Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-08

unduy influenced TO vote for a division of
Union county. The subscribers residing in
that part of the county called Union.
9M Specification That other printed hand
bills or circulars with the names of 'George
SEIZURE, Henry &. Eyer, VIM. ColSher, John
App, Charles 4. Meyer and Leonard App.
thereto subscribed and attached, all of The
Borough of SciIasgrOve, did pledge themselves
If majority of the people of Union comfy
will vote IN favor of Its division on the 10Th
inst. March 1850 the five hundred dollars
that must be paid 10 the Staic 10 obtain the
charter. shall not cost the tax payers of Say.
der county one dollar. We pledge ourselves
tina, the money shall be paid By individual
subscription, and also the money for trans
cribing the records for Snyder county, as call
ed for by the 20lh section of the division act.
-SeinSgrove March H., 1853. Thereby at
tempting TO influence the voters OF said Suy-
der county 10 vote for division BY the said
offer. pledge AMI promise, for the pecuniary
benefit ofthc voters Of the proposed new cOuu-
Is o: Snyder, aud doubtless many voters were
induced 10 vote for division BY reason thereof;
and still notwithstanding those undue iniuen-
ceS, there were near six hundred ma i1rily Of
the voters in SNYDER county poled n the elec-
ton on the 10Th of March last against the
division of Union county.
l0H Sptcif:2iiGn.-Ihe proof was Rot pro
ducci nor demlndcd hy the officers holding
the election in the Borough of Leweburg and
SelinSgrovc, the townships of White Deer
and East ltIaioc, Of all those electors whose
names were not on the list Of taxah'es rs re-
qpired BY the 65;h and Goth sections Of the
act Of July =, 1899. and the 18th section of he
act OF March =, lSjj, relative 10 the division
Of said county.
mn .Sytcifcgti0a.-The tickets. tallcv-pa-
perS, lists Of voters, returns and all papers
pertainngto the elections held in the r ,rauchS
of Lewisburg and Sei:nSgroye. the townships
of White Deer and East Buiid'oe. are objected
to,and the election held in SAID districts rs in the
aforesaid specifications mentioned was an
undue election on the subject of division, and
therefore ask for general count of the votes
of said boxes respectively. and full produc-
ton and examination ofal the said boxes aud
papers of sand B1roughS and Townships
l2fh SpccifcIfiOH.-Neli either the iudge. in
spectorS or clerks who held the election in
White Deer township on the 10Th of March
last took and subscribed any oath or at.irma-
ton, as required BY the 22d section or the
General Election laws Of July ,, 1888. and
therefore an undue election. This box IS ob-
jected to and contested
1871 .SDcrifrafion.-lli is allodccd Joseph
Reed No. ll6 the lis, of voters IN the South
ward Of the Borough of Lewisbgrg. and who
voted for djvi>Hu %, IS the same Joseph Reed
who voted for division in said ward aud num-
bercd on the list Of voters 1893 and that f.
hinnan Fisher and 7. II. PurIv also voted Tor
division in Sail ward who were not LEGALLY
qualified to vote either for or against division,
which votes are therefore objected to-.
M if-Gii0p-That Robert Dunlap.
George Frear, Charles G. Ceilings and George
S2rait voted for division in the North ward of
the Borough Of Lewisburg who were not le-
gal!y entitled 20 vote either for or against di.
vision, which votes are therefore objected 10.
l5'i Specification That Samuel Mllhof,
Jacob Nook and Jonathan BoSert voted in
PeunS town ship for division, who were not
entitled to vote on this subject, which votes
thus illegally polcd for the division of the
county are objected 10 and Of right ought to
be rejected.
lGih NDscifcafi0n.-Tha, flames Tavlor,
Joseph IIof Jr., John F. Fisher Anthony Den
MS. krnSe karr. David Deifrndarfer, John
Height, Henry CIuuSer, Michael smith, David
Robcuoid. Rudolph prawand, David Hill, No
Sos Nud"r, George Meyer, Jesse B. B. Raube
William b. Wallace and George X. Harber-
son, who for the reasons aforesaid and others
were not legally entitled to vote, but that they
did on the said 18th of March last vote for di-
vision in the township of White Deer and are
therefore objected 10 and ought to be rejected.
I'm SBec,f ,frr'inn.-Tha Andrew Mowrer
voted against division in the Borough of So
lnsgrove whereas the list Of voters shows
that he did not vote either for or against d.
vision. showing tha, the returns IS incorrect,
which said vote Of right ought TO be added to
the ant-diviSion vote.
iSfh SDerifcGfion-T'ha the following per-
sons voIct for division on the 18th day March
last, in the South Ward of the Borough of
Lewisburc. who for the reasons aforeSaid,and
other reasons, were not legally entitled 10 vote
to wit John Pross. Sen. Jacob Noder. Peter
Ritemycr George Bridge, |. Il NeSbit, " llliam
SurlS. William Shannon,John Egber'. Jr. j ahn
Dunachy, l. +. Greer Jacob Peters. jeremiah
Strickland. Joel c. Kelly. Samuel Strickland
Jacob Heirzman. Henry w. Johnston, Griffith
Murphy and George Rcitmyer Sen, and are
therefore objected to and which said votes of
right ought TO be rejected.
1911 SOerifc1fiOR.-AlSo that the following
persons voted for division Of Union county
in the North Ward Of the borough of Lewis
burg, who mere not legally entitled 10 vote, to
wit: S,euhcn Chappel. George Roland. Beni
p. Miller Frederick Marsh George VI. Spra't,
Henry Poeth. Benjamin Slough. Elias Blckcl,
William Bellman, Jacob siiler. Geo. Bell, Tsa-
iah Girton, Jacob or Jackson Leonard, Alex
ander Morrow and Jacob Zentmyer. which
are also objected to and ought to he rejected.
20H NDtcif cifcaiion.-Alsot that Samuel Nc
Nu,ric. Samuel Hoder jr. Adam Beck jr. Peer
Beck. John Bohr Jr. Jacob II gh (of Sdml.)
Samuel High. Thomas McMuirie and David
Ranci voted for division in the Township OF
White Deer, who were not legally entitled to
vote.
2ld Sperifcation.-Tha Elias Nook Sam
uel Aook. Henry Nook and John Mooy voted
in West Brfaloe Township for DIVISION, who
we're not legally entitled TO vote, the votes
therefore are objected to.
2"9 N9ecifcdiion.-Tha ]. W. McBly. Pc
ter +. Rush and Hiram Conrad voted for divi-
sion in Washington Township, who were not
legally entitled 10 vote, whose voteS therefore
ought 10 he rejected.
2n CHARGE-rALsE RErURSs.
Isf Specifcafio".-Whereas the law requires
tina: the elections IN and for the township #
Chapman in SAID County shall be held II tho
house of Levi :. Herrold, now occupied by
Isaac Rumfelt IN said Township. That the
return made hy the Iui-e Inspectors ami
Clerks of the election held in and for said
township on the 10Th day of March last, which
said return shows that said election was then
and there 50 held at the House of the said
Isaac Rumielt rs required bv law. whereas
in truth and IN fact the said election was not
held at the house Of said Levi :. Herrod oc-