Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-09-28
General Election Proclamation.

! the I'd day II July, A d. 1889. /. Davis VI.
| C"ntner. Sheriff ut the County of Mifflln. do
hereby make known aud give notice To the
electors If the county - ore<aid, that gene'
raj election will hc held in the said county nf
/ M'ffinon the second Tuesday (heing the Ith)
of October, 1861. at which the following otfi
GERS are IT, be eiretyd to wit:
Oae person to ill the office of Member nf
| Congress for the district composed of the
counties Of Cambria. Blair Huntingdon aud
! Mifiiu in the National Congress Of the Uni.
! ted States
| Two persons tn fill the Office of Senators
| from the district composed of the counties Of
! Blair Huntingdon, Centre. Mittlin. Juniata
and Perry. in the Senate of Pennsy lvanIa.
! Two persons as Members of Assembly. to
represent the counties of Huntington, Mif
! fin and Juuiata, in the House of Represen-
| tatives Of Pennsy yiranla.
! One person u fiji the office of County
| Commissioner for three years
| Que person to fill the othce of County Au
| ditor.
he electors Of the Borough Of Newton
| Hamilton are tn meet in the new schoolhnusc
| in said borough
| The electors of Wayne township a-e to
meet ut the new schuoihouse in the Borough
| ot New'nn Hamilton.
! The electors Of the Borough of McVeytnwn
are to meet at the Union schoolhouse in said
| borough
| The electors Of Granville township are Il.
/ meet at the Court lInuSe ia the Borough uf
! Lewistuwn, and vote AT the window of the
| Pr"th0nutary's Office
| The electors Of Derry township will meet
at the Court Iouse in the Borough of Lew
i>town. and vote at the window of the Judges
| ufhee.
! The electors of Oliver townsh p are to meet
ut the Union schoolhouse iu the Borough If
! McVeytuwn.
| The electors Of Bratton township are to
meet at the brick schuolknuse ou the farm of
| William llarshbarger. in said township
| The electors of Menno township are tn
meet at the huuSe now occupied by the fam
| rIy Of William Semple, deceased, in Allen
| vile, in said township.
| The electors Of Union township are tn meet
! At the house now occupied 10y Richard Brln
| die
! The electors of Brown township are to
meet mt the public house now occupied by
| john q. MrGaughiin in said township
! The electors of Armagh townsh residing
! last of the line commencing M the middle uf
| the road at the stuue meeting house ia Brown
! township. thence along said road To the end
a
| lane, near the residence of Thomas Lnngweli,
! jr.. thence running in stra! ht line t. CreSs
mans Knob to the Union county line are to
meet at Lncke's office, in said tnwnship
| Those residing west Of aud not included in
! said limits, viii meet as heretofore at the
putllc house now occupied by VIM Swine
| hart in said township.
The electors of Decatur township are to
meet at the house of Joseph Stumpff now
occupied by Israel Spgemire
The electors for the East Ward of the Bo
rough of Lewistuwn will meet at the Court
| House, and vote at the window of the Com
miSSioner's Office.
The electors Of the West Ward of said
| borough Will meet at the same pIace and
vote at the window of the Sheriff's office.
An Act If the legislature having changed
| the manner of voting IN Miffi IN county. all
oficers to be elected at general election NAV
| be voted for on single slip OF paper. and
| deposited in one ballot box ANY fraud com
united by any person voting under this Act
| shall De punished by existing laws of this
| Commonwealth
| Pursuant to the provisions of an Act of
| Assembly. the Judges of the aforesaid dis
! trlcts shall respectively take charge of the
certificate Of return Of the eeation of their
! respective districts. and produce them at a
meeting of one Judge from each district. at
| the Court House. in Lewistuwn, on the third
day after the day Of election. being for .e
present year Friday, the l4th day Of October
next, then and there to do and perform the
duties required by law of said Judges.
Also, that where a judge by sickness or
unavoidable accident. is unable to attend mt
such meeting of Judges, then the certificate
or return, as aforesaid, shall be taken charge
( {.l>,
| election of said District. who shall do and
perf"rm the duties required of said Judge
unable to attend.
Also. by the 18th section of said Act il j.
enact that when the qualified voters Of
more than one Ward, Township. or District
meet at the same place to hold their election,
1t shall be the duty of the respective Judges
OF said electpn districts. in addition 10 the
certificates required in the 10th section of
tins Act, TO make out "A fair statement and Ger
tlhcate Of all the votes which Shall have been
( then and there given i;'r each candidate, dis
nngulshing the Office or station he shall have
/ voted for. aud one of said Judges shah take
| charge OF said certificate, and aiso Of the sey
eral certificates made out tor each election
| district, as Def re directed, and produce the
| same at "A meeting nf all the return iuilpee in
| the county, IN the manner prescribed in the
| 18Th sect"n Of this Act
| The Congressional Return Judges will
meet at the Court House in Hullidaysburg
| on Tuesday, October 18th.
! Inc Senatorial and Representive Return
Judges will meet at LewistUwn on Tuesday.
! October 18th.
Also, that an act nf Assembly. entitled an
Act relating to the elections Of this Common
wealth, passed July 81, 1899, further pro
! vIdes AS toll ws tr ~glt. rs
| That the Inspectors and Judges shall
meet at the respective places appointed for
| holding the election in the district TO which
! they respectively belong before 9 n'clock in
the morning of the % Tuesday Of October.
! and each Of said Insnactnrs shall annin.,na