Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-23

the next preceding election shall act Ss inspector IN
his place And in the person who has received the
highest number OF votes Inspector shall not attend
the person elected Judge shall appoint an Inspector in
his place. and in the person elected Judge shall not
attend then the Inspector Who received the highest
number OF votes shall app ONT Judge IL ms place and
if anv vacancy shall continue IL board space
of one hour after time fixed by law for opening of
the election, the qualified yOers Of the township, ward
district for which such officer shall have been elected
present at the time ot the election shall elect Of
their number TO I'll the vacancy.
SEC. g. Al tine opening Uf the polls at all elections it
shall be the duty OF til" iuGges OF election for their
respective districts 70 designate orc ol the inspectors,
whose duty shall to have custody the registry of
yOcrs and to make tee entries therein required By Law;
and shall he the duty Of the other of said INSPECTORS
to receive and number tue ballots presented at said eiec
ton.
SEC g All elections by The citizens shall lie by ballot
every ballet ,occd shall w numbered thc order
which Il sla De received and the uumbe. recorded by
the LIST opposite the Of tine
ticket te several tickets Oed snail sJCI, be
numbered , the number corresponding with :hs
,.u4Llc. to tie rylna o. The voter. Any cleCor MAY
upOu is tiCSc the t. be
written thereon. ai,a Arrested czer o. the district.
taken aud subscribed by election officers, they snail
savsIalls be -wC:n affirmed uU- 10 disco-e hoT any
eecor snail have o-d, unless required 70 do VT
L9--re III Judicial pToce"dyg- Al! IudFts held III
ii. this shah tefors etg.ug their dttis-.
uHy t'DrI or @fg3"l ~ 'hs presence O tacI othe.
Inc judge shall tc sworn b.. tie minority Inspector, II
there shall be sIch minority inspector aud IN there
be 10 minority inspector tLca hy justice OF the peace
alderman. ana the INSPECTORS, Ovecseers and clerks
snail be by the judge Certificates Of such
ing affirming shall duly made out, and signed Dy
the officers 50 wOI and qttesteI by tine officer who adj
u,iHistered the oath If Sly Judge minority inspec-
tor fails the officers OF election III the
manner aora,l b til. act or : am. officer of election
slall without being iirg. dUy sworn, any officer
election shall s:l the iurIa OI oath without being dI-
y s"oIu. If any judge minority Inspector shall
shall be Gee.ned miscemcanor, ard upon conviction,
the officer officers offending sa3U DO fined not
ceedng ono thousand doaIs or imprisoned not exceed
ing one year, or bpth III tho discretion OF the court
! kI-PpiEMlST 20 an An rrpugtinV snrt,--
ed the 3Uth January, 1874.
CSC In all elections hersaf c the certificate OF -
urazIou- ): genuine, shall be conclusive evidence OF
the facts mentioned therein, and where the person Of
teru 10 vote claims the night the paymerG of tax,
tine receipt fo- such tax, il signed ty the proper officer,
shall J the evidence thereof; II such does not produce
such receipt, then the pay the tax my Le rUv-
ed by the oath Of such person, Or other evidence stating
| when, Wl.cr. ana % whom such tax paid
SIC. T. Ii any election officer shall reIse negiec.
to requre such proof Of the right OF suffrage pre-
scr!bed by this law or the laws (" when this IS sup
plement, froIl any person offering vote whose
is ot ibe ss Of assessed voters whose right TO
vote X challenged by any quied voter present and
proof, every person offending SHALL upon conviction,
be guilty OF msdemeaDor, and shall he sentenced, for
every such offence, to pay ne not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, to undergo imprisonment OF not
tnan one year, bOth al the discretion Of the
court.
| SECTION IS. As soon as the polls shall close,
the officers of election shall proceed to count all
the votes cast for each candidate voted for, aud
make full return of the same in triplicate, with
! a return sheet in addition, In all of which the
! votes received by each candidate snail be given
after his or her name, first in name and again in
iguret, and shall be signed By all of said officers
and Ger flied by oyerseers, if any, or il not SO
certified, lie oyerseers and any officer refusing
to sign or certify, or either of them, shall write
upon each of the returns his or their reasons for
not signing or certifying them. The vote, as
soon as counted, shall also be publicly and fully
declared from the window to the citizens present,
l,r;,C
by each candidate shall BE made and signed by
the election officers the vote Is connt-
! ed. and the same shall be imIFedately posted up
! onrhe door Of the election house for information
of the public. The tripl!c.te returns shall be en-
/ closed in envelopes and be sealed in presence Of
the officers, and one envelope, with the unsea!ed
h.return sheet, given to the judge, which shall
contain one list Of voters, tay-paper, and Oaths
of officers and another of said envelopes shall be
given 10 the minority inspector. All judges liv
ing within twelve miles Of the p:OthoEOtary' S
office, within ty-lOur miles, if their resi-
dencc be in 4 town, village city upon the line
of Il rSiirOad leading 20 the county seat, shall
before two O'Clock post meridian of the day after
the election, apd all other Judges shall, before
twelve o, lock meridian OF the second dIy after
the election. deliver said returns, together with
rcluru sheet 10 the parliamentary of the court of
common pleas of the county, which said return
/ sheet shall he flied; and the day and hour of
filing marked thereon. and shall be preserved by
/ the uojhun0iIry for public inspection. AT II
! u'c,ock on the said secont. day following any
election the pTOthOnOtary OF the court Of com
mon pleas shall present the said returns to the
| said court IN counties where tnere is no resi-
dent president Judge, the associate Judges shall
/ perform the duties imposed upon the court of
( common pleas, which shall convene for said pur-
/ pose the returns presented by the prothOnotAry
/ shall be opened by sad court and computed by
sGcn Of its officers and such sworn assistants as
/ the court shall appoint, in the presence, of the
Judge or Judges Of said court, and the returns
certified and certificates of election issued under
( the seal OF the court as is now required to be
/ done by return judges and the vote as so com
/ putCd and certified shall be made matter Of
record in said court. The sessions OF the said
court are open to the public. and in case the
return Of any election district shall be missing =
when the retun5 Gre presented, or in case af
complaint Of Il qualified olrcto. ,.utcr oath,
charging pIlpable fraud or mistake, and paFti-
, CulaTly specifying the alleged fraud or mistake,
or where fraud or mistake IS apparent or the re-
turn, the court shall examine the return, and il
in the Judgment o.; the court il shall be necessary
30 a Just return, said court shall issue summary
process against the election officers and over
srrrs. If any. of the election district complained
of. 10 bring them forthwith into court, with all
election papers in their possession and if any
plIpahle mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it
shall, upon such hearing e. may be deemed ne
u
the court, and so certified bEt all allegations OF
palpable fraud or mistake shall be decided by
the said court within three days after the day
the returns are brought into court for computa-
tiOn and the said inquiry shall be directed only
TO palpabc fraud or mistake, and shall not be
deemed judicial adjudication to cOnc!Ude any
contest now or hereafter to be provided by law;
and the other Of said triplCate returns shall be
placed in the bOE and sealed up with the ballots.
Nothing in this act shall require the returns Of
election of township OF borough officers 10 be
made 20 the court directed IN this section, but
all returns of the election of township and bo-
rough ofiicer- shall be enclosed in q sealed cover,
directed 10 the prothOnotury Of the court of com
mon peas OF the proper county, ana 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 iudl t. Of said court learned IL the law,
al least 10 Judges shall -t 10 compute ana Ccrtl-
~ returns. unless unHt oidab.y prevented. If
any OF the said judges himself shall be q cGnli-
date tOr any Office at any election, hc shall not
sit with the court or act in counting he returns
Of such election, ana in such eases the other
iudges. if any, shall act aid If In any county
there shall be no Judge qualified TO hold the -ad
court, under the provisions OF this act. present
aud able 10 act, then and i'll every such case,
the register Of wills, the sheriff and county com
missioncrs of the proper county shall Be and
constitute = board who, ~ majority Of whom,
. shall have and exercise all ia. powers and per
form all the duties vested in. or required TO be
performed by the cOur; Of common pleas of such
county, by and under the provisions of such
section but none Of the said officers shall act as
a member of such board when himself candi-
date for any Office at the election, the re-
turns Of which the said board is required to
CONT under the provisions of this section.
when two or more counties are connected for
the election of any officer, the courts of such
counties shall each appoint return judge TO
meet 1T such time and place, rs required by law,
20 compute AID certify the vote Of such district.
III officers pro"iCed for by this act shall bc COM
yau=ated rs like officers paid by existing
laws. Whenever a place has been or shall be
provided by the authorities of any city, county,
township or borough for the safc-kccping Of the
ballot boxes, the judge and minority inspector
shall. after the election shall. be finished nd
thc ballot or boxes containing the tickets,
LIST of voters and other papers, have been secure
u bound with tape and sealed, and the sigma
lures Of Judges and inspectors affixed thereto,
forthwith deliver the same, together with the re-
naming boxes, to the mayor and recorder Of
such city. or in counties. townships or boroughs,
70 such person or persons rs the court Of COM
mon pleas Of The proper county may designate,