The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-10-03
GEEuRhL ELECTION

| make known and give notice 20 the Electors
| If the County Of Elk. that n GENERAL
! ELECTION, wiz be held in said county or
( 'YE on t'a SECOND TUESDAY. 9Th day Of
October 1867, ut which time the following
officers are to be elected
One person for Judge Of the Supreme
Court.
One person for Assembly, to represent The
counties Of Clarified, 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.
persons for Jury Commissioner of Elt
county.
One person for County Auditor Of Elk
county.
And the qualified electors of the county
| Of Elk, wiz hold their elections in the sew
erol districts as follows:
Bcnezette 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, Mt the school house near
ucEekl0n uOrt on s.
Highland township, at the house Of Levi
| Ellithorpc.
Ridgway township, at the Court House.
| St. Mary's Borough, at the house Of Char
| les Schusslo.
| Spring Greek township, at the house Of
! Stockdale, Downcr y Co.
| Jay township, at the house Of Alfred Pear
sol.
Jones township, at the school.housc in vii.
! cox.
.fESD make known and give notice
rs in ard by the 18th section Of the aforc-
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-
poratcd District, whether n commissioned
officer or otherwise, subordinate officer,
OF agent, who is or shall be employed un
dcr Ike 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
counccI 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, Inspcc-
tor or Clerk o. any election Of this Com
monwoaNh, rnd that no Inspector, or judge
CT other officer of any such election shall be
eligible to sny Office then to be voted for.
1850, thatin the forth section of the
act of Assembly entitled AN Act Relating
to Elections aud for other Purposes" ap.
proved April Is, 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
eGESO, That in the Glst 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-
| iournmcnt, 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 election, as aforesaid, but white free
man of the age of twenty one years or more
| who shall have resided in his State at least
one year. and in the election district where
| he offers to vote at least ten days immedil
| ately preceding 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 a
! qualified voter Of this State and removed
thcrefrom and returned, and who shall have
resided in the election district and paid tax
es a aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote af'
ter rcsidicg IN this State six months. Pro.
vided, that the white frecmcn, citizens Of
the United States are between the ages OF
twenty one aud 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 Attn Section of the Act aforesaid, the
Judges of the aforesaid districts shall re.
specttivCly tahc charge of the certificates oil
return Of elections of their respective dis
tricts, and produce them at a meeting Of
one Judge from each district, at the Cour
House in RilgWay 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 bp law of said Judges, also, where o
Judge by sickness or unavoid able accident
| IS ulNDlS 10 0lISnu sdlu nleCtln8 OF JuugeS,
then the certificate or return aforesaid shall
be taken in charge by one of the inspectors
or Clergs of the election of said district, wnC
shall do and perform the duties of sale
Judgte unable 10 attendS
AN ACT regulating the mode of elections
in the several counties of this Common
wealth:
SECTION /. BE il enacted By the Senate ana
House Of fRepresentauves cfthe Commonwealth
Of PcnasyiUanta in General assembly met dRt
It is hereJy enacted By The authority Of III
same. That the qualified voters Of the sew
eral counties of this Commonwealth, at al
genera township, borough and special elec
tions, are hereby. hereafter, authorized anl
required to vote, by tickets, printed o
written, severally classified as follows -
One tet shall embrace the names Of al
Judges Of our courts voted for, and to b
labelled, outside, judiciary one ticke
shall embrace the names Of all state officer
voted for, aud be labelled State; on
ticket shall embrace the names of all count,
officers voted for, including Office of Senate
, member, and members Of assembly, if vote,
for, and members Of Congress, if voted 70