The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-10-02

IN pursuance OF an act oil the GeEeral AS
L. sembly Of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylyania,
Il, PETER BELLMYER,
High Sheriff Of the county of Columbia, il
said Commonwealth, do hereby give notice
10 the Electors OF the county aforesaid, tina
a General Election will be held in said coun
ty of Columbia, on the SECOND TUESDAY
OF OCTOBER next, Git beng the 14lh da,
Of the said month, at which the STATE ant
COUNTY OFFICERS, as follows, are TO be elect
ed, to wit
One person for Governor Of the State o
Pennsylvania.
One person for Canal Commissioner of the
State of Pennsylvania.
Five persons for Judges of tho Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania.
One person for President Judge of the 1ith
Judicial distric; OF the State of Pennsylva'
MIA.
Two persons for Associate Judges oil the
several Courts of Columbia County.
One person for Member of the House o.
Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania
for Columbia and Montour counties.
One person for Prolhonolary, Clerk of the
Oyer and Termlner, Orphans Court, and
Quarter Sessions of Columbia county.
One person for Register of Wills and Re-
| corder of Deeds of Columbia comfy.
One person for County Treasurer.
One person for County Commissioner, 10
serve three years.
One person for County Commissioner to
serve one year.
One person for County Auditor.
! also hereby make known and give no.
lice that the places of holding the General
Election in the several election districts aud
townships of Columbia County are as fol.
lows viz.
Benton township at the house of Ezekiel
Cole.
Beaver township at the house of Charles
Michael.
Bloom township at the Courthouse in
Bloomsbury.
Briarcreek township at the IOWA house in
Berwick.
C~attawissa township at the house of Sta
cy Margerum in Catlawissa.
Centre township at the house of John
Hess.
Fishingcreek township at the house OF
! Abraham Kline.
Greenwood township at the House of Jo-
| seph Patton.
Hemlock township at the Burkhorn.
Jackson township at the house OF Joshua
Savage.
Mlflin township at the house of John Kel.
Ter.
Madison township at the house of Jacob
w. Warner.
Mountpleasant township at the house OIL
Frederick Miller.
Moutour township at the house of Samuel
Lazarus.
Maine township at the house OF Isaac Yet.
tef.
R~caringcreek township at the house o.
David Neager i'll Slabtown.
Orange township at the house of Richard
| Brewer i'll OranSevllle.
Sugarloaf township at the house Of Linas
Cole.
The general election TO be opened between
the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, and shall continue without ~iuterrup.
ton or adjournment until 7 o'clock in the
evening, when the polls shall be closed.
In pursuance of an Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn.
sylvania, entitled Gan Act relating 10 the
electious of this Common wealth" passed
the second day Of July A. D. 1889, notice is
hereby given:
THAT no person shall be permitted 10
vote at any election as aforesaid, other than
a white free man of the age OF twenty-one
years or more, who shall have resided with
i'll the State al least one year, aud in The
| election district where be offers TO vote al
least ten days Immediately preceding such
election, and within Two years paid a state
or county lax, which shall have been asses.
sed at least ten days before the election. But
a citizen OF the United States, who had been
previously Il qualified voter of this slae, and
removed thereirom and returned, and who
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| and paid tax as aforesaid, shall be entitled 10
a vote after residing in this State six months
provided that the white freeman citizens oil
The United States, between the ages of tween
ty-one and twerty two years, and having re.
sided in this state one year, and in the elec-
ton district ten days aforesaid, shall be en-.
titled 10 vote, although. they shall not have
paid taxes.
mo person shall be permitted to vot:
whose name is not contained in the list O.
taxable inhabitants furnished by the Com
missioners as aforesaid unless first he pro
duces a receipt ioI the payment within two
years, of a state or county tax assessed
agreeably to the constitution and give salts,
factory evidence, either in his W oath, o
affirmation of another, that he has paid sucl
a tax, or on failure 10 produce a receipt
shall make oath TO the payment thereof; or
second, it he claims a right 10 vote by beins
an elector between the ages of twenty-ont
and twenty-five years, he shall depose, OF
oath or affirmation, that he has resided il
the stale at least one year next before his ap
plication, and make such proof of residenc,
in his district as is required by this act, ant
that he does verify believe from the acc0un
given him that he is of the age aforesaid
and give ouch other evidence as is required
NJ this act whereupon the name of the per
son so aniSrltted to vote shall be inserted il
the alphabetical list by the inspectors, and
note made opposite thereto by writing The
word tax" if he shall be admitted to vot,
by reason of having paid a tax, or the wort
"age,n if'hc shall be admitted to vote on &C
count OF his age, and in either case the rea
son eff such vote shall be called out to tn,
clerks, who shall mark il in the list Of voter
kept by them.
sin all cases where the name of the per
son claiming 10 vote is not found on the lis
furnished by the commissioners and assess
ors, of his right 10 vote, whether found there
on or not, is objected to by any qualified cit
liens, il Shit II be the duty of the inspectors
to examine such person on oath as 10 hi
qualifications, and If he claims TO have resi-
ded within the state for one year or more
his oath shall be sufficient proof thereof, bu
he shall make proof by at least one compe
tent witness, who shall be a qualified elect
or, that he has resided within the district 70
more than len days next Immediately pre-
cseding said election, and shall also himsel
swear thai: his bona fidd residence, in pursu
ance of his lawful calling, is within the dis
trict and that he did not remove in the sale
district for the purpose of voting therein.
EVERY person qualified as aforesaid, ant