The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20
AN ORDINANCE

FOR sUBMfTTtN0 THE AMENDED coisTITUTIoH
or PEsssYLvANIA TO voTs OF THE
QUALIFIED ELEcTohs THEREOF, As Passed
| SECOND HEhpiEd.
BE il ordaincd Jy hs Constitutional COnyen-
hon oC The Commonwealth qf PennsyiUonta,
as (otowsi
!. THAT the amended Constitution pre-
pared by this Convention, be submitted to
the qualihe | electors Of this Commonwealth
for their adoption or rejection, Mt an cleo
ton 10 be held on the third Tuesday Of
December next; except as hereinafter or
| dcred aud directed, the said election shall be
held aud cond uctcd by the regular election
officers in the several election districts
throughout the Commonwealth, under all
| the regulations and provisions Of existing
laws relating to general elections; and the
sheriTs Of the several counties shall give
nj least twenty days notice Of said election
by proclamation.
z. The Secretary Of the Commonwealth
shall, Mt least twe.ty days before the said
| election, furnish to the Commissioners Of
! each county, n sufficient number of prop
erly prepal ed circulars of instruction. The
! Commissioners Of the several counties shall
cnuse to be printed at least three times as
many ballots Of affirmative votes as there
are voters in each county-and the same
number of negative votesy and the said
| Commis sioners shall, at least FIVE days be.
fore said election, cause TO be fairly dis
| tributed to the several election districts in
| heir respective counties, the said ballots,
tally-lists, returns, circulars of instruction,
and such other papers and books as may be
necessary. The ballots shall be printed or
| written in the following form: On the out
! side the words 'New Constitutions" in the
inside for all persons giving affirmative
votca the words "For the New Constitu.
| tion," and tor all persons giving negative
votes the words against the New Con.
stitutlon."
| 8. If it shall appear that q majority of
! the votes polled are for the new Consttd.
! tion then it shall be the Constitution Of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on
and after the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one tn ousand eight hun
1red and seventy four; but if it shall ap.
pear that majority cf the votes poled
were against the new Constitution, then it
shall be rejected and be null and void.
4. Five Commits toner's of Election viz:
Edwin II. Filter Edward Browning, John
p. Verree, Henry s. Hagert, and John o.
James, are hereby appointed by this Con-
vcntion, who shall have direction of the
election upon this amended Consti tuition in
the city OF Philadelphia. The slid Com
raissoners shall be duly sworn or affirmed
70 perform their duties with impartiaity
ami fidelity. They shall also have power
to fill vacancies in their own number. 1t
shall be the duty Of said Commissioners, or
a majority of them, and they shall have au-
tholity TO make registration q voters for
the several election divisions OF said city,
and to furnish the lists so made to the eiec
lion e!ficers of each precinct or division;
to distribute the tickets for said city pro-
vided for by this ordinance to be used at the
election; to appoint judge and two in
spectors for each election division, by whom
the election therein shall be held and con-
Quoted. No person shall serve az an elec
fion officer who would be disqualified under
Se:tion Is, Article 5 of the new Ccns;itI-
lion. The general return of the election in
the said city shall be opened, computed and
certified before the isaid Commissioners, and
with their approval-which approval shall
be endorsed upon the return. They shall
make report. directed TO the President Of
this Convention, of their official action un.
der this ordinance and concerning ID con-
duct Of the said election within the sand city.
The Judges and Inspectors aforesaid
shall conduct the election in all respec's
confornably to the general election laws of
this Commonwealth, and with like powers
and duties to those of ordinary election
officers. Each Inspector shall appoint one
clerk to assist the Board in the performance
Of its duties, and all the election officers
shall be duly sworn or affirmed according
to law, and shall possess all the qualiiica-
| tiuns required by law Of election officers in
this Commonwealth. At said election. NJ
| duly qualified elector who shall be unregls
tered, shall be permitted to vote upon max.
| ing proof of his right to the election Off
| GERS, according to the general election laws
of this Commonwealth. Return Inspectors
and their clerks and an hourly count of the
| votes shall be dispensed with, hut oyerseers
of election may be selected for any precinct
| by said Election Commissioners, whose du.
ties and powers shall be the same as those
! of overseers of election in said city under
existing election laws applicable thereto.
Returns of the election shall be made in
| said city as in the case of an election for
| Governor. but a triplcate general return for
said city shall be made out and forwarded
o the President of the Convention at Har-
risburgh as is hereinafter provided in case
| of county returns.
3. In each case Of the Counties of the
! Commonwealth, Except Philadelphia the
returns of the election shall he made as in
the case of an election for Governor, but
the return judges in each county shall make
out triplicate county return and transmit
the same, within Ave days after the election,
! directed TO the President of the Convention,
at Harrisburg.
Done in Convention this Third day OF
November, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three
LNO. II. WALKER, President.
D. i. INIBRIE, Clerk.
A true copy of ordinance of sub mission.
NJ. S. QUAY,
| Secretary of the CUmmCnW ealth.