Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-09-28
GENERAL ELECTION
PROCLAMATION.


second day of July, Ammo Domino, one, tbo,.
sand eight hundred and ihirty-nine, I,JAMES
COVERT, High Sheriff of the county of Nor
thumberland, Pennsylvania, do hereby make
known and give notice to The electors of the
county aforesaid, that general election will
be held in said county Of Northumberland.
on the SECOND TUESDAY ISthl of OCTO.
BER, 1850, at which time, State and Coun.
ty Officers, as follows, are TO be elected
One person as Canal Commissioner of the
Commonwealth.
One person as Auditor General of this Com
mbn%ealth.
One person as Surveyor General of this
Commonwealth. at
One person to. fill the office of member of
Congress from the district composed of the
counties of Northumberland, Union, Lycom-
ing, Clinton g. Sullivan, being the 13th dis.
trict.
One person to fill the Office of Member of
the House OF Representatives, to represent the
county of Northumberland in the House of
Representatives of Pennsylvania.
One person as County Commissioner, T.,
One person as Prosecuting Attorney for the
county Of Northumberland.
oone person as County Surveyor for the
county of Northumberland
One person, as County Auditor.
also hereby make known and give notice
TO the qualified electors of said county. in
pursuance oi the provisions and requirements
of an Act of Assembly, passed the 9th day of
April 1850, and of a writ of election issued
by the Governor of this Commonwealth. and
to me directed, that upon said second Tues.
day of October 1850, aforesaid at the time
and places hereinafter named of. holding said
General election aforesaid, the proposed
amendment TO ,te Constitution providing for,
the election of Judges by the people, will be
submitted 10 the people agreeably TO The. re.
quirements Of the Xth Article of the Cons,tu-
tion of the State Of Pennsylvania, for their
approval and ratification, or rejection.
The, tickets will be labelled, on the outside
with the word "Amendmeni," and will con-
tain on the inside the words "For the Amend
ment' or the words "Against the Amend
ment."
l also hereby make known and give notice
that the places of holding the aforesaid gene-
raj election in the several boroughs and
townships within the county of Northutlber-
land are as follows:
The Sunbury District, COMPOSED of the
borough of Sunbury, and Upper Augusta, at
the county Court House.
The Augusta District, composed, of the
township of Lower Augusta, at the house of
George Conrad, in said township, ...
The Northumberland District, composed of
the borough of Northumberland, at the house
OF Peter Hanselman, in the borough of North
umberand.
The Point District, at the house of Henry
Haas, in the borough of, Northumberland.
The Milton District, at the house of Fred
erick Sticker in said borough.
The Turbut District. at the house occupied
by Abraham Kissinger. s-...
The Delaware District, at the House of
Henry Reader. N.,',t. .,.
The Chiisquaque District, at the house oc.
cuped by Benjamin Fordsman.'
The Lewis District, at the house of Mi
chael Reader. :; l. ~. .
The Shamokin District, at the house of
Charles Leisenring. ~
The Upper Mahanoy District, at the house
The Little :Mahanoy District, at the house
The Lower Mahanoy District at the house
, The Rush District at the Liberty Pole
The Jackson District, at the house of Peter
The Coal District, at the house of Daniel
P. Haas. p -
:; The election to open between the hours Of
Q and i0,o'clcck in the forenoon, and shall
continue WITHOUT interruption or ADJOURNMENT
until O'Clock in the evening, when the
polls shall be closed. ,, '.
The several Inspectors and Judges elected
on the Sd Friday of March last, in pursuance
of the 3D. Section of the act of thc I'd of July,
1880, will hold the election on Tuesday the
slh day of, October next. .+.. :, -
" "That every person except Justice of the
Peace, who shall hold any Office Or appoint
ment of profit or trust under the government
of the United States, or Of this State, pr Of
any city or incorporated district, whether a
commissioned officer or agent who shall be
employed under the legislative, executive or
iudisiary department of This State, or the Uni,
ted States, or Of any city,or incorporated dis
trict, and also that every member of Congress,
and of the State Legislature, and of the select
and common council Of any city, or commits,
sioner of any incorporated District. is, by law,
capable of holding or exercising the ,office
or appointment of Judge, Inspector or Clerk,
Of .apeS election of this commonwealth, and
that no Inspector Judge OF any other, officer
of such election, shall be eligible to any office
to be then voted for. ~. ~
And the said Act of Assembly,, entitled
Gan act relating to the elections of this Com
monwealth, passed July the end, 1882,
further provides, as follows, 10 wit:
"That the Inspectors and Judges chosen as
aforesaid, shall meet at the respective places
for holding the election in the district 10
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 appoint neclerk, who
shall be a qualified voter of such district
| also hereby make known and, give notice
that the following act of assembly. was pas
sed by The general Assembly ofthe Common
wealth on the 9Th day of February, A, y,
lsl9, to wit ..,... a., ,or.,... u.
"An Act relative to voting at elections III the
counties of Adams, Dauphin, York Ian.
caster, Franklin, Cumberland, Bradford,
Centre, Greene, and Erie. J..
SECTION l, Be ii enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the Copi-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That il shall be law
fol for the qualified waters ofthe counties of
Adams, .Dauphin, LANCASTER, York, Franklinl
Cumberland, Bradford, Centre, Greene and