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GENERAL ELECTION.
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l7IIi:ilKAS, by an Act f (Jeneral As
T T sembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled "An Act relating to the Elec
tions of this Commonwealth," passed the iM
of July, 1S;!, it is made the duty of theSherill"
of everv count v to pive notice of such election,
and to m ike known in such notice what officers
are to he elected ; NW therefore, I Jaiou IC.
Shafkf:, High Sheriff of the county of Monroe,
do make known by this Proclamation to the
I'lectot s of sai l county, that on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 187G,
being the day of the (Jeneral Election, the fol
lowing persons are to he voted for by the free
men of the conntv of Monroe.
TWENTY-XIN E PERSONS for Elec
tors for President and Vice Pre.-ident of the
United States.
ONE PEPSOX to represent the Eleventh
Congressional Iistriet composed of tlie coun
ties of Columbia, Montour, Carbon, Monroe,
Pike and the town-hips of Xescopeck, Pdack
Creek, Sugar Loaf, Pititier, Hazel, Poster, Hear
Creek. Puek, Ko.irinsr Prok, Salem, Ilolk-n-baeh.
Huntingdon, Eairmount, Spring J ! rook
ami that part of the city of Scranton south of
IJoaring IJrook Creek and east of Lackawanna
Piver, and the Do roughs of Dunmore, Xew
Cohimbus, Coiildsboro, White Haven, Jeddo
and Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne, in the
Congress of the I'nited States.
ONE PEPSON to represent the twenty -Fccond
Senatorial District, composed of the
counties of Carbon, Monroe and Pike, in the
Senate of Pennsylvania.
ONE PEPSON t represent the county of
Monroe in the House of .Representatives of
l'ennsylvaiua.
i v i i.ik.u. lor jnrv commissioners
for the County of Monroe.
I also hereby make known and give notice,
that the Election of the several districts of
the said countv, will be held at the places herc-
mauer ucsigmucil, to wit :
Placet if Voting.
The freemen of the township of Barrett,
will hold tneir election at the house ol
Abraham Aibert. in said township.
The freemen of the township of Cliesnut
hill are to hold their election at the house ol
Felix Storm, in said township.
iiic freemen of the township of Cool-
haujru will hold their election at the Aa'Mes-
ville school-house, in s:iid township,
1 he freemen or East Stroudsburjr, will
hold their election at the Analomink House,
I n sa id Ioroii!i.
The freemen of tlie township ofEldred,
will hold their election at the house of
Stephen Dover, in said township
The freemen of the township of Hamilton
will hold tiieir election at the house of Chas.
.Mam I, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Jackson,
will hold their election at the house of Peter
Ii. iStcrm. in said township.
The freemen of the township of Middle
Smilhficld, will hold their election at the
house of James Phce. in said township.
lie lree-nen ol tae township of Paradise,
hold tiieir election at. the house
oi
Ii.!iitz, in s.ii.l township.
;ien of the tow:shir of Pocono,
fro.
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Will
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Th
will hold tiieir election at the house of Ma
nassnh Milier, in s i id townsiiip.
The freemen of the townsiiip of Polk, will
ho! 1 their election at the house of (Jeoro
(Jrcen, in sai l township.
The freemen of the township of Price, wiil
for the purpose of giving information to the
inspectors and judge, when called on, in rela
tion to the right of any person assessed by them
to vote at such election, or such other matters
in relation to the assessment of voters as the
said icspectot s or judge or either of them shall
from time to time mpiire.
If any person shall prevent or attempt to
present any officer of Hny election under
this act from holding- such election or use
or threaten tiny violence to any such officer
or shall intenupt or improperly interfere
with him in the execution of ins duty, or
shall block up the window or avenue to any
window where the same may be holding, or
shall riotous'y disturb the peace at such
election, or shall use or practice any intimidating-
threats-, force or violence, with design
to influence unduly or overawe any cleetor
or to prevent him from voting or restrain the
freedom of choice, such persons, on convic
tion shall be fined in anvsuni not exceeding
five hundred dollars and be imprisoned for
any time not less than one nor more than
twelve mouths, and if it tdnil be shown In
the Court where the trial of such offence
shall be had that the person so offending was
not a resident of the city, ward, district or
township where the said offence was com
mitted and no&. entitled to vote therein, then
on conviction he shill be sentenced to pay a
fine of not. less than one hundred or more
than on? thousand dolljrs, and be imprisoned
not less than six months, nor more than two
yen rs.
If any person not by law qualified shall
fraudulently vote at any election in this
commonwealth, or being otherwise qualified,
shall vote out of bis proper district, or if any
person knowing the want of such qualifica
tion, shall aid or procure such person t Vote,
the person so offending' sh.i II on conviction, be
fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned for any term not
exceeding three month.
If any person shall vote at more than one
ejection district or otherwise fraudulently
vote more than once on the same day, or
shall fraudulently fdl and deliver to the in
spector two tickets together with the intent
illegally to vote, or shall vole the same, or
if any person shall ndvise and procure an
other so to do, he or they so offending sha'l
on conviction, be fined in any sum not less
i hi ii fifty nor more thin five hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned for any term not lest
than three nor more than twelve months.
selected and npointed, evefy convenience and
facility for the discharge of their duties; and
if said election officers shall refuse to permit
said overseers to be present, and gerform their
duties as aforesaid, sueh officer or officers shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be lined not exceeding one thous
and dallars, or imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both, in the discretion of the court;
or if the overseers shall be driven away from
the polls by violence or intimidation, all the
votes polled in such election district may be
rejected by the proper tribunal trying a contest
under said election, or a part or portion of
such votes a foresaid may be counted, as such
tribunal may deem necessary to a just and
proper dispoition of the case.
"At all elections hereafter held under the
laws of this commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven o'clock a. m. and closed at
seven o'clock, p. m.
"Whomever there shall be a vacancy in an
election board on the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
existing laws.
"At the opening of the polls at all elections
it shall be the duty of the judges of election
for their respective districts to designate one
of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be to
have in custody the registry of voters, and to
make the entries therein required by law ; and
it shall be the duty of the other of said inspec
tors to receive and number the ballots presented
at said election.
"All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot ; every ballot voted shall be numbered
in the order in which it shall bereceived, and
the number recorded by the clerks on the list
of voters opposite the name of the elector from
whom received. And any voter voting two or
more tickets, the several tickets so voted shall
each be numbered with the number correspond
ing with the number to the name of the voter.
Any elector may write his name upon his ticket
or cause the same to be written thereon, and
attested by a citizen of the district. In addition
to the oath now prescribed by law to be taken
and suliscribed by election officers, they shall
severally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose
how any elector shall have voted, utiles re
quired to do so as witnesses ii a judicial
proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerks, and
overseers of any election held under this act,
shall, before entering upon their duties, be duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other.
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me jiMiL,'e snaii oe sworn uv me minority in
speetor, if there shall be such minority inspec
tor, ami in case there ue no minority inspector,
nu n iiy a justice of the peace or aldernmn, and
the inspectors, overseers and clerks shall be
sworn by the judge. Certificates of such
Tr.. . it i. .1 -"' ii .ion mm suau oe ouiv mane out
If any person not qualified lo vote in his i..,.,i .; ,,?. i i.,. ,i, , ? ' i 5
J ' . ' atlll .-lL'tH'iI Ii t li oltii'ci-s s;i swnrn inl ttrt..l
by the ollieer who administered the oath. Il
any judge or minority inspector refuses or fails
to swear the officers of election in the manner
required by this act, or if any officer of elec
tion .-hall act without being first duly sworn,
or if any ollieer of election shall sign the form
of oath without being duly swore, or if anv
judge or minority inspector shall certify that
any officer was sworn when be was not, it shall
be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon convic
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- mm, mv iinitti or ujiiecrN so oneuij i hit snail oe
recenc.i. ami tmed not exceeding one thousand dollar
Commonwealth, agreeably to law except the
sous of qualified citizens), shall appear at any
place of election for the purpose of issuing
tickets or influencing the citizens qualified
to vote, he shall on conviction loi feit and priy
any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for every such offence, and be imprisoned for
any term not exceeding three months.
"All election by the citizens shall be bv
ballot. Everv ballot voted .-h t!l he numbered
m the order in which ii shall be
the number recorded bv the e
on the list of voters, opposite to the name of
the elector who presents the ballot. Any eb-etor
mav write his n w.ie upon bis ih-kt t. or cause
the same to be written thereon and attested bv
a eititzen of the di-trict. The election officers
their
c-e'c;
in sua townsti'p.
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the house of Lewis
hoH
Ion,
I iie freemen of the to wnship of Ross, will
bold their election at the house of Jacob II.
Smoker, in s-ihl township.
Th a free.-.j.-n of the township of Smithfield
will hold their election at t!ij house of'
El ward Vetter. in sal. I township.
The freemen ofihe town-hip of Stroud will
hold their election at
Jti ris-. in the P r nih of Stroudsburg.
The freemen of Stroudsd.urg, will
their election ut the- Court House, in said
borough.
The freemen of the townsiiip of Toby ha n-
m, will hold tneir ejection at the house of
Robert Warner, i:i said township.
The freemen of the townsiiip of Tunk
hannock, will hold their election at the
house of Jai;i ;s Xewinrt, in said townshin.
of ieorge
hold
That in Article . Section 1 of the Constitu
tion, it is declares. "Every male citizen twentv
one years of ag pos-essing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all
election-;: J-'ir.-t He -hull have been a citizen
ol the I nited States at least one month. &row.l
lie shall have resided in the State one year
(or if, having previously been a qualified elec
tor or native tx-m citizen ot the Mate, he shall
have removed therefrom and returned, then six
months,) immediately pn ceding the election.
Tii'uil He shall have resided in the election
district where be shall ofilr to vote at least two
months immediately preceding the election
J'ouj th I f twetitv-t wo vears of aire or umvard-
he shall have paid within two years a state or
county tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one month
before the election."
And, that it is provided by an Act of As
sembly, approved July 2, l,"5:jtj, "That every
person, excepting Ju-tices of the Peace, who
shall hold any olfiee or appointment of profit
or trust under the ( loveri.ment of the United
States, or of the State, or of any city or in
corporated district, whether a commissioned
ollieer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or
a-ent, or who is or shall be employed under
the legislative, executive, or judiciary depart
ment of tin State, of the I'nited States, or of
any city or ol any incorporated district, and
also, any member of Congress, and of the Slate
Legislature, aud of the select or common
council of any city, or commissioner of any
incorporated di-trict, is by law incapable of
holdidg or exercising at the same time, the
office or appointment of judge, inspector, or
clerk of any election in this Commonweatlh ;
and that no judge, inspector, or other officer of
any such election shall be eligible to any odice
lo be then voted for.
"In case I he person who shall have re
ceived the second highest number of votes
for inspector, shall not attend on the day of
any election then the person who shall have
received the -econd highest number of votes
for judge at the next preceding election shall
act us inspec or in his place. And in case
the person who shull have received the high
est number of vo'es for inspector thall not
attend, the per-on elected judge shall ap
point an inspector in his place and in case
the person elected, as judge .shall not attend,
then the iinp'Ctor who received the highest
number of votes shall app nut a judge in his
place; and if any vacancy shall continue in
the board for the space of one hour after the
time fixed by law for the opening of the
election, t. ie. quilified voters of the town
ship, ward or district for winch such officers
vh-ill have been elected, present at. such
election, i-hill elect, one of the number to
till such vacancy, and each of said inspector
hall appoint one clerk, who shall ho a qualified
voter of said distriet.
"It shall be the duty of the several a-se-sors.
respectively, to attend at the place of holdimi
every genera!, special or lown-diipo'eetiou dur
ing the whole time the -.id election i s keptopon,
hall be sworn or affirmed not to disclose h
iny elector shall have voted unhss required to
lo so as witue.-ses in a judicial proceeding.
"Electors .-bail in all cases except treason.
felony and brea li of suntv of the ieaee. be
privileged from arr.-t during their attendance
on elections and m oinir to and retm-mii.r
therefrom.
Whenever any of the qualified ehcto's oi
his Commonwealth shall he in actual miliiarv
crvice, under a n-qui-itioti from the President
"t the United Slates or by the authority of this.
Commonwealth, .-neb electors mav exercise the
in
year, or
or
both.
rLdit of suffrage
under such regula;i
.11 elections by the citizens,
.us as are or .-hall be pre
scribed by law. a- fully as if they were present
at their usual places of election.
All laws regualating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of electors
.-.hall be uniform throughout the State, but m
elector shall be deprived of the privilege of
voting by reas.li of his name not being re
gistered. Any person who .-hail give, or promise or
oiler to give, to a:i eh-c.ir, any money, reward
or other valuable consideration for his vote at
an election, or for withholding the same, or
ivho shall give or promise to give such con
sideration to any per-on or party for such elec
tor's vote or f ir the withholding thereof, and
any elector who shall receive or agree to receive,
tor himself or for another, any money, reward
or other valuable cou-ideration for bis vote at
an election, or for withholding the same, shall
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nivive i.'iien i lie il.ll lo ilie ,li SIK U C CC-
tion, and any elector whose right to vote shall
lie challenged for .-neb cau-e before the elec
tion officers, shall be required to swear or affirm
that the matter of the cha lence is untrue be-
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fore bis vote shall be received.
Any person who -hall, while a candidate for
ofnee, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or willful
violation of anv e!e tion law. shall be forever
disqualified from holding an office of trust or
profit in this Commonwealth, any person con
victed of willful violation of the election laws
-hall, in addition to any penalties provided In
law, be deprived of the right of sufirage abso
lutely for a term of four years.
For the purpose of voting no person shall be
deemed to have gained a residence by reason
of bis presence, or lost it by reason of bis
absence, while employed in (he service, either
civil or military, of this State or of the I'nited
states, nor while engaged in the navigation of
the waters of the State or the United States, or
on the high seas, nor while a student in anv
institution of learning, nor while kept in anv
oor house or other asylum at public expense,
nor while confined in public prison.
District election boards shall consist of a
judge and two inspector, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens. Each elector -hall
have the right to vote for the judge and one
inspector, and each inspector shall appint one
clerk. The first election board for any new
district shall be selected, ami vacancies in elec
tion boards filled, a shall be provided by law.
Election officers shall be privileged' from "arrest
upon days of election, ami while engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant of a court of record or judge
thereof, for an election fraud, for f -Iony, or
for wanton breach of the eaee. In cities "thev
may claim exemption from jury duty durin"'
their terms of service. "
oVotice is Also Given,
That it is provided by an Act approved
January :0, A. I), lo? I, "On the petition of
five or more citizens of any election district,
setting forth that the appointment of overseers
is a reasonable precaution to secure the puritv
and fairness of the election in said district, it
shall be the duty of the court of common pleas
of the proper county, all the law judges of the
said court able to act at the time concurring,
to appoint two judicious, sober and intelligent
citizens of the said district belonging to dif
ferent political parties, overseers of election to
supervise the proceedings of election offieer.
t hereof, and to make report of the same as thev
may be required by such court. Said overseers
shall be persons qualified to serve upon the
election boards and shall have the right to be
present with the officers of such election dur
ing the whole time the same is held, the votes
counted, and the re turns made out and signed
bv the election officers ; to keep ali.-t of voters,
if they see proper; to challenge any person
offering to vote, and interrogate him and his
witnesses under oath, in regard to his right of
suffrage at said election, and to examine his
papers produced ; and the officers of ai I elec
tion are required to afiord to over-eeis, so
in the discretion of the court
'On the day of election any person whese
name is not on the registry of voters and
claiming tlie right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter of
the district as a witness to I he residence o!
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voier. for ih period ot at least
two months, immediately preceding said
election, which witness shill be sworn
or affirmed and subscribe a written or part
ly writt-n and partly printed affidavit
.o wie i.i cis stated tiy hmi, winch affidavit
shall define clearly where the residence is
of the person .so claiming to be a voter, and
the person so cl.t iming the right to vote -ha!
also take and subscribe a written, or parti1
written and purify printed alfi.lavit, stating.
lo tin? best of ins knowledge and Leber,
wIi mi and where ho was bom; that he been. i
t itiz'Mi of the United Ntttos for one inuitl
;inl cr the commonwealth of Pennsyl vani.i;
that he Ins re-i. led in fhe comm in w e.iPb one
year, or, if formerly a qui lifted elector or a
native born c.tizen thereof, and has remov
ed tberefio-n and rcturcd, that he bus resi
ded lh. rein six months next precrdin,T said
election; i hi t he Ins resided in the district
in wiitch he cl iims to be a voter for the pe
riod of at least two months immediately pro
c-ding said election; that he has not ino.od
into i fie district for the purpose of votin
therein ; that In Ins, it twenty-two years ol
age or upwards, paid a state or county tax
uiiiiu no yars, which was assessed at
least. I wo inonthsiiinl paid at least one month
before the election. The said affidavit shall
also state when and where the tax claimed
to be p t id by the u Giant was assessed, and
when and where and to whom paid; and tin
tax receipt ihere'or shall be produced for ex-
aminat ion, unless the alfianl .-dull state in his
affidavit that il has been lost or destroyed, or
that ho never received any; and if a natur
alized citizen, shall als state when, where
un I by whrt court he was naturalized, and
sfnll also produce h s certificate of naturali
zation for examination. Put if the person so
claiming-tin right lovote shall fake and sub
scribe an aflidaut, that he is a native born
citizen of the U. States, or if bom elsewhere,
shall s-tate ihe fact in his affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
ized, or tint he is entitled to citizenship by
reason of his lather's natur lizution ;) ami
shall further stale in Ins affidavit tint he is
at the time of making the affidavit, of the age
of l wenty one and under twenty-two years;
that he Ins been a citizen of lhu United
States one month, anil his resided in the
State one year; or, if a native born citizen
of l ho slate and removed thorcfroin and re
returned, tint he has resided therein six
months next preceding such election, he shall
be entitled tovote. although he shall not
have paid laxe. The said affidavits of the
witnesses to their residence, shall be preser
ved by the election board, and at Ihe close of
the election they shall be enclosed with the
list of voters, tally list and other papers re
quired by law to be filed by Ihe return judge
with the prothonoiary, and shall remain on
file therewith in the prothonotory's office,
subj:ct to examination, as other election pi
pers are. If the election officers shall find
I ha 1 1 he a ppl ica n t or a pplica ins K)ssese all I he
legul qualifications of voters, he or they shah
be permitted to vote, and the name or names
shall be added to the list of taxablea by I he
election officers, the word "tjx" being added
where the claimant claims lo vote on tax,
an J ihe word "age" where he claims to vote
on age; the sime words being added by ihe
clerks in each case respectively, on the lists
of persons voting at such election.
"It slnll be lawful for anv q-iali-tied
citizen of the district, notwithstand
ing the name of the proposed voter is con
tamed on the list of resident taxubles, to
challenge the vote of each person ; where
upon the same pro d' of the right of suffrage
as is now required by law shall be publicly
made and act-d on by the election board, anJ
the vote admitted or rejected, according to
the evidence; every per.-on claiming to be a
iiitunlized citizen shall be required to pro
duce his nuturaliz ilion certificteatihe elec
tion before votin jr, except where lie has been
for ten years, consecutively, a voter in the
district in which he offers his vote; and on
the vote of sach prso:i being received, il
shall be the duty of the election officers to
write or stamp on such certificate the word
"voted,' with the month and year; and if
any election officer or officers shall receive a
second vote on the same day, by virtue of
the same certificate, excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
ization of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon so of
fending shall bo guilty of a high misdemean
or, and on conviction thereof, be fined or
imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the
court; but ihe fine shall not exceed one? hun
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprison
ment one year, the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to make,
or cause to be made, the indorsement requir
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization certif
icate.
" If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnire such proof of the right
of suffrage as is prescribed by this law, or
Ihe laws to which this is a snpplcment, from
any person olfering to vote whose name i
not on tlie list of assessed voters, or whose
right lo vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, a nd shal I admit such person
to vote without requiring such proof, every
person so offending, shall upon conviction
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
lo undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
of the court.
"As soon as the polls shall dose, the officer
of election shall proceed to count all the votes
east for each candidate voted for, ami make a
full rUum of the same in triplicate, with a
return sheet in addition, in all of which the
votes received by each candidate shall be given
after his or her name, first in words and again
in figures, and shall be signed bv all of sai
officers, and certified by overseers, if any, or if
not so certified, tlie overseers and other officer?
refusing to sign or certify, or either of them
shall write upon each or the returns his of their
reasons lor not signing or certifying them. The
vote, as soon as counted, shall also be publielv
ana lully declared from the window to th
citizens present, and a brief statement showin;
the votes received by each candidate shall b
made and signed by the election officers as soon
as the vote is counted, and the same shall be
immediately posted upon the door of the elee
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iioii iioijst- jor lliioi lliailoli t)J puOHC. i lie
triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envelone
and sealed in the presence of the officers, ami
one envelope, with unsealed return sheet, given
to the judge, which shall contain one list of
voters tallv-paper an 1 oaths of officers, and
another of the said envelopes shall be given to
the minority inspector. All judges livin" with
in twelve, miles of the prothonotary's office, or
wiunn twenty-tour miles, if their resilience be
in a town, village or city upon the line of a
railroad leading to the conntv seat, shall, be
fore two o'clock post meridian of the dav after
the election, and all other judges shall, before
iweiveoc.oeK merniian ot the second div alter
the election, deliver said return, together with
return .-h.et, to the prothonotary of the court
of common jdeas of the county, which said
return sheet shall be filed, and the dav and
hour of filing marked thereon, and shall be
pre-ervc 1 by the prothonotary for public inspec
tion ; and the other of said triplicate return
shall be placed in the box and sealed up with
the ballots. All officers Provided for bv this
ict shall be compensated as like officers are
paid by existing laws. Whenever a place has
been or shall be provided bv the authorities of
any city, countv. town-hip or borough, for the
safe keeping of the ballot-boxc, the judge and
minority inspector shall, after the eb-ction shall
be finished, and the ballot-boxes or boxes con
taining the liikets, Iit of voters and other
papers, line been securely bound with tape
and siale 1, an I the signatures of the judge and
in-pectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
same, togi ther with the remaining boxes, to
the mayor and recorder of such cities, or in
com, ties, townships or borou".hs. to such person
or persons as the court of common plnas of the
proper county may dc-ignntc, at the place
provided as aforesaid, who shall then depo-u
the said bnxe and keep the same to answer
the call of any couit or tribunal authorized to
try the merits of such election. Whenever the
election officers of any election distiiet shall
require the election boxes of such di-trict, to
bold any election, which, by law, thev are or
.-hall be required to bold, they shall keep the
same securely in tiieir possession without open
ing, until the morning of such ebction, and
until they shall severally be sworn or affirmed
not to disclose bow any elector shall have voted,
and after being so sworn or affirmed, they shall
open the sa'd boxes and burn and totallv
destroy all the baiiois and other papers which
they shall find therein, before proceeding to
hold such eleelioti.
The respective assessors, in
spectors and judg- s of the elections shall
each line the pow- r to admini-tcr oaths to
any persons claiming ihe right to be as-
sessed or the right of Miffrage, or in regard
to any othr matter or thing required to b
done or inquired into by anv ol said officer.-
under tins act; and any willful ta'se swear
ing by anv person in relation to any nntter
or thing concerning which thev s-hiil In?
lawfully interrogated by any of siid officers
or overseers shall be perturv.
Any assessor, election officer or person
ippointed as an overseer, who shall neglect
or refu-c to perform anv dutv enioined lv
this act, without reason ib'e or legal cause.
shaM be subject to a penalty of one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowin-rlv
issessany person as a voter who is not mini di
ed ; or shall refuse to assess any one who is
qualified, he shal I be guilty of a misdemeanor
in office, and on conviction be punished bv
fine or imprisonment, and also be subject to
an action for damages by the parly aggriev
ed ; and it any person shall fraudulently
alter, add to, defice or destroy any list ot
voters made out as directed by ibis act, or
tear down or remove thesimc from ihe place
where it has been fixed, with fraudulent or
mischievous intent, or for any improper pur
pose, tlie person so offending shall be guilty
ot a high misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, at the discre
tion of the court.
If any proth onot iry. clerk, or the
deputy of either, or any other person, shall
affix the seal of office to any nalurabz .turn
piper, or permit the same to be affixed, or
give out, or cause or permit the same to be
given out, in blink, whereby it mny be
traudlently used, or furnish a nalur i liz ition
certificate, lo any pers n who slnll not hive
been duly ex iniined and sworn in open court,
in the presence of some of the judges there-
it, according to the actot Congress, or shall
lid in, connive at, or in any wuv permit the
issue of any fraudulent naturalization certi
ficate, he shall be guil'y of a lii-di
misdemeanor ; or if nny on.' slnll fraudulently
use any such certificate of naturalization
knowing that it was fraudulently issued, or
shall vote, or attempt to vote thereon, ifany
one shill vote, or attempt to vote, on any
certificate of n ituralizitiou not issued to hitn.
he shall bo guilly of a hign misdemeanor:
and either or any ol the persons, their aiders
or abettors, guilly of either of the iiiisdeinea-
nors u foresaid, shall, on conviction, be lined
in ii sum not exceeding one thousand dollars
i ud imprisoned in the proper penitentiary
for a period not exceeding three years.
Any person who on mthor
ulTirmat ion, in or before any court in this
Slate, or oil'cer authorized to administer
oatiis, shall, to procure a certificate ol
naturalization, for himself or any other per
son, wilfully depase, declore or affirm any
matter to be fact, knowing the same to be
false, or shall in like manner deny any mat
ter to be fact, knowing the same to be true,
shall bo deemed guilly of perjury ; and any
certificate of naturalization issued in pursu
ance of any such deposition, declaration or
affirmation, shall be null and void; and it
shall be the duty of the court issuing the
same, upon proof being made before is that
it was fraud lently obtanined, to take im
mediate measures for re-calling the same for
cancelation ; and any person who shall vote,
or attempt to vote, on any paper so obtained
or who shall in any way aid in, connive at,
or have any agency whatever in the issue,
circulation or uscof any fraud lent naturaliza
tion cerificatc, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction' thereof,
shall undergo an imprisonment in ihe
penitentiary for not more than two years,
and pay a fine, not more than one thousand
dollars, for eveysuch offence, or both, at the
discretion of fhe court.
"It shall be the duty of the secretary of the
commonwealth to prepare forms for all the
blanks made necessary by this act, and furnish
copies of the same to the county commissioners
of the several counties of the commonwealth ;
and the county commissioners of each county
shall, as soon as may be necessary after receipt
of the same, at the proper expense of the coun
ty, procure and furnish to all the ebction
officers of the election districts of their respec
tive counties copies of such blanks, in such
quantities as may be rendered necessary for
the discharge of iheir duties under this act, and
shall pay all necessary expenses for lights, rent,
fuel and stationery, on bills certified by the
election officers."
And by an Act approved February lo, 1S7-1,
it is provided, "In all elections hereafter the
certificate of naturalization, if genuine, shall be
conclusive evidence of the facts mentioned
therein ; and where the person offering to vote
claims the right on the payment of tax, the
receipt for such tax, if signed by the proper
officer, shall be the evidence thereof: if such
person does not produce such nceipt.ihcn pay
ment of the tax may be proved by the oath of
such person, or other evidence, stating when,
where and to whom such tax was paid.
Cod save the Commonwealth.
JACOP K. SIIAFEP, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Strondsburg, Oct. ". ISTU.
NEW
UACHIKE SHOP !
The subscriber having started a Macltin
Shop, near the bead of
Main Street, Stroudsburg, pa
is prepared to build, and repair all kinds of
Machinery with accuracy, and dispatch
Peing fitted with
SPECIAL MACIIIXERY FOR TURX
SAFTLXU, AD Pl't.
JsFsS, AM)
W ITH IM-
PllOYKI) TOOLS
of
of
various kinds, and bavin;
over Thirty vears, in
: an experianco
desio-nidn- an,t
ill- i- 13 es,u
building machinery for special purposes, t
feel warranted in guaranteeing the best of
worh. nave on hand, and building
POKTABLE STE12J EMIXES,
Oi
from 2 to 10 Horse Power, de',,,.
especially for Farm u.-e, or lor drh
light machinery. I nlso
several thousand feet of
keep
lug a
any
in stock.
Premium New York Oak Tanned Beltin
0
in width- of I inch f , 0 inches, (C8n obtain
wider our s at very short notice) at manu
facturers prices, nj.-o Eace Leather, Belt
Hi vets, I'unches, &c,
STEAM PIPES &, FITTINGS
Pipe cut and fitted,
of the va riou.-s
at siiort notice.
ze
I would call thf-niton-ion r.f Ulacksmithn
Wheelwrights. ;,,) others, to mv assort!
ment ol all sizes ot
G. H. Dreher.
E. E. Treiier
1101
Machine Bolts, Nuts, Washers
Lag Screws, and Bolt-ends, '
which I
Hdt-enc.-
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offer at
Vork
Pnces. Tin?
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i acksmiths to furnish bid's i
much cheaper, and ouicker. th
tticin by hind.
Cali in and see
ml
enable the
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(2 doors west of the "Jeffer-onian Office,")
KLIZAUETII STKKHT,
SlrocuSsIturg',
DREHER & BRO.,
PKAI.EUS IX
ISrusrs, 'IcMlicines, Perfumery
azul Toilet Article..
3?aints,
OILS, VAKNISilKS, (I LASS & ITTTY.
March n, i er:i tr.
AMoininal Supporters and
tiraces.
Shoulder
Seeley';
ESard lit Hi?i:Ei TSil'SSi: Also
c v ntn. .'.irhinery,
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Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating: Oils.
Physicians' Prescnitioiis carefully Com
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X. I.-T-Tlie highest Cash price paid for
oil of WLTi:nc.i;i:i:x.
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lik iianl C':iiii.U'ii.
for Cailx.n rmnily :
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l-'or Wvomin-,' Cn:!iTv ;
f, flic Man:iirt.i-s tni-ct rc-ularlv at the So(-n-lar"
OlUtv in Str.m.is'.iMv, u tlio ftvlt Tit. vlav .f .-a' h
month, at 2 oVl.uk l M. , May lx'T.'r-if.
Harness it Saddlery.
The above l-nsinrss Iins njr.iin been re
sumed at fiie old sin ml, lately swept away
Hy tlie late flood, neur Baldwin's Hotel, in
Stroudsburjr, where will be kept constantly
on hand the best assortment of
Karnrss, double uud siuglr,
Saddles,
Collars,
and every other arlicle n.-nnlly furnished in
this linonf business. Work made to order
on tlie shortest notice
of
Mountings
V larre assortment
and Sacldlerv Hard
ware
always on hand. C.ill and make your own
selection, mid it will be furnished in style ard
price not to be excelled in this market.
JStrict attention p.i id to re pa iriti and done
in shortest notice. Call and examine
JOHN O.SAYLOK, Agent.
October G, 1370. if
-1. stock
.truest ar.tl lust scloctfti
stock of Fuinhiiro cv. r exhibited !
Stroudslmrjr, cau now be seen at the Odd
lVllows Hall.
Oct. o, 'to. Mccarty: & sox.
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ware,
XIV K StOC'Sw or
inulv tnocci ics. ( Inccnswaiv. .iass-
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