The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-10-02
PROCLAMATION OF GENER.
AL ELECTION

Pupio hov'o OI salu elecuOnS, and to
enumerate i'm said notice what officers arc
to be elected, l, Il. l.. Davis, High Sheriff
OF tho county of Forest, do hereby make
known and give this public notice to the
electors of the county of Forest, that a
General Election will be held in said coun-
ty, on tho
SECOND TUESDAY (S) OF OCTOBER, 1872,
at the several districts, viz:
house.
In Green township at the house of L.
Arner.
In Howe township at the house of C, T..
Fox.
In jerks township at the court house in
Marien.
In Harmony township at Allender school
house.
In Hickory township at Ball school
house.
In Kingsley township at Wheeler, Du-
senbury ~ Co.'S store.
In Tionesta township at school house in
Tionesta borough.
In 'rionesta borough at school bonso In
said borough.
AT which time and places the qualified
electors will elect by ballot:
one person for the office of Governor of
Pennsylvania.
One person for Auditor General of the
OOIlHlOnWcalIn OF BpnnSVlVania
one person Tor the office of Judge ofthe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Three persons for congressman at
large.
One person for Congress, in connection
with the counties of Erie. Warren. Elk.
Jefferson, Mexican, Cameron and Clear
field.
One person for the office of Senator in
connection with the counties of Clarion.
Armstrong and Jefferson.
One person for Assembly to ronrosent
Forest and Clarion Counties
one person for the office of Prothonota-
ry, Register and Recorder etc., of Forest
county.
:, One person for the Office of Sheriff of
One person for the Office of Treasurer of
Forest county.
One person for the office of County Com
missioner of Forest county,
One person for the Office of County Aud
itor of Forest county,
One person for the Office of County Sur-
veyor of Forest county
at the same time and places also an cleo
ton Will be held for delegates to the con-
vontion to amend the Constitution of the
State, in conformity with the Act entitled
An act to provide for calling 7 convention
to amend the Constitution" approved
April IL, 1872. As prescribed by said act.
apply to said election and the returns of
the same:
FIRST. At the general election to be
held the second Tuesday of October next.
there will be elected by the qualified cleo
tors OF this Commonwealth, delegates to a
convention TO revise and amend the Con-
stltut1on OF the State; the said convention
shall consist of one hundred and thirty
three members, to he elected in the man
ner following: Twenty-eight members
thereof shall be elected in the State at large
as follows: Each voter in the State shall
vote for not more than fourteen candidates
and the twenty eight highest iIi vote shall
be declared elected; ninety-line delegates
shall be appointed to and elected from the
dlfferent Senatorial districts in the State.
three delegates to be elected for each SEN
ator theretrom and in choosing all dis
trlct delegates, each voter shall be entitled
TO vote for not more than two of the men,
bers to be chosen from his district. and the
three candidates highest in vote shall be
declared elected, except in the county of
Allegheny, forming the Twenty-third
senatorial District, where no voter shall
vote for more than six candidates. and the
nine highest in vote shall be elected, and
in the counties of Luzerne, Monroe and
Pike, forming the Thirteenth Senatorial
District, where no voter shall vote for
more than four candidates, and the six
highest in vote shall he elected, and six
additional delegates shall be chosen from
the city of Philadelphia, by a vote at large
in said city, and in their election no voter
shall vote for more than three candidates.
ana the SIX highest in vote shall be de-
clared elected.
SECOND. The Judges and Inspectors for
each election district shall provide two
suitable boxes tor each poll, one in which
to deposite the tickets voted for District
Delegate; which boxes shall be labelled
respectively " Delegates at Large" and
" District Delegates" and in each district
in the city of Philadelphia an additional
box shall be provided for each poll, in
which to deposit the tickets voted for ''Ci-
ty Delegats, and said last mentioned
boxes must each be labelled Getty Dele
gates"
THIRD. The said election shall be held
ana conducted by the proper election offs
GERS of the several election districts of The
Commonwealth, and shall be governed
and regulated in all respects by the ganer-
al election laws of the Commonwealth so
far as the same shall be applicable thereto.
and not inconsistent with theproVisions OF
said act.
FOURTH. The tickets TO he voted for
members at large Of the convention shall
have on the outside the words Delegates
at large" and on the inside the names of
the candidates to be voted for, not exceed
ing fourteen in number.
FIFTH. The tickets to be voted for dis
trlct members fthe convention shall have
on the outside the words District Dele
gates, and on the inside the name or
names OF the candidates voted for. not ex-
ceeding the proper number limited as
aforesaid; but any ticket which shall con-
tain greater number of names than the
number for which the voter shall be enti-
tied to vote shall be rejected; and i'm case
of the delegates 10 be chosen at large in
Philadelphia, the words "City Delegates'i
shall be on the outside of the ticket.
SIXTH. In the city of Philadelphia the
return judges shall meet at the State
House at ten o'clock on the Thursday next
following tho election, and make out the
returns for said city, of the votes cast
therein for delegates at large and city and
district delegates, TO be members of the
convention; the return judges of the sew
eral election districts within each county
of the State, excluding Philadelphia, shall
meet on Friday next following the cleo
tlon at the usual place for the meeting of
the return judges of their county, and
make out full and accurate returns Of the
county, of the votes cast therein for mem-
hers of the convention and for district
members of the same; and the proceedings
of the return judges of the said city of
Philadelphia, and of the several counties