The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-10-30
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ENERAL ELECTIoN pRoCLAMA-

General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled can Act relating
to the elections of the Commonwealth" ap-
proved the I'd day of July, A. D., 1889, l,
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 El-
ection will be held in Elk county on the
FIRST TUESDAY, being the THIRD day
day of November, 1868, at which time there
will be an election for TWENTY-SIX Ell
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:
Benezette 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 Centreville school
Highland township, at the house of Levi
Ellithorpe;
Horton township, at the schoolhouse near
Hezekiah Horizons;
Ridgway township, at the Court House
st. Mary's Borough, at the house Of Chas.
Schissle;
Spring Greek township, at the house Of
Stockdale, Downer g. Company
Jay township at the house of Alfred
Pearsall
Jones township, at the school house in
Wilcox.
also make known and give notice, as in
| and by the thirteenth 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 in
corporated district, whether commission
| ed officer or otherwise, q subordinate off,
Ger 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, Inspec-
tor, or Clerk, of any election of this Com
monwealth, and that no Inst ector or Judge,
or other 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 16th 1849, it is enacted that
the the thirteenth section shall not be
construed as 10 prevent any militia officer
or borough Officor from serving as Judge,
Inspector or Clerk, at any general or spec
| ial election in this Commonwealth"
| ALSO, That in the 6lst section of said
! Act it is enacted that every general 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 ell
ections, for electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, shall be
held and conducted By the Inspectors and
| o-ie-- -l--4-I &C an,I vs~;l, "a b. Gle, hs
| appointed as hereinafter provided.
"No person shall be permitted to vote at
! any election, as aforesaid, but white free
! man of the oge of twenty-one years OF 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
Immediately 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 a
citizen of the United States who has preyi-
ously been qualified voter of this State
and removed therefIom, 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 white
freemen, citizens of the United States, are
between the ages oftwenty-one and twenty
two years, and shall have resided in the ell
ection district ten days as aforesaid, shall
not have paid taxes.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in |
the 4th 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 a meeting of
one Judge from each disui let, at the Court
House in Ridgway on the third day after
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
Judge by sickness or unavoidable acci-
dent, is unable to attend said meeting of
Judges, then the certificate or return afore- |
said shall be taken in charge by one of the !
Inspectors or Clerks of the election Of said |
fistrict, who shall do and perform the du-
ties required of said Judge, unable to attend. |
AN ACT regulating the mode of voting at |
all elections, in the several counties Of this |
Commonwealth.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate !
and House of Representatives Of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by au-
thority of the same, That the qualified vo-
tiers 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, severally classified, as
follows: One ticket shall embrace the
names of all Stata officers voted for, and to
be labelled outside, JUDICIARY !" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all State
officers voted for, and shall be labelled,
50 STATE;" one ticket shall embrace the
danes of all county officers to be voted for,
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 en-
brace the names of all township officers to
be voted for, Shd labelled, TOWNSHIP; :"
'ne ticket shall embrace the names of all
borough officers voted for, and be labelled,
9 BOROUGH !" and each class shall be
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