, Vc, J c. Will examine and repair Fins English, Swiss or A merlon Watohea, such as K pootcro, , Independent Seconds, Stem Winders," Duplex, Levers, Anchors and Lepinea, and will make any ' new pieces for the same, such aa H tarts. Forks, Pel lutts, Wheels, Pitiions. Cylinders, Bar rels. Arliors, and in Au-i any - pturt- apper taining to bus waU'hes. , .All AVorlc Wurnwtod. I can 8A4y , . , that any work undertaken by me will be done in such a muuiior and at such prices for , -.i OOOli At O KK v that will rive satisfaction to all who lnuy favor me with their orders. - U KLEIN, lWy . ' Author of "Tha Watch." , You u Save Money My nyig your PIANOS and ORGANS from the uudorsigued Manufacturers' Agent, foi the lisit brands in the markot, Iiislrumcnts shiped direct from the Fao torv. t HAS. A. Slll LTZ, Tuner, U ly I,!K-k 1 ox 17H, Oil City, Pa. ife1-ea . ' Y' - ' ' --y T' " f PROCLAT.IATION OFiGENERf AL ELECTION. Whoreas. In and br an act of theGennral Assemhly of the Commoriwealth of Pehn- avlvania, entitled 'An Ant to reKulate the Kloctions of the Commonwealth, passed the 2d day of Julv. A. !., 1HUH, it la made the duty of the bheritf of every county within this Commonwealth to Rive public notice of the General -Elections, and In such to enumerate t .j., 1st, The officers to be elected. ' 2d. Desiirnate the place at which the election Is to be held. " JL T. J. Van Uineen. Iliirh-therirT -of me conniy 01 rnrewr, uu.uereuy irrano known and fciv this public notice to the Known and give miis puoiio inuH mj ui i electors of the eonnty of Forest, that a General Election will beheld in said coun ty, on the , ; - s r ? r t I'm FIRST TIESDAf 0? SOYpUiTI, 1871, ' it being the 2t day of the month, between the hours of 7 a. in. and 7 p.-ia. at the sev eral isiection uisincis. - In Barnett township at Clarlngton school house. In Greon township at the house of L. Arner. t .1 t. In IIowo township at, JBrookston,. in Brooknton Hall. Marien. . . . .-v ' In Harmony township at Allender school house. 1 In Hickory township at Ball school house. In Kingsloy township at Wheeler, Uu- senbury t Go's sti.rs. In Tionosta township at Court House in Tlonesta borough. In Ti nexta borough at court uouse in said borough. - At which time and planes -the qualified electors will elect by ballot i One person for Governor of the estate or Pennsylvania." i! " One psrsoa fof Treasurer of (lis State of Pennsylvania. One person State Senator, In connection with the counties of Clarion, Elk, and Cameron. ' One person for Associate J udge of For sst County. one iwrson lor rrotnonoiary, negisier, Recorder, and Clerk of Courts of Forest County. ona nerson lorsnerin oi ronniuniniT, Three persons for Commissioners of Forest County. Throe persons for Auditors, of Forest Pfiuntv. one person lor jury commissioner oi rorsii;Dnsiy. r i i One perhon forSnrveyorof FotcstCoun ty. ti.iifijim fti M i-i"-. VI i The attention of electors Is also called to the following extracts from a "Further ii nnlmnntit in Die Act roimlating elections In this Commonwealth," approved Janua ry :oth. 1H74 : Skci'ion 4. On the petition of five or more eitiKfns of anv election district, setting forth that the appointment of overseers Is a reasonable precaution to securathe puri tv and fairness of the eleetioa in said dis trict, it shall be the duty of the oonrt of common pieas oi inw ,r-. . , mi the law judges) of the said court able to act at the time eonenrrinir. to appoint two ju dicious, sober ana intelligent citizens of the said district belonging to ainerent po litical Dartiea. overseers of election to su pervise the proceedings of election officers thereof, and to make report of the same as they may be required by such court. Said overseers shall he men qualified to sirve upon election boards, and shall have the right to be present with the officers of sueh election oluriiig the whole time sm-a Is held, the votes eoonted, and the returns mane out anil signed trr ine election oin cers ; to keep a !ixt of voters, if they sea proper: to challenge any paason otlenn; to vote, and interrogate him sua his wit- nesses under oath, Id rogara to ma right or suffrage at said election and to examine his papers produced; and the officers of said ulaotion aro required ta afford to said overseers, so selected and appointed, every convenience and facility for the discharge of their duties; and if said election offi cers shall refuse to permit said overseers to be present, 'and perform their duties as aforesaid, such officer or officers shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic tion hereof shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, not exceeding one yeajv-or notti, in the discre tion of the court ; or if the overseers shall be driven away from tha polls by violence or intimidation, all the votes polled in such election district may be rejected by the proper tribunal trying a eonteat ander said election, or a part or portion of such votes aforesaid may be counted, aa auoh tribunal may deem nooeasary to a just and proper disposition of the cane. i Sbctio S. At a! I elections hereafter held under the laws of this common wealth, the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock at m., and closed at seven- oVlock p. m. , . , Sbo. 6. In all election districts where a vacancy exists by reason of the disqnali cation of the officer or otherwise in an election board heretofore appointed, or where any new district shall be formed, the judge or judges of the court of com mon pleas of the proper county shall, ten days before any general or special elec tion, apiolnt competent persons, to fill said vacancies and to conduct the election in said new districts; and in the appoint ment of inspectors in any election district both shall not be of the same political party; and the Judge of elections shall. In all cases, be of the political iart having the majority of votes iu said district, as nearly as the judge or judge can ascer tain the fact ; ana Hbeass- of the disagree ment of the judges as to- the selection of inspectors, the political majority of the Judges shall select one of such inspectors, snd the minority Judge or Judges shall se lect the other. Skc. 7. Whenever there shall be a vacan cy in an election board on the morning of an election, said vacancy shaii be tilled in conformity with exisiiing laws. Sko. 8. At the opening of the polls at all elections it shall be the duty of the judges of eistction for their respective dis trict to deignat one of 4l iosiieotors, whose duty it shall be to have in xuouwly the registry of voters, and to make the entries therein required by law and it shall ue the duty af the other of saicMn speutocs to receive aud auinusr the hullut at said election. Sko, 9. All elections by the citizens Khali be by ballot; every ballot voted shall be numbered In the order in which it shall bo roctsWad, and the number rectfdo4 by" the clerks on the lint of voters opposite the name of the elector from whom re eetved. And any voter voting two or more tickets, tho several tickets so voted shall auh bo numbered with the number eor respoudiNg with the number to the name of Uie votor. Any elector may write hia iiiiiuc,iipoii his ticket, or ciuioo tho sumo ta Im written thereon, and attesteif bv a elttwm of the district. In addition to 'the oath now prescribed by law to be taken ahd subscribed by election officers, they shall severally bo sworn or affirmed not t disclose how aiiy eleetorshall have to ted. unless required to do so as witnesses In a Judicial proceeding. All judtrns, in spectors, clerks and overseers of any elec tion held tinder thin act shall, before en tering upon their duties, be duly sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other. Tb judge shell be sworn by the minority inspector, ir there shall be such minority Inspector, and In case there be no -minority inspector, then by a justice of the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, osei seers and clerks shall be sworn by the Indira. Certificates of such swearing or affirming "" -"" "hall be duly made out and signed by the officers so sworn, and atttted by the ottl car who. administered the oath. If any Judge or minority inspector refuses or fails to swear tho officers of election in the maBajer required by this act, or if any of ftcerof election shall act without being first duly sworn, or if any officer of elec tion shell sign the form of oath without being only sworn, or It any Judge or mi nority inspector shall certify thai any offi cer was sworn when he was not,' it shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon con viettoH, tba.flieer o Itinera so offending shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or Dotn m mo discretion or ine court. ' Sec. 10. On the day of election any per son whose name shall not appear on the registry of voters, snd who claims the riirhtto vote at said election, shall pro duce at least one qualified voter or the dis trict aa a witness to the residence of the claimant in the district in which be claims to bba voter, for the period of at least two months immediately preceding said eieo-llon-uWhich witness shall be sworn of af- fii ftyM and subscribe a written or partly written and partly printed affidavit to the facta stated by him, which affidavit ahall define clearly where the residence is of the person so claiming to be a voters and the person so claiming the right to vote shall also take and subscribe a written or partly written aud partly printed affidavit, stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, when and where he was born ; that ha has been a citir.cn or the united states for one month, and of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; that he has resided In the commonwealth one year, or, if former ly a qualified elector or a native born clti aen thereof, and haa removed therefrom and returned, that be has resided therein six monlhajjoxt precedinc; said election ; that-ike lues resided id tho district in which he elalma to be a voter for the period of at least two months Immediately preceding said election t that he has not moved into the district for theparpoeeof voting there in; that , lis has, if twenty-two years of sge or upwards, paid a state or county tax within two years, which was assessed at' least two months and paid at least' one month before the election. ' The said affi davit shall also state when and where -the tax claimed vo b" paid by the affiant was assessed, and- when aiid where and to whom paid and Uie tax receipt therefor sha'.l be produced tor examination, unless the affiant shall state In his affidavit that it hns been lost or destroyed,' or that he never received any; and "if a. naturalised citizen, shall also state whun, where aud by what court he was naturalized, and shall also produce his certificate of natu ralization for examination. But If the person so claiming the right to vote shall take and aubscrilie an affidavit that he Is a native born citizen of the United States, or, if born elsewhere, shall state the tact in his affidavit, and shall produce evidence that be has been naturalized or that he is entitled to citizenship by "reason of his father's naturalization, and" shall further state in liis affidavit that he ts, at the time of making the affidavit, of tle age of twen ty-one and under tne age twonty-two years; that he has been a oilin of tho United States one month, and has resided in the state one year ; or, if a native born citizen ot the state and removed there from and isjturned, that he lias resideusix months next preceding said election, and in the election district two aionws imme diately preceding such election, he shall be entitled to vote, alt hougn he shU not have paid taxes. The said affidavits or all parsons making such claims, and the affi davits of the witnesses to their residence shall be preserved by the election board, and at the close of the election they- sloll be enclosed with the Hst of voters, tally list and other papers reqairod by law to- be filed by the return Judge with the prothon otary, and shall remain on tile therewith in Uie prothonotary'a offioa, sulijeet to ex amination aa other electron papers are; If the election officers shall find that the ap plicant possesses all the legal qualifications of a voter he shall be permitted to vote, and hia name ahull be added to the list of taxables by tho election officers, the word i'iax" being added where the claimant claims to vote on tax, and the word "age," where he claims to vote on age; the same words being added by the clerks in each oase, respectively, on tha list of persons voting at sach election. Hkc. 11. It shall be lawful for any quali fied citizen of the district, notwithstand ing the name of the proposed voter is contained in the list of taxables, to chal lenge til" vote of such person, whereupon. mo same pnmi ti tut rigut. wi huuihkh bi is now required by law shall lie publicly made and acted on by the election lsiard, and the vote adiuitlod or 'rejected accord ing to the evLduuee. Kvery person claim ing to be a naturalized citizen shaii lis re quired to produce hia ualuraUHtion cer tuloHte at tha election before voting,, ex cept whore Ue has bee a for five yours con secutively a votor in the district iu which he offers his vote ; and on the vote of such person being received, It shall be tha duty of the election officers to wcjte or stamp the word "voted," with the day. month and year ; and it any election officer ov officers sliail reeuiva a sacuiid veto on tha same day, by virtue of the same certifi cate. exeCDtinu- where sons ars entitled to veto, because of the naturalization of their lathers, they and the person who shall otter such second vote shall be guil ty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof slndl be fined or inipriso-.ied, or both, at the discretion of the court but the Mne shall not exceed five hundred dollars in each case, nor the imprison ment one year. Tha like punishment shall be inflicted, an conviction, on the of hears of election who shall neglect or re- fuse to make, or causa to be made,- the endorsement required aa aforesaid on said naturalisation curUncale. (tin. 1'2 If anv uitx-tlon officer shall re fuse or neglect 'to require such proof of the light of suffrage aa is prsscriueo oy this law. or the laws to hicb this is a Mimnleiiieul. from any person offering to voim whose name is not on the lift of as sensed voters, or whose right to vote is ' challenged by any qualified voter present, and shall admit such person to vote with out requiring such proof, every porson so offending shall upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced for every such offence to pay a fine not ex ceeding Ave hundred dollars, or to under go aa imprisonment not morn than one year, or both at the discretion of the court. Sko. 13. As soon as the polls shall rlnso, the officers of election shall proceed to count all the votes cast for each candidate voted for, and make a full return of the ssme In triplicate, with a return sheet In addition, in all ot which the vote received by each candidate shall be given after his oi her name, first in words and again In figure, and shall bo signed by all of said officers and certified by overseers, if any. or if n so certitied, the overseers, arid Mnv AfflnA. MAialnn tr a ! .... nB M.!fH either of them, shall write upon eacil of the returns his or their reasons for not ! algning or certifying them. The vote, as soon as counted, shall also bo publicly and fully declared from the window to the citizens present, and a brief statement showing the votes received by each candi date shall be made and signed by the elec tion officers as soon aa the vote is counted and the same shall he immediately posted up on the door of the election hou-e tor information of the public The triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes and be sealed in tho presence of the officers, and one envelope, with the unsealed re turn sheet, given to the judge, which shall contain one list of voters, tally-paper, and oaths of officers, and another of said en velopes shall be given to the minority in spector. All judges living within twelve miles of the prothonotary's office, or with in twenty-four miles, if their resiuence be in a town, village, or city upon the line of a railroad leading to the county seat, shall, before two o'clock p t meridian of the day after the election, and a'l other Judges shall, before twelve o'clock meridian of the seoond day after the election, deliver said return, together with return sheet, to the prothonotary of the court of com mon pleas of the connly, which said re turn sheet shall be filed and the day and hour of filing riTarked thereou, and shall be preserved by the prothonotary for pub lie inspection. At twelve o'clock on the second day following any election, tho prothonotary of the court of c mmon jdeas shall present the said returns to the ald oonrt. In counties where there is no resident president judge, tho associate Judges shall perform the duties- imposed upon the court of common pleas, which shall convene Tor said purpose ; tho re turns presented by the prothonotary shall be opened by said court and computed by such of its officers, and such sworn asist- anls as the court shall appnlnt,in tho pres ence of the Judge or Judges or said court, and the returns certified and certificates of election issued under the seal of the eourt as Is now required to be done by re turn Judges : and the vote as so compu'.od and certified, shall he made a matter of record in said court. The sessions of tho said court ahall be open to the public. And In ease the return of any election dis trict shall be missing avheti the returns ars presented, or in case of complaint of a qualified elector under oath, charging pal pable fraud or mistake, and particularly specifying the alleged fraud or raistake.oV tvhere fraud or mistake is apparent in the return, the court sluill sxauiina tha re turn, and if in the judgment of the eourt It shall be, necessary to a Just return, said court shall issue summary process against the election officers and overseers, if any, of the election district complained of, to .bring them forthwith into court, with all election papers in their possession ; and if jmiusuiu uiiHuiKe or nauu snail beaiscov- vruu, it iuiii, upon suca Hearing as may be deemed necessary to enlighten Uie court, be co-rected by the court, aud so certified t 1 all allegations of palpable fraud or m ,u shall be docided by the ' txiuri. in. u uircu uays alter tne day the returns are brought into o.mrt fur com putation; and the said inquiry shall be directed ouly to palpable fraud or mistake, I cation to conclude any contest aiiu iuiii out ue ueeineu a judicial adjudi hereafter to be provided by law ; and Jhe other of said triplicate returns shall be placed in the box and sealed un with the ballots, Nothingin this act shall requiretbe returns oi election oi lownsnipor borough officers to be mode to the court as directed tn this section j but all returns of the elec tion of township or borough officers shall be enclosed in a sealed cover, directed to the prothonotary of the court of common pleaa of tha proper eouiTt v, and shall, by some one of them, be delivered into this office within three days after every such cnvciuiii nuu mea inerein. in counties where there sre three or more Judges of said eourt learned in the law. at liuut two judges shall sit to compute and certify re turns, unless unavoidably prevented. If any of the judges sluill hiir.sclf be a fan didnte for any office at anv election, he shall not sit with the court, or actiu count ing the returns of such election and in such coses tho other judges, 1f any, shall act; and if In any county there idioil lie no judge qualified to hold the aaid court, under the provisiotia of this act, present and able to act, than, snd in every such cose, tho register of wills, tbe sheriff and the county cotnniissioners of the proper county shaii be and constitute a tmard who, or a majority of whom, shall have and exercise all the powers aud perform all the duties vested iu, or required to be perftirmed by the court of common pleas of such county, by and under tho provis ions of this section ; but none of tho said officers shall ant an n member of such bistrd when himself a candidate for. any office at the election, the returns of which the said board is required to remit tturW the provisions of this section. 1 ho returns required by this set to be piesented by tha prothonotary of the courts of common picas of the 'counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny, respectively, slalt be present ed to such three or more of tha judges of tha several courts of common pleaa of aaid counties, respectively, as the Judges of said courts, or a majority of them, may designate to perform the duty of receiv ing, omuputiug and fortifying said re turns. Whun two or more counties are connected for the election of any officer, the courts of such counties shall each ap point a return Judge to meet at such time and place, as required by law, to compute and certify the vote of such dis'riut. All officers provided k-r by this act shall be coiupmisatsd as like officers ara paid by existing laws. Whenever a p'aee has been or shall he provided by tbe authori ties ot any city, count v. township or bor- eugh,.for the asfo keeping of the Lb1 lot boxes, the Judge and minority inserter shall, alter the election shall be finished, and tbe I allot box or boxes containing tit ticket, list of voters and other papers, have tsren securely bound with tane and scaled, aud thesiguaUirca of the Judge and inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliv er the same together with tho remaining boxes, to the mayor and recorder of such city, or in couritios, townships or bor oughs, to such person or persons aa t he oonrt of common pleas of the proper county may designate, at the placo pro vided, as aforesaid, who shall then deposit the said boxes and keep the same to an swer the call of any court or tribunal au thorized to try the merits of Kuch election. Whenever, the election officers of any election district shall require the election boxes of such district to hold any election whien, by law, thev are or shall lie required to hold, they shall keep the sama securely in their ponMm slon without opening, until the morning of suoh election, and until they ahall bo severally sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any elector shall have voted, and af ter being so sworn or affirmed, they shall open the said boxes and burn and totally destroy all the ballots and other tinners whip,:i they shall find therein before pro ' ceeding to hold such election. hbc, 14. inu irom And immediately al ter the passage of this act, the court of common pleisi in the proper county in election districts wherein assessors have not horetofore.been sleeted, shall appoint one reputable person In each election dis trict to do tne assessor thereof, woo shall perform all the duties relating to elections now required to be performed by asses sors under the provisions of this act. Such assessors shall be appointed as nearly as can be ascertained from tbe party having a majority of the votes in thoir respective. uisiricu.. Sao. .in. That in tha election to- be held on the third Tuesday of February next. and at the election annually thereafter, there shall lie elected in each election dis trict in tbe State, as well in those wherein the registration or voters has heretofore been made by officers appointed, and not chosen by the people to perform tho duty as in all others, one person as judge ami two inspectors, tn courormity with the gen eral laws of the commonwealth, to conduct the elections for one year, and also an as sessor who shall perlcrtn tho duties inci- aent to elections as required by tne pro visions of this act. Sko. IU. That the assessors appointed nndor tho fourteenth section of this act shall, vi'itbln five dsys alter their appoint ment, proceed to make out lists of the electors of their respective election dis tricts, and deliver the same to the commis sioners, who shall transmit s certified copy of the same to the judge of each election district, at least forty-eight hours before the election to be held, said assessors shall also post teu copies thereof in conspicuous places in each election district at least ten days before naid election. And the lists so made by the assessors during the two sec- , uiar days preceding the day of tbe delive ry thereof to tbe commissioner.! (of which days publio notice shall be given by hand- bill turo'.iirhnut the district) shall be open for inspection apd correction in tbe custo dy of said assessor from ten a, m, to three p. tn, and from six p. m. to nine p. m. of each of said days, In the manner provided in section second of this act; and all of the remedies, privileges and powers secured and provided thereby ara hereby made applicable to tbe lists herein named. Sko. 17. The respectlvo assess ra, In spectors snd judges of the elections shall each have the power to atlmlnistor oaths to any person claiming the right to be asses sed, or the right of suffrage, or In regard to any other matter or thing required to lie dona or inquired into by any of said offi cers under this act: and any willful false swearing by any person in relation to any matter or thing concerning which they shall be lawfully interrogated by any of said officers or overseers, shall be perjury. SEC. 18. The assessors shall each receive the same compensation for the time neces sarily spent in performing the duties here by enjoined, as is provided by law to'as scsaois making valuations, to be paid by the county commissioners as in other cases; and it shall not be lawful for any assessor to assess a lax against any person whatever within aixty-onedaya next pre ceding the annual election in Novembers any violation of this provision shall bo a m isdemeanor, and subject the officer so offending to a fine, on conviction, not ex ceeding one hundred dollars or to impris onment not exceeding three months, or both, at the discretion of the court, Sao. 10. Any assessor, election officer or person appointed as overseer, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty en- ioined by this act. without reasonable or ogal cause, shall be subject to a penalty oi one nunurea aoiiars; ana ii any asses aor shall knowingly assess any person aa a voter who is not 'qualified, or shall wil fully refuse to assess anv ono who is qual ified, ha shall ba guilty of a misdemeanor In office, and on conviction be punished by a tine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both, at tha discretion of tint oour and also to be subject to an action for damages by the party agrieved t and If any person shall fraudulently alter, add to, deface or destroy any list of voters made out aa di rected by this ai t, or tear down or remove the same from the place a liuro it has boon fixed, with fraudulect or mlscluevlous In fjnt, or for any improper purpose, the per son so offending shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and on conviction shall be pun ished by a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at tlie discretion of tha court;; and if any person shall, by vloleuea or Intimidation, drive, or attvmpt to drive from Uie polls any person or persons ap pointed by the court to act us overseer of an election, or in any way wilfully pre vent said overseers from performing any of the duties imposed upon them by this a-t, such person shall be guilty of a 'mis demeanor, and upon couviction thereof shall be punished by a nn not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion oi tlis court. Any person who shall, on the day of any election, visits polling place In any election district in which he is not entitled lo vote, aud shall use an) intimidation or violence for the purpose of pi eventing any officer of elec tion from performiLg the duties required of him by law, or for the puriMiae of pre venting any qualified voter of such district exercising bis right to vote, or from txer- cising his right to challenge any person of fering to vole, such person shall be deem ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upuu conviction thereof shall tie punished by a Hue not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment nut exceeding twu years, or both, at tbe discretion of th court. Any clerk, overseer or election of. liorr who shall discloM) how any elector shall have voted, unless raquiled to du so as a witnesa in a Judicial proceeding, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and iiihiii con viction thereof sttall to) punished by a flue not sxustsliiig cue thousand dollar, or by ImiiriMiniUHiit uoi exceeding two years, ur both, at the diacrstion ol the court. She. V0. If any prothonotary, clerk, or (i-ONCLCUKll ON I'ol'ltTIt PAOK.
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