Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-09-03
PROCLAMATION
GENERAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, OCTOBER l4th, 1873.

TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th, 1873.
Whereas, in and by an Act of the Gen.
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth OF
PENNSYLVANIA, entitled can Act relating to
the elections of this Commonwealth, p ss-
ed the 2nd day of July, A. d. 1889, it is
made the duty of the Sheriff Of every cOun.
ty within the Commonwealth to give public
notice of the General Elections, and in such
notices to enumerate:
/. The officers TO be elected.
.. Designate the place at which the cleo
ton is TO be held.
/, JOSEPH ARD, High Sheriff of the
county of Jun:ata, do hereby make known
and give this PUBLIC NOTICE to the El-
ectors of the County of Juniata. that on the
second TUESDAY OF OCTOBER NEXT,
(being the fourteenth day of the monthly a
| General Election will be held at the several
election districts established by law in said
county, at which time they will vote by bal
lot for the several officers hereafter men
toned, viz:
One person to fill the office of Judge OF
the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth
| of Pennsylvania.
One person to fill the office of Treasurer
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person to represent the District COM
posed of the counties of Juniata, Centre,
Miffiin and Huntingdon, in the Senate Of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person to represent the District COM
posed of the counties of Juniata and Miffiln
in the House of Representatives, of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person to fill the office Of Sheriff of
Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of Register
and Recorder and Clerk Of the Orphans
Court of Juniata county.
One person to fill the office OF County
Commissioner of Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of Jury Com
missioner of Juniata county.
One person to fill the office of Treasurer
of Juniata calnty.
One person to ill the Office of Auditor of
Juniata county.
One person to fill the Office of Coroner of
Juniata county.
The said elections will be held through
out the county as follows.
At the Court House in the borough of
Mitilintown, for the borough of MifIlintOwn.
At the Court House in the borough OF
Mifflintown, for Fermanagh township.
At the School House in Mexico, for Walk
er township.
At Smiths School House, for Delaware
township
At the School Honse in Thompson town,
for the borough of Thompsontown.
At the Public House OF Thomas Cox, for
Greenwood township.
At the School Uouse in Richfed, for
Monroe township.
At Frymoyer's Hotel, for Susquehanna
township.
At the School House in McAlisterville,
for Fayette township.
At the School House in Patterson, for the
borough of Patterson.
Al the School House in Perrysville, for
the borough OF Perrysville.
At the Locust Grove School House, near
the residence of Mr.. Stewart, for Milford
township.
At Spruce Hill School House, for Spruce
Hill township.
At the Scheol House at Academia, for
Beale township.
At the School 1louse' near McCulloch's
Mills, foi Tuscarora township, except that
portion of it lying north-westward Of the
summit of the Shade Mountain.
AT the Lick School House, near the resi-
dence of Benjamin Walls, decd, tor Lack
township, except that portion of it lying
north-westward of the summit of the Shade
Mountain.
At the Centre School House, for SO much
of the townships of Lack and Tuscarora as
II.an Of h.l nf ha had
Mou,tain.
At the Church Hill School House, for
Turbett township.
tice, as in and by the 43rd section of the
aforesaid act am directed, 'sthat every per-
son excepting justices of the peace, who
shall hold any office Of trust under the
United States, or this State, or any city or
Incorporated district, whether a commits
stoned officer or otherwise, subordinate
officer or agent who is or shall be employed
under the legislative, executive or Judiciary
department of this State, or of the United
States, or of any Incorporated city or dis
trict, and also that every member of Con-
gross and of the State Legislature, and OF
the select or common council of any cityor
of any Incorporated district,
is by law incapable Of holding or exercising
at the same tbeo or appointment of Judge
or clerk of any elections of this
Commonwealth, and no judge, inspector or
other officer of such election shall be eligi-
BILE to any Office then to be voted for.
Also that by the 4th section of the Act
of Assembly, entitled can Act r. Iating to
executions and for other pu poses," appro-
we'd April Is, 1910, it is enacted that the
18th section shall not be construed
SO as TO prevent any military officer or bor-
ough officer from serving as judge, inspec-
tor or clerk OF any general or special cleo
ton of this Commonwealth"
By the act of Assembly of 1869, known as
the Registry Law, it is provided as follows:
l. Election officers are to open the polls
between the hours of six and seven A. NJ,
on the day OF the election. Before O'Clock
in tie morning Of second Tuesday of Octo-
ber they are to receive from the County
Commissioners the Registered List of Voters
and all necessary election blanks, and they |
are to permit no man to vote whose name is |
not on said list, unless he shall make proof |
OF his right to vote, as follows:
2. The person whose name is not on the |
list, claiming the right to vote must pro-
duce qualified voter of the district to |
swear in a written or printed affidavit to the |
residence of the claimant in the district for |
At least ten days next preceding said elec-
ton, defining clsarly where the residence of |
the person was.
3. The party claiming the right to vote |
shall also make an affidavit, stating to the
best of his knowledge and belief where
and when he was born, that he is a citizen |
Of Pennsylvania and of the United States, |
that ne has resided in the State one year,
or, if formerly citizen therein and remov-
ed theretrom, that he has resided therein |
six months next preceding said election,
th..t &c has not moved into the district for |
the purpose of voting therein, that he has
paid State or county tax within two years,
which was assessed at least ten days before
The election, and the affidavit shall state
when and where the tax was assessed and
paid, and the tax receipt must be produced
lnless the affiant shall state that il has been I
ost or destroyed, or that he received none.
4. If the applicant be naturalized citi-
zen, no must, in addition to the foregoing
roofs, state in his affidavit when, where