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GENERAL ELECTION.
sheriff's pkoclasiatiox.
TTTIIEKEAS, by an Act of General As
T T seniblv of the Commonwealth of I'enn-
sylvania, entitled "An Act relating to the Elec
tions of this Commonwealth, passed the 2d
of July, 1S39, it is made the duty of the Sherilf
of every county to give notice of such election,
and to make known in suc h notice what officer.-;
are to be elected : Xow therefore, I Jacob K.
Siiafer, High Sheriff of the county of Monroe,
do make known by this Proclamation to the
Electors of said county, that on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 187G,
being the day of the General Election, the fol
lowing jersons are to be voted for by the free
men of the countv of Monroe.
TWENTY-NINE I'EKSOXS for Elec
tors for President and Vice President of the
United States.
ONE PERSON to represent the Eleventh
Congressional District composed of the coun
ties of Columbia, Montour, Carbon, Monroe,
l ike and the townships of Nescopeck, Ulaek
Creek, Sugar Loaf, Putlcr, Hazel, Foster, Hear
Creek. Buck, Koaring I'rook, Salem, Ilolleii-
bach, Huntingdon, r surmount, Spring Brook
and that part of the city of Scranton south of
Itoanng brook Creek and east of Lackawanna
Eiver, and the Poroughs of Dunmorc, New
Columbus, Gouldsboro, White Haven, Jeddo
and Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne, in the
Ixmgress or the United States.
ONE PERSON to represent the twentv-
second Senatorial District, composed of the
counties of Carbon, Monroe and Pike, in the
senate ot 1'ennsylvania.
ONE PERSON to represent the county of;
Monroe in the House of Representatives of!
Pennsylvania
TWO PERSON'S for Jury Commissioners
tor the County of Monroe
I also herebv make known and srive notice.
that the Elections of the several districts oi
the said county, will be held at the places here
inafter designated, to wit :
I'laeo of Voting.
The. freemen of the township of Barrett,
will hold their election at th house of
Abraham Albert, in said township.
I he freemen of the township of Chesnut-
hill are to hold their election at the house of
Felix Storm, in said township
The freemen of the township of Cool-
baugh will hold their election at the Xagles
ville school-house, in said township.
The freemen of East StrouJsburjr, will
bold their election at the AnaJoaiink Iloue,
in said Borough
The freemen of the township ofEIdred,
will hold their election at tiie house of
Stephen Bover, in said township
The freemen of the township of Hamilton
will hold their election at the house of Ch.is.
Man I, in said township.
The freemen of the townshio of Jnc!:?o:i.
will hold their election at the house of Pel ei
R. Stcrm, in said township.
The freemen of the township of 2.1iddle
Smithfield, will hold their election at the
house of James Place, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Paradb?,
will hold their election at the house of
James X ntz, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Pocono,
will hold their election at the house of .Ma
nassah Miller, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Pol!:, will
hold their election at the house of George
Green, in said township.
Ihe freemen of the townsuipot Price, will
lor the purpose of giving information to the
inspectors and judge, when called on, in rela
tion to the right of anv person assessed by them
to vote at such electioli, or such other matters
in relation to the assessment of voters as the
said inspectors or judge or either of them shal
from time to time require. "" " '
If any person shall prevent or attempt to
present any officer of any election under
this act from holding such election or use
or threaien uny violence to any such officer
or shall interrupt or. improperly, interfere
with him in the execution of his duty, or
shall block tip 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 intimi
dating threais, force or violence, with design
to intluence unduly or overawe any elector
or to prevent lum from voting or restrain the
freedom of choice, such persons, on convic
tion shall be lined iiyinysum not exceeding
he hundred dollars and be imprisoned lor
nny time not less than one nor more than
twelve months, and if it thill be shown to
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 offeuce was com
mitted and not entitled to vote therein, then
on conviction he shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than one hundred or more
thin on? thousand dollars, and be imprisoned
not less than s:x months, nor more than two
years.
If any person not by law qualified shall
fraudulently vnte at any election in this
commonwealth, or being otherwise qualified,
shall vote out of his proper district, or if any
person knowing the want of such quahfica
tion, shall aid or procure such person t- vte,
the person so offending slu II on conviction, be
fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned for any term not
exceeding three month?.
If nny person shall -ote at more than one
ejection district or otherwise fraudulently
vote more than oticc on the ianie day, or
shall fraudulently fold and deliver to the in
spector two lickets together with the intent
illegally to vote, or shill vote the same, or
it any person shall jidvise and procure an
other so to do, he or thev so offendin-' sha'l
on conviction, be fined in any sum not less
ihm fnty nor more 'linn five hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned for any term not less
than three nor more than twelve months,
"If any p?rson net qualified to vote in this
Commonwealth, agreeably to law except the
sous ot qualified citizens), shall appear at any
place of election for the purpose of issuing
tickets or influencing the citizens qui lified
to vote, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay
any Eu:n not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for Ckery such' offence, and be imprisoned for
any term not exceed ing three months.
All flections bv the citizens shall be bv
ioue of hew
is
ballot. Every ballot voted shall be numbered
in the order in which it shall bu received, and
the number, recorded bv the election oli'uvrs
on the list of voters, opposite to the name of
the c.ector who presents the ballot. Anv elector
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
the same to be written thereon and attested by
a eitiuen of the district. The election officers
shall be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how
any elector shall have voted unb ss required to
c.o so sis witnesses in a judicial proceeding.
'"Electors shall in all cases except treason
nd breach of surety of the peace, be
ed from arivst during their attendance
felony
pri vii
on ei.-c:i. us and in going to and returning
therc!r.:;.
Whenever any of the qualified electors of
tins .:n:nonv."cal!li shad be in actual military
-rvit e, r.n3or a requisition from the President
ef t!.M United Star. or by thi authority of this
Commonwealth, stieh electors may exercise tfie
right of suffrage in ail elections by the citizens,
lir.'b-r such regulations ns are or shall be pre
scribed by law, as fully as if they were present
at th.-ir usual places of i lection.'
All laws regrialat'nig the holding of elections
by the citi.. . i.s or f.ir the registration of electors
shall be uai.brm throughout the State, but no
(.lector shall be deprived of the privilege of
voting l iy reason ol his name not being re
fci.-U-reJ.
Any person who shall give, or promise o:
Oi.er to give, to a:i elector, any money, reward
or oilier valuable consideration for his vote at
house of James Kewlnrt, in said township.
IVoticc is ESerchy CJivcsa,
That in Article S. Section 1 of the Constitu
tion, itis declares. "Every malecitizen twer.tv
one years of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at aii
elections : First He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one month. .Second
He shall have resided in the State one year,
(or if, having previously been a qualified "elec
tor or native born citizen of the State, be shall
have removed therefrom and returned, then six
months,) immediately preceding the elec tion.
Third lie shall have resided in the election
district where he shall offer to vote at least two
months immediately preceding the election.
Fourth If twenty-two years of age or upwards,
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, lblYJ, "That every
person, excepting Justices of the Peace, who
shall hold any office or appointment of profit
or trust under the Government of the United
States, or of the State, or of any city or in
corporated district, whether a commissioned
officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or
agent, or who is or shall be employed under
the legislative, executive, or judiciary depart
ment of this State, of the United States, or of
any city or of any incorporated district, and
also, any member of Congress, and of the State
Legislature, and of the telect or common
council of any city, or commissioner of any
incorporated district, 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 Conimonweatlh ;
and that no judge, inspector, or other officer of
any such election shall be eligible to any office
to be then voted for. " j
"In case the person who shill have re
ceived the second highest number of voles
for inspector, shall not attend on the day of
any election then the person who shall have
received the second highest number of votes
for judge at the next preceding election shill
act as inspector in his place. And in case
the person who slull have received the high
est number of votes for inspector thall not
attend, the person elected juJge shall ap
point an inspector in his plac and in case
the person elected, as judge shall not attend,
then the inpctor who received the highest
number of votes shall appdnt a iuuVe i:i his
place; and if any vacancy shall continue in
the board for the space of one hour afler the
time fixed blaw for the opening; of the
election, the qualified voti-rs of the town
ship; ward or district for which such officers
shall have been elected, present at such
election, thall elect one of the number to
fill such vacancy, and each of said inspectors
shall appoint one clerk, who shall be a qualified
voter of said district.
"Jtehall bo the duty of the several assessors.
respectively, to attend at the place of holding
every general, special or township e!et.-iioii .lur
ing the whole time the .said election a k . pL "p .-n,
hold their election at the
Long, in said township.
The freemen of the township of Ross, will
hold their election at the house of Jacob II.
Stocker, in said towns.'iin.
The freemen of the township of Stnithfield
will hold their election at the house of
Edward Yetler, in said township.
The freemen of the township oi'Stmil v.i'.l
hold their election at the bouse of George
Kanauss, in the Borough of Stroudsburg.
The freemen of Strou'lslurg, will hold
j their election at the Court House, in said
borough.
"''-"'i." luiniii ui ivjnHii-,;;i eivc ii or ior wn nuoiaiiv me same, or
na, will hold their election at the hou.se of j who shall give or promise to give sm-h eon
Robert Warner, in said township. j si deration to any jrson or party for such ehc
The freemen of the township of Tunk- tor's vote or forth.1 withholding thereof, ami
hannock, will hold their election at the ! ;,"-r C.M u'r ',vi s!ia!I ceiveor agree to receive,
lor li!i:"iscii or tor another, any monc , reward
or other valuable consideration ior his vote at
an election, or for withholding the same, shall
thereby forfeit the right to vote at such elec
tion, and any elector whose right to vote shall
be challenged for such cause before the elec
tion officers, shall be required to swear or affirm
that the matter of the challenge is untrue be
fore his vote shall be received.
Any person who shall, while a candidate for
office, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or willful
violation of any election hw, shall be forever
disqualified from holding an office of trust or
profit in this Commonwealth, any person con
victed of willful violation of iheYketion laws
shall, in addition to any penalties provided bv
law, be deprived of the ricrht of sufliajre abso
lutely for a term of four vears. -
For the purpose of voting no person shall be
deemed to have gained a residence by reason
of his presence, or lost it by reason of bis
absence, while employed in the service, either
civil or military, of this State or of the United
States, nor while engaged in the navigation of
the waters of the State, or the United States, or
on the hili seas, nor while a student in any
institution of learning, nor while kept in anv
Ioor house or oihe asylum sit public expense,
nor while confined in public prison.
District election boards shall' consist ''of a
juage and two inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens. Each elector shall
have the right to vote for the judge and one
.1 i r i . '
inspector, ami eacn inspector shall appint one
clerk. The first election board for any- new
district shall I; selected, and vacancies in elee
tion hoards tilled, as shall be provided bv law.
Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days of election, and while eneaffed in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant oi a court ot record or nnW
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iweieoi, ior an eiecuon iran i lor leiony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities thev
may claim exemption from jury duty during
their terms of service.
selected and appointed, every 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 aioresaid, such officer or officers shal
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined 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 aioresaid may be counted, as such
tribunal may deem necessary to a just and
proper uispoition ol the case
. "At all elections hereafter held under the
law9 of this commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven o clock a. m. and closed at
seven o clock, p. ni.
'Whernever 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 election
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. am
the number recorded by the clerks on the list
ol voters opposite the name of the elector from
whom received. And any voter voting two or
more tickets, the several tickeUso voted shal
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 or the district. In addition
to the oath now prescribed bv law to be taken
and suhscribed by election officers, they shal
severally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose
how any elector shall have voted, unles re
quired to do so as witnesses in a iudicia
proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerks, and
overseers ot any election, held under this act
shall, before entering upon their duties, be duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other.
The judge shall be sworn bv the minority in
spector, if there shall be such" minority inspec
tor, ana in case there be no minority inspector,
then by a justice of the peace or alderman, and
the inspectors, overseers smd clerks shall be
sworn by the judge. Certificates of such
swearing or affirming shall be duly made out
ana signe l by the officers so sworn, and attested
bv the o nicer who lidmimstered the oath. If
any judge or minority inspector refuses or fails
to swear the officers of election in the manner
required bv this act, or if anv officer of elee
tion shall act without being first duly sworn,
or if any officer of election shall sirn the form
ot oath without beimr duly sworn, or if anv
judge or minority inspector shaft certify that
any ohicer w;ls sworn when lie was not, it shall
be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion, the olficeror olucers sooffendiiis shall be
fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
mipri soncu no; exceeding one year, or both,
in the discretion oi the court.
"On the day of election any person whose
name is not on the registry of voters and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter of
the district as a witness to the residence ol
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voter, for the period of at least
two months, immediately preceding Siiid
election, which witness shall be sworn
or affirmed and subscribe a written or part
ly written and partly printed affidavit
to the ficts stated by hun, which affidavit
shall define clearly where the residence is
of ihe person so claiming to be a voter, and
liio person so chiming the right to vote shall
also take and subscribe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating,
to the best of his knowledge and belief.
when and where he was born; that he been
citizen of the United Stiles for one month
and ol the commonwealth of Pennsyl vani
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inat oe lias- resijeu in tne common u vn 1 1 ii on
y ear, or, if formerly a urn lified elector or
native born citizen thereof, and has remov
ed therefio'ii and retured, that lie has resi
ded th -rciii six mouths next preceding sai
led ion ; tint he Ins resided in the district
in whtth he claims to be a voter for Ihe pe
riod of at least two months immediately pre
ceding said election; that he has not tno.od
into the district for the purpose of voting
therein ; that he Ins, it Iwenty-two years ot
lge or upwards, paid h state or county tax
Police is Also &ivcxi,
That it is provided bv an Act approved
January HO, A. I). 1871, "On the petition of
live or more citizens of any election district,
setting forth that the appointment of overseers
is a reasonable, precaution to secure the purity
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 officers
(hereof, and to make report of ihe same as thev
may be required by such court. Said overseers
shall be persons qualified to serve upon the
election hoards ami 'iall 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 returns made out and signed
by the election officers ; to keep alist of voters,
if they see proper; to challenge nny person
offering to vote, and interrogate him ami his
witness under oath, in regard to his right of
suflragc at Raid election, and to examine his
papers produce ! ; and the officers of said dee
tion arc required to affj;d u -aid overseers, so shall he hi duty cf the election officers to
vw'hin t.to years, which was assessed at
least two month's siiid paid at least one month
before the clecti u. The said athJavitshal!
also slate when and where the tax claimei;
to be pi id by tlie a flit nit was assessed, and
when and where and t-j whom paid; and the
tax receipt l here'or shall be produced for ex
animation, unless the aflianl shall state in his
affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, or
that lie never received any; and if a natur
alized citizen, shall also state when, where
and by whit court lie was naturalized, and
shill iio produce h s certificate of naturali
zation for examination. But if the person s.
chi ning the l ight to vote shall take and sub
scribe an affidavit, that he is a nitive born
citizen of the U. States, or if born elsewhere,
shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
ized, or that be is entitled to citizenship by
reason of his fatner's naturalization ;) and
shall turthcr state m ins affidavit tint he i
at the time of making the affidavit, of the age
of twenty one and under tweniy-two years;
that ho Ins been a citizen of ihe United
Stjtes one month, and has resided in the
Slat ) one year; or, if a native born citizen
of ihe slate and removed thorefrom and re-
returned, tint he ha 3 resided therein six
months next preceding such election, he shall
be entitled tovote. although he shall not
hive paid taxes. The said affidavits of the
witnesses to their residence, shall be preser
ved by ihe election board, and ut the 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 the return judge
with the prothonoiary, and shall remain on
file therewith in the prothonotory's office.
subj 'Ct lo examination. as other election pa
pers are. If the election officers shall find
that llu applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifications ot voters, he or thev shall
be permitted to vote, and the name or names
shall be added to the list of taxablea by ihe
election officers, ihe word "tax" being added
where the clainnnt claims to vote on tax,
anj the word "age where declaims to vote
on ag.; ihe sime words being added by ihe
clerks in each case respectively, on the lists
of persons voting at such election.
"It s.'nll be lawful for any quali
fied citizen of the d strict, nitwilhstand
ing the name of the proposed voter is con
tamed on the list id resident taxubles, to
challenge the vote of each person ; where
upon the same pro d of the right of suffrage
us is now required by law shall be publicly
inatle and acted on by the election board, and
the vote admitted or rejected, according to
the evidence; every person claiming to be a
nitunlued citizen shall h required to pro
duce his naturalir iiion certificteatihe elec
tion before voting, except where he has been
for ten years, consecutively, a voter in the
district, in winch he offers his vote; and on
Ihe vote of such person being received, it
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 certifficate. 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 be guilty of a high misdemean
or, and on conviction thereof, be fined or
imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the
court; but the 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 supplement, from
any person offering to vole whose name is
not on the list of assessed voters, or whose
right lo vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such person
to vole without requiring such proof, every
person so offending, shall upon conviction
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
a fine not excoeding five hundred dollars, or
lo undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or either or both, at tne discretion
of the court.
"As soon as the polls shall close, the officers
oi election snail proceed to count all the votes
cast for esich candidate voted for, and make a
full return of the same in tripl cate. with a
return sheet in addition, in all of which the
votes received by each candidate shall be given
alter ins or her name, first in words and again
in figures, and shall be si-rned by all of said
officers, and certified bv overseers, if anv, or if
noi soceuiueu, me overseers and other officers
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 thein. The
vote, sis soon as counted, shall also be public-hand
fully declared from the window to the
citizens present, and a brief statement showin
the votes received by each candidate shall be
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 elec
tion bouse for information of the imblic. The
triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes
. i i i . i .
ana seated m tne presence ot t lie o l beers, and
one envelope, with unsealed return sheet, given
to the judge, winch shall contain one list of
voters, tally-paper and oaths of officers, and
another of the said envelopes shall be given to
ine rniuoriiv inspector. All incites living with
in twelve miles of the prothonotary's office, or
within twentv-four miles, if their residence be
in a town, village or city upon the line of a
rauroau leading lo tiie county seat, shall, be
fore two o'clock post meridian of the dav after
the election, and all other judges shall, "before
twelve o'clock meridian of the. second lav after
the election, deliver said return, together with
return sheet, to the prothonotarr of the court
of common pleas of the county, which said
return sheet shall be filed, and" the dav and
lour of tiling marked thereon, r.nd shall be
preserved by the prothonotarv 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
act shall be compensated as like officers are
).ud by existing laws. henever si place has
been or shall be provided by the authorities of
any city, county, township or borough, for the
safe keeping of the ballot-boxes, the judge and
minority inspector shall, alter the election shall
be finished, and the ballot-boxes or boxes con
taining the tickets, list of voters and othpr
apers, hive been securely bound with tane
uni sealed, and tiie signatures of the pide and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith delherthe
uue, togtthcr with tne remainiinr boxes, to
ihe mayor and recorder of s!:ch cities, or in
counties, townships or boroughs, to such person
or persons as the court of common pleas of the
proper countv mav designate, at the place
provided as aioresaid, who shall then depo-it
the said boxes and keMi the same to answer
the call of any court or tribunal authorized to
try t lie merits of such election. Whenever the
election officers cf any election district shali
require the election boxes of such district, to
hold any election, which, by law, they are or
shall be required to hold, they shall keep the
same securely in their possession without open
ing, until the morning of such election, and
until they shall severally be sworn or affirmed
not toifisclose how any elector shall have voted,
and afler being so sworn or affirmed, they shall
open the said boxes and burn and totally
destroy all the ballots and other papers which
they shall find therein, before proceeding to
hold such election.
The respective ass-ossors,-inspectors
and judges of ihe elections shall
each hive the pow. r to administer oiths to
any persons - claiininr. ihe right to be as-
sesscd or the right of suffrage, or in rerrjrd
to any othr matter or thing required to be
done or inquired into by any of said .officer
under this act; and any willful false swe.ir
i tig by any person in relalion lo any nntter
or ihinrr concerning which thev shall bo
lawfully interrogated by anv of siid officers
or overseers shall be perjurj.
Any assessor, election officer or person
appointed ns an overseer, who shall neslect
or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by
mis iici, wiuioui reason 1 0!e or legal cause.
ha'l be subject to a penalty of one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowingly
assess any person as a voter who is not qualifi
ed ; or shall refuse to assess an' one who is
qua I i Red, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
in oSice, and on conviction be punished bv
fine or imprisonment, and also be subject to
an action for damages by the party aggriev
ed ; ami n any person snail fraudulently
alter, add to, deface or destroy any list o!
voters made out as directed by this act, or
tear down or remove the same from the place
where it has been fixed, with fraudulent or
mischievous intent, or for any improper pur
pose, the person so ollending shall be guilly
of 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 prothonot try. clerk, or the
leputy of either, or any" other person, shall
affix Ihe seal of office to any nniuralizition
paper, or permit the same to be affixed, or
give out, or cause or permit the same to be
given out, in blink, whereby it may be
fraudlently used, or furnish a naturalization
certificate, to any person who shall not have
been duly examined and sworn in open court,
in the presence of some of ihe judges there
of, according to the act of Congress, or shall
aid in, connive at, or in any way permit the
issuo ot any fraudulent naturalization certi
ficate, he shall ba truilty of a hi"-h
misdemeanor ; or if any one slull fraudulently
use any such certificate of naturalization.
knowing that it was fraudulently issued, or
shall vote, or attempt to vote thereon, ifuny
one sin 1 1 vote, or attempt to vote, on any
certificate of naturalization not issued to hita,
he shall be guilty of a higti misdemeanor:
ami either or any of the persons, i heir aiders
or abettors, guilty of either of the inisdemca-!
nors aforesaid, shall, on conviction, be fined
in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars,!
and imprisoned in the proper penitentiary
or a period not exceeding three years.
Any person who on oith or
ffirmation, in or before any court in this
.State, or officer authorized to administer
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 be deemed guilty of perjury; and any
certificate of naturalization issued in pursu
ance of any such deposition, declaration or
affirmation, shall be null and toid ; and it
shall be ihe duty of the court issuing i)e
sam upon proof being made before isTthat
it was fraudlently obtanined, to take itn.
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 wav aid in, connive at
or have any agency whatever in the issue
circulation or useof any fraudient naturalisa
tion cerificate, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof
shall undergo an imprisonment in the
penilenthry for not more ihan two years
and pay a fine, not more than one thousirj
dollars, for eveysuch offence, or bolh, at the
discretion of ihe 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 commissioner.!
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 election
officers of the election districts of their respec
tive counties copies of such blanks, in such
quantities sis may be rendered necessary for
the discharge of their duties under ibis act, and
shall pay all necessary expenses for lights, 'rent
fuel and stationery, on bills certified by the
election officers."
And by n Act approved Februarv l.t,
it is provided, "In all elections bereaftVr 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 pavir.ci:t of i;ix, the
receipt for such tax, if signed by the proper
officer, shall be the evidence thereof; if such
person does not produce such receipt, then pav
ment of the tax may be proved by the o.-nfi '
such person, or other evidence, slating when,
where and to whom such tax was paid.0 '
God sae t!.e Commonwealth.
JACOB K. SIIAFKU, Sheriff.
.Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, Oct. o, 17;.
G. H. Ei-elier.
2. Dreher.
JPI-ICE2
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(2 doors west of the "Jeffirsonian Office.")
k liza wot 1 1 stiu:i:t,
Strosidsbursr, Pa.,
DHEHER & Bit O.,
1I1M.E1:: IN
asul Toilet Articles.
OILS, YAll.XISIIKS, (ILA.SS & VVTTW
Abdominal Supporters and
Braces.
Seelev's
Fl't '! F'fitt'n ''rT'K'.T,; r r
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.Ot
oatlii, blull, io procarc a certificate of
tuussks or v Aurora pattkhns..
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Com
pounded. N. 1 The highest Cash price pai l for
OIL of AYINTEPvG it K
inay-4tf.
DOWN TOWN
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"We. the undersigned respectfully inform
the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity,
that we have added to our large assort
ment of
HATS AMD CAPS,
A complete and carefully selected stock ef
Mew's & Youths' Readv-
made Ciothsus:
of the latest and most fashionable styles
and best quality. "We have also a com
plete line of
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS-
Please give us a call and examine our
stock and prices before you purchase else
where. Ye shall soon otter a large assort
ment of
Umbrellas, Traveling Bags, &c.
You will find its one door west of Key
stone Drug Store, Maia Street, Strouds
burg, Pa.
N. V. Silk Hats ironed and repaired
at short notice Hive us a call.
WALTON k WIXTERMUTE.
Stroudsburg, April 20, 1STC.
DunH Tall tuuttcud IflcCarly's
Furniture S lies everv dav. t J teat harciM-
in Furniture, Oil Cloth. Carrots. Pianos,
. , s ,
urgans, tfc., A:c.
Oct.
1 6.
MeCARTV & SONS.