The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-10-02
PROCLAMATION OF GENER.
AL ELECTION.


to be elected, !, Il. l.. Davis, High Sheriff
of the county of Forest, do hereby mako
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 tho
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.
Amer.
In Howe township at the house Of C. f.
Fox.
In jerks township at the court house in
Marien.
In Harmony township at Allender school
house.
In Hickory township at Ball school
house.
In Kingsley township at Wheeler, Du-
senbury IL Co.'S stGre.
In Tionesta township at school house i'm
Tionesta borough.
In Tionesta borough at school house in
said borough.
At which time and places tho qualified
electors will elect by ballot:
one person for the office of Governor of
| Pennsylvania.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person for the office of Judge ofthe
| supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Three persons for Congressman at
large.
One person for Congress, in connection
win Tie 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.
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 the Office of County Sur
veyor of Forest county.
AT the same time and places also an elec-
ton will he held for delegates to the con-
vontion to amend the Constitution of the
State, i'll conformity with the Act entitled
AN act to provide for calling convention
| to amend the Constitution" approved
April /, 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 oi TINS Commonwealth, delegates to a
| convention to revise and amend the Com
stitution of the State; the said convention
shall consist of one hundred and thirty
| three members, to be elected in the man
ner following: Twenty-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 ninety-Iiine delegates
| shall be 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
! trlct 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 in 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
highest in vote shall he elected and six
additional delegates shall be chosen from
| the city of Philadelphia, by vote at 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-
clared elected.
SECOND. The Judges and Inspectors for
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
- District Delegates" and in each district
| nj IL;
| 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 g-ner-
nj election laws of the Commonwealth. so
| far as the same shall be applicable thereto.
and not inconsistent with theprOVisions 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 for, not exceed
ing fourteen in number.
| FIFTH. The tickets to be voted for dis
| trIct members of the convention shall have
/
| 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 enti-
tied to vote shall be rejected; and in case
of the delegates TO be chosen at large i'm
| 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 tho 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 sew
/ eral election districts within each county
| of the State, excluding Philadelphia, shall
meet on Friday next following the cleo
tion at the usual place for the meeting of
the return judges of their county, and
make out full and accurate returns Of the
county, of the votes cast therein for mem-
hers of the convention ana for district
members of the same; and the proceedings
of the return judges of the said city of
Philadelphia, and of the several counties