Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-09-25
ge0al advertisements.
GENERAL
ELECTION PROCLAMATION

I W
to give public notice Of said elections and to
enumerate In said notice what off GERS arc to be
elected, /, ROBERT STECKMAN, Sheriff Of the
County Of Bedford, do hereby make known and
give this public notice to the electors Of the
ty Of Bedford, that General Election win be held
in said county, on the
| Second Tuesday (I3th day Of October,
| 1868, at the several election districts, viz.
| The electors Of the borough o9 Bedford and
township Of Bedford, to meet at the Court House
| in said borough.
The electors of Broad Top township and Coal
Dale Borough to meet at the school ouse in tho
village of Coal Dale
The electors of the borough Of Bloody Run to
meet the house Of Daniel B. OFT in said borough.
| The electors Of Colerain township to meet at the
house Of A. ]. Pennell in Ransburg, in said town
| ship.
| The electors Of Cumberland Valley township to
meet at the new school house erected on the land
owned by John Whips heirs in said township.
The electors of Harrison township to meet at
| the house Of Jacob .Feightner, in said township
The electors of Juniata township to meet at
| Keyser's school house, in said township.
| The electors Of Hopewell township to meet at
the school house near the house Of John Dasher,
/ in said township.
The electors Of Londonderry township to meet
at the house now occupied by VIM. ii. Hill as a
| shop in Bridgeport, in said township.
The electors Of Liberty township to meet at the
| school house in Stonerstown in said township.
The electors of Monroe township to meet at the
house lately occupied by James Carnen in Clear
| vile in said township.
| The electors of Schellsburg borough to meet at
/ the brick school house in said borough.
| The electors of Napier township to meet at the
brick school house in the borough Of Schellsburg.
| The electors of East Providence township TO
meet at the house lately occupied by John Nycum,
/ jr., in said township.
The electors Of Snake Spring township to meet
at the school house near the Methodist church on
the land of John g. Hartley
The electors Of West Providence township to
meet at tho house Of Philip Hollar, in said town
| ship.
The electors Of St Clair township to meet at
the School House, near the residence Of Joseph
| Griffith, in said township.
The electors Of the Borough of st. Clairsville
| to meet at the School House in said Borough.
The electors Of Union township 10 meet at the
school house near Mowry mill, in said township.
The electors of South Woodberry township to
meet at the house Of Samuel 0ster near Mobiles
mill, in said township.
The electors of Southampton township to meet
at the house Of VIM. Adams, in said township.
The electors Of Saxton Borough to meet at the
| School House in said borough.
The electors Of Middle Woodberry township to
meet at the house Of Henry Fuke in the village Of
| Woodberry.
The electors Of Woodberry Borough to meet at
the house Of WW, M. Pearson, in said Borough
viii elect by ballot;
one PERSON for the Office of Auditor
General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON for the Office of Surveyor Gen
| eral Of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
| ONE PERSON, in conjunction with the coun-
ties Of Somerset, Fulton and Franklin, for the
| Office of additional Law Judge.
| ONE PERSON, in conjunction with the coun-
| ties of Somerset, Fulton, Franklin and Adams,
for the office Of Representative TO the Congress OF
| the United States.
| TWO PERSONS, in conjunction with the eoun-
ties Of Somerset and Fulton, for the Office Of Mem
beTs Of the House Of Representatives Of Pennsyl-
| vania.
| ONE PERSON for the office of County Com
| missioner for Bedford county.
| ONE PERSON for the office Of Poor Director
Of said county.
ONE PERSON for the Office Of County Auditor
/ for Bedford county.
ONE PERSON for th e Office Of County Survey
| or for said county.
| ONE PERSON for Coroner of said county.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That every
person excepting Justices of the Peace who shall
hold any office appointment of profit trust
under the United States, OF Of this State, or any
city or cOrporated district, whether commission
| ed officer otherwise, subordinate officer or
| agent who is or shall be employed under the leg
slature, executive judiciary department Of this
State, or of any city, or Of any incorporated dis
trict and also that every member Of Congress and
Of the State Legislature, and of the select com
mon council Of any city, or commissioners of any
/ incorporated district, is by Law incapable Of hold
ing or exercising at the time, the Office appoint
| ment Of Judge, Inspector, Clerk Of any election
Of this Commonwealth, and that no Inspector,
| eligible to be then voted for.
| And the said act Of assembly entitl ed Gan ac
relating to elections of this Commonwealth" pass
ed July 2, 1919, further provides as follows, viz:
"That the Inspector and Judges shall meet at
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election in the district at which they respectively
| belong, before o'clock in the morning of the
! SECOND TUESDAY OF OCTOBER, and each
said Inspector shall appoint one clerk, who shall
be qualified voter Of such district,
| "ln case the person who shall have received the
highest number of votes for Inspector shall not at
| tend on the day Of any election, then the person
/ who shall have received the second highest num-
Der of votes for Judge at the next preceding eiec-
/ tton shall act as inspector in his place. And in
case the person who has received the second high
est number Of votes for Inspector shall rot attend
the person elected Judge shall appoint an Inspec-
tor IN his place; and if any vacancy still continue
\ in the board for the space Of one hour after the
| time liked by law for the opening Of the election
| the qualified voters of the towns ward or dis
trict for which such officer shall have been elected
present at the election, shall elect one Of their
number to fill such vacancy.
'It shall be the duty the several Assessors re-
spectiYely to attend at the place of holding every
| general special or township election during the
whole time such election is kept open, for the pur-
pose Of giving information to the Inspectors and
Judge, when called on, in relation to the right Of
any person assessed by them to vote at such cleo
ton, and on such other matters in relation to the
assessment Of voters, as the said Inspectors or
either of them shall from time to time require.
"NO person shall be permitted to vote at any
election as aforesaid, than a white citizen Of the
age Of twenty-One or more, who shall have resided
IN this State at least one year. and in the election
district where he offers TO vote, ten days immedi
ately preceding such election, and within two
years paid State County tax which shall have
been assessed at least ten days before the election
But citizen Of the United States who has previ
ously been qualified voter Of this State and re
moved therefrom and returned, and who shall have
resided in the election district and paid taxes
aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote after residing
in this State six months ProDided, That the
white fTeemen, citizen Of the United States, be-
tween the age Of twenty one and twenty-five years
who have resided in the election district ten days
as aforesaid shall be entitled to vote although
they shall not have paid tax.
mo person shall be permitted To vote whose
name Is not contained in the list of taxable nhab-
itants, furnished by the Commissioners, unless:
First, he produce a receipt of payment within two
years Of State or County tax, assessed agreeably
TO the Constitution, and give satisfactory evidence
on his own oath affirmation or the oath or af-
frmation of another, that he has paid such a tax
or IN failure to produce receipt shall make oath
W the payment theIeoI1 or second, ne claim
right TO vote by being an elector between the age
Of tWenty-one and twenty-five years shall dep0se
on oath or affirmation, that he has resided in the
State at least year before his application, and
make such proof Of residence in the district as is
required by this act, and that he does verify be-
heye from the account given him that he is of the
age aforesaid, and gives such other evidence as is
required by this act, whereupon the name of the
person admitted to vote shall be inserted in the
alphabetical list by the Inspector, and note made
opposite thereto by writing the word "tax" if be
shall be admitted to vote BY reason of having paid
tax and the word "age" if heshall be admitted to
vote by reason Of age, and in either case the rea
of sxch vote shall be called out TO the clerks
who shall make a like note in the list Of voters
kept by them.
I'm all cases where the name of the person
claiming to vote Is not found on the list furnished
BY the Commissioners or his right to vote whether