The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-10-14
9rrsiarntjal election a'rurlamatiun.


to The elections of the Commonwealth" APP
proved the I'd day of July, A.. D., 1899, |,
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
cction 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-SlX 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:
Bcnczelte township, at the house of Eliza
beth Winsow
| Bcnzinger township, at the schOolhouse on
Michael street. near the Elk creek bridge;
| Fox township, at the Centrcville school
house
! Highland township, at the house of Levi
Ellithorpc;
Horton township, at the schoolhousc near
Hezckiah Horizons;
| Ridgway township, at the Court House
| St. Marys Borough, at the house OF Chas.
! Schissle;
Spring Creek township, at the house of
Stockdalc, Downer g. Company
Jay township at the house Of Alfred
| Pearsall
Jones township, at the school house in
Wilcox.
l 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 a commission
| ed officer or otherwise, subordinate off,
| Ger or agent, who is or shall be employed
under the legislative, judiciary, or cxecu-
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, lnspec-
tor, or Clerk, of any election of this Com
monwealth, 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, Np-
proved April 18th, lS49, 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.
al election in this Commonwealth"
| ALSO, That in the 6lst 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
| II All ,ntn Il
journmcnt, 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 cl-
ections, for electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, shall be
held and conducted by the Inspectors and
Sudges elected as aforesaid and by clerks
appointed as hereinafter provided.
"No person shall be permitted to vote at
any election, as aforesaid, but n white free
man of the oge of twenty-ohc 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 a State or county
tax, which Shall have been assessed at
least ten days before the election. But q
citizen of the United States who has previ-
ously been qualified voter of this State
and removed thcrcfrom, 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
frecmen, 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 III
the Attn section of the Act aforesaid, the
Judges of the aforesaid districts shall re-
spectiyely take charge Of the certificates or
return of elections of their respective dis
ticts and produce them at a meeting OF
one Judge from each district, at the Court
House in Ridgway on the third day after
ter the election, being for the present yeal
on Friday, the 10th day of October next
thon ami there to perform the duties re-
quired by law of said Judges also, where
a Judge by sickness or unavoidable acci
dent, is unable TO attend said meeting O.
Judges, then the certificate or return afore
said shall be taken in charge by one of thu
Inspectors or Clerks of the election Of sale
, fistrict, who shall do and perform the du
ties required of said Judge, unable to attend
AN ACT regulating the mode of voting a
all elections, in the several counties of thi
Commonwealth.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sepat
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by au
I, thority of the same, That the qualified vo
Y ters of the several counties of this Common
wealth, at all general, township, boroug
and special elections, are hereby hereafter
authorized and required to vote, by ticket:
= printed or written, severally classified, a
follows: One ticket shall embrace tn
names of all Stata officers voted for, and
I. be labelled side, JUDICIARY :" on
ticket shall mbrace the names Of all Stat
+ officers voted for, and shall be labelled
q STATE;" one ticket shall embrace tn
danes of all CO unity officers to be voted fo
> includinf Office Of Senator, member an
members of As Assembly, if voted for, an
: members of Con gress, if voted for, and
= labelled, COUNTY," " one ticket shall EN-
4 brace the names of all township officers
. be voted for, and labelled, TOWNSHIP; (;
= one ticket she'll embrace the names of a
: borough officers voted for, and be labelle