The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-05-10

PETITION OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF
BLooMsBURG CoNTEsTING THE ELEC
TIoN AND RETURN OF JAMES DENNIS
AS ONE OF THE CoUNCILMEN OF SAID
TOWN.
To The Honorable The Judges Of The Court
Of Quarter Sessions Of Tie Peace Of Co.
Mn,bia County:
The petition of the undersigned, quail.
| fed electors of the town Of Bloomsbury,
in said county, complaining of the uu-
due election and false return of James
Dennis as member of the town coun.
Gil ofsaid town, respectfully represents: /:
/. That said town was incorporated
by an act of Assembly approved March
4th, 1870, entitled ian act to define
the limits and to organize the town
of Bloomsbury" and that by virtue of
said act and of other laws of the Com.
monwealth applicable thereto, the said
town possesses the organization and
powers of township as well as town
organization and government, and that
all elections for members of councils
in and for said town are under the same
regulations of law in all respects as cleo.
tions of c0nstables of townships, except
as to the manner of casting votes and
the manner of making returns thereof.
town on the second Tuesday of April, of
the present year, for the choice of six
town councilmen and president of the
council, pursuant to the provisions of
the aforesaid act of 4th of March, 1870,
there were certain tickets, to wit, thirty.
three in number, voted by electors of
said town and received by the election
officers, each thereof containing the
names of six persons for members OF
the town council, the name of the said
James Dennis being one thereof upon
each of said tickets with the figure and
word, &c votes" opposite to his name
thereon that the tickets so voted were
not in due form of law but were irregu
lar, unauthorized and illegal; that
twenty.one of said tickets were voted
at the pollsin the election district of East
bloomsbury, and twelve thereof in the
election district of West Bloomsbury,
and that the election officers of East
Bloomsbury did count the said twenty.
one tickets voted in said district, and
did count, compute and return therefor
and therefrom one hundred and twenty
six votes for the said James Dennis,
and the election officers of West Blooms.
burg did count the twelve tickets afore-
said voted in said district, and did
count, compute and return therefor and
therefrom seventy.two votes for the
said James Dennis; that the return
judges from the said election districts
of East and West Bloomsbury did meet
together after the close of said election
and did make up joint or general re
turn of the votes cast for councilmen in
their respective districts at the said
town election, and did file the same in
the Office of the clerk of the said Court
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of CO.
lumbia county, and that in said joint or
general return, so made and filed, were
computed and contained the aforesaid
one hundred and twenty-siX votes and
the aforesaid seventy.two votes as hav-
ing been cast for the said James Dennis,
whereby and by reason whereof it was
made to appear upon said joint or gen.
eral return that he the said James Den.
mis- was one of the six candidates high
est in vote at said election, and that he
was duly elected to be member of the
town council for the ensuing year.
3. That by the said joint or general
return of said election it is represented,
set forth and declared, that at said elec-
tion the votes cast for councilmen in
said town were as follows, to wit: