Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-09-23
General Election Proclamation.

| "a uiy oI July, n. ID. 1867 1, L. II. w Villains,
Sheriff of the county of Mif1in, Pennsylya-
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 Mifflin on the SECOND TUESDAY
| (l2th) of October 1853, at which time State
and County officers are to be elected, to wit
| One person as Judge of the Supreme Court
| of the Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA.
! One person as Canal Commissioner of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
One person as Member of Congress to rep,
resent the fifteenth Congressional District in
the Both Congress of the United States.
One person as Member Of Assembly to
represent the county of Miffiin in the House
of Representatives of Pennsylvania.
One person to fill the office of Coroner in
Mitilin county.
One person. to fill the office of County Com
missioner.
One person to fill the office of County Au,
dtor.
| also hereby make known end 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 New ton
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.
The electors of the borough of McVeytown
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 Court House in the borough Of Lewis,
! town.
The electors of Oliver township are to
meet at the Union school house in the Dor,
ough of McVeytown.
| The electors of Bratton township will meet
at the brick school house on the farm of
i William Harshbarger in said township.
The electors of Menno township are 10
meet at the public house now occupied by
John Ford, in Allenville, 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 vii.
! 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 orTh1mas' 'LongweIl,
| Jr., thence running in a straight line to the
! west end Of Cressman's knob to the Union
| county line, are to meet as heretofore at the
| Office of Il. L. Locke, in said township
! Those residing west Of and not included in
! said limits, will meet heretofore az the
| public house now occupied by VIM. Swine
| hart, in said township.
The electors Of Decatur township, are to
meet al the house Of y. Mutthersb baugh, for
merry occupied by David Mutthers baugh, IN
/ said township.
! And by an Act of assembly, the borough
| Of Lcwistown was divided into two Wards,
| and each Ward to compose an elecfion dis
! trict. The electors If the East Ward will
! meet at the Conrt House, and vote ut 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
| Sherif'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 ccrtih-
cate of return Of the election Of their respcc-
tive districts, and produce them at a meet
| ing of one Judge from each district, ut the
| Court House In Lewistown, On the third day
after the day of election, being for the 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 haging changed the
manner Of voting in Miiilin county, all officers to
be elected this year, may be voted for on a sin gle
slip of paper and deposited in ballot box, cx-
eept for the Office of Supreme Judge, which shall
be voted for on separate piece Of paper, or the
voter may if he choose, vote for each candidate
separately. Any fraud committed by any person
voting Hnder this Act shall be punished by exist
ing laws Of this Commonwealth.
Also, that where a Judge by sickness or una
voidable accident, is unable to attend at such
meeting of Judges, then the certificate or re-
turn, aforesaid, shall be taken charge Of by
one of the Inspectors clerks Of the election Of
said District, who shall de and perform the du-
ties required Of said Judge unable to attend
Also, by the 18th section Of this act 1t is enact
! ed that when two or more Counties shall compose
District for choice of a member or members Of
the Senate of this Commonwealth, or Of the House
of Representatives of the United States or Of this
| Commonwealth, the Judges Of the Election in
each County, having met afore esad, 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 such
member OF members, which viii 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 a meeting OF one Judge
from each County, at such place in such District
! az 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 10Th
day of October ne&t, the Congressional Judges
of the 18th Congressional Distriet, composed Of
the counties of Lycoming, Sullivan Clinton, Pot
fer Centre and Miffih, will meet at the Court
House in Lock Haven, Clinton county, ON Tues
day, the 10Th day of October next, and there per
form such duties as is required of them by law
Also by the 18th section said act it is enacted,
that when the qualified voters of more than one
ward Township or District meet at the same place
to hold their election, it shall be the duty OF the
respective Judges of said election districts IN addl-
ton to the certificates required in the 10th section
of this act TO make out a fair statement and Ger