The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-13

VIII be held for delegates to the convention to
formity with the Act entitled An Act to pro
Niue Tor calling convention to amend the Con
scribed by said act, the following rules .lua reg
uidtiouS shall apply to said election and the r.
turns of the Same:
First. AT the general election to he held the
second Tuesday of October next, there shall be
elected by the qualified electors of this Com
mouweaith- delegates To a convention to revise
and emehd the Constitution of this State: th,
said convention snail consist of onehundre1 and
thirty-thrce members, to bc elected in the man
ner following: Tweuty-eight mem bcrs thereof
Shaii hG 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
IiiIei IN oto >li'ilt oe declared elected; ninety
nine delegates shall hc appointed 10 and elected
from the different Senatorial districts of the
GcIvs'i'es 70 be elected Tor es''-h
s,rnatoF thcfeiro and in choosing all district
UHcIegateS' each voter shall he entitled To- vote
chosen from his district. and the three caodi-
mates ni& hest in vote shall be declared elected.
the Iwenty-third Senatorial District where no
and the nine highest in vote snail he elected
1'Ei III the counties of I.uz,.rne. Monroe and
trict, where no voter shall vote for I1orc tbap
four candidates, and the six highest i'm 80
shall bC chosen from the city of phiadrlphi.4
by vote at large in said city, and in their eec-
non no voter shall vote for more than three
C;hdlhst :, ana ne siA highest IN vote shall be
election district shall provide two suitable boxes
for each poll. one in which % deposit the tick
Il
in which To deposit the tickets voted for Dis
trict Delegates: which boxes shall be labelled
respectively, NDelegates at large" and !" "Districr
DclcEatcs;'' aud in each district IN the CITY of
Philadelphia au additional box shall be provi,f-
cd FOR each poll in which tn deposit the tickets
voted for CITY Delegates :" and said last mon
toned BOXES must each be labelled CITY Dele
Third. The said election shall be held and con-
Quoted by the proper election officers of the
several election district of the Commonwealth
ana snail n he governed ana regulated in all re-
H.. aS
. bic thereto. and not-inconsstcnt with the pro
! Fulufh The tickets TO be voted for members
at large OF the convention shall iiavc on fhe
outside the words Delegates M Iiicre and 81,
the inside the names Of the candidates TO be
/ voted for, not exceeding fourteen in number
I members of the convention shall hare an rbe
outside the words "DiStrict ncIcc.ltt.S- and an
/ the inside the name or names of the candila re-
! voted Tor, not exceeding the proper number
| limited as aforesaid but any ticket which shall
] contain greater number of names than the
number for which the voter shall be entitled to
vote, shall be rejected; ana iu case of the dele
/ gates to be chosen Mt large in PhiiaIalrSis +ba
. words, ".:ty Delegates, shall be on the outsi6e
Sigfh. In the city of PhiIafclnbfa the ra+,,r,
judges shall meet thu State House at ten O.
/ clock on the Thursday next following the elee-
! ton, and make out the returns for sid civ ~
the votes cast therein for delegates ;tt large and
city district delegates to he n.cmheTs OF the
election districts within each ,sJInrv of tbe
. state, excluding Philadelphia, shall meet on
Friday next following the eieJiio.,, at the usual
place FOR the meeting OF the return Judges of
I their county. ANA make out fuii and accl.rft,.
returns for the county of the votes ,.ter there
. in Tor members of the cunV ntiD.I. ana foi. dis
tfict members OF the same: ami the l.tcpedif,trs
ot the return judges of the said eli = or IFfIa
d"lphia. and OF the several counties OF the Com
monw clth- in the making of their ret tIr.s si1a II
. be the same as those prescribed for return
Judges in the case of an election for I;oyernpT.
except that returns transmitted 10 he St.crtta-
~ OF the Commonwealth, shall he addressed 10
that officer alone and not to the Speaker sf the
senate. T. JORDAN
/ Secretary Of the COUilH9yIrftFIfb
DUTIES OF THE RETURN JUDGES.
/ Pursuant to the provisions contained in the
ScVentysfNth section of the Act first a r0rsssIi1
. the Judges of the aforesaid districts shall re
. SpectlErlN take charge Of the certificate or re
lurl OF the election in their respective districts
4 anu produce them at "a meeting of one Judge
. from each district at the Court TTygtss ia M
. Bro5l3s o.! fi'fuS'3Ug, on the third duy after
+ th,. daN of til" election. being on FRIDA Y the
+ llth day of OCTOBER. 1872. at 10 o'clock a m
ana then and there to do and perform the sitfiCs
. required by law of said judges \ Aisn that
Whcre a Judge by sickness or unayoila BILE
accident, Is unable to attend such mcerinr of
Jidges, then the certificate return shall lie
taken charge of hg 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 a. DIR MY HAND, at nay Office in Ellpn5-
burg, ihlS 9tb day of September. in uhe year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
SeVenty-one. and of the independence of the
. l nlted St1eS OF America the niuety-sixth.
sept i"--4t. w. Il. BONACkER- Sherig.