Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-10-07
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uu.rn t0 be h.'l and th, of'rars 20 bo clccird.--
Therefore. D. WILLIAM POWELL. High sheuG
ut ll,nHch county DO, hCchy give PjBLi'
NnIi't io iNo olDcior. of lhc county of Clear
uold, .bat GENERAL ELECTION win be held
900 ihoSECOND TUESDAY or OCTOBER, next,
hriur the rENTll day of lhc month"; az the scy-
rrll election di,Iicis FOO sa2 county 90 which tl.5
and place the qualified clact.s win elect
ore proa t.r Governor Of this Commonwealth,
Oa. plaan Cor Judge " th1 Supreme Court oftls
Commonwealth.
Da- Pasor luy Canal Commissioner Of this Cop
muuvu0lth.
one Person 10 represent the counties Of Clarion,
Cicaried, Ell, Forest jefferson, Mexican, We
mango md Warren, in the Congress Of tho Uni
ted states.
one Person 90 represent the counties Of CleSrGeld,
Elk and McKenn, in the House Of Represents
tivcs of this Commonwealth.
one Prrson for Commissioner Of Clcur6eld county.
one Person for Auditor Of Clcarfeld county,
And Whereas, BY an act Of the General Assem-
bly, aforesaid, providing FOR the suppression Of
the manufacture aud sale Of Intoxicating Liquors
rs beverage approved on the twenty-eghth day
Of April, 1854 il is enioincd upon the Sherfs of
the several counties Of this Commonwealth, that
| Whereas, Al laws to be efficient should have tho
appreciation and sanction Of the people:
And Whereas II II represented that large num-
Der, if not majority Of the citizens Of this Com.
lnonwealh are deeply impressed with tho ncces-
sty Of the passage Of prohibitory liquor law
/ And Whereas, II is impossible to obtain q GER
tnn indication Unpopular sentiment relative thereto
by means Of petitions and romonstrancesj there
/ fore,
/ sEcuov ]. BeHeaooicd yt6e Senate and House
/ of Representatives Of the Commonwealth Of fPennsyt
ranic m General Assenbiy met, and il is hereby en-
0cie2 by the authority Of the same, That the quail
( fed voters Of this Commonwealth are hereby auth
orzcd ct the places for holding the general cleo
( tons in their respective wards boloughs and town
ships. on the second Tuesday Of October next, TO
vote for and against law which shall entirely
prohibit by proper and constitutional regulations
and penalties, the manufacture and sale of ntpX-
eating liquors, except for medicinal sacramontal.
mechanical 0nd artstical purposes.
4 SECTION .. That the officers authorized by law
to hold elections in each ward, borough and town
ship Of this Commonwealth, are hereby directed
and required at the place fixed by law, in the sew
eral districts for the holding Of tho 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 each qualified voter
of their said districts, ticket written or printed on
the outside, "Prohibitory Liquor Law" and the
tickets in favor Of the proposed law shall contain
in the inside the words, For Prohibitory Liquor
Law" and those opposed TO the proposed law shall
eonta'n in the inside the words "Aguinst Probib-
tory Law which votes shall be counted and re-
turut 90 the court house Of the counties or city,
q, in which the said election shall be held, on the
following Friday by the return judges, who shall
cast mp and certify all the votes polled in SAID
county city, to the office Of the secretary Of tho
; Commonwealth q, Harrisburg, directed and trans
milted in tic Sane manner, the votes for Governor
ere required TO be directed and transmitted, and
= the said secretary shall on the third Friday OF
January next ensuing, communicate the sad re-
turns 70 the Legislature to be opened and counted
in the same manner the votes for Governor are
opened and counted, and considered as the prayer
Iof the voters of this commonwealth relative to o
prohbitory liquor law.
SECTION 3. 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 defrayng the expenses OF
publication, and holding Of the general elections
and return of the same, and all othor matters in
> cdent thereto, be and the same are declared mp
plicablo to the election above authorized.
SECTION ]. That it shall be the duty Of the
: sheriff Of the several counties Of this Common-
. wealth. to insert copy of this act in the procla
d nation for tho general election to be held on the
VI second Tuesday Of October next
s. L. B. CHASE,
n Speaker othe House Of fRcpreseHtatiro'
q N. MCASLIN,
Speaker the Senate
" AppROvEn--The twenty-cighth day Of April,
u one thousand eight hundred and htty-iour.
l. WM BIGLER.
l. The Electors of the county of Clearfeld will take
notice that the said General Election viii be held
. a. the following places:
At the house of George Turner for Boggs township.
r At the Court House in the Borough of Clearheld,
-! for Lawrence township. ..
At the house Of william Hoover. for Bradford tp'
q AZ the house Of John GOss for Decatur township
At the house of Samuel NJ. Smith, for Beocaria tp
c At the house of Isaac Bloom r in the Borough Of
Curwensyille, for Pike township.
At the house of Jacob Maurer for Covington tp.
st At The house formerly occupied by VIM. Foley, al
:. tavern stand for Brady township
4 At the store house of Samuel Smith, for Penn tp
i, At the school house near Simon Borabaughs 70,
Chest township.
m At Congress Hill School House, for Girard tp.
g. At the house of Thomas Kylar for Morris township
: At the house of John Young, for Burnside tp.
20 At the house of Aseph Ellis, for Bell township.
ID At the school house in Ansonyille, for Jordan tp
Ia At the house of jesse Wilson, for Huston township
NJ, At the house Of Thomas Davis, for Ferguson tp.
At the house Of John I. Bundy, for Fox township
% At the house Of John Whiteside, for Woodward tp
IN At the public school house for Goshen township
At the house of B. D. Hall Co., for karthaus
~. township.
10 At the store house Of r. W Moore, for Union tp
IN At the Court House for the Borough Of CearGeld
,J At the house Of Isaac Bloom for the Borough o.
Curwcn5yilic.
be Noiicc is FURTHER Aeyeby ren:-That all persons
n except justices of the Peace, who shall hold any
ss Office or appointment Of trust, under the govern
ment of the United States Of this State or o
any incorporated district whether n commissioned
officer or otherwise, q subordinate officer or agent
- who is or shall bc employed under the Legislative
Executive or judicial departments Of this state o
he of the Uniod States, any city or incorporated
lie district and also that every member Of Congress
he and State Legislature and Of the common or solec
nd council of any city, or commissioner Of any ncor
lal poratcd district, are by law incapable Of holdn
bic or exercising at the same time, the Office or ap
ponhncnt of Judge Inspector, or Clerk, OF an!
election of this Commonwealth and that no lu
to spector Judge or other officer Of any such eecho
shall be eligible to any Office voted for.
is And the Return Judges of the respective dis
tricts aforesaid are required 70 meet at the coui
house. in the borough Of Clearield on the III
FRIDAY next after the said Second Tuesday Q
~ October then and there to do all those things ro
auired Of thcm by law.
GIVEN under my hand and seal, at Cloorfioi'
this Sixth day Of September in the year Of on
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty y-fow
and Of the independence Of the United state
/, the seventy Ninth
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