The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-10-09
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eral Elections within this Commonwealth, II Is
snjoined upon me to give public notice OF SAID e
eetiOns and to enumerate in said notice what ON
GERS are to be elected l. ROBERT STECkMAN,
Sheriff Of the county of Bedford, do hereby make
known and give this public notice to the electors
Of the county of Bedford, that General Election
will be held in said county, on the
TUESDAY (3aD DAY or NOPEMBER,
1858. at the several election districts, viz
The electors of the Borough Of Bedford and
township of Bedford, to meet at the Court House
in said borough
Dale borough to meet at the school house in said
The electors of the borough of Bloody Run to
meet at the House of Daniel b, OFT, in said bor-
ough.
The electors of Colerain township to meet at the
house of And " Pennell in Rainsburg 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 nj
the house of Jacob Feightner, in said township.
The electors Of Juniata township to meet at Key
ser's school house in said township
The electors of Hopeweli township to meet at
the school house near the house of John Dasher IN
said township.
The electors of Londonderry township to meet
nj the house now occupied By VIM ii. Hill as
shop in Bridgeport in said township.
The electors Of Liberty township to meet at the
school house IN St0neTStOWn IL saIu toMHShip
The electors of Monroe township to meet at the
house lately occupied by james CARMEL in Clear
Vile in said township.
The electors Of Scbellsburg 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 Scheh sburg
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 al the 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 Grihth
in said township.
The electors Of the borough of St. Clairsville to
meet at the schoo-house in said borough
The electors Of Union township to meet at the
school house near Mowry mill in said township.
The electors of South WOodberry township to
meet at the house of Samuel Oster, near Noble $
mill in said township.
The electors Of Southampton township 10 meet
at the house Of Wm. Adams in said township
The electors Of SaxtOn Borough TO meet at the
sehoolhouse in said borough
The electors Of Middle Noodberry township TO
meet at the house of Henry Fiuke in the village Of
Woodberry.
The electors Of Woodberry borough to meet at
the house of VIM NJ. Pearson in said borough
will elect by ballot
TWENTY SIX PERSONS to be f
lectors Of PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT
of the United States
NoTIcE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That every person
excepting Justices of the Peace who shall hold any
office or appointment of profit or trust under the
United States or of this State or any city or cor
porated district, whether commissioned officer
or otherwise a subordinate officer or agent who is
shall be employed under the legislative, exeeu-
tive or judiciary department OF this State, or OF
any city Of any incorporated district, and also
that every member of Congress and of the State
Legislature, and of the select or common council
of any city or commissioners of any incorporated
district, is by law incapable of holding or excrcs-
ing at the time the office appointment Of Judge,
Inspector or Clerk of any election OF this Common
wealth, and that no Inspector, Judge or other Of
feer Of such election shall be eligible to be then
voted for.
And the said act of assembly entitled San act
relating to elections Of this Commonwealth,
passed July 2 1919, further provides as follows,
viz
THAT the Inspector and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which they respectively
SECOND TUESDAY OF OCTOBER, and each
be qualified voter otsucn uislrivt.
''In case the person who shall have received the
second DlgueSG NUMBER OF votes inspector S0ll
not attend the day of any election then the per-
son who shall have received the second highest
number of votes for Judge at the next preceding
election shall act an Inspector in his place. nd
in case the person who shall have received the
highest number Of votes for Inspector shall not at
tend the person elected Judge shall appoint an
Inspector in his place; and in case the person e.
lected Judge shall not attend, then the Inspec.
tor who received the highest number OF votes shall
appoint Judge in his place; and if any vacancy
shah continue in the board for the space of one hour
after the time fixed by law for the opening Of the
election the qualified voters of the township ward
or district for which such officer shall have been
elected present at TIE place Of election shall e.
leet one Of their number to fill such vacancy,
1T shall be the duty Of the several assessors re-
spectiyey 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 70 the right oi
any nerson assessed by them to vote ut such elec-
ton and on such other matters in relation to the
assessment of voters, as the said Inspectors OF
ether OF them shall from time to time require.
No person shall be permitted to vote at any
election rs aforesaid, than white citizen OF the
age Of twenty-oue more, who shall have resided
in this State at least year, and in the election
district where he offers to vote, ten days immcdi
stely preceding such election, and within tive
years paid a State County tax, which shall
have been assessed at least ten days before the e.
lection. But citizen Of the United States whC
has previously been qualified voter of this state
and removed therefrom and returned, and whC
shall have resided in the election district and
paid taxes aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote af
ter residing in this State six months. Prot1deH
That the white freemen, citizens Of the United
States, between theage of tWenty-0ne and TWEEN
ty two years who have resided in the election dis
trict ten days aforesaid shall be entitled to vote
although they shall not have paid tax.
NO person shall be permitted to vote Whost
Is not contained in the list Of taxable inhab b.
itants, furnished by the Commissioners unless
First, he produce a receipt Of payment, within
two years of State or County tax assessed agreea
bly, to the Constitution, and give satisfactory eyi
dence on his own oath or affirmation of another
that he has paid such tax in failure to pro
duce Il receipt shall make oath to tho paymen
thereof; or second. il he claim right to vote by
being an elect0r between the age of twenty-on'
and twenty two years shall depose on oath or at
firmation that he has resided in the State at cas
one year before his application, and make suci
proof Of residence in the district is required by
this act, and that he does verify believe from th'
account given him that he is of the age aforesaid
and gives such other evidence is required 10y
this act, Whereupon the name of the person so az
mitted 10 vote shall be inserted in the alphab bet
zeal l-t by the inspector, and a note made 0ppo
site thereto by writing the word tax If he shall
be admitted 10 vote by reason Of having paid tax
and the word age if he shall be admitted to yot'
by reason of age, and in either case the reason 0
such vote shall be called out to the clerks, wit
shall make like note in the list of voters kept b.
them.
I'm all cases where the name Of the persoI
claiming to vote Is not found the list furnished
by the Commissioners or his right to vote wheth
er found thereon or not, is objected to by any
qualified citizen, ii shall be the duty Of the Ia
speetors to examine such person on oath as to hi
qualifications, and if he claims to have resided
within the State for one year or more, his oatl
shall be sufficient proof thereof, but he shall maxi
proof by at least one competent witness, who shal
be qualified elector, that he has resided within
the district for more than ten days Immediately
preceding said election and shall also swear tha
his bona ide residence, in pursuance of his Lawful
calling is within the district, and that he did no
remove within the district for the purpose Of vo
ting.
Every person qualified aforesaid, and wh'
shall make due proof if required, of his residence
and payment oftaxes aforesaid, shall be admitted
to vote in the township, ward OF district in whiei
he shall reside.