Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-09-30
General Election Proclamation

General Election Proclamation
/ DURSUANT to an Act Of the General AS
/ J. sembly of the Commonwealth Of Penn
! sylvania, entitled "an act relating to the cleo
/ tions of this Commonwealth" approved the
| I'd day of July, A. d. 1889, /, I. +. Williams
| Sheriff of the county of Miffiin, Pennsylva-
| MIA, do hereby make known and give notice
to the electors of the county aforesaid, that
general election will pc held in said coun.
| ty of Miffiin on the SECOND TUESDAY
| (l2th) of October, 1858, at which time State
and County officers to be elected, to wit:
One person as Judge of the Supreme Court
of the Commonwealth of Pennsy ylyania.
One person as Canal Commissioner of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
| One person as Member ofCongress to rep
resent the fifteenth Congressional District in
the 36th Congress of the United States.
One person as Member of Assembly to
represent the county of Miflin in the House
OF Representatives of Pennsylvania.
One person to fill the office of Coroner in
Mlffiin county.
One person to fill the office of County Com
missioner.
One person to Eli the Office of County Au'
ditor
1 also hereby make known and give no.
tice that the place of holding the aforesaid
election in the several districts of the said
county will be held respectively at the places
hereinafter designated, to wit:
The electors of the borough of Newton
Hamilton are to meet at the new school
house in said borough.
The electors of Wayne township to meet
at the new school house in the borough Of
Newton Hamilton.
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are to meet at the Union school house in said
borough.
The electors of Granville township are to
meet at the Court House in the borough Of
Lewistown.
The electors of Derry towship are to meet
at the T. rt House in the borough Of Lewis
town.
The electors of Oliver township are to
meet at the Union school house in the bor.
ough of McVeytown.
The electors Of Bratton township will meet
at the brick school house on the farm of
William Harshbarger, in said township.
The electors of Memo township are to
meet at the public house now occupied by
John Ford, in Alenville, in said township.
The electors of Union township are to
meet at the public house occupied by Rich
ard Brindle, in said township.
The electors of Brown township are to
meet at the public house occupied by Will
liam Brothers in said township.
The electors.of Armagh township residing
east of the line commencing at the middle of
the road at the stone meeting house, in Brown
township thence along said road to the end
of the lane known as jonathan Abraham's
lane, near the residence ofThomas Longwell,
| Jr thence running in straight line to the
west end of Cressman's knob to the Union
county line, are to meet as heretofore at the
| Office cf f. +. Locke. in said township
| Those residing west of and not included in
said limits, will meet as heretofore at the
public house now occupied by Wm. Swine
! hat, in said township.
| The electors Of Decatur township, are to
meet at the house of A. Mutthersbaugh, for
merry occupied by David Mutthersbaugh, N
said township.
| And by an Act of assembly, the borough
| of Lewistown was divided into two Wards,
! and each Ward to compose an election dis
| trict. The electors Of the East Ward will
meet at the Court House, and vote at the win
| dow of the Commissioners Office.
The electors of the West Ward will meet
| at the same place. and vote at the window Of
| Sheriff's office, in said Court House, and in
said borough.
| Pursuant to the provisions ofan act of As
sembly, the Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall respectively take charge of the certifi
cate of return of the election of their respee-
tive districts, and produce them at meet
| ing Of one Judge from each district, at the
Court House in Lewistown, on the third day
after the day of election being for tho pres.
ent year FRIDAY, the 18th day of October
next, then and there to do and perform the
duties required by law of said Judges.
An Act of the Legislature having changed the
manner of voting in Mif1n county, all officers to
be elected this year, may be voted for single
slip of paper and deposited in ballot box,
! cept for the office of Supreme Judge, which shall
| be voted for on a separate piece of paper the
voter may if he choose, vote for each candidate
| separately. Any fraud committed by any person
voting under this Act shall be punished by exist
| ing laws of this Commonwealth.
! Also that where Judge by sickness or una
/ voidfble accident, is unable to attend ut such
aaneetiug of Judges, then the certificate re-
! turn, as aforesaid, shall be taken charge of by
one of the Inspectors clerks of the election of
| said District who shall do and perform the du-
ties required of said Judge unable to attend.
Also, by the 18th section of this act, it is enact
ed that when two or more Counties shah compose
| a District for choice of n member members Of
the Senate ef this Common wealth, or of the House
of Representatives of the United States of this
| Commonw ealth, the Judges of the Election in
| each County, having met as aforesaid, the Clerks
| shall make out fair statement of all the votes
which shall be given at such election, within
! the County, for every person voted for as such
member or members, which will be signed by said
Judges and attested by the Clerks, one of the
Judges shall take charge of such certificate and
shall produce the same at meeting Of nne Judge
I from each County, at such place in such District
as is or may be appointed by law for that pur-
pose, which meeting shall be held on the seventh
| day after the election.
Being for the present year, Tuesday, the 18th
day of October next, the Congressional Judges
| of the 18th Congressional District composed of
the counties of Lycomng, Sullivan. Clinton, Pot
ter, Centre and Mflin, will meet at the Court
! House in Lock Haven, Clinton county, on Tues
day. the 10Th day of October next and there per
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