The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-09-20
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where the said offence was committed, and not
entitled to vote therein on conviction, he shall
be sentenced to pay fine not less than one hun
dred or more than one thousand dollars, and be
imprisoned not less than six months nor more than
two years.
"lf any person or persons shall make any bet or
wager upon the result of an election within the
Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such
bet or wager, either by verbal proclamation there
OF, or by any written printed advertisement,
or invite any person or persons to make such Det
or wager upon conviction thereof he or they shall
forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or
offered to be bet.
The qualified electors will take notice of the
following act of Assembly, approved 18th day of
March, 1866 AN ACT, Regulating the mode of
voting at all elections, In the several counties of
this Commonwealth.
SECTION J. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same
That the qualified voters of the several counties of
this Commonwealth, at all general, township
borough and special elections are hereby, hereaf-
ter authorized and required to vote, by tickets.
printed, or written, or partly printed and partly
written. severaly classified as follows: One tick
ct shall embrace the names of all judges of courts
voted for, and to be labelled outside, ''judicia-
ry" one ticket shall embrace the names of all
state officers voted for, and be labelled, Estate -;
one ticket shall embrace the names of all county
OulCeTS kOCeu Vi SeHdlOT,
ber, and members of assembly, if voted for, and
members of Congress, if voted for and be LABEL
ed county" one ticket shall embrace the names
of all township officers voted for and be labelled
"township;' one ticket shall embrace the names
of all borough officers voted for. and be labelled
borough" and each class shall be deposited in
seperate ballot-boxes
SECTION 9 That it shall be the duty of the Sher-
IFS In the several counties of this Commonwealth
to insert in their election oroclanations hereafter
issued the first section of this net
JAMES r. KELLEY
Speaker of the House of Representatives
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
A. G. CURTIN.
ELECTION OF JURY COMMISSIONERS.
L also make known that by an Act entitled can
Act for the better and more impartial selection of
persons to jurors in each of tn counties of
this commonw ealth," approved the 10Th day of
April A. d. 1867, it is directed as follows:
That at the general election, to tie held the
second Tuesday of October, Ammo Domino one thous
and eli sht hundred and sixty-seven and tri- ennia
ly thereafter at such elections, the qualified elec
tors of the several counties of this Commonwealth
shall elect in the manner now provided by law
for the election of other county officers, two sober,
intelligent and judicous persons, t. jury
commissioners in each of SAID counties, for the
period of three years ensuing their election but
the same person, or persons, shall not be eligible
for re-elec ion more than once in any period of
six-years PROVIDED, That each of said anali
fed electors shall vote for person only jury
commissioner; and that the two persons having
the greatest number of votes, for jury commissio :
er, shall be duly elected jury commissioners for
such county.
And the Judges of the respective districts afore-
said, required TO meet at Bedford, the Fri
day next following the holding of said election,
then and there to perform those things required
of them by law.
Given under my hand, at my Office in Bedford,
this 3lst day of August, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty y-seven and
in the ninety-second of the independence of the
United States
ROBERT STECKMAN, Sheriff
Sheriff. Office. Bedford,
Sept 6, 1866.