Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-19

PROCLAMATION.
u CRSUAN'T to an act of the General Assembly Of the
Il Commonwealth OF Pounsl vani, entitled '.in act
relaiug IL the clertiou of this Cuiuuuw esh" approved
the see"ni day OF Juy, Ammo Donini, Thousand
eight hundred and thrty-niEe, ], HENRY WElSE,
High Sheriff Il the county OF Northumberland, pensyi-
vann DO hereby make k ond give notice u the cleo
tors III the county aturCsgid that general clccti viii
be he'd in said county Of Niruinhe aui on the SECOND
TUESDAY lath Il OCTOBER, ie57 at which time
State and County Officers, ullua, to be elected
sylvanl,.
Two PERSONS Judges Of the suplems Court Of Penn.
sylunii
One person Canal Coinmiesi nei Of the Comm n
wealth.
One person as member uf the Senate Of the General
Assembly nf rensy ,una in conjunction with the
ties of Snl der, Muntnur aud Columbia.
One pei rs Sheriff or the county Northumberland
Que person Member If the House If Representatives.
to represent the county Of Norihrnl er!aud.
One person as Commissioner fYr the county Of North
umbeIlald iuI a tsrm ai Year,.
One person frv!honaary tor the county of N'rthum
her!anI.
One person Treasurer for .hc county of NcIthum.
lerhld.
One person Auditor for the county Of Nortluuber-
alao hereby make known and give notice ,ha. the
places Of holding the a: rt,d general reccn the
cal h'rcsghs and townships w!!hin the county Cf NuT
thunibcrand as lJhIJv
The Suuturv District composed ef the borough Of
S1nluTy, and Upper Aususta, at the County Court
House.
III. AuSraa District, composed Df the township ct
Lower Augusta at the house Of Peter DunLeIbh ger, i'll
The Northumberland District composed OF the borough
Of Northumberland at the house Of L. 3 Brown, the
borough Ui Ncrtlnmhcrand
The P,r, District, at the house OF Heiiy Huas in the
borough q! Northumberland.
Tie Milton District the house Of Frederick s;ickcs,
RE Tu;s District the house occupied by Abraham,
Klssnger.
The Delaware District, al tho Sinking SpTilg School
Enuse
me Chi,qaaque District .: the uae cf Bcljr.n.n
The Lewis District, 4. the house occupied b. Michael
Reader
Tie shar, ,k!n District at the house Of Charles Lesen
fAe Upper mahonoy Dis;'ct, a! 1o houss Of Ianicl
Escuhart.
The Ii.t.o Mahonoy District, at the house Of wilow r.
Rakcr.
Tie Lower Mslonoy District, q, the h7usc Of -
l4c Rush District, nt the Liberty Pole schoeI Hcrsc
The JacGdon Distnc al The house occupied by Ga!e'
Smith.
IKE Gal District, At the house of William NJ Weaver,
III the town Of Shamokiu.
Tie Zerbs District at the house e John Weaver in
The Can,cron District; a, the house Of Gideon Dcrt.
The Jordan Dslrict at the house Of Benjamin i.ei,z-l.
The MIu. Camel District at tho public hJuSs It Fc
Tlc Waahins.yn D,ric, at the house of Godfrey 3 Re-
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
I sis, hereby make known that at the line md
place the following proposed Amendments - the Curst
tuition will be voted upn IN accpIdahce wth IN Act "I
Assembly approved the i2h day Of May, 1907 GuJws
WnERrl', A jont resolution PTorosAs certain ainrnd
ments 20 the Constitution of The Commonwealth Teen
reed by ma! ry ut the menbeiS tu each House u
the Legislature 1T two successive sessions OF the
tho 9t session commencing the hrft s,ay oi Jauu
arv in the wear ci Lod thousand eight Auul- ed
fiy siX and the second session commencing on tie
Gst Iuts ay Il January N the yr,r Of our Jra une
tiIouslud eight hundred ana tlly-srvcn.
And Where's. Il is provided in lhe leIth article OF the
Constitution, that any amendment So "greed upon shall be
Admitted tj the people N such manner and Ut sdch tHne
three months uiel Icing agreed To by the two
houses the Legislature Glml prescribe AND WnIRE.
kE, By Act OF the lrgsitHre Of this Commonwealth,
emitted "An Act prescribing the lime and manner %! sui
mttng the people fur hc' ratification Ielcctiuntle
proposed Amendments to The Culsitution," approved
May twelfth, Anno Donin one thousank e'2t bundled
and fAyseven, it s among o'hsr things provided as Io!-
SEc l. That tr the purpose ofascertainng the sense If
the citizens NJ this mmonweah IN regard t. the adpP
an rejection e said amet''nen;s ur either o them
the G,,veriilr ut this = unpuwealh shall issue writ
Of Election directed to tue Sheriff. o each and every c'un-
ty uf this ClnuInwcol!e cnamandmg them 70 give NO.
ce the usual manner, IN not lts tina two newspapers
in elch luUty, pryde, TAT Inauy published there
in, that .an election will lie held in each ut The townships,
wards and Districts therein, The second Tuesday in Oc
t1her in the yoIi Of our lTd Que thpusaud eight Luu
ded und City for the ruposc ot deciding upou tie
sJon,iou or r. rctl Of the gd amendments uI rnv Of
them which said election shall be held at the places and
opened uul cllted ut the time at and within which the
general elections Of this Commonwealth are held opened
aud closed aud il shall be the duty Of Tic judges inspec
,1s ard clerks OF each and said townships wards and dis
tcs receive at the said election tickets either written
or printed, partly written aud partly printed, from ci
zcis duly qualified 10 vote for members Of the General
Assembly, and deposit them in box or boxes T. he 0i
that purpose provided by the P51pef oeges , % when eS
amendment - "fccuud amcndn,cHt,n ''lhd amendment" :"
and fourth anendneuj,n and those who fayuIGle 10
said amendments any Of them may express their desire
by voting each many seraTatc written or printed ball Ut
or tickets containing tie inside thereof the words, "fur
the ancndmeui,n and those who ATE opposed to sUch
amendments any oi them, may exprcfs hc opposition
by voting each many sereIae written or printed tickets
containing on the inside thereof the words against the
uuaepdIHeI,s.
SEc . That the election on the sad proposed amend
lnens shall in ali respects be conducted the general
| innSp a Commonwealth
shall bc duty Of judges o the respective
ties aud districts thereof, FIRST having carefully sseeraiued
the number Uf given for or against each OF SAID
amendments in the n.ruer aforesaid, make dup
cate rcturns thereof EXPRESSED ia words nj length and o
ia figures ouy, Of which returns 80 nnde sal I've Iud
gel in The pFothonntary Office Of The court OF common
pleas Of the proper county and the DIN sealed and dTec
ted the Secretary Of the Comm nwcah and by one al
said judges deposited forthwith Ia the most couyenen
rUsl Office
o'clock IN The forenoon, aud shall continue without inter
ruptiun or adjournment until O'Clock in the evening
when the polls shah be closed ... =
The several Inspectors and Judges elected on the
Friday March, 1856 in pursuance Of the 3l Section
he act of the 2l 0f July, $780, will hold the election o
> Tuesday the l3th day OF October next
Aud the said Act Of Assembly, entitled IAN act Teatln
to the elections of this Commonwealth, passed JAY III
Rad, 1892, further provides as follows, to wit
That the Inspectors and Judges chosen as aforesaid
= shall meet nj the respective places for holding e eeco
nine O'Clock in the morning Of the second TUESDAY OF oS
ober in each and every year, and each o sad inspector
g shall appoint one clerk who shall be qualified roleT
~ SEerIos . That any fraud committed by any persc
voting IN the manner above prescribed, shall be pnlshe
similar frauds directed 10 be punished by the eXs
n. mg laws of this Commonwealth
SIN case the person who shall have received the seeor
NJ highest number of for Inspectors shall attend
lie dav IN any election, then the person who shall hay
received the second highest number OF votes Tor Judge