Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-29
GENERAL ELECTION PRoCLAMA-

itee of such election the places where "a he held
and the officers to be elected: THEREFORE, /. CY-
RENUS HOWE, High Sheriff of Clearfieid CO.. do
hereby erre pn5ite nofIce to the Electors of the
county of Clearfeld, that taGENERAL ELECTION
will be held on the Second Tuesday, of October
merit, tbeing the TWELFTH day of the month";
the several election districts in said county at
which time and place the qualified voters will vote
For one person for Governor of the Common
wealth Of Pennsylvania.
For person for Judge of the Supreme Court of
the Commonwealth OF Penna-
For person to represent the counties of Clear
field. Elk and Forest in the House of Repre-
. sentatives of this Commonwealth
For one person for Treasurer of ClearfeId county
For one person for Commissioner of Ciearfeld
county.
For one person for Auditor of ClearGeld county.
The electors of the county of CIearGeld will
take notice that the said general election Will be
held at the following places, viz:
At the Union Hotel, in Glen Hops for Beccarfa
township.
At the house of Aseph ETis for Bell township.
At the house of the late James Bloom, SEN, fer
Bloom township.
At the house of Jacob Pearce, fof the township
of Bradi ord
At the public house of R. W Moore for Brady
towship.
AT Young's School House for Burnside township.
At the school house near Simon Rorabaugh's for
the township of Chest.
At the court house for the Borough of Clearield
Atthe house Of Jacob Naurer for tho township
of Covington.
At the house of I. Bloom, decd for the Bor-
ough of Curwcnsville.
At Centre school house for the town D of Decatur
At the house of John Gregory. formerly oecu-
pied by Thos. Robson, broadway for the town
ship of Ferguson.
At Congress Hill school house for the township
of Girard.
81. se Hr,l1f s. tkaf -,
of Graham.
At tho school house in Janesville for the tswn-
ship of Guelich.
At the house Of Wilson for the twn p of Huston
At the school house in Ans0n.ifis for the town
ship of Jordan.
At Bridgens school house for the township of
Karthaus.
At the Turkey Hill School house for the town
ship of Knox
Atthe court house in the Borough of Clearfied
for Lawrence township
At the public school house for the borough Of
Lum ber city.
At the house formerly occupied by Thorn as Ky
Ter for the township of Morris
At the public school house for the Borough Of
New Washington.
At the public House of Milo Hoyt for the Bor-
ough of Gsceola
At the house formerly of VIM. W Anderson for
the township of Penn
At the house of L Bloom. ec'd in the Borough
of Curwensville for Pike township
At the house of d. L. Brubaker for Union tow p
At the house of Thomas Henderson for the town.
ship of Woopward
NANSEK OF VOTING.
AN ACT regulating the mode of voting at all
elections in the several counties of this Com
SECTION | Be u enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same
That the qualified voters of the several election
districts of this Commonwealth, at all general,
township borough and special elections, are here
by, hereafter authorized and required to vote,by
tickets. printed. written, partly printed and
partly written. severally classified follows:
One ticket shall embrace the names of all judges
Of courts voted for, and to be labelled outside.
Judiciary" one ticket shall EN- brace the names
of the State officers voted for, and be labelled.
State ~ ticket shall embrace the names of
all county officers voted for, including office of
Senator, member and members Of assembly, if
voted for, and members of Congress. if voted for
and be label led county - one ticket shall en-
for, and be labelled township; one ticket shall
embrace the names of all borough officers voted
for, and be labelled ''bo-ough :" and each class
shall be deposited in seperate ballot bores.
REGISTRY LAW
also give official notice to the electors OF Clear
field county that, by an act entitled AN act fur
ther supplem entai TO the act relative 10 the cleo
tons OF this commonwealth, approved Aprill7th
A ID 1869, ii is provided as follows
SECTION BsLt eBactea by the SeHats and House
of Representatives, IF THE Commonwealth of Penn
sytraiiia GsRsfaf As>tmbfy and at Aersby
efaets& by tte authority Of The s0,as That it shall
be the duty of each OF the assessors within this
comm on wealth, on the first Mondays xne in each
take up the transcript he has received from
the countycomm issioners under the eighth section
of the act of fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and
thirty -four, and proceed to an i'm IMMEDIATE revision
of same by striking thsref' the name of eve
nv person who is known by i'm TO have died or
m ed since the last previous assessment from the
district of which he ia the or whose death
aI fran tha hall h. l.,E
b i'm and TO add to the same the name of any quail
fled voter who shall be known to him to have
moved into the district since the last previous
sessment and whose removal into the same shall
be or shall have been made known to him. and
also the of a, who sh all M ke claim to him
to be qualified voters therein. As soon as this
vision is completed he shall visit every dwelling
house in his district and make careful inquiry if
any person whose name is on his list has died
rem owed from the district. and If So TO take the
same therefrom, or whether any qualified voter
r resides therein whose name is not the list, and
if So to add the eame thereto; and in all
W here name is added 10 the list hal forth
with be assessed against the person ; and the
SCISSOR shall in all cases ascertain by inquiry up
on what ground the person so assessed claims TO
be a voter Upon the completion of this work it
shall be the duty of each assessor aforesaid to
proceed to make out q list in alphabetical order.
of the white freemen above twenty-one years of
age, claiming to be qualified voters in the ward,
borough, township or district of which he is the
assessor and opposite each of said names state
whether said freeman IS or IS not a housekeeper
and if he is the nun1b Der of his residence in towns
" nere the same are mum be ed with the street. al
ley or court in which situated and if in a town
where there are no numbers, the name of the
street. alley or court which said house fronts
also, the occupation of the person; and where he
is not a housekeeper, the occupation, place of
boarding and with whom and if working for an
other the name OF the employer, and write oppo-
site each OF said names the word voter where
any person claims to vote by of naturaliza-
ton he shall exhibit his certificate thereof to the
assessor unless he has been for five consecutive
years next prsceoi ing voter In said district; and
in ali cases where Inc person has been naturaiiZ-
ed the name shall be marked with the letter IN;
where the person has merely declared hi. inteu-
tions to become q citize en- and designs to be natu-
rallied before the next election the name shall
be marked L; whore the claim is to vote by
reason of being between the ages of twenty one
age shalt be entered; and it the person has
moved into the election district to reside since
the last general election the letter "R' shall be
placed opposite the name 1t shall he the further
duty OF each assessor as aforesaid, upon the COM
pletion of the duties herein imposed to axe out
a seperate list of all new assessments made b y
him and the amounts assessed upon each. and
furnish the same imHled lately to tn county COM
m missioners who shall imme ediately add the n anne
to the tax duplicate of the ward borough. town
ship or district in which they have been assessed.
SEC 3 On the list being completed aud the as
sessmeuts ade as aforesaid the same shall forth
with be returned to the county commissioners,
who sh all cause duplicate copies of said lists
the observations and explanations required to De
noted as aforesaid so be made out as soon prae-