The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-04

will he held for delegates to the convention to
amend the Constitution OF the State, in con-
fortnity with the Act, entitled AN Act to pro-
lido for calling convention to amend the Con-
stitution," approved April IL, 1872. As pre-
scrihcd by said act, the following rules ana reg
uIations Shall apply to said election, and the re-
turns of the same:
second Tuesday of October next, there shall be
elected by the qualified electors of this Com
monwealth, delegates to n convention TO revise
and amend the Constitution of this State: the
said convention shall consist of Uuehundrcd and
thirtv-thrcc members, to be elected in the man
nCr Following: Twenty eight members thereof
shall be elected in the State at large, follows:
than fourteen candidates, and the TWEEN y-eight
highest in vote shall he declared elected; ninety
ne delegates shall be appointed to and elected
from the different Senatorial districts of the
state, three delegates 70 be elected for each
Scna Tor therefrom; and IN choosing all district
delegates. each voter shall be entitled to vote
for not more than two OF the members to be
date 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 he elected.
Pike, forming the Thirteenth Senatorial Dis
trict, where no voter shall vote for more than
four candidatcs' ana the SIX highest in vote
shall be chosen from the city of PhiIadeIDhia
ny a vote large i'll said city, and in their eIcc-
tion no voter shall vote Tor more than three
candidates, and the six highest in vote shall be
declared elected.
SecnUd The Judges and Inspectors for each
election district shall provide two suta bic boxes
each pOll. one i'll which to deposit he tiflr-
cts voted for Delegates al large, and the other
in which to deposit the tickets voted for Dis
trict Delegates; which boxes shall be labelled
respectively, Delegates al large" and "District
Deiegates;" and in each district in the CITY of
Philadelphia additional box shall he pr0yid-
ed for each poll, in which To deposit the tickets
voted for City Delegates; :" and said last men
toned boxes must each be labelled City Dele
gates.
Third The said election shall be held and con-
Quoted by the proper election officers of the
several election district of the Commonwealth
and shall he governed and regulated i'm ali re-
spects by the general election laws of the Com
monw edltil, so far as the same shall he aDDIica-
bic thereto, and not. inconsistent with the DrO-
visions of said act.
Fourth. The tickets to he voted for members
a large of the convention shall have on the
outside the words "DelegateS at large" and on
the inside the names OF the candidates to he
voted for, not exceeding fourteen in number
FUU. The tickets To be voted tor district
members of the convention shall have on the
outside the words District Delegates" and on
the inside the name or names of the candidates
voted for, not exceeding the proper number
limited as aforesaid : bGtany ticket W hich shall
number for which the voter shall be entitled TO
vote, shall be rejected; and in case of the dele
gates to be chosen at large in Philadelphia the
words, city Delegates, shall be on the OursiCe
.SiJth. In the city of Philadelphia the return
Judges shall meet ar the State House at ton ~
clock on the Thursday next following the cleo
tiOD, and make out the returns for said city. Of
the votes cast therein for delegates nt I,r ana
city district delegates, TO be members of the
convention, the return Judges of the several
election districts within each county of the
Friday next following the election, at the usual
place for the meeting of the return Judges of
their county, and make out full and accurate
returns for the county, of the votes cast there
in for members of the convention. and for dis
trlct members ot the same: AMI he proceedings
of the return Judges of the said civ of PhiiJ-
dclphla. and OF the several counties of the Com
mOnwCalth- in the ma king OF their returns slaIl
be the same those prescribed for return
Judges in the case Of an election for Governor
except that returns transmitted to the Secreta-
ry of the Commonwealth, shall he addressed to
that officer alone and not TO the Speaker of the
senate + JORDAN,
Secretary Of the COynmDulrfGItb.
DUTIES OF THE RETURN JUDGES.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the
the Judges OF the aforesaid districts shall re-
spcctiyely take charge of the certificate or re
turn of the election in their respective districts
and produce them at meeting of one judge
from each district, at the CpUIt House In the
B1ToUgh NJ EbcnSbuTq. on the third day after
the day OF the election, being on FRIDA Y, the
llth day of OCTOBER, 1872, at 10 o'clock, II. m,
ana then and there to do and perform the duties
required by law of said judges. Also that
where Il judge, by sickness unavoidable
accident, Is unable to attend such meeting of
judges, then the certificate return shall lie
taken charge OF by one of the inspectors or
clerks of the election of the district. who shall
do and perform the duties required of said
judge unable to attend.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND. at NV Office in Ebans-
burg, this 9th day of Septcmber in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one, and of the independence of the
United Staes of Amprica the nineTv-Sixth.
l3.-it. W. H.. IsDNAGEER