The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-25
PROCLAMATION OF GENER-
AL ELECTION.

wealth. it is enjoined upon me to give
public notice of said elections, and TO
enumerate in said notice what officers are
to be elected, l. Il. l.. Davis, High Sheriff
of the county of Forest, do hereby make
known and give this public notice TO the
electors of the county of Forest, that n
General Election will be held in said coun-
ty, on the
SECOND TUESDAY (8) OF OCTOBER, 1872, |
at the several districts, viz:
In Barnett township at Clarington school |
house.
In Green township at the house of L.
Amer.
In Howe township at the house Of c, +. |
Fox.
In jerks township at the court house in
Maren.
In Harmony township at Allender school
house.
In Hickory township at Ball school
house.
In Kingsley township at Wheeler, Du-
senbury ~ Cos store.
| In Tionesta township at school house in
| 'rionesta borough.
In Tionesta borough at school house in
! said borough.
At which time and places the qualified
electors will elect by ballot:
One person for the Office of Governor of
! Pennsylvania.
| One person for Auditor General of the
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person for the Office of Judge the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Three persons for congressman at
| large.
One person for Congress, in connection
| with the counties of Erie, Warren, Elk,
jefferson, Mexican, Cameron and Clear
field.
One person for the office of Senator in
connection with the counties of Clarion,
| 4 IN
One person for Assembly to represent
Forest and Clarion Counties.
one person for the Office of Prothonota-
ry, Register and Recorder etc., of Forest
county.
one person for the Office of Sheriff of
One person for the Office of Treasurer of
Forest county.
One person for the Office of County Com
missioner OF Forest county.
One person for the office of County Aud
itor of Forest county.
One person for the office of County Sur
veyor of Forest county.
AT the same time and places also an cleo
ton will be held for delegates to the con-
vention to amend tho Constitution of the
State, in conformity with the Act entitled
IAN act to provide 1or calling a convention
to amend the Constitution" approved
April H. 1872. As prescribed by said act,
the following rules and regulations shall
apply to said election and the returns OF
the same:
; FIRST. At the general election to be
held the second Tuesday of October next,
there will be elected by the qualified cleo
} tors of this Commonwealth, delegates to a
! convention to revise and amend the Con-
: stitution of the State; the said convention
; shall consist of one hundred and thirty
three members, to be elected in the man
: ner following: Twcnty-eight members
thereof shall be elected in the State at large
as follows: Each voter in the State shall
vote for not moro than fourteen candidates
and the twenty-eght highest in vote shall
| he declared elected ninety-line delegates
shah he appointed TO and elected from the
different Senatorial districts in the State
: three delegates TO be elected for each Sen
- ator theretrom ; and in choosing all dis
trict delegates, each voter shall be entitled
to n vote for not more than two of the mem
= bers to be chosen from his district, and the
: three candidates highest in vote shall be
declared elected, except in the county oI
Allegheny, forming the Twenty-third
Senatorial District, where no voter shall
vote for more than six candidates, and the
nine highest in vote shall be elected, and
in the counties of LuZerne, Monroe and
Pike, forming the Thirteenth Senatorial
District, where no voter shall vote fol
d more than four candidates, and the sin
highest in vote shall he elected, and sin
additional delegates shall be chosen from
u
in said city, and in their election no vote
, shall vote Tor more than three candidates
,, and the six highest in vote shall be de
clared elected.
Q SECOND. The Judges and Inspectors fo
h each election district shall provide two
l. suitable boxes tor each poll, one i'm whicl
:. to deposite the tickets voted for Distric
Delegate; which boxes shall be labelled
respectively Delegates at Large" anC
" District Delegates" and in each distric
;, in the city of Philadelphia an additiona
box shall be provided for each poll, il
which to deposit the tickets voted for "Ci
}, ty Delegats,' and said last mentione,
boxes must each be labelled "City Dele
, gates,'
THIRD. The said election shall be hel,
L and conducted by the proper election Off
& GERS of the several election districts of tn
Commonwealth, and shall be governe
and regulated in all respects by the ner
al election laws of the Commonwealth 5
- far as the same shall be applicable thereto
and not inconsistent with theproYisions c
said act,
FOURTH. The tickets to he voted 70
members at large Of the convention sha
have on the outside the words Delegate
at large" and on the inside the names {
We the candidates to be voted for, not exceed
ing fourteen in number.
FIFTH. The tickets to be voted for dis
trict members OF the conN entiOn shall haV
on the outside the words District Dele
gates" and ON the inside the name @
! names of the candidates voted for, not eS
- ceeding the proper number limited a
as aforesaid; but any ticket which shall COZ
b. tain a greater number of names than I'll
re number for which the voter shall be ent
tied to vote shall be rejected; and in cas-
of the delegates TO be chosen at large
Philadelphia, the words "City Delegates
shall be on the outside of the ticket.
SIXTH. In the city of Philadelphia III
ee return judges shall meet at the Slai
r. House at ten o'clock on the Thursday neN
as following tho election, and make out I'll
or returns ior said city, of the votes ca
lt, therein for delegates at large and city an
es district delegates, TO be members of III
m conventions; the return judges of the seN
ng eral election districts within each count
ct, of the State excluding Philadelphia, sha
as meet ON Friday next following the ele'
"a ton at the usual place for the meeting
n, the return judges of their county, an
lr. make out full and accurate returns of II