Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-09-30
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PUBLIC NOflCb Of u,h election tho places
lhruUc. = WILLIAM POWELL iurh sheriff
0i i....D01 county, do hereby give pJBLfC
NOTICE io mo rloei0ia ar N.t county of Clref.
H'II, tIai @ GENERAL ELECTION viii be held
or tIc sEruNp tEsDAY on OCTOBER. next.
hclug tuo TENTH doy of ,he monthly at The sov.
cnl election dl.lic. m nd county. OF which umo
mad place ,h9 qualified clociou vih elect
Oas Pa-ol for Governor Of this Commonwealth.
One Person for Jrdgo ot the Supreme Court ufthis
Commonwealth.
one Person fer Canal Commissioner Of this Com
mguveulth.
one Person To represent the counties Of Clarion.
Cicarlold, Elk, Forest Jefferson, Mokean, No-
mango aud Warren, in tAe Congress of the Uni.
tod States.
One Person to orcprosent the counties Of Clearfold.
Elk and Mexican, in the House Of Representa-
tiyes of this Commonwealth.
one Person for Commissioner Of Clearhold county
One Person for Auditor Of Clearaeld county.
Ind Whereas, BY an act Of tho General Assem-
bly, aforesaid, providing "For the suppression Of
the manufacture and sale Of Intoxicating Liquors
as beverage" approved on the twenty eighth day
Of April, 1884, il is enjoned upon the Sherifs Of
the several counties Of this Commonwealth, that
/ Whereas All laws to be efficient should have tha
appreciation and sanction Of the people:
And Whereas, 1t is represented that large num-
Der, il not majority Of the citizens Of this Com
mOnvoath, are deeply impressed with tho neces
gty of the passage of prohibitoIy liquor law
And Whereas, It is impossible to obtain cor.
tain indication Unpopular sentiment relative thereto
by means Of petitions and remonsuancesj there
fore,
SECTION l. Bet cnactcdJg bo Senate and HOUSE
Of Representatives ofthe COMMONWEALTH Of Peansyl-
vanio in General assembly met, anil 2 il hereby
acted By the authority Of The same, That the quail
fed voters Of this Commonwealth are hereby anth-
origed at the places for holding the general eloc-
tons in their respective wards boroughs and town
ships, on the second Tuesday Of October next, TO
vote for and against law which shall entirely
prohibit by proper aud constitutional regulations
and penalties, the manufacture and sale Of intox-
eating liquors, except for medicinal sacramen tai,
mocNan.cl and ortistical purposes.
SECTION 2. That tho officers authorized by law
10 hold elections in each ward, bor9asL and town
ship Of this Commonwealth, hereby directed
and required at the place fixed by law, in the sew
eral districts for the holding Of the general cleo
tions in said districts, on the second Tuesday Of
October next, when they shall be organized as an
election board, 10 receive from eachqualfed voter
Of their said districts, ticket written printed
the outside, 'Prohibitory Liquor Law" and the
tickets in favor of the proposed law shall contain
in the inside the words, "Eor Prohibitory Liquor
Law and those opposed to the proposed law shall
contain in the inside the words, against a Prohib-
tory Law" which votes shall be counted and re.
turned to the court house Of the counties or city,
lin which the said election shall be held, on the
following Friday by the return judges, who shall
cast up and certify all the votes polled in said
county or city, to the Office Of the secretary Of the
Commonwealth at Harrisburg, directed and trans
mitted in the manner, the votes for Governor
are required 70 be directed and transmitted, and
the said secretary shall on the third Friday Of
January next ensuing communicate the said re.
turns to the Legislature, to be opened and counted
in the same manner the votes for Governor are
opened and counted, and considered as the prayer
Of the voters Of this commonwealth relative to
/ prohibitory liquor law.
SECTION g. That all the election laws Of the
State prescribing the hours Of opening and closing
the polls the reception Of votes, the punishment
for Illegal voting, the defraying the expenses of
publication, and holding of the general elections
and return of the same, and all othor matters in
cident thereto, be and the declared ap-
pcable to the election above authorized.
I SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty Of the
sheriff Of the several counties Of this Common
wealth, to insert a cory Of this act in the proca-
nation for the general election to be held on the
second Tuesday of October next.
Speaker Of the Hoa'e q Rspreseatatipe'
I. NJ. MCAsLIN,
i Speaker of the Senate.
APPRovED--The twenty eighth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
VIM. BIGLER.
The Electors of the county of Clearfeld will take
notice that the said General Election will be held
at the following places;
At the Court House in the Borough of Clearfeld
for Lawrence township.
At the house of William Hooyor, for Bradford tp.
, At the house of John GOss, for Decatur township
At the house of Samuel NJ. Smith, for Beccaria tp.
At the house of Isaac Bloom, r., in the Borough of
Curwensyille, for Pike township.
At the house Of Jacob Maurer, for Covington tp.
At the house formerly occupied by VIM. Foley, Us
tavern stand, for Brady township.
At the store house of Samuel Smith, for Penn tp.
At the school house near Simon Rorabaugh's for
Chest township.
/ At Congress Hill School House, for Girard tp.
At the house of Thomas Kylar for Morris township.
At the house Of John Young, for Burnside tp.
, AZ the house of Aseph Ellis, for Bell township.
At the school house in Ansonville for Jordan tp.
At the house of Jesse Wilson, for Huston township.
! At the house Of Thomas Davis, for Ferguson tp
At the house Of John |. BUndy, for Fox township.
At the house Of John Whitesde, for Woodward tp.
; At the public school house, for Goshen township.
Al the house of B. D. Hall & Co.. for Karthaus,
township
4 At the store house of r. W. Moore, for Union tp.
At the Court House for the Borough of Clear6eld.
l At the house Of Isaac Bloom for the Borough Of
Curwcusville.
Notice is further hereby giren THAT all persons
e. except justices of the Peace, who shall hold any
S office or appointment Of trust under the govern
ment Of the United States, Of this state, or Of
any incorporated district, whether a commissioned
officer or otherwise, subordinate officer or agent,
who is or shall bo employed under the LegslatiYo,
Executive or Judicial departments Of this State or
of the United States or any city or Incorporated
c district and also that every member of Congress
and State Legislature, and of the common or select
d council Of any city, or commissioner Of any incor-
j pOrated district, are by law incapable Of holding
0 or exercising at the same time, the Office or ap-
pointmont of Judge Inspector, or Clerk, Of any
election Of this Commonwealth and that no In
o speotor Judge or other officer Of any such election
shall be eligible to any Office voted for.
= And the Return judges Of the respective dis
trcts aforesaid are required 10 meet at the court
house. in the borough Of Clearfeld on the FIRST
FRIDAY next after tho said Second Tuesday OF
October, then and there to do all those things re-
quired Of them by law.
GIVEN under my hand and seal, at Clearhcd.
this Sixth day Of September, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ffty-four,
and of the independence Of the Unitod States
the Seventy Ninth,
WILLIAM POWELL, sbf,
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