The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-09-19
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

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, 1879.
AS prescribed by said act, the following
rules aud regulations shall apply to said
election and the returns of the same:
first. AT the general eleation to be
held the second Tuesday Of October
next, there shall be elected by the quail
fed electors of this Common wealth, dele
gates to Convention to revise and |
amend the Constitution of this State /;
the said convention shall consist of one
hundred aud thi5ty-threo members to be
elected in the manuer following: Twenty
eight members thereof shall be elected
III 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-
c'arcd elected oinety-nire delegates
shall be appointed to and elected from
the different Senatorial districts Of the
State. three delegates to be elected for
each Senator thcreirom; and in chOos-
ing all district delega es, each voter shall
be entitled to vote Tor not more than
two OF the members to be chosen from
his district, aud the three candidates
highest in vote shall be declared elected,
except in the county OF Allegheny form
ing the Twenty third Senatorial district
! -bo, al,,n e.. Il.
| six candidates, aud the nine highest in
! sUte shah be declared elected and the
counties OF Luzerne, Monroe aud 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 a vote ut 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-
cared elected.
,Second. The Judge AMI Inspectors
for each election district shah provide
two suitable boxes for each poll, one III
| which to deposit the tickets voted IN
Delegates at large. and the other in
which to deposit the tickets voted for
District Delegates: which boxes shail be
LABELLED reSprctivelv, "Delr5ates At
large" and "Dis,rict Delegates :" and in
each district in the city OF Philadelphia
an additional box shall be provided tor
each poll in which 10 deposite the tick
cts voted for "Uity DELEGATES ! aud
said last mentioned bog mus' each be
labelled City pelegates."
: Yhird The said election shall De
hid and conducted 5y the propcr elcc,
ton officers of the several election dis.
tricts ot the COMMONWEALTH and shall ht
governed AMI regulated in all respects
By the general ecction laws OF the Iol,.
uIonweal!h, 50 lar as the same shall be
: applicable thereto aud ~, Inconsistent
with the provision, Of said act'
; FOariA. The tickets 20 be voted fol
members at large OF the convention shai
5 have on the outside the words dele
gates at large" and on the inside th'
names .! cauiiall;e3 to be vote! for, no
exceeding !"u;;een iu number.
, fVth. The tiekets to- be voted 10
: district members Ui the Convention shai
: have on the outside the words 'Distric
, Delegates" an1 on tire ii;.side the uam
CT names OF the candidates voted tor, no
exceeding the proper uu;i:bgr lil:ited Il
aforesaid but any ticket which sha'
i contain u greater number OF names thai
/. the humber Tor which the voter shall {
:. entitled to vote, shall be rejected an,
= IN case oi th4 delegates to be chosen IA
e large III Philadelphia, the words Cit,
c Dele 5ates,' shall be On the outside o
i the ticket.
i Sicth. In Tie City Of Philadephi
= the return julIes shall meet at the Stat
!, House, at ten o'clock on Thursday mex
Il following the election, AMI make ont tn
II returns Tor said city, of the votes cas-
Il therein for delegates at large ami Cit
b and district delegates TO be members o
= the convention the returu judges o
o The several election districts within eacl
: county of the state. excluding Philsde'
0 phia shall meet on Friday next ioiinwin.
d the election, at the usual place FIR IT.
5, meeting OF the return judges Of thei
s county, and make out full and accurat
: returns tor the county OF the vUtos Gas
e for members OF the c)nvCTtiOn and ia
., district members of the same; and tn
e proceedings OF the return judges of tn
If said city OF Philadelphia and Of the sev
n eral counties Of the common wealth III tn
10 making Of their returns, shall be th
d same as those prescribed for retar
h judges in the case OF an election il
l. Governor, except that retnrns transmi
ID ted to the secretary Of the commonweair
shall be addressed to that Office alo1
=, and not to the speaker Of the senate.
~ - Pursuant to the provisions containe
- in the 4th section as aforesaid, tt
;, Judges of the aforesaid districts sha
= espectively take charge of the certit
:, Gates or returns of electioG to their r
- spective district and produce them at
=, 80 meeting of one Judge from each distr
- at the Court House in the Township
- Ridgway on FRIDAY, THE lit
" a DAY OF OCTOBER next, then al
- - there to perform the duties required
~ laws of said Judges, also where a Jud!
u by sickness or unavoidable accidents
D unable to attend such meeting of Judg
u then a certificate as Aforesaid shall