The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-09-26


fcers are to be elected: Therefore
], WILLIAM KITCHEN,
High Sheriff of the county of Columbia, DO MAKE
KNOWN by this advertisement to the Electors of said
county Of Columbia, that
General Election
will be held in the said county, Tuesday the 18th
day of October next at the several districts thereof
as follows, to wit:
Bloom township, at the house of Charles Doeb-
Ter, in Bloomsbury.
Brier Creek township, at the town house in Ber-
wick.
Catawissa township, at the house now occupied
by David Clark, in the town Of Catawissa.
Derry township, "a separate election district) at
the house of Jacob 5eidel in said township.
Fishing Creek township, at the house Of Daniel
Peeler, in said township
Greenwood township, at the house now occupied
by Joseph Lemon
Hemlock township, at the house of John M'Rey-
nolds, in said township.
jackson township, at the house of Joshua Savage,
in said township.
Liberty township, at the house of Henry Gibson,
in said township.
Limestone township, "a separate election disric) at
the Union School house in said township.
Mahoning township, at the Court House in Dan
yiIle
MiAlin township, at the honse of John Keller, jr.
in said township
Madison township, at the house of jeremiah
Welliver, in Jerseytown.
Mount Pleasant township, at the house of Fred
erick Miller in said township.
Montour township, OF the house Of Leonard Laz-
arus in said township.
Sugaroaf township, at the house Of Ezekiel Cole,
in said township.
Roaring Lreek tOwnship,at the house Of John
Yeager, in said township.
Orange township, at the house Of l. c. Johnson,
in the town of Orangeville.
The District Composed of that part of Miflin
township laid off for new township, to be called
Paxtou,' which by an act of Assembly, passed the
first day of April, 1885, was establish into a sepa-
rate election district at the house of Adam Micheal
in the said district.
Valley township, at the house of David Grey,
in said township.
At which time and place are to be elected by the
fIeemen Of the county of Columbia,
ONE PERSON
for member Of Congress.
ONE PERSON
for member of Senate of the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON
for member Of the House Of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON
for Commissioner.
ONE PERSON
for county Treasurer.
ONE PERSON
for county Auditor.
ONE PERSON
for sheriff.
ONE PERSON
for Coroner.
In pursuance of an Act Of the General Assem-
bly, of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, enti
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monwealth, - passed the 2d day of July A. D. 1899.
Notice is hereby GiUen,
The general election to be opened between the
hours of and 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and shall
continue without interruption or adjournment until
7ocock in the evening" the polls shall be closed.
The several inspectors and Judges elected on the
Sd Friday in March last in pursuance Of the Sd
Section Of the act Of the I'd Of july 1885, will hold
the general election on the I'd Tuesday Of October
next
"1'hat every person, except justices Of the peace,
who shall hold any Office or appointment Of profit
trust under the government Of the United States,
of this State, Of any city incorporated dis
trct, whether a commissioned officer or otherwise,
a subordinate officer or agent, who is, shall be
employed under the Legislative executive Judicia-
ry department Of this STATE Of the United States
OF any city incorporated district and also that
every member Of Congress, and Of the State Lcgis-
lature, and of the select or common council of any
city, commissioners Of any incorporated District
is by law incapable of holding or exercising al the
same time the Office or appointment of Judge, In
spector, or Clerk, of an election Of this Common
wealth, and that inspector, Judge or other officer
of any such election, shall be eligible to any Office
TO be then voted for"
And tho said Act Of Assembly entitled " an Act
relating to the elections Of this Commonwealth"
passed July I'd, 1889, further provides as follows, to
wit:
That the Inspectors and Judges chosen as afore-
said, shall meet at the respective places appointed
for holding the Election in the District to which
they respectively belong, before nine o'clock in the
morning of the Second Tuesday Of October in each
and every year. and each of said inspectors shall ap-
point one clerk, who shall be a qualified voter Of
such district.
{" In case the person who shall have received the
second highest number Of votes for Judge shall
not attend on the day of any election, the per-
son who shall have received the second highest num-
Der Of votes for Judge at the next preceding election
shall act as judge in his place, and in case
the person who shall have received the highest num-
ber of votes for inspector shall not attend, the per-
son elected a Judge shall appoints inspector in his
place; and in case the person elected Judge shall
not attend then the inspector who received the high
est number of votes shall appoint judge in his
place; aud il any vacancy shall continue in the
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