Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-10-10
God save the Commonwealth
EI.FGTInN pR0CLAMATION.

I Wv raj Assembly OF Tie Cohiuloh"etisii -
/ Pennsylvania. entitled can ACT 70 reguia's III.
+! General Elections within this Commonwealth
/ Il Il eniofned upon me TO give public notice OF
spch Elections and to euufnerate in said notice
/ what officers are to oe elected, i, HUGH
i MOORE. Sheriff OF the county of Bedford. do
hereby make known, and give this puhlic no
i tiee to the Electors Of the county OF Bedford.
/ that general Election VIII be heia IN saio
comfy. on the second Tuesday in Octocer next,
i at the several Election Districts, as follows,
/ viz:
1 The Electors of the borough Of Bedford and
| township Of Bedford, to meet at the Court
! House, in said Borough
Tie Electors Of Broadtop township 10 meet
at the house of William Griffith, III said town
| ship.
The Electors of Coierain township to meet at
tbe horse Of Reuben Smith, in Rainsburg in
said township.
/ 70 meet at the new school house erected on the
/ land owned by John Whips heirs IN said town
I ship.
! The Electors OF Harrison township to meet
/ at the School house No. 5, near the dwelling
! house of Henry keyser, in said townsk p.
| The Electors Of Hopewell township 10 meet
at the house &c John Dasher, in said township,
The Electors of Juuiata township to meet at
tile house now occupied BY William kcyser, IN
said township.
The Electors Of Londonderry township to
meet at School house No. 3, in said townthip.
The Electors of Liberty township to meet al
the School house in the village Of Stonerstown,
in said township.
Thu Electors of Monroe township to meet at
the house OF David Meal, in Cicarville, in said
township.
The Electors Of Napier township to meet at
the house built for School House, in the boz
rough of Schcllsbnrg.
Vngll To
meet at the house of John Nycum, Jr., Ian
keeper, in said township
The Electors OF West Providence township
10 meet at the School House, in Bloody Run,
in said township.
The Electors Of ST. Clair township to meet at
the Store House, the dwelling house OF
Gideon . Trout, in said township.
The Electors of SeheFsburg Borough to meet
at the house built for School IIeuse, in said
The Electors of southampton township to
meet at the house Of William Adams, in said
/ township.
The Electors of Union township to meet at
| the house cf Michael Wyand, in said town
/ ship.
/ The Electors of Middle Woodherry township
| to meet at the house Of Henry Fluck in the
! village of Woodberry, in said township.
| The Electors of South Woodberry, township
! to meet at the house occupied by Jacob Os-er,
/ in said township
/ Al which time and place the qualified Elec-
/ tors will elect by ballot.
/ One person for Canal Commissioner of tn
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
One person for Auditor General of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
I Ono person for Surveyor General Of the
! Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
One person, in conjunction with the counties
! of Adams, Franklin, Juniata and Fulton, 10
| re.,ree.nt tItis District in Congress.
| Two persons, in connection with the counties
/ of Cambria and Fulton, TO fill the Office of
/ members OF the House of Representatives Of
/ Pennsy lvania.
! of Bedford county
! 0.ie person for the office OF County Surveyor
| of Bedford county.
| Two persons for the Office Of Commissioner OF
! Bedford county.
One person for the Office of Poor Director Of
/ Bedford county.
Two persons for the Office Of Auditors of
I Bedford county,
! One person forthe Office Of District Attorney
! One person foi the Office of Coroner of Red
I ford county
| U-The election to be opened 5etween the
/ hours of S and 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, by
4 public proclamation, and TO be kept open until
! seven o'clock in the evening, when the polls
| shall be closed
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
! e.That any person, excepting Justices Of the
| Peace who shall hold any office or appointment.
! of profit trust under the United States, or o
! this State, or any city or corporated district,
/ whether commissioned etfcer or otherwise a
subordinate officer, who is or shall be employed
under the legislature, executive or Judiciary de-
| partment OF this State, or OF the United States
| or OF any Incorporated district, and also that
! every member of Congress and of the State
| Legislature; and Of the select or common eoun-
! Gil Of any city, commissioner of any incor-
! porated district; is by law incapable of holding
! or exercising at the time, the office or appoint
ment of judge, Inspector or clerk, of any elcc-
| ton of this commonwealth, and no inspector
Judge or other officers of such election, shall be
eligible to be voted for
| And the said Act of Assembly, entitled ssA
Act relating to elections ofthiS comm. nwealth;''
passed July 81 1886, further provides, as fol-
lows, to wit:
s:That the inspectors aud judges shall meet
at the respective places appointed for holding
the election in the district to which they re-
spectively belong, before 8 O'Clock on the
morning OF the 2d Tuesday Of October. and
each said Inspector shall appoint clerk,
who shall be qualified voter of such dis
trict.
s.In case the person who shall have received
the second highest number of votes for inspee-
tor, shall not attend on the day Of any ecc-
ton, then the person who shall have received
the second highest number OF votes for judge
at the next preceding election, shall act in-
spector in his place. And in case the person
who has received the highest number of votes
for inspector shall not attend. the person elect
ed judge shall appoint an Inspector in his place
and in case the person elected judge shall not
attend then the inspector who received the
highest nu>lher votes shall appoint a judge in
| his place, and if any vacancy shall continue in
| the board for the space Of one hour before the
time fixed by law for the opening OF the elec-
ton, the qualified voters OF the township, ward
or district for which such officer shall have
been elected, present at the place OF election,
shall elect one of their number te I'LL such va
! cancy.
ssIt shall be the duty Of the several assessors
| respectively to attend at the place of holding
every general, special, OF township election,
during the whole time said election is kept OPP
en- for the purpose of giving information to the
| inspectors, and judge, when called on, in rela
.ion to the right of any person assessed by them
to vote at such election, and on such other mat
ters in relation to the assessment of voters, as
til, said Inspector, or either of them, shall from
| time to time require.
ssNo person shall be permitted TO vote at any
1 elaction As aforesaid than white freeman of