The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-10

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or hereafter to be provided by law and the other
OF said trpllcate returns shall be placed in the
box and sealed up with the ballots Nothing in
this act shall require the returns Of election Of
township or borough officers to be made to the
court as directed in hissection but all returns Of
the election OF township and borough officers shall
be inclosed in sealed cover directed to the Pro-
OF the court Of common pleas of the
proper county, and shall, by some one OF them
be delivered into his office within three DAYS after
every such election and fled therein. In counties
where there are three or more judges of said
court learned In the law, at least two Judges shall
sit to compute and certify returns, unless una
voldably prevented. II any of the said Judges
shall himself be a candidate for any Office at any
election he shall not sit with the court or act
In counting the returns OF such election, and in
such cases the other judges II any, shall act, and
II in any county there shall be no judge qualified
to hold the said court under the provisions of
this act present and able to act then and in every
such the register Of Wills the sheriff and the
county commissioners of theproper county thall
be and constitute board, who, or majority of
whom, shall have and exercise all the powers and
perform all the duties vested in or required to be
performed by the court Of common pleas of such
county, by and under the provisions of this sec
tlon, but none of the said officers shall act as
member ofsuch board who, himself is a candidate
for any office at the election the returns Of which
the said board is required to count under the
provisions OF this section The returns required
by this act to be presented by the prothonotary Of
the courts of common pleas of the counties of
Philadelphia and Allegheny, respectively, shall
be presented TO such three or more OF the judges
OF the several courts OF common pleas of said coun-
ties respectively, as the judges of said courts or
majority OF them, may designate tOperform the
duty OF receiving, computing and certifying said
returns. When two or more counties are con-
nected for the election of any officer the courts of
such counties shall each appoint return Judge
to meet at such time and place as required by
law to compute and certify the vote of such dis
tricts. All officers provided for by this act shall be
compensated as like officers are paid by existing
laws. Whenever place has been or shall be
provided by the authority of any CITY, county,
township or borough for the safe keeping OF the
ballot boxes, the judge and minority inspector
shall, after the election shall be finished and the
ballot box or boxes containing the tickets list Of
voters and other papers have been securely bound
with tape and sealed and the signatures of the
Judge and inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith
deliver the same, together with the remaining
boxes, to the mayor and recorder OF such city, or
son or persons as the court of common pleas OF
the proper county may designate at the place pro-
vided as aforesaid, who sh all then deposit the
said boxes and keep the same to answer the call
OF any court or tribunal authorized to try the
merits Of such election. Whenever the election
officers Of any election district shall require the
election boxes OF such district to hold any election
which by law they shall be required to hold,
they shall keep the same securely in their pos
session, without opening, until the morning of
such election, and until they shall severally be
sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any elector
shall have voted, and after being so sworn or
affirmed they shall open the said boxes and burn
and totally destroy all the ballots and other pa
pers which they shall find therein before proceed
ing to hold such election.
Courts to appoint assessors In Certain Cases
Sec. IA. That from and Immediately after the
passage OF this act, the court OF common pleas in
the proper county, In election districts wherein
assessors havde not heretofore been elected shall
appoint one reputable person in each election dis
trlct to be the assessor thereof who shall perform
all the duties relating to elections now required
to be performed by assessors under the provisions
OF this act; such assessor shall be appointed as
nearly as can be ascertained from the party hay
ing majority of the votes in their respective
districts.
Election officers and assessors to be Elected Sd
Tuesday Q February.
Sec. 15 That at the election to be held on the
third Tuesday OF February next and that at the
election annually thereafter there shall be elected
In each election district in the state, as well in
those wherein the registration of voters has here
tofore been made by officers appointed and not
chosen by the people to perform the duty as In all
others, one person as Judge and two inspectors In
conformity with the general laws of the common
wealth, to conduct the elections for one year and
also an assessor who shall perform the duties in
cident to elections as required by the provisions
of this act
Duty Of assessors.
Sec. l6. That the assessors appointed under the
fourteenth section OF this act shall within five
days after their appointment proceed to make out
list OF the qualified electors in their respective
election districts, and deliver the same to the
commissioners, who shall transmit a certified
copy OF the same to the Judge OF each election dis
trlct at least forty eight hours before the election
to be held on the third Tuesday of February next
said assessors shall also post ten copies thereof in
conspicuous places In each election district at
at least ten days before said election, and the
lists 80 made by the assessors during the two sec
ular days preceding the day OF the delivery there
OF to the commissioners (of which days public no.
tlce shall be given by hand bill throughout said
dstrlcD shall be open for inspection and correc-
tlon, In the custody of the said assessor from ten
a. m. to three p. IN. and from six p m. to nine p.
m, each OF said days, in the manner provided in
section second of this act, and all OF the remedies
privileges and powers secured and provided
thereby are hereby made applicable to the list
herein named.
assessors and Election officers 10 administer
Odtts.
Sec IT, The respective assessors, inspectors
and Judges OF the elections, shall each have the