The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-12-11
THURSDAY. DECEMBER II, 1873.
TLECTION PROCLAMATION.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.

wealth., IL Is enlOlneu on the sheriff of
every county to give notice of such cleo
tions to be held, and to enumerate in such
notice what officers are to be elected, in
pursuance thereof /, d. G. OYSTER, high
sheriff of the county of Elk, do therefore
make known and give this public notice to
the electors Of said county of Elk that
special election will be held in said county
on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1873,
lit being the third Tuesday of the month),
for the purpose of
Submitting the arne nded Constitution of
Pennsylvania to q vote of the qualified
electors thereof, as provided by the ordi.
nance Of submission adopted by the oon-
stitutional convention.
And the qualified electors of the county
of Elk will hold their elections in tho sew.
eral districts as follows:
Benezette township, at the house Of
Elizabeth Winslow.
Benzinger township, at the school house
on Michael street, near the Elk scrccli
bridge.
Fox township, at the Centreyille school
house.
Highland township, at the house of Levi
Ellithorpe.
Horton township, at the school house,
near D. c. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house Of Alfred
Pearsall,
Jones township, at the Wilcox tanning
and lumber cOmpanys office. in Wilcox.
Milestone township, at the house Of
Henry Herr, at Barr dam.
Rdgway township, at the court house.
St. Mary's borough, at the town hall.
Spring Creek township, at the house of
Stockdalc, Downer & Co.
| also make known the provision of the
ordinance of submission adopted by the
constitutional convention relative to the
manner of voting, which provides that the
ballots shall be written or printed in the
following form On the outside the words
"New Constitution in the inside for all
persons giving affirmative votes the words
"For the New Constitution and for al
persons giving negative votes the words
"Against the New Constitution"
Also, in the 4th section of the act of As
sembly, entitled "An act relating to elec.
tions and for other purposes" approved
April 10th, 1869, it is enacted that the
lith section shall be so construed as to
prevent any militia or borough officer from
serving as judge, inspector or clerk at any
general or special election in this Common
wealth.
Also, that in the G1st section of said act
it is enacted 'that every general or special
election shall be opened between the hours
of six and seven in the forenoon, and shall
remain without interruption until seven
o'clock in the evening, when the polls shall
be closed.
No person shall be permitted 20 vote at
any election as aforesaid but a freeman Of
the age of twenty one years or more, who
shall have resided in this State at least one
year, and in the election district where he
offers his vote at least ten days Immediately
preceding euch election, and within two
years paid q State or county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least Ten days
before the election. But citizen of the
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resided in the election district and paid
taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote
after residing in this State six months:
ProUided, that the freempn, citizens of the
United States, who are between the aces
OF twenty-One and twenty-five wears. and
who have resided in the election district
ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to
vote, although they have not paid taxes.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth amendment of
the constitution Of the United States is as
follows:
SEC. l. The right of citizens Of the
United States shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States on account
of race, color or previous condition of servi
tude.
SEQ. 2. That Congress shall have power
70 enforce THIS article by appropriate legis-
lation.
And whereas, The Congress of the United
States, on the thirty-frst day Of March,
t,tl.,
enforce the rights Of citizens Of the United
States TO vote in the several States Of the
Union, ana for othe purposes" ," the first
aad second sections Of which are as follows:
Be ii enacted, &C., That ali citizens of the
United States who are or shall DO other
wise qualified TO vote at any electioh by
the people of any State, Territory, district,
city, county, parish, township, school dis
trict municipality, or other territorial sub
division, shall be entitled and allowed to
vote at all such elections, without distinc-
tlon OF color, race or previous condition of
serVitude; any constitution law, custom,
usage or regulation Of any State or Terri
tory, or by or under its authority, to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And 6e il faJther enacted, That if,
by or under the constitution or laws OF any
State, or the laws of any Territory, any act
is or shall be required 10 be done as a pre-
requisite or qualification for voting, and by
such constitution or laws persons or officers
are or shall be charged with the perform.
ance of duties in furnishing to citizens an
opportunity to perform SUCH prerequisites
or to become qualified TO vote it shal be |
the duty of every such person and officers |
10 give all citizens Of the United States, the |
same and equal opportunity to perform
such prerequisite and to become qualified |
20 vote without distinction OF race, color Cr |
previous condition Of sorvitude; and if any |
such persons or officers shall refuse or |
knowingly omit to give full effect to this |
section, he shall tor every such o1fense for
felt and pay the sum Of ave hundred dollars |
to the persons aggrieved thereby, to be re.
covered by an action on the case, with full |
costs and such allowance for counsel fees
as the court shall deem just, and shall also |
tor every such offence be deemed guilty of |
misdemean0r, and shall on conviction there
CT be fined not less than five hundred dol
lars, or to be imprisoned not less than one
month and not more than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
And aehereas, 1t is declared by the second |
section of the VI article Of the constitution
of the United States that "This shall be
made in pursuance thereof, shall be the
supreme law of the land
anything in the constitution or lars of auy
State 10 The contrary notwithstanding.
ARd sshsreGs, The Legislature of this
Commonwealth, on the 9th OF April, 1870