Rates of Advertising.
One Square 1 Inch,) one Inertlon 1
Ono Square " ono month 3 Oti
OneSqiiaro ' three months fl 0U
Ouo Square " one year 10 00
Two Squaron, ono year - - - 15 (lo
OjiarterCol. . . . - SO OK
Half " '.... to 00
One " " - - 10 CO
l.eiral notices at established rate.
Murrlago and death notices, gratis.
All hills for yearly advertisements col
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments musi be paid for in advance.
Job work. Cash on Delivery.
is rtni.isiiF.n rcvrcrty v. i:inkiay, by
W. If. DUNN.
rnoE in robinson & bonnHivb botldiho
ELM BTREET, TIONE3TA, PA.
TERMS, (.(ICI A Y EAR.
No Subscriptions received for n shorter
period tlilill throe motitlyM.
Correspondence solicited from nil part
of tho country. No notice will lo lakcii of
annonymniia' communications.
VOL. VIli; NO. 28.
T10NESTA, PA., OCTOBER 20, 1875.
$2 PER ANNUM.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TI0HE3TA LODGE
I --v "v --"SJ
- Vt 1. VJ. Ol VJ. i .
MKHTS every Friday evening, at 7
o'clock. In tli Hull formerly occupied
'iy tho Good Templars.
A. H. KELLY, X. o.
', A. RANDALL, Nn-y. "7-tf.
JIONESTA COUNCILTnoT 342,
O. XJ. A.. M.
tF.ETS at Oild Follow' Ixidgo Hooin,
111 every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clork.
J. I . IJAI.K, U.
r. M. CLARK, R. 8. 81
Dr. W. VV. Powell,
"VFFICE and rosidonco opposite the
V.J Lawrence Honso. Ollloedays Wodnes-'
day nml Saturdays. V.-tf.
Painting, Paper-Hanging &c,
17 It. CIIASF, ofTlonoMm, offers hid
w ncr'Mces to those In need of
painting,
graining,
calciminino,
bizin( varnishing,
sign writing,
paper hanging,
ani carriage work,
Work promptly Attended to and
KnllMDtottou Gunrantnl.
'Mr. Clown will work In the country
when desired. 13-tf.
PROCLAMATION OF GENER
AL ELECTION. j
Whereas. In and bv an act of the Gcnoral
Assembly of the Cnnimonwrltisf Penn
sylvania, entitled 'An Act to regulate the
Elections of the Commonwealth.' panned
the 2d day of July, A. I)., IWSd, it la made
the duty of the Sheriff of every county
within this Commonwealth to give puhlio
notice of the General Eloctiona, and in
nuch to enumerate:
1st. The onicera to be elected.
2d. Designate the place at which the
election Is to he held.
I, T. I. VatiGioson, High Sheriff of
NEW II A i NESS SHOP,
TITsT opened next
J Lawronoo House.
to le written thereon, and el test oil by a
citizen of the riixtrict. In addition to the
oath now proncrilied by law to he taken
and nubsoribod liy election officers, they
alinll severally be sworn or alllrtned not
to disclose how any elector nhall have vo
ted. union required to do no an witnemen
in a judicial proceeding. 'All Judirea, In
spectors, clerks nnd ovemeern of any elec
tion held under thin act nhall, before en
tering upon their dutien. he duly nworn or
affirmed in the presence of each other.
The Judge nhall lie nworn by the minority
inspector, if theca shall bo Audi minority
inspector, and in case there be no minori
ty inspector, then by a justice of the pence
or alderman, and the inspectors, overseers
the eounty of Forest, do hereby make and clerks .nhall be sworn by the judge.
.T. U. AOMOW,
Attorney at Law, - Tionesta, Pa.
Ofllooon Kim Stroet.
Way lfl, l.H75.-tf
K. L. Davis,
VTTORNF.Y AT LAW, Tionesta, Pa.
Collection made lit tliim and adjoin
ing counties. 40-ly
m x jl. io h w . rv rr 10 ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(, Jtrrrt, TlOyKSTA, PA,
F.W. Hays,
TTOKNEY AT LAW, and Notary
V Pfui.li'. Reynolds Hnkill X Co.'n
Block, Seneca St.", nil Citv, I'a. 3-Iy
T. KIN.5H.VM.
r, . SM1LXT.
KISXEAR SMI LET,
Attorney at Law, - - - Fraaklln, Pa.
11R ACTICK in the several Cnnrt of Ye
nangn, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin
ing counties. 3-ly.
BAKBKRS and IIalrdreners. Smear
bauxh buiUliilR. Kim St. Switchen.
Fri..en, llraids, furls, ,Vc, made from
t'oiiilniiirs. Ilnvlmi nettled Dermancntiy
in this place, tliey desire the ptnna(te of
the pul.lic. Satisfaction guaranteed, lo 3m
a"atix aT mTi:i
TIDIOTJT3U., -A--
W. P. l'.UCKMN, J'KOPHIKTOB.
Frist-Class Licensed House. Good Ut-
door north of the
The nndorsicned is
prepared to do all kinds of work In hi
line in the best stylo and on short notice.
X F. W II A It N K H H
A Specialty. Keeps on hand a Hnensnort
mentof Ciirrv Combs, Rrushes. Harness
Gill. Whips, and Saddles. Ilarnosn of all
kinds made to order and cheap as the
cheapen!. Remember the name and place
w. w kh l ,
North of tawrence House.
14-ly Tionesta, Pa.
ft It. CM. 1IIMTII,
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
1 T IW. HEATH has recently moved to
ill this place lor the purpose or nvetimx
a want which the ladies of the town and
countv have for a lonir time known, that
of havlnir a drcnsmiiker of experience
amon-r tli'-m. Iam prepared to make all
kinds of dresses In the latest styles, and
Kiiarantce satisfaction. Stamping lor braid-
in ami embroidery done in the lwv man
nor. with the newest patterns. All I ask
In a tair 'rial. Kesidcnco on Water Street,
In the house formerly occupied by Jacob
Shriver. Mil
known and pive thin public notice .to the
doctors of the rtnunty or forest, that a
General Flection will beheld In said coun
ty, on the
FIRST TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER, 187,
Frank IlobbliiH,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(SUCCESSOR TO DKMIXO.)
Pictures in every nty leof the art. View
of the oil regions for salo or taken to or
der.
CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crosaiuR-
SYPAMOHK STREET, near Union De
pot. ( til City. Pa. 20-tf
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
bis connected.
li-ly
CENTIAL HOUSE,
pONNK.lt v AGXEW lllAM'K. L.
l Ao N kw, Proprietor. This in a new
uuuse, and has jut lieen llttwil up for the
accommodation of the public. A portion
f th patronage of the publiu is solicited.
l-ly
Lawrence House,
rpiONKSTA, PA., WILLIAM LAW
1 KENCK, PnoPKiKToii. This hounu
is eentrnll v Im-ated. lOverythlim new and
well furnished Superior accommoda
tions and strict attention i:ivcn to quests.
Vcictrthles and Fruit-s of nil kinds served
In their se.u ui. Sample room for Com
mercial Airents.
K I. M KTRKET,
SOUTK OFROrtlMSON ,t RONXERS
STOKE.
Tionesta,
M. CARPENTER, - -
Pa.,
- Proprietor
Pictures taken in all the latest style
tho art. 2C-tr
FOREST HOUSE,
SA. VAKN ER PHoruiKTOII. Opposite
Court House, Tionesla, Pa. Just
opened. Evervtliinn new nnd clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly
mi hand. A portion nfllio publio patron
age is resnoetfullv solicited. 4-17-lv
C. B. Weber's Hotel,
mYr.ElWlirHGII.PA. C. n.WK.IlKIl
1 hs iiosscssion of Iho new lirick hotel
nnd will lie hapiiy to entertain all his old
anv number of new one,
Good accommodations for guests, and ex
cellent slabliUK. lu-ani
Dr. J. L. Acom,b,
PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON, who lias
had fifWn venrs' experience in a larjro
and successful' practice, will attend nil
Professional Calls. Gfllce In his Druir and
Grocery Store, l'X-atod in Tidiouto, ucar
Tiiliou'te House.
JN HIS STOKE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicinos, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Puiute,
tlils.Cutlerv, all of the hesl quality, and
will be sold' at reasonable rates.
DR. ( HAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Drumistfrom New York,
has cliaro of tho Store. All prescriptions
iut up accurately.
hTh.Tiy Jso- r. rum. ' KLtr.
-V A 1', V A l!ft .P CO.,
33 -A. nC IEC 33 IR S
Comer of Elm V Walnut Sts. Tionesta.
Rank of Discount and Deposit.
Interest nllov...l on Time Dcpotiits.
d'ullestionninadcon all the Principal points
vt th V. S,
Collections boiicitcd. lS-ly.
T. KLEIN,
(in ROVARI) if CO.'SStore, Tiontsta, Pa.)
T. W. CLARK,
vCOMMISStOSKu'a CI.ERK, fOBBST CO., T.)
JZJ'Lt Tj ESTATE AO EXT.
I ToLSES and Lots for Sale and RENrp
II Wild Ijtnds for Sule. J-
I have superior facilities for asccruiiniiiff
the condition of Uixcs nnd tax deeds, Ac.,
find am therefore qualified to act lutein.
;onUyas uent of those living at a dis
tance, owning lands in the County.
Office in Commissioner Room, Court
Honwe, Tionesta, Pa. -,,.,-4.44.
Iv. D. W. CLARlv.
F. F. I"
WANTED. K erybody to know that
Four-Fold Liniment la the loading nini
......I inr iMiiimr all kind 01 rains
..... t i.r,;.i nml for HoiM'H. Cuttle, it'
'is iho most successful Liniment in
market.
Sold bv n
mid
t-c,
the
Seo eirculara arouna noiues.
I Ii iisisi, ;i'i-ly com
1'IIAC'TICAI.
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
DEALER IN
ll'utcheg, ClockH, Solid and Fluted
Jewelry, HUick Jewelry.
Eye V lasses, Spec
tacle, Violin Strhiffs, l'c, itc.
Will cxaminoand repair Fine English,
Swiss or American Watclies, such as Re
pealers, Independent Seconds, Stem
Winders, Duplex, Levers, Anchors and
Lepinus, and will make any new pieces
for the same, such a studs. Forks, Pel
letts, Wheels, Pinions, Cylinder, Bar
rels, Arlmrs, and in Ihut any part apper
taining to tine watclies.
.All Work Wnrrontcd.
I can safely
that any work undertaken by me will be
done iii such a manner and at such prices
for
. OOI WO It It
that will nlve satisfaction to all who may
favor me with their orders.
L. KliEIV,
U-lv Author of "Tho Watch."
It beln the 2d day of the month, between
the hours of 7 a. in. and 7 p. in. at tho sev
eral F.leetion Distrietn.
In BarnoUtownsliipatClarlnKt4in school
house.
In Green township at the house of L.
Arner.
In Howe township at urookston. In
Brookston Hall.
In Jenks township at the court house In
Marion.
In Harmony township at Allender school
house
In Hickory township at uall school
house. .
In Klnfrsley township at W heeler, Du-
eenburv Co' nti.re.
In Tionesta township at Conrt House in
Tionesta borough.
In Ti nesta borough at Court 1 louse in
said borough.
At which time and places the qualified
lectors will elect by ballot:
t me person for Governor of the State of
Pennsylvania.
One person lor Treasurer or the Stato or
Pennsylvania.
One person Stato Senator, In connection
with the counties of Clarion, Klk, and
Cameron.
One person for Associate Judge or for
est County.
One nerson for Prothonotary. Register.
Recorder, and Clerk of Courts of Forest
Countv.
Ono person for Shorirr or orest county.
Three persona for Commissioners of
Forest County.
Three person for Auditors of Wr"rt
Ponntv.
One person for Jury commissioner oi
forest i ounty.
ono person lorsurveyoroi roiesiioun-
Tho attention of electors is also called to
the following extracts from a "further
supplement to the Acireguiuung elections
in this Commonwealth," approved Janua
ry KOlh, 1874 :
Skition 4. On the no Ition of rive or more
citizens of anv election district, setting
forth that the appointment or overseers is
a reasonable m ecaution to secure the puri
ty and fairness of the election in said dis
trict, it shall be the duty of the court of
common picas of the proper county, all
the law ludges or tne sain court aoie maci
hi tho time eoneiirrinir. to appoint two Ju
dicious, sober and Intelligent citizens of
tho said district bolomniw to diftoronl po
litical parties, overseers of election to su
nervise the nroecedinits of election officers
thereof, and to maae report of the same
as they may be required by such court.
Said overseers shall he men qualified to
n vo unon election boards, and -hall have
the right to lie present with the ofliecrs of
such election during tne wnoie lime alien
is held, tho votes counted, and the roturns
mndo out and siirned h- the election off!
cers; to keep a list of voters, if tliey see
proper; to challenge an fernon ofterinu
to vote, and interrogate Irtm and his wit
nesses under o -th, in recard to his rlirht
of suffrage at naid election and toexamine
his paiers produced ; and the nllieers of
said election are required to afford to said
overseers, so selected and nppolnted, every
conveisieuce and facility for the discharge
of their duties; and if said eloction olll
eers shall rofuso to permit said overseers
to be present, and perform thoir dutien as
aforesaid, such otllcer or officers shall bo
Biulty of a misdemeanor, and on convic
tion thereof shall bo fined not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not
exceeding ono year, or both, In the discre
tion of tho court ; or If the overseers shall
be driven awav from the mills hy violence
or intimidation, all the votes polled in
such eloction district may tie rejected iy
the proper tribunal trying a contest under
said election, or a part or portion of such
votes aforesaid may be counted, as such
tribunal may deem necessary to a just and
proper disposition of the case.
Skctiom 5. At a I elections hereafter
held under the laws of this common
wealth, the polls shall henponod at seven
o'clock a. in., and closed tt seven oMoek
p.' m.
Rur. 0. In all election districts where a
vacancy exisU by roason of the disquall
eation of tho otllc r or otherwise in an
election liard heretofore appointed, or
where any new district -halt lie formed,
the judge or ludures of the court of com
mon plea of the proper county shall, ten
davs beforo any general or social elec
tion, appoint cometent persons, to till
said vacancies and to conduct the election
in said new districts; and in the appoint
ment of Inspectors in any election district
both snail no ie or me sui poiunai
nartv! and the luduo of elections shall, ill
I all eases, bo of the political pretv having
' - .' . i.. DJ
lue majority oi viuua in nim uihhii
nearly as the judire or Judges can ascer
tain tne fact; and In ease of the disagree
ment of the iud jesjis to the selection or
inspectors, the political inalority of tho
Indues shall select one of siu h inspectors,
and tne minority juoge orjuum", mini -
lect the rtthor.
Skc. 7. Whenever there shall lw avacan
ev in an election board on the morning of
an election, said vacancy shall bo tilled In
cofiformitv with exisiting laws.
Skc, 8. At the opening of tho polls at all
nlections it shall be the duly of the
judges of election for their respective dis
tricts to doaurnuio OHO "1 HID HIIOCMM,
hose duty It shall lie to nave in cusiou.y
and nhall admit such person to Voto with-
niUj-cqiiirlng nnch proof, every person no
Ollortl
boxes, to the mayor and recorder of such
ritv or In nnnritiotf tnwnyliln, , lu ...
(ling shall upon conviction, be vuiMv . ou'liIis. to sm li tiernon or numini Iia
of a misdemeanor, and nhall be nentenced 1 court of common pleaa of the nroissr
lor every such ottenco to pay a fine not ex-1 county may designate, at the place pro
ceeding five hundred dollars, or to under.
tro an imprison ment not, more than one
year, or both at the discretion of the
ourt.
Certificates of such swenring or affirming
nhall he duly made out and signed hy the
officers so nworn, and attested by the olH
ccr who administered the oath. If any
judge or minority inspector refuses or
fails to swear tho officers of election in tlie
manner roqulrod by this act, or If any of
ficorof election shall act without being
first djnlv sworn, or if any ofllcor of eloc
tion shall sign the form of oath without
being duly sworn, or if any judire or mi
nority inspector shall certify that any offi
cer wan sworn when he wan not. It shall
be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction, Hie oflicer or officers so offending
ehall be fined not exceeding ono thousand
dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one
vear, or both in the discretion of tho
court.
Sec. 10. On the day of election any per
son w hose name shall not appear on the
reiristry of voters, and who cialms the
rlirht to vote' at said election, shall pro
duce at leant one qualified voter oi the dis
trict as a witness to the residence of the
claimant In the district in which I e claims
to bo a voter, for the perio I of at least two
months Immediately preceding naid elec
tion, wnich witness nhall bo sworn oi af
firmed and subscribe a written or partly
written and partly printed affidavit to the
facts stated bv him, w hich affidavit shalP
define clearly where the niidcnce is of
tho person so claiming to nWJ,otor ; and
the person so claiming the rint to voto
shall also take and suhscrilie ajyrittcn or
"HI affidavit.
iWledue and
as horn s that
United States
for ono month, and of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania ; that ho has resided in
the commonwea . one year, or, if former
ly a qualified elector or a native born eitl
een thereof, and has removed thorofrom
and returned, that he has resided therein
nix months next preceding naid election;
vidt'il, as aforesaid, who shall then detxmt
then., id boxes and Keep tho samo to an
I swer the call of any court or tribunal au
I thori.ed to try the merits of such election.
Skc. IS. As soon as the polls shall close, 1 NN '"'""yer - the election officers of
tho officers of election shall proceed to I ""' "'ection district shall require
count all tho votes cast Tor each candidate '' "locuon boxes of such district to
voted Tor. nnd mako a full return of the ' "v election which by law, they
.ine in triplicate, with a re' urn shoot in I lmU ',H r"lU'rod to hold, they shall
a Mition, In all oi which tho vote received k,m'P t"" "'m securely in their posses
bv each candidate shall be given after his without, oponing, until tho morning
or her name, first in words and auain i ' -"cli election, and iimil they shall be
rlvure, and shall he slimed bv all of said ! "vor,lll.v sworn or atHi inisl not Uidiscloie
oMUs.r- ami norniioH h if.. I how any elector shail navo voted, and af-
orifn tan isrtified. "the overseers, and I ter '"''," ! "n "r 'rmod, they shall
any officer refusion to aign or certify, o.
cittierfii inein, snail wruo upon each or
partly writtcftjind PipMijiri
stntutUf. t- wtfss
Isf M. wlifn--1 iu-HrlTw
helnas ls?on a cit'r.en of the
tWtoJioJiRs resided in the district in which
he(sims to be a voter for the period of at
least twn months iminoniatoiy preceding
said eloction ; that he has not moved 4ntn
the district for the tin rnose of votinirtliore-
jn ; that ho has. If twentv-two years of
aire or upwards, naid a state oi county tax
within two yearn, which was assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before tho election. The said affi
davit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to b" paid by the nlllunt was
assessed, and when and whore and to
tne returns tun or their reasons for not J
siuning or ceruiying tnem. The vote, as
soon as counted shall also bo publicly
and fully declared from the window to,
the eitir.ens present, and a brief s'atcmcnt
showing the votes received by each-candidate
shall be in ule and sign' d bv the elec
tion officers as soon as the vote is counted
and the same shall be immediately posted
up on the door of tho election h'ou e tor
information of the public. The triplicate
returns nhall be enclosed in envelopes and
e sealed In the prenonco of tho officers,
and ono envelope, with the unsealed re
turn sheet, given to tho judge, which nhall
contain one list of voters, tally-paper, and
oathn of officers, and another of said en
velope shall be riven to the mlnoritv in.
spector. All judges Jiving within twelvo
miles or tho prothonotary n office, or with
in twenty-four mil s. If their resilience bo
in a town, village, or city upon the line of
a railroad leading n tho county seat, sha I,
beforo two o'clock pint meridian of tho
day niter, the election, and all other judges
hall, before twelve o'clm'k meridian of
the second day after the election, deliver
said roturn, together with j-eturn sheet,
to the prothonotary of the court of com
mon picas of the eonnlv, which saiil re
turn sheet shall lie filed and the day and
hour of tiliiiif marked thereon, and' shall
,bo preserved by the prothonotary for pub
lic inspection. " A t twelve o'cliak on the
second tlay following any election, tho
prothonotary of the court of e mmon
pleas shall present tho said returns to the
taid court. In counties where there is no
resident president Judge, tho associate
judges shall perform tho duties imposed
upon the court of common pleas, which
snail convene tor said purpose; tho re
turns presented by the prothonotary nhall
bo opened by aid court and eoiupirtod by
such oi its uineers, ami sucn nwo, n asist
aula as the court shall appoint. In the pres
ence of the Judge or judges of naid court.
and the returns certified and certificates
of election issuod under the seal of the
court as is now required to be done by re
turn juuncH ; ami tne vote as so enmpu ed
and certified, shall e ma e a matter of
record in said court. The sessions of the
said court shall be open to the public.
And in case the return of anvoloction dis
trict shall be missing when tho returns
whom paid ; and the tax receipt tlierofor are presented, jr in caso of complaint of a
hall le produced for examination, un es
the affiant nnan state in ills aiuuavii mat'
it has been lost or destroyed, or that he
never received any; and 'if a naturalized
eiti7.cn, shall also stato when, wdiere and
hy what court he was naturalized, apd
shall also produce his certificate of natu'
ralizutinn tor examination. But if tho
person so claiming the riirlit to voto shall
tako .nil subscribe an affidavit that ho is
a native born citizen of the United Slates,
or. if born elsewhere, shall stato the fact
In his affidavit, and shall produce evidence
that ho has been natnralixed or that he is
entitled to citizenship by reason of his
father's na'uralization, and nhall further
stale In his affidavit that ho is, at the time
of making tho affidavit, of the aureof twon-ty-one
and under the ago of twenty-two
years; that he has been a citizen of the
United Slates one month, and has resided
in the state one year; or, if a native born
citizen ot tho state nnd romoved there
from and returned, that he has resideusix
months next preceding said election, and
in the election district twn months inline
diatelv preceding such election, he shall
bo entitled to vote, althoug.i ho sliMl not
have paid taxes. The said affidavits of all
porsou making such claims, and tho affi
davits of the witnosse to thoir resideuce
shall be preserved by the election board,
and in tho close of tho election tin y slall
he enclosed with the list of voters.tall v list
and other paora reqnbod by law to be
filed by the return judgo with the prothon
otary, and shall remain on file therewith
in tho prothonotary's office, subject to ex
amination as oilier election papers are. If
the eloetinn officers shall find that the ap
plicant rswsesses all the legal qualification . in,! -o shall sit to compute and certify
of o voter he shall be permitted to vote, turns, unless unavoidably prevented,
quulifiod elector under outh, chi'-gina pal
pahln IraiitUor mistake, nnd particularly
specifying the alleged fr "U1 or mistake. or
w hero fraud or mistake Is apparent in tho
return, the court shall examine the re
turn, and if in the judgment of the court
it shall be necessary to a Just return, naid
court shall issue summary process aural nst
tne election onicers and overseers, if anv
ot Iho election district complained of, to
bring them forthwith Into court, with all
election papers in their possession ; and If
palpable mistake or fraud shall be discov
ered, it sunn, upon such hearing as may
bo deciuud necessary to enlighten the
court, he corrected tiv I lie court, ami so
eertilied; hut all allegations of palpable
fraud or mistako shall ho decided bv the
said court wiihiii three days after the day
the returns sre nrougiit Into court for com
putati n; and the said innuiry nhall be
dirorlod oi.lv to palpable fraud or mistake,
and shall not I)h deemed a judicial adjudi
cation to conclude any contest now or
hereafter to Im3 provided by law; and the
other of said triplicate re'turua Hindi lie
placed in the box and sealed up with Hie
lialiols. Nothing in til is act shall inquire the
returns of election of township or borough
officers to be mado to the court undirected
in this section ; but all returns of the elec
tion of township or borough officers shall
be enclosed in a nealed eover, directed to
the prothonotary of tho court of common
pleas of tiio proper countv, and shall, hy
soniooneoftlicm.be delivered into this
office within three days after every such
clis-tion and filed therein. In counties
where there are three or more judges of
said court learned in the law, at least two
re-
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open Hie said b ixe and burn and .totally
deitroy all tho ballots and other paiers
wliic they shall find therein belbro pro
ceeding to hold such election.
Skc". 14. That lrom and immediately af
ter tho passage of tnis act, the court of
common picas in tho proper county in
election districts wherein assessors have
not heretofore.boen elected, nhall appoint
ono rcputanlo person in each election dis
trict to be the assessor thereof, who shall
perform all the duties relating to elections
now required to be perlorin.il by asses
sors un ler the provisions of this act. Such
assessors shall bo appointed as nearly as
can be ascertained from the party having
a majority of the votos it) their respective
districts.
Sko. 15. That In tho election to lie bold
on the third Tuesday of February next,
and at the election annually thereafter,
there shall be elected in eji h election dis
trict in the State, as well in those wherein
the registration of voters has heretofore
been made by officers appointed, and not
chosen hy the people to perform the duty
as in all others, one person as judge ami
two inspectors, in conformity with tho gen
erul laws of the commonwealth. to conduct
the elections for one year, and also an as
sessor who shall poru rm the duties Inci
dent to elections as required by tho pro
visions ot this act.
Skc. 1(1. That the assessors appointed
under the fourteenth section of this act
shall, within five d vys after their appoint
ment, proceed to in ike out lists of tho
electors of their respective election dis
tricts, and deliver tne same to the commis
sioners, who shall transmit a certified copy
of the same to the judge of each election
district, at least F r.y-eiglit hour before
the election to be held, saitl assessors shall
also post ton copies thereof in conspicuous
places In each election district at least ten
days boforeoaid eloction. And the lists so
mado by mo assessors auring me vwo sec
ular days preceding the day of the delive
ry thereof to the commissioner., (of which
days public notice shall be given by band
bill throughout the district) shall be opeu
for inspection apd correction in the custo
dy of said assessor from ten a, ni. to three
pi in, and from six p. in. to nine p. m, of
each of said days, in tho manner providod
in section second of this act ; and all of the
remedies, privileges and powers secured
and provided thereby are hereby mado
applicable to the lists "heroin named.
Skc. 17. The respective assess rs, In
spectors and Judges of the election shall
each have the power to administer oatha to
any person claiming the right to be asses
sod, or the right of sutfrago, or in regard to
any other matter or thing required to lie
done or Inquired into by any of said ottt
cers under this act : and any willful, false
swearing by any person in relation to any
mailer or thing concerning wnich they
shall lio lawfully interrogated by any of
suid officers or overseers, shall be perjury.
Ntx. is. The assessors slinil each reeoive
the Same compensation for the time neces
sarily spent in performing the duties here-
and his name snail oe uuueu u in usi n , nllv ,, tho Judges shall himself 1o a can
didate lor any omce at any election, he
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laxables bv th election officers, tho word
"iax" being added where the claimant
claims to vote on tax and the word "age,"
where ho claims to vole on age ; the umo
words being Hiidod by tho clerks in each
ease, respect ively, on the list of persons
voting at such election,
Skc. 11. It shall be lawful for any quali
fied citizen of the district, notwithstand
ing the nutna of the proposed voier is
contained in the list of laxables, lo chal
lenge th vote of such perso , w hereupon
tho same proof of the right o suffrage as
is now required by law shad be publicly
made utnl acted on by tho election board,
and the voto admitted or rejocliHl accord -in
; to tho evidence. Every person claim
ing to lie a naturalized citizen shall be re
quired to produce his naturalisation cer
tificate at the election before voting, ex
cept whero lie has beon tor rive years con
secutively a voter in tho district in which
ho offers his vote ; ami on tho voto of such
person being received, it shall lie tlieduty
of the election officers to write or slainp
the word "voted," ' with the day. month
and year; and it any election oflloci or
officers shall receive a second vote on the
same day, by virtue of tho same certifi
cate, excepting where sons are entitled to
vote, because of the naturalization of
ii,.,.. fi.iiiHru. thev and the person who
shall oiler such second vote shall be gnil
j ty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
, thereof shall be fined or imprisoned, or
both, at the discretion of the court; put
the registry of voters, and to make tho tnH nnB hBn not exi-eed five hundred
entries therein required ny law , iuiu h
shall bo the dutv of 'ho other of said in
spectors to receive and number the ballots
at said election, '
Sue. 9. Ml elections by thecltixonsshall
be bv ballot; every ballot voted shall be
numbered In the order in which it shall
I sj received, and the number recorded by
the clerks on the list of voters opposite
the name of the, elector from whom re
ceived. And anv voter voting two or more
tickets, tho sevoral tickets so voted shall
each be numliered with the nunilier cor
responding with the number to the name
of the voter. Any elector may write his
iianio upon his ticket, or cause tho samo
ilnllurs in each case, nor the Imprison
ment one year. The like punishment
shall be Inflicted, on conviction, oil the of
ficers of election who shall neglect or re
fuso to make, or cutiso to bo made, the
end irsement required as aforesaid on naid
naturalization certificate.
Skc 12 If anv mm-unn oflicer shall ro
Msa or neglect to require such proof of
the tight of suffrage us is iireserilied by
this luw, or the laws to which this is
supplement, from any person offering to
vole whose name is not on tho list of as
sessed voters, or whose right to voto is
challenged bv any qualified voter present,
shall not sit with tliecourt, or act in count
ing the returns of such eloction and in
such cases the other jml ch, if any, "lull I
act ; and if in any county thero shall
no judge quulifiod to hold the said court,
under the provisions ot this a I, present
and ubie to net, tlien, mid in every such
case, the register of wills, tho sheriff and
the county commissioners of the proper
county shall be ami 0' ustituto a taiard
who, or a majority of whom, shall have
and exercise all the powers and perform
all the duties vested in, or required to lie .
performed by the court of common pleas;
of such county by and uu.lur the provis- I
Ions of this seeiio'u ; lint none of the bai l
officers hhall act as a member of such '
board w hen himself a cau-inlate Tor any
ollico ul the election, iho returns of w' ich
(he said hoard is required to count under
the provisions of thisseetion. 'I he returns
required by this act to be piescnted by thu
li'..ihoiio'sry of the courts of common
pleas of thu counties of l'hilad"lphia and
Allegheny, respectively, shall be present
ed Ui audi three or liloio of the judges of
the several courts of c hiiiiioii pleas of
-a.d is. mines, respis'tively, as the judges
of sad courts, or a uiajoiity of them, may
designate to perform iho duty ol receiv
ing, computing and certifying said re
turns. V In n two or luoro counties are
connected for the election of any officer,
he courts of such counties shall each ap
point a return judge to meet at such time
unil place, us required by law, to compute
and certify the vote of such dis'rict. All
olliit'rs provided lor by this act shall be
compensated as like officers are paid by
existing laws. Whenever a place has
been or shall lie provided by tho authori
ties ol any city, county, township or lsr
eugh, for' the'safu keeping of the ba'lot
Isixes, the judge ami minority inspeelcr
shall, after the election shall be finished,
and I he ballot box or Isixes conuiiuiiig Iho
tickets, lint of voters and oilier papers,
have been securely bound w ith tape and
sealed, and tlie signatures of the judge and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthw ithdeliv
cr Ihu same together with the remaining
bv eiiioined. as is providod by luw to as-
nessois making valuations, to bo paid by
the county commissioners as in other
cases; and it shall not be lawlul for any
assessor to assess a lax against any person
whatever within sixty-one days next pre
ceding tho annual election in November t
any violation of this provision shall be
misdemeanor, and subject tho officer no
otfending to a fine, on conviction, not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars er to impris
onment not exceeding three months, or
both, at tho discretion of tho court.
Hue. lit. Any assessor, election officer or
person appointed as overseer, who shall
neglect or refuse to perform any duty en
joined by this act, without reasonable or
legal eaiise, shall be subject to a penalty
of ono hundred dollars; and if uuy asses
sor shall knowingly assess any person as
a voter who is not qtiuliliud, or shall wil
fully refuse to assess an v one who is qual
ified, ho shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
in ollico, ami on conviction be punished by
a line not exceeding ouo thousand dollars,
or imprisonment not exceeding twn years
or both, at the discretion of the court, and
also to be subject to an action for damages
by the purty agrioved ; and if any pernon
shall fraudulently alter, add to, deface or
destroy uuy list of voters made out as di
rected by this act, or tear down or remove
tho same from ilie pioiHi where it has Isien
fixed, witli frutiduluet or niiscluevious in
t 'lit, or for any improper purpose, thu per
son so offending shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and on conviction shall bo pun
ished by a tine iiolexceediug five hundred
dobars, or imprisonment not exceeding
two years, or both, ul the discretion of the
court; and if uuy person shall, by violence
or inlimiilaiioii, drive, or attempt to drive
from the polls any person or persons ap
pointed by the court to act us overseer of
an blcctio'n, or in any way wilfully pre
vent said overseers from perl'oi ming uny
of the duties imposed upon tliciii by this
act, such person shall bo guilty of a mis
demeanor, nml upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by tt lino not exceeding
one thoiisaud dollars, or by imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or both, at tho
discretion the court. Any person who
shall, on the day of any election, isilu
polling place in anv election district in
which he is not entitled to vote. Slid shall
use am iiiliuiidutiou or violence for the
purpose of i l eventing uuy officer of elec
tion from perforniii g the duties rctiuirod
of him hv law, or for n.e purjvose of pre
venting any qualified voter n! such district
exercising his right to vole, or from vxrr
cisiiig his right to challenge any person of
fering lo vole, such person shall lie dis in
dd guilty of a misdemeanor, and Uhiii
conviction thereof shall bo punished by a
line not exceeding ono thousand dollars,
or bv imprisonment not ex feed nig two
years, or both, at the discretion of the
court. Any clerk, oviTscer prelection of
ficer wlios'hall disclose how any elector
shall have voted, unless required to do so
us a w itness in a judicial proceeding, shall
be guilty of a uiisdeiiiesiior, and upon con
viciiou thereof shall be punished by a tine
not xci -oiling one thousand dollurs, or by
imprisonment not exeissling two years, or
both, ut the discretion of the conn,
Sia-. m. If any prothonotary, clerk, r
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