The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-18
PROCLAMATION OF GENER-
AL ELECTION.

Nv Il T
sylvania, entitled AN Act 20 regulate the
General Elections within this Common
wealth. ii is enjoined upon me To give
public notice of said elections, and TO
enumerate in said notice what officers are
to be elected, /, 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 a
General Election will be held in said coun-
ty, on the
SECOND TUESDAY (S) OF OCTOBER, 1872,
at the several districts, viz:
In Barnett township at Clarington school
house.
In Green township at the house of L.
Arner.
In Howe township at the house of C. +.
Fox.
In jerks township at the court house in
Marien.
In Harmony township at Allondor school
house.
In Hickory township at Ball school
house.
In Kingsley township at Wheeler, Du-
| senbury IL Cos store.
In Tionesta township at school house in
| TiOnesta 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 of the
| Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
| Three persons for congressman at
large.
One person for Congress, in connection
with the counties of Erie, Warrior, Elk,
| Jefferson, Mexican, Cameron and Clear
| field.
| o,,o ,,or,o,, fD- .I,o ooiaa 90 c,a...,. g.;
| connection with the counties of Clarion,
| Armstrong and Jefferson.
| 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
| Forest county.
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 tho 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 the Constitution of the
State, in conformity with the Act entitled
| IAN act to provide for calling a convention
| to amend the Constitution approved
| April IL, 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: Tweuty-eight members
| thereof shall be elected in the State at large
| as follows: Each voter in the State shall
vote for not more than fourteen candidates
and the twenty-eight highest in vote shall
| be declared elected; ninCty-Iine delegates
| shall be appointed to and elected from the
| different Senatorial districts in the State,
J three delegates to be elected for each SEN
! ator thereirom ; and in choosing all dis
| triCt delegates, each voter shall be entitled
! to vote for not more than two of the mem
| bers to be chosen from his district and the
| three candidates highest III 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 be elected, and
| in the counties of Luzerne, Monroe and
Pike, forming the Thirteenth Senatorial
| District, where no voter shall vote for
more than four candidates, and the six
| nlEutSt III NOtC HIldli ne SlcclCu, ana SIX
additional delegates shall be chosen from
the city of Philadelphia, by a vote at large
| in said city, and in their election no voter
shall vote for more than three candidates,
aud the six highest in vote shall be de-
| clared elected.
each election district shall provide two
| suitable boxes Tor each poll one in which
| to deposite the tickets voted for District
Delegate; which boxes shall be labelled
respectively " Delegates at Large" and
| 4" District Delegates" and in each district
in the city of Philadelphia an additional
box shall be provided for each poll, in
| which to deposit the tickets voted for ''Ci-
| ty Delegats," and said last mentioned
| boxes must each be labelled "City Dele
| gates"
THIRD. The said election shall be held
and conducted by the proper election offs
GERS of the several election districts of the
Commonwealth, and shall be governed
and regulated in all respects by the gcner-
al election laws of the Commonwealth, so
| far as the same shall be applicable thereto,
and not inconsistent with theprovisionso OF
| said act
FOURTH. The tickets to he 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 exceed
ing fourteen in number.
FIFTH. The tickets to be voted for dis
trIct members OF the cony ention shall have
on the outside the words "District Dele
gates" and on the inside the name or
names of the candidates voted for, not ex-
ceeding the proper number limited as
| aforesaid; but any ticket which shall con-
tain greater number of names than the
number for which the voter shall be cnti-
I tied 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
| SIXTH. 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 tho
returns for said city, of the votes cast
! therein for delegates at large and city and
district delegates, to be members of the
conventions the return judges of the sew
| eral election districts within each county
of the State, excluding Philadelphia, shall
meet on Friday next following the cleo
ton at the usual place for the meeting of
the return judges of their county, and
make out full and accurate returns of the