The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-09-05
CONSTl1 UTIONAL CONVENTION.

OoNoIll lUIlONAD CON NENTlON.
AT the same time and places, also, an
election will be held for delegates to the
convention to amend the Constitution of
the State, in conformity with the act en-
titled. can Act to provide for calling
convention" approved April IL, 1872.
As prescribed by said act, the following
rules and regulations shall apply to said
election and the returns of the same
first. At the general eleaton to be
held the second Tuesday Of October
next, there shall be elected by the quail
lied electors Of this Common wealth, dele
gates to a Convention to revise and
amend the Constitution OF this State
the SAID convention shall consist of one
hundred and thi:ty-threo members to be
elected in the manner following: Twenty
eight members thereof shall be elected
IN the State at large as follows: Each
voter of the State shall! vote for not
more than fourteen candidates, and the
twenty-eight highest in vote shall be de-
clared elected niuety-nine delegates
shall be appointed to and elected from
the different Senatorial districts of the
State, three delegates to be elected for
each Senator therefrom; and in choos-
ing all district delegates, each voter shall
be entitled to vote for not more than
two OF the members to be chosen from
his district, and the three candidates
highest in vote shall be declared elected,
except in the county of Allegheny iorm-
ing the Twenty,thrd Senatorial districr,
where no voter shall vote for more than
six candidates, and the nine highest in
vote shall be declared elected aud the
counties of Luzerne, Monroe and Pike,
forming the Thirteenth Senatorial dis
trict, where no voter shall vote for more
than four candidates, and the six highest
in vote shall be elected, ond six addition
al delegates shall be chosen from the
city of Philadelphia, by vote at large
in said city and in their election no voter
shall vote for more than three candidates
and the six highest in vote shall be de-
clared elected.
Second The Judge and Inspectors
for each election district shall provide
two suitable boxes for each poll, one in
which to deposit the tickets voted for
Delegates at iorge, aud the other iu
which to deposit the tickets voted for
District Delegates: which boxes shall be
labelled respectively, delegates at
large" and "District Delegates :" and it
each district in the city Of Philadelphia
an additional box shall be provided tol
each poll in which to deposite the tick
cts voted for City Delegates )" and
said last mentioned boxes must each bl
labelled "City Delegates"
Wird, The said election shall bt
held and conducted by the proper clcc
ton officers of the several election dis
tricts of the Commonwealth and shall b'
governed and regulated in all respect
by the general election laws of the Com
monweal.h, so far as the same shall b,
applicable thereto, and not inconsisten
with the provisions of said aot'
Fourth. The tickets to be voted fo
members at large of the convention shal
have on the outside the words "Dele
gates at large" and on the inside tn
names of candidates to be voted for, no
exceeding fourteen in number.
| Ftth, The tickets to be voted 10
district members of the convention shal
have on the outside the words "Distric
Delegates" and on the in side the nam
or names OF the candidates voted for, no
exceeding the proper number limited a
aforesaid but any ticket which shaI
contain greater number of names tina
the number for which the voter shall b
entitled to vote, shall be rejected an
in case OF the delegates to be chosen a
large in Philadelphia, the words "Cit
Delegates" shall be on the outside o
the ticket.
SiDh In the City of Philadelphi
the return judges shall meet at the Stat
House, at ten o'clock on Thursday mex
following the election, and make out tn
returns for said city, of the votes ca
therein for delegates at large and cit
aud district delegates to be members {
the convention /; the return judges {
the several election districts within eac
: county OF the state, excluding Philsde
: phia shall meet on Friday next followin
the election, at the usual place for til
meeting of the return judges of the
county, and make out full and accura
4 returns for the county of the votes ca
e for members of the convention and fI
3 district members of the same ; and ii
t proceedings of the return judges of tt
\ said city OF Philadelphia and of the Sc
: eral counties of the commonwealth in ii
d making of their returns, shall be Il
e same as those prescribed for retu