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EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS and AUDI TOR'S NOTICES, of the usual length, 82,50 , 03ITUAKIES,- exceeding ten I in- s, each ; REI.I I SlOt'S and LITERARY NOTICES, not of general \ iterest, one half tne regular rates. must be handed in bv Tces c.r NOON, to insure insertion the same week. JOLI WORK. ifaß kinds neatly executed and nt prices to suit , re "tuts. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB WOUK must be paid for, when ordered Business Sol ices. I it.w ELrrfiiß ATTORNEYS AT l\ LAW Office on Tioga Street Tunkhannoek Pa II B.GOOPER, PHYSICIAN A SI KttEUN 11. Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. I I 1., R WTKITSII, ATTORNEY AT LAW. vJOfh'eat the Court liuuse, iu Tunkhauock W; icing C*. Pa. t| M. M. I*IATT, ATTORNEY AI LAW Of \\ 6. eiu Stark's Brick Block Tioga St , Tunk IMINOET. PA fit j CH ASE. ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL is l.i • R AT LAW, Nicholson, Wyoming Co-, Pa E-pe-.ial uttentiou given to settlement ot dece itc.'j estates N chulson, Pa. Dec 5, 13(]7 —rtnlOyl I H . ItHUAIW. PHYSICIAN A SURGE© i J. will aiteid prvinptiy to all calls in his pri>- FC'iuo. May be found at his Office at the Drug suae, A- at his residence on Putin in Sreet, formerly scrupled oy A. k. BECKHAM Esq. DENTISTRY. / V ? JL' 'v V f- 2r - v VVf -* Y DR. I. T. BUPiNS has permanently located in fankhannock Borough, and reepectfully tenders KT profecsional services to its citizens. • •■e on second floor, formerly oeeu[iei by Dr. • itasn. r'.caGtf. PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE, ORN SHEHT JEL RAXNTILMG. 71 y )>'. HCGE'/t, Artist. los-i over the Wyoming National bank,in Stark's Sack Block, TUNKHANXOCK, PA. Life—ize Portraits painted from Amh'otypcs or Fht graphs—Photographs Painted in Oil Colors All order? for painting* executed according to or •tr.nr no charge made. tr In stru tions given in Drawing. Sketching, P trait an t Landscape Painting, in Oil or water C .r. and io all branches of the art, Tank , July 31, 'g7 -vgnso-tf. BOLTON HOUSE. II AltltlSltjLJTttl, PEN NA. The having lately purchased the " I'.n:iILER lIOI'SE " property, has already rrm --tnen-e 1 sa-.-h alterations and improvements as will rvjer this old and popular House equal, if not supe r r. to any Hotel in the City of Ilarrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpeet fi..y solicited. GEO. J. BOLTON- WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/ TU X MIAN MOCK, WYOMING CO., PA Till- establishment has recently been refitted an furnished in the latest style Every attention I! k.; .'-ven to the comfort and convenience ot those •to patronize the House. T. B. WALL, Owner an l Proprietor ; Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861. NORTH BBANSH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Mm. 11. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r HiVISG resumed the proprietorship of the above Motel, the undersigned will spare no efforts trader the house an agreeable place ot sojourn to •'i who may favor it with their custom. Wis. II CORTRIGHT. 3rd. 1563 MEANS' HOTEL. TOWANDA, r2L. lb B- BARTEET, Late oft.. B Btt*!WAßt> Hocsr, Elmika, N.Y. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i- one of the LARGEST 'sl ARRANGED Houses in the country —lt ? Sited up in the most modern and unproved style *sl no pains are spared to make it a pleasantand 'Sreeable stopping p(ace for all, v3n2l-ly. DISSOLUTION. THE Copartnership heretofore existing betweea Jacob Ball and Charles E McVicar, tn the business, is this day dissolved by tnu ,Dl consent. The business will be carried on at the old stand b J Jacob Bell. JACOB BELL CUAS. E. McVICAR. Wsrwa 3 1, lS6d-34wS TDNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO.. PA. -WEDNESDAY, APR. 29. 1868. §etritlv's Column. Spring Trade for '6B Will open on or about the Ist of May, AT TUNKHANNOCK, PEI'A. C. Detriclx, (SUCCESSOR TO BUNNELL 4 BANNATVNE,) Proposes to establish himself permanently in trade at this place, at the Brick store house in Sam'l Stark's Block, where by fair dealing and fair prices he expects to merit and receive the public patronage. Attention is called to the following in Dry Goods : SILKS, POPLINS, ALPACAS, LUSTRES, DELAINES. GINGHAMS, PRINTS, SHAWLS. LADIES' SACUUING*, DRESS TRIMMINGS, BLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLINS, CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES GENTS* FURNISHING GOODS, TOILET ARTICLES. NOTIONS, AC. Groceries. SUGAR, TEA, I COFFEE, MOLASSES, BICE, SYRUP, CAUDLES, • SOAP. STARCH, FLOUR, FEED, SALT, PORK, BUTTER, CHEESE, DRIED BEEF, IIAMS, FISH of all kind*, BEANS, AC., AC., Hardware, A FULL ASSORTMENT. Cutlery OF ALL KINDS, MEN'S AND BOYS' Hats and Caps. Boots Sf Shoes, A FULL ASSORTMENT. This branch of btlSine3 male h speciality. A lot of SEWED ARMY SHOES, A GREAT BARGAIN, SOLE LEATHER. CROCKERY, STONE, WOOD AMD TINWARE, in great variety. Ail kinds ol Produce taken in exchange for Goods. *"* The above articles will be kept in full aswjrtment. I mean to make the experiment of goods sold in quantites cheaper than ever before in this vicinity, I shall be happy to see you, end you can depend np- I on finding bargains In every department- Goods re j ceived every week. 1 Respectfully yours, a I>J3TX7Ci:. THE REGISTRY BILL. The following is the bill passed by the Radicals of the Pennslyvania Legislature — der gag of the previous question —with Thorn's amendment, which applies only to Philadelphia. The amendment empowers the Philadelpb u aldermen to appoint a board of canvassers in each election divis "ion to make a rcgi>try of voters. It is of great importance that all the provisions of this bill for obstructing poor men in voting should be thoroughly understood. A further supplement to the act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth. SECTION 1. it enacted , That from and the passage of this act it I shall be the duty of the several assessors j within this Commonwealth, on rcceiv ' ing their transcripts from the county com mi-sioners, proceed to make out a list in alphabetical order of the white freemen above twenty-one years of age who they shall know, or who shall make claim to said assessors to he qualified voters within their respective townships, boroughs, wards or other election districts, and opposite said name state whether the said freeman is or is not a housekeeper, and, if he is, the number of Ins residence, in towns where the same are numbered, with the street, alley, or couit in which situated, and if in a town where there are no nuin -1 bers, the name of the street, alley, or coint jon which said house fronts; also, the oc ! cupation of the party, and, where ho is I not a housekeeper, the occupation, place of hoarding, and with whom ; and, it work ing for another, the name of the employer; and write opposite the said name the word "voter;" and, when said party claims to vote by reason of naturalization, he shall exhibit his certificate thereof to the asses sor, unless he shall have voted in the town ship, borough, ward, or district, at five preceding general elections ; and on ex hibition of the certificate, the name shall be maikcd with the letter N; where the party has merely declared his intention to become a citizen and designs to be natu ralized before the n< xt election the name shall he marked I) 1; where the claim is to vote by reason of being between the ages of twenty-one and twenty two, as provided by law, the word 41 age ' shall he entered, and if the party lias moved into j the election district to reside since the la*t j general election, the letter U shall be placed opposite the name : and in all of j the cases enumerated a tax shall forth with be assessed against the person. And in order to carry this law into effect fir the pre>ei.t year it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the respective counties of this Commonwealth within sixty days j after the passage of this act, to cause al j (diabetica! lists of the persons returned by j the assessors as having beer, assessed in | the several districts for the present year, i to le made out and placed in the hands of ; the respective assessors, whose duty it I shall be, on or before the fiist of Septem ber, to ascertain the qualifications ot tlie persons so named and their claims to vote before mentioned and performed, in re gard to such persons, all of the duties en joined-by this act, and furnish said list to the commissioners and election- board, as hereinafter directed ; Provided, That the names of all persons who wctfc duly reg istered and permitted to vote at the preceding general election in October, shall without further proof or application, be placed on the list or registry directed to be prepared for the election in November, but they and all others shall be subject to challenge ami their right to vote be pass ed on as prescribed by the fourth section of this act. SEC. 2. On the list being completed and assessments made as aforesaid, the same shall forthwith be returned to the county commissioners, who shall cause du plicate copies of said lists, with the obser vations and explanations required to be noted as aforesaid, to be made out as soon as [(radical and placed in the bands of the assessor, who shall, prior to the first of August next ensuing said assessments, put one copy thereof on the door of the house where the election of the respective district is required to be held, and retain the other in his possession for the inspec tion, free of charge, of any person, resi dent within the said election district who shall desire to see the same, and it shall he the duty of saiJ asssessor to add, from time to time, on the personal application of any one claiming the right to vote, the name of such claimant, and mark oppo site the name " C V, " and immediately assess him with a lax. On the tenth day preceding the general election in October next thereafter, it shall be the duty of the assessor to produce the list in his posses ion to the inspectors and judges of the election of the proper district at a meet ing to be held by them as hereinafter di rected. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the inspector? and judge of the election, to gether with tho assessor, to attend at the place of holding the general elections for the respective election districts on Satur- tenth day next preceding the sec ond Tuesday in October, and on the other days hereinafter mentioned, and continue in open session at said place, from nine o'clock A. M. till six o'clock P. M. of said day, to hear proof of the right of the re spective persons to vote whose names are contained in the assessor's list, as before mentioned, or who shall apply to them to have their names registered ; and all per sons who have not previously voted in the election district shall make due proof, in the manner now prescribed by the elec tion laws, of their right to vote in said 44 To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Bight. " district, and like proof shall be made in all cases by those applying for registry whose names are not enrolled by the assessor ;ind marked " voter ;" and it shall then be the duty of the assessor, forthwith, to as sess said person with a tax as required by law, on the proof being made to the satis faction of the election bourd, if not already assessed. On the list of the voters in the said district being completed, it shall be the duty of the election officers aforesaid to cause duplicate copies thereof to be made out. forthwith, in alphabetical order, one of which shall be placed on the door of or on the house where the elections are to be held, and the other retained by the judge of the election, who shall hold the same j subject to the inspection of any citizen of said district until the day of the general election, and produce tlie same thcieat; Provided, That the officers hereinbefore ' named, when they shall deem it advisable, may meet for the purpose named in this section one or more days not exceeding four, prior to the tenth day next preceding any general or Presidential election, of which meeting, and its purposes they shall i give due public notice by written or print- ! ed handbills, posted in at least six of the j most public places in their respective wards i in cities, boroughs, wards in boroughs, or j townships : And provided further that ! where any ward in a city, borough, or ward in a borough, or township having but one assessor, is divided into two or j more precincts or districts, the judge and j inspectors of such election districts or pre cincts, in each ward in a city, borough, ward in a borough, or township, respec- j tivoly, shall meet at the usual place of j holding the election in the precinct poll- j ing the largest number of votes at the last preceding election in their resphall produce at least one qualified ' voter of the district as a witness to the j residence of the claimant in the district j in which he claims to he a voter f>r the period of at'eat ten da;.s next preceding! the geueial election then next ensuing, * which witness shall take and subscribe an j affidavit to the facts stated by him, which ; affidavit shall define clearly where the jes- j idence is of the person so claiming to be a j voter, and the p i son so chiming the | right to be registered shall also take and j subscribe an affidavit stating whore and when he was born ; that he is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the United States ; and, if a natural zed citizen, shall al>o state when, where, and by what court he was naturalized; and he shall also present his certificate of natural ization for examination, unless he has been a voter in said election district for five years then next preceding; that he has re sided in this Commonwealth one year, or, if formerly a citizen therein, and has mov- ! ed therefrom, that he has resided therein ! six months next preceding the gent-ral j election then next following; that he has i not moved into the district for the pur— j pose of voting therein ; that he has paid ! a State or county tax within two years, which was assessed at least ten days be fore the election for which he proposes to ! be registered, and that he. was prevented , trom registering his name nt the first meet j ing for that purpose as directed by this ; act. The said affidavit shall also state i when and where the tax claimed to he j paid bv the affiant was assessed and when j where, and to whom paid, and the tax re i ceipt thereof, shall he produced for exami- I nation, unless the affiant shall make oath | that it has been lost or destroyed, that he | never received any receipt: Provided, That if the person so claiming the right ito vote, shall take and subscribe an affi j davit that he is a citizen of the United I States ; that he is, at the time of taking the affidavit, or will be on or before the day of the next election ensuing, between the ages of twenty one and twenty-two ; that he has resided in the Slate one year, and in the election district ten days next pre ceding such election ; he shall ha entitled to be registered as a voter, although he shall not have paid taxes. The said affi davits of all persons making such claims, and the affidavit of the witnesses to their residence, shall be preserved by the said board until the day of the election, and shall, at the close thereof, be placed in the ballot-box, along with the papers now re quired by law to be preserved therein. — If said board shall find that the applicant or applicants possesses all the legal quali fications of voters, the name or names shall he added to the list alphabetically, with Ike effects as if done ten days be fore the election, and they shall forthwith be placed with the other names at the foot 1 of the list on the door or house of the 1 place of election, and as each person whose 1 name it enrolled, votes at said election, one of the clerks thereof shall mark on or op posite to the name 44 vote ", and it shall not be lawful for the officers of the elcc j tion to receive the vote of any person j whose name was not contained in said registry, made out and put up least eight ' days before the election, as aforesaid, or !in the registry made on the Thursday next preceding the election, and the recep ! tion of the vote of any person not so regis tered shall constitute a misdemeanor in ; the election officers so receiving it, and on 1 conviction thereof, the election officers go offending shall be subject to fine or im prisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court. I SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for any quali fied citizen of the district, notwithstanding the name of the proposed voter is con tained in the registry, arid the right to vote has b en passed upon by the election board, to challenge the vote of such person.wbera upon the same proof of the right of suf- i frage as is now required by law shall be" publicly made and again acted on by the election board, and the vote admitted or rejected according to the evidence. Ev- j ery person claiming to be a naturalized citizen shall be required to produce hisnat- j uralization certificate at the election before voting, as require ! by existing laws, ex- j copt where his case comes within the fifth 1 provision of the sixty fourth section of the j act of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, to which this is a supplement, j although the same may have been exhibit- j ed to the election board before the registry; • and, on the vote of such person being re- ! ceived, it shall bo the duty of the election j officers to cause it to be distinctly written thereon the word " voted," with the month , and vcar, and if any election officers at the | same or any other district shall receive a i second vote on the same day by virtue of! uoh certificate, they and the person who j shall offer such second vote, upon sooffen ding, shall he guilty of a high misdemean or, and, on conviction thereof, be fined and , imprisoned at the discretion of the court. ' Provided, said fine shall not exceed one | hundred dollars and the impri-onment j shall not exceed one year, and like punish- j meat shall he inflicted on the officers of the election who shall neglect or refuse to make, or cause to be made, the endorse ment required as aforesaid on said natural ization certificate. SEC. 5. On the close of the polls the j registry list, on which the memorandum of ; the voting has been kept as before direct- I ed, shall he Sealed up with and preserved j in the same manner now required t>y law j as to tlm tally papers, and not taken out j until after the next meeting of the Legisla ture, unless required on the hearing of a contested election or for the purpose of be ing used at the election of Presidential electors, or preparatory thereto, as herein- j after provided, after which it shall again be : sealed up and carefully preserved as be- • foie directed. SEC. 0. Ten days preceding every elec tion for electors of President hnd \ ice- President of the United States, it shall be the duty of the election board and the proper a-sessor to meet at the place of holding the general election in the district fot the same length of time and in the man tier directed in the third section of this | act, and then and there hear all applica- I tioiis of persons whose names have been j omitted from the registry and who claim I the right to vote, or whose rights have j originated since the same was made out, ! and add thereto the names of such per sons as shall show that they are entitled to the right of suffrage in such district, on the personal application of the claimant only, and, if the person shall not have been previously assessed, it shall be the duty of the assessor forthwith to assess him with the proper tax. After completing the list, a copv thereof shall he placed on the door of or on the house where the election is to he held, at least eight days prior to hold ing the same, when the same course shall be pursued in every particular in regard to receiving or rejecting the votes, marking the same on the registry list, endorsing the ; naturalization papers with the proper month and vear, preserving the paper, and all other things as are required by this act at the general elections in October. SEC. 1. At every special election direct- j ed bv law, and at every separate city,ward, borough, or township election, the registry required to be kept as aforesaid, may be used by the proper officers as evidence of j the persons entitled to vote thereat, and j said officers shall require all persons whose j names are not on the registry, whether I challenged or not, to show that they pos : sr-ss the right of suffrage at said election ; | but nothing herein contained shall make the want of said registry conclusive against the right of the person to vote at such election, but the same shall he judged of and decided as 111 other cases. SEC. 8. Before entering on the duties of their offices under this act, the respective assessors and inspectors and judges of the elections shall take an oath, before some competent authority, in addition to the oaths now required by law, 44 to perform the several duties enjoined by this act with fidelity, and according to the requirements thereof in every particular, to the best of their ability." They shall each have the power to administer oaths to every person claiming the right to be assessed or en rolled or the right of suffrage, or in regard to any other matter or thing required to be done or inquired into by said oflicets under this act, and any wilful false swear i ing by any person in relation to any mat ter or thing concerning which tliey shall be j lawlully interrogated by any of said officers I under this act, shall he punished as perju ! ry. Said assessors, inspectors, and judges shall each receive the same compensation • for the time necessarily spent in performing the duties hereby enjoined, as is provided by law for the performance of their other duties, to be paid by the county commis sioners as in other cases, with a proper al i lowance to be judged of by the said com missioners for the expense of making the list of registries hereby required to be I made out; and it shall not be lawful for any assessor to assess a tax against any i person whatever within ten days next pre ceding the election to be held on the sec ond Tuesday in October, in any year; or within ten days next before any election for electors of President and Vice Presi dent of the United States, and any viola- i tion of this provision shall be a misdeinean-1 ■ or, and subjecting the officer so offending ! to a fine, on conviction, of not less than ten nor exceeding one hundred dollars, or j to imprisonment not exceeding three i months, or both, at the discretion of the j court. . ! SEC. 9. On the petition of five or more citizens of the county, stating under oatli that they verily believe that frauds will be practiced at the election about to be held in any district, it shall be the duty of the court of common pleas of said county, if' in session, or if not, a judge thereof in va~ I cation, to appoint two persons, judicious, ! sober and intelligent citizens of tho county to act as overseers at said election. Said ! persons shall be selected from different! political parties, where the inspectors be long to different parties, and where both of said inspectors belong to the same political party, both of the overseers shall be taken frout the opposite political party. Said overseers shall have tiie right to be pres ent with the officers of the election during the whole time the same is held, the votes counted, and returns made out and signed by the election officers ; to keep a list of the voters, if they see proper ; to challenge any person offering to vote and interrogate him and his witnesses under oath in regard to the right of suffrage at said election ; to examine his papers produced ; and the officers of said election are required to af ford to said overseers, so selected and ap pointed. every convenience and facility for ! the discharge of their duty, and if said of- j fleers shall refuse to permit said overseers i to be present and perform theit duty as j r,foresaid,or they shall be driven away from the polls by violence or intimidation, all the votes polled at such election district shall be rejected by any tribunal trying a contest under said election. SEC. 10. If any prothonotary, clerk, or the deputy of either, or any other person shall affix the seal of office to any natural ization paper and give out the same in blank, whereby it may be fraudulently used, or furnish a naturalization certificate to any person who shall not have been du ly examined and sworn in open court, in presence of some of the judges thereof ac cording to the act of Congress, he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor ; or if any person shall fraudulently use any such cer tificate of naturalization, knowing that it was fraudulently used, and shall vote or attempt to vote thereon, he shali be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and either or any of the persons, their aiders or abettors, guilty of either of the misdemeanors afore said, shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the proper penitentiary for a period not exceeding three years. SEC, 11. Any assessor, election officer, or person appointed as an overseer, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty en joined by this act,without reasonable le gal cause, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ; and if any assessor or election officer shall enroll any person as a voter whom he shall know is not qual ified, or refuse to enroll any one whom he shall know is qualified, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and, on con viction, be punished by fine and imprison ment, aud also be subject to an action for damages by the party agrieved ; and if any person shall lraudulentlylter, add to, deface, or destroy any registry of voters, made out as directed by this act, or tear down or remove the same from the place where it has been fixed by or under the direction of tho election officers, with like fraudulent or mischievous intent, or for any improper purpose, the person offend ing shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollar*, and imprisonment not exceeding two years. SEC. 12. That for all elections hereafter holdcn under this act, the polls shall be open ed between the hours of six and seven o'- clock A. M., and be closed'at six o'clock p. M. None of the foregoing provisions of this act ' shall apply to the city of Philadelphia, hut J the aldermen for the respective wards of said city shall constitute a board for tho ap pointment of canvassers of election in said city. The said beard shall meet on the first Monday of June of each year, at a place to be provided for them by the councils of said city, (and it is hereby made the duty of the select and common councils of said city to provide the same,) and at said meeting or ganize said board by electing one of their number president, and they shall also elect a clerk and a messenger. The said board i may adjourn their meeting from time to time, jas their business may require. It shall be ! the duty of the said board, on or before the : fiest Monday of August in each and every j every year, to appoint three reputable citi zens for each election division of said city,all of whotn shall not be of tho saftie political party and who shall de residents of the ward i of which the said division for which they are | appointed is a part, to be canvassets of elec tion of said election division, and the clerk of the said board shall forthwith notify the said canvassers of their appointment, aud any va- TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance. NO. 38. cancy occuring in tbe said canvassers shall be filled by appointment by the beard of alder men. SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the said canvassers or a majority of them to meet at the fegular places for holding elections in their respective election divisions at tei? O'H clock in the forenoon of the first Monday in September, of each year, and proceed upon that and the two days next ensuing, to make out ah alphabetical list of all such persons aa as they shall know to be qualified electors, who have voted at any preceding general election therein, and shall state opposite said names whether said elector is or is not a housekeeper, and if he be, the number of bis residence and also his occupation, and wbero he is not a housekeeper, his occupation, place of boarding, ar.d with whom. Said list?, when completed, shall be signed by the said canvassers, or a majority of them, who 6ball take and subscribe an oath or affirmation be* before an alderman of said city, that said list is a true list of the voters in the said election division who have theretofore voted in said election division, so far as the sameare known to them ; and said canvassers shall theD pre pare three copies of said list, one of which shall be left with the city commissioner, one with the board of aldermen, and the other they shall retain. The city commissioners immediately on the receipt of the same shall cause to be printed and posted, at least in ten places in each election division, a copy of the said list with the oaths of the canvassers ap pended thereto, together with a notice that the board of canvassers will meet at the place of holding ihe general election in said divis ion on the twelfth day immediately preceding the.day of genera! election and for two days then ensuing, for the purpose of revising, cor recting, adding to, subtracting from, and com pleting the list. SEC, 14. It shall bo tho duty of tho said canvassers of each division or a majority of them, to meet at the place for holding the genera! election in said division on the 12ih day immediately preceding the day of gen eral election, and for two days next ensuing, and they ?hall then and there proceed to re vise said list, and correct the same by strik ing from it the came of any person whom they shall l.now or receive Satisfactory proof of being deceased, or who shall have removed from said election division, and by adding thereto the CatnS, residence, and occupation of any person who shall to their satisfaction in conformity wiih the provisions of this act, prove himself to be a qualified elector of said election divison, and for this purpose the said canvassers shall teinifin in session from ten o'clock in the forenoon until seven o'clock in the afternoon of each of said days. Each person so claiming to be entitled to vote therein, shall produce at least one qualified voter of the said division, as a witness of the residence of said claimant in said division, for the period of at least ten days next preceding the general election then next ensuing, which witness shall take and subscribe an affidavit to the fact stated by him, which affidavit shall define clearly the residence of the per son so claiming to be a voter ; and the'per son so claiming the right to bo registered, shall also take and subscribe an affidavit, stating where and when he was born, that he is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, and of the United States ; and if a naturalized citizen, he shall also state when, where, and by what court he was naturalized and also present his certificate of naturaliza tion for examination, unless he has been a voter in said election division for five years then next preceding the general election next ensuing ; that he has resided in this Com-* monwealth one yean or if formerely a citi zen therein and has removed therefrom, that he has resided therein six months preceding the gtneral election then next following ; that he has not moved into the division for tho purpose of voting therein ; and that be has not been registered as a voter elsewhere. Which said affidavits, both of the claimant and his witness, shall be preserved by tho canvassers. SEC. 15, Immediately upon the completion of said lists of voters by revision, correction, and addition thereto, the canvassers shal 1 make four copies of the same, one of which they shall retain ; one of which copies they shall deposit with the said board of elder men, together with the written affidavits of the claimant and their witnesses, taken as hereinbefore provided ; one of which copies they shall furnish to the assessors of tho ward, who thereupon shall immediately as sess a tax. according to law, upon every per son whose name is contained in said list, and deliver the same immediately to the city commissioners, who shall cnTise a sufficient number of copies to be printed foi the use of the receiver of taxe, and one of which copies they shall deliver to the inspectors and judg es of election of the proper election division on the morning of the general election,before i the opening of the polls at said election ; and | the only evidence that such person has rcsid '■ ed in such election division for ten days next 1 preceding such election shall be the fact that i his name is found thereon, as hereinbefore ■ . ' provided, and the reception of the Tote of any person not so provided shall constitute a ! misdemeanor in the election officers so re ! ceiving it, and on conviction thereof the elec tion officers so offending shall be subject to a ( fine not exceeding three hundred dollars,and j imprisonment not exceedmg one year at the I discretion of the court. And as each person ' whose name is enrolled, vqfes at said election