The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-03

" I'LL dUUlt1ODal box
shall be provided for each poll, in which 10
deposit the tickets voted for "City Delegates ]"
and said last mentioned boxes must each be
labelled "City Delegates"
THIRD. The said election shall be held and
conducted by the proper election officers of the
several election districts of the Commonwealth
and shall be governed and regulated in all re-
spects by the general election laws of the Com
monwealth, SO far as the same shall be applica-
pie .nereto, and not inconsistent with the
provisions of said act.
Fourth. The tickets to be 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 Tor, not exceeding fourteen in number
Fyh The tickets to be voted for district
members of the convention shall have on the
outside the words District Delegates" and on
lhe inside the name or names of the candidates
voted Tor, not exceeding the proper number
limited as aforesaid but any ticket which shall
contain a greater number of names than the
number for which the voter shall be entitled
to vote, shall be rejected and in case of the
delegates to be chosen at large in Philadelphia,
the words, "City Delegates" shall be on the
outside of the ticket
Saith In the city of Philadelphia the return
judges shall meet at the State House, at ten
o'clock on the Thursday next following the
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
several election districts within each county of
the State, excluding Philadelphia, shall meet
on Friday next following the election, at the
usual place for the meeting of the return Judges
OF their county, and make out full and accdrate
returns for the county, of the votes cast therein
for members of the convention and for district
members of the same; and the proceedings of
the return Judges of the said city of Philadel-
phia, and of the several counties of the Com
monwealth, in the making of their return, shall
be the same as those prescribed for return
Judges in the case of an election for Governor
except that returns transmitted to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, shall be addressed TO
that officer alone and not to the Speaker of the
Senate.
TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Whereas, joint resolution proposing amend
ment to the Constitution of this Commonwealth
has been agreed to by majority of the men,
bers elected to each House of the Legislature
at two successive sessions of the same, which is
as follows:
Joint Resolution proposing as Amendment to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania:
BE 1t resotred, by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the Commonwealth of Penasyt
y,r"ht IN General Assembly met, That the follow
ing amendment TO the Constitution of this
Commonwealth be proposed to the people for
their adoption or rejection, pursuant to the
provisions of the tenth article thereof, to wit
AMENDMENT.
'Strike out the sixth section of the sixth
article of the Constitution, and insert in lieu
chereof the following a State Treasurer
shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the
State, at such times and for such term of
service as shall be prescribed by law"
And, Whereas, John w. Geary, Governor
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
obedience to the Act of Assembly approved
the lth day of April. 4. ID. 1872, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the sense of the people Of
this Commonwealth in regard 10 the adoption
or rejection of said amendment, as provided in
the tenth article of the Constitution, has isued
to- me writ of Election, given under his hand
and the great seal of the State, "Commading
and requiring me to give notice in the usual
manner and As by law required, that an cleo
ton will be held according TO the terms of the
Constitution and the provisions of the Act of
the General Assembly aforesaid, for the pur-
pose of deciding upon the approval and ratitic-
alton or rejection OF said amendment; There
fore, I DO hereby give notice, that at the same
time and places, also an election viii be held
upon said amendment in conformity with the
act entitled San Act prescribing the time and
manner of submitting 10 the people for their
approval and ratification or rejection propos-
ed amendment to the Constitution" approved
April H. A. ID. 1872.
As prescribed by said Act. the following
rules and regulations shall apply to said elec-
tion. and the retuins of the same:
First Said election shall he opened, held
and closed, upon the day last aforesaid, at the
places and within the hours at and within
which the general elections of this Common
wealth are directed to be opened, held and
closed and it shall be the duty of the judges,
inspectors and clerks Of each of said townships,
boroughs wards, precincts and districts, to
ceive at the said election tickets, either written
or printed or partly written or partly printed,
from each OF the qualified voters of this State,
who may offer the same, and 10 deposit them
in a box or boxes to be, for the purpose, provid-
ed by the proper officers; which tickets shall
be labelled on the outside Amendment to the
Constitution" and on the inside "For the
Amendment" or Against the Amendmen."
SECTION 2. That the election on the said
proposed amendment shall, in ali respects, be
conducted as the general elections of this Com
monwealth are now conducted and 1t shall be
the duty Of the return judges of the respective
counties and districts thereof, first having care
fully ascertained the number of votes given for
or against such amendment, to make out
duplicate returns thereof expressed in works
at length, and not in figures only one of which
returns so made, shall be lodged in the Por-
tbonotary's Office of the Court of Common Pleas
of the proper county, and the other sealed and
directed TO the Secretary cf the Commonwealth,
and by one of said judges deposited forthwith
in the most convenient post Office, upon which
postage shall be paid at the expense of the
proper county.