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vote at any city election, or being otherwise qualified shall vote out of 

 his proper ward, or if any person knowing the want of such qualifica- 

 tion, shall aid or procure such person to vote, the person or persons so 

 offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding 

 two hundred dollars, and be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six 

 months: Provided^ That the payment of a city tax shall not be required 

 of any citizen voting who shall be between the ages of twenty-one and 

 twenty-two years : And provided furllier^ That it shall be the duty of 

 the receiver of city taxes, at least three days before said election, to 

 furnish a complete list of the taxable inhabitants to the election officers 

 of the several wards, showing the names of all persons who have paid 

 their tax and those who are delinquent ; and said list shall be kept open 

 to the inspection of the citizens by the Ward Officers at the place of 

 voting; and in case said receiver of taxes shall place on said list the 

 name of any person or persons who shall not have paid taxes, he shall 

 be held responsible for the amount of said tax, and liable to a fine of 

 five dollars in each and every case, to be recovered as debts of a like 

 amount are recoverable by law ; and for neglect to place on said list the 

 name of any person who has paid his tax, he shall be liable to a fine of 

 ten dollars, to be recovered as debts of a like amount are recoverable by 

 law. 



Sec. 20, That all city elections shall be held by the Judges and In- 

 spectors elected to hold the general elections in the several wards, or by 

 those duly appointed in their stead, who shall be duly sworn or affirmed 

 for said purpose ; and if the said officers, or any of them, shall not open 

 the election for the space of one hour after the time fixed for opening, 

 the qualified voters of the ward then present, shall elect from among 

 their number to fill his or their places ; and the said Judges, Inspectors, 

 and the Clerks by them appointed, shall be subject to the same penalties 

 for a violation of the law, or fraud in the discharge of their duties as are 

 provided in the general election laws of this Commonwealth; and it shall 

 be the duty of the Commissioners of the county of Lancaster to provide 

 at or before seven o'clock in the morning of any city election the said 

 officers with election boxes, blank forms, tally papers, and a list of the 

 qualified voters of the respective wards ; and in order to enable them to 

 make said lists, the Assessors of the several wards shall furnish them 

 with the names of the persons assessed. 



Sec. 21. That the qualified voters of the city of Lancaster at their 

 annual election for city officers, may vote for said officers upon two written 

 or printed tickets or slips of paper, one of which shall be headed " City 

 Officers " and contain the names of the candidates for Mayor, City Audit- 

 ors, and Select and Common Councils, for whom the voter desires to vote ; 

 30. Ibid., Sec. 7. 21. Tbid., Sec. 8. 



