The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-19
GENERAL ELECTION
Z r. O CL AM ALTON

A. MALONE, High Sheriff of the County of
Elk, and state of Pennsylvania, do hereby
make known and give notice TO the Electors
of the County of Elk, that n GENERAL
ELECTION, will be held in said county os
Elk on the SECOND TUESDAY, Sth day of
October, 1867, at which time the following
officers arc TO be elected
One person for Judge of the Supreme
Court.
One person for Assembly, to represent the
counties of C'carfield, Elk and Forest, in
the House Of Representatives at Harris
burg.
One person for District Attorney.
One person for County Treasurer.
Two persons for County Commissioners, one
and one for years.
z persons for Jury Commissioner of Elk
county.
One person for County Auditor of Ek
county.
And the qualified electors of the county
Of Elk, will hold their elections in the sew
eral districts as follows:
Bcnezctte township, at the house of Eliza
beth Winslow.
Benzinger township, at school-house No. /,
near the Elk creek bridge.
Fox township, at the school house in Cen.
treville.
Horton township, at the school house near
Hezekiah Hort toms.
Highland township, at the house of Levi
Ellithorpe.
Ridgway township, at the Court House.
st. Mary's Borough, at the house Of Char
les Schessle.
Spring Greek township, at the house Of
Stockdale, Downer & Co.
Jay township, at the house Of Alfred Pear
sol.
Jones township, at the school-house in vii.
cox.
4 .FESO make knowD and give notice
rs in and by the 18th section of the afore-
said act, am directed, ''that every person
excepting Justices Of the Peace, who shall
hold any Office or appointment TO profit or
trust under the Government of the United
States or of this State, or any city or incor-
pOrated District, whether commissioned
officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer,
o. agent, who is or shall be employed un.
Ger the legislative, judiciary, or executive
| department of this State, or United States
or any city or incorporated district: and
also, that every member Of Congress, and
| State Legislature, and the select or common
council Of any city, commissioners of any
incorporated districts, is by law incapable
of holding or exercising at the same time,
the office or appointment Of Judge, Inspec-
tor, or Clerk of any election of this Com
monwealth, end that no Inspector, or judge
or other officer of any such election shall be
eligible to any Office then to be voted for.
| .HESO, that in the forth section of the
act of Assembly entitled 'An Act Relating
/ to Elections and for other Purposes" ap.
proved April l6, 1849, it is enacted that the
| 18th section, " shall not he construed as to
| prevent any Militia officer or borough Off
Ger from serving as Judge, Inspector or
| clerk at any general or special election in
| this Commonwealth"
s9FSO. That in the 61st section of said
act is enacted that "every general and and
special election shall be opened between the
hours of eight and ten in the forenoon, and
| shall continue without interruption or ad-
journment, until seven o'clock in the even
ing when the polls shall be closed"
The general, special, city, incorporated
districts and township elections, and all
elections, for electors of President and Vice
President of the United States shall be held
and conducted by the Inspectors and Judg-
| es elected as aforesaid, and by clerks ap-
| pointed as hereinafter provided.
No person shsll be permitted to vote at
any elec ton, as aforesaid, but q white free
man of the age of twenty one years or more
| who shall have resided in this State at least
| one year, and in the election district where
| he offers TO vote at least ten days immediI
ately proceeding such election, and within
| two years paid State or County tax, which
shall have been assessed at least ten days
before the election. But citizen of the
United States who have previously been n
qualified voter of this State and removed
therefrom and returned, and who shall have
resided IN the election district and paid tax-
e7 as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote af.
ter residieg in this State six months. Pro-
yided, that the white freemen, citizens of
the United States are between the ages Of
| twenty-One and twenty-five years, and have
resided in the election district ten days as
aforesaid, shall not have paid taxes.
Pursuant TO the provisions contained in
the At Section of the Act aforesaid, the
Judges Of the aforesaid districts shall re-.
| specttivoly take charge of the certificates or
return of elections of their respective dis
| tricts, and produce them at a meeting of
one Judge from each district, at the Court
! House in RidgWay on the third day after
the election, being for the present year on
| FRIDAY, the llth day of October next,
then and there to perform the duties requir-
ed by law of said Judges, also, where
| Judge by sickness or unavoid able accident,
is unable to attend said meeting of Judges,
then the certificate or return aforesaid shall
be taken in charge by one of the Inspectors
or Clergs of the election of said district, wn
shall do and perform the duties of said
Judgte unable to attend.
AN ACT regulating the mode of elections,
in the several counties of this Common
wealth:
SECTION |. BE ii enacted By Me Senate and
House OfRfpresentatiUes ofHe Commonwealth
| Of PcRRSytpaHid an General Asse,ubI,J met and
ii IS here6y enacted Jy the authority of the
same. That the qualified voters of the sew.
eral counties Of this Commonwealth, at all
general township, borough and special cleo
lions, are hereby, hereafter, authorized and
required to vote, by tickets, printed or
written, sevcrglly classified as follows -
One ticket shall embrace tho names Of all
judges of ON courts voted for, and to be
labelled, outside, judiciary " one ticket
shall embrace the names of all state officers
voted for, and be labelled a" State;7 one
ticket shall embrace the names of all county
officers voted for, including office of Senator
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