The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-10-21
Presidential Glrttion Proclamation.

| to the elections of the Commonwealth" l." ap-
proved the ID day of July, a. D., 1889, |.
| JAMES A. MALONE, High Sheriff of the
county of Elk, State of Pennsylvania, do
| hereby make known and give notice to the
| electors of said county, that General Ell
ection will be held in Elk county on the
| FIRST TUESDAY, being the THIRD day
| day of November, 1868, mt which time there
will be an election for TWENTG-SlN FL
| ECTORS for President and Vice President
| of the United States, at the following named
| places
And the qualified electors of the county
of Elk will hold their elections in the sever
al districts, as follows
Benezcltc township, at the house of Eliza
beth Winslow
| Benzinger township, at the schoolhOuse on
Michael street, near the Elk creek bridge
Fox township, at the Ccntreville school
house
Highland township, at the house of Levi
Elithorpe:
Horton township, at the schoolhouse near
1Iezckah Horizons;
| Ridgway township, N the Court House i;
ST. Mary's Borough, at the house of Chas.
Schisslc;
Slr ng Creek township, at the house of
Stockdalc Downcr x Company
Jay township at the house of Alfred
Pcarsall
Jones township, at the school house in
Wilcox.
also make known and give notice, as in
| and by the thirteenth section o. 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 in
corporatcd district, whether commission
ed officer or otherwise, subordinate ofti-
ccr or agent, who is or shall be employed
under the legislative, judiciary, or execu-
tive department of this State, or United
States, or any city or incorporated district: /:
and also, that every member of Congress or
State Legislature, and the select or common
council of any city, commissioners Of any
Incorporated district, is by law incapable
of holding or exercising at the same time,
the office or appointment Of Judge, lnspcc-
! tor, or Clerk, Of any election of this Com
I monwcath, and that no lnsl ector or Judge,
or 9th officer of any such election shall
be eligible to any Office then to be voted for.
ALSO, That in the fourth section of the
Act Of Assembly entitled "an Act relating
to elections, and for other purposes" ap-
proved April 18th, 1919, it is enacted that
the the thirteenth section shall not be
construed as 10 prevent any militia officer
or borough otiicor from serving as Judge,
Inspector or Clerk. at any general or spec.
ial election in this Commonwealth"
ALSO, That in the Glst section of said
Act il is enacted that " every general and
special election shall be opened between the
hours of eight and ten in the forenoon, and
shall continae without interruption or ad-
journmcnt, until seven o'clock iu the even
ing when the polls shall be closed"
The general, special, city, incorporated
districts and township elections, and all ell
ccions, for electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, shall be
held and conducted by the Inspectors and
Sudgcs elected as aforesaid and by clerks
appointed as hereinafter provided
mo person shall be permitted to vote at
any election, as aforesaid, but a white free
man Of the oge of twcnty-ohe years or mora,
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
Immediately preceding such election, and
within two years paid State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
IL
citizen of the Uni ed States who has prev-
ously been a qualified voter of this State
and removed thcrefrom, and returned, and
who shall have resided in the election dis
trict and paid taxes as aforesaid shall be
entitled to vote after residing in this State
six months. Provided, That the whito
frcemGn, citizens of the United States, are
between the ages oftwenty-One and twenty
ttyn hn1 boy ii 1nl in 4 bn
ection 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-
spectively take charge of the certificates or
return of elections of their respective dis
tricts, and produce them at meeting of
one Judge from each district, at the Court
House in Ridgway on the third day ,ter
ter the election, being for the present year
on Friday, the 10th day of October next,
thon and there TO perform the duties re-
quired by law of said Judges also, where
Il Judge by sickness or unavoidable acci-
dent, is unable to attend said meeting of
Judges, then the ce:tihcate or return afore.
said shall be taken in charge by one of the
Inspectors or Clerks of the election of said
fiistrict, who shall do and perform the Gu-
ties required of said Judge, unable to attend.
AN ACT regulating the mode Of voting ut
all elections, in the several counties of this
Commonwealth.
SECTION ]. Be ii enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted 10y au-
thority Of the same, That the qualified vo-
ters of the several counties of this Common
wealth, at all general, township, borough
and special elections, are hereby hereafter,
authorized and required to vote, by tickets,
printed or written, seycrally classified, as
follows: One ticket shall embrace the
names of all Stata officers voted for, and to
be labelled ou, side, JUDICIARY ;" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all State
officers voted for, and shall be labelled,
STATE" one ticket shall embrace the
danes of all county officers to be voted for,
includinf Office Of Senator, member and
members of Assembly, if voted for, and
members of Congress, if voted for, and be
labelled, COUNTY /" one ticket shall em-
brace the names of all township officers to
be voted for, and labelled, TOWNSHIP; ="
one ticket she'll embrace the names of all
borough officers voted for, and be labelled,
BOROUGH " and each class shall be