The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-11

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( court, and so certified; but all ailega
tions of palpable fraud or mistak,
, shall be decided by the said eour
within three days after the day th
, returns are brought into court 70
, computation and the said inquir,
shall be directed only to palpabl
= fraud or mistake, and shall not b,
deemed a judicial adjudication, Il
conclude any contest now or hereai
ter to be provided by law; and th'
other Of said triplicate returns shall
be placed in the box, and sealed VI
with the ballots. Nothing in this ac
shall require the returns of election o
township or borough officers to be
made to the court, as directed in thi:
section, but oil returns Of the election
Of township or borough officers shal
be enclosed in sealed cover
directed to the Prothonetary o.
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 countie:
where there are three or more judg
es Of said court, learned in the law
at least two judges shall sit to com
pute and certify returns unless un
avoidably prevented; if any Of the
said judges shall himself be candi
date for any Office at an election, be
shall not sit with the court or act in
counting the returns Of such election;
and in such eases, the other judges,
If any shall act; and if in any county
there shall be no judge qualified 10
hold the said court under the provi-
sions of this act present and able TO
act, then and in every such case the
register of wills, the sheriff and coun-
ty commissioners Of the proper coua-
ty shall be and constitute a board,
who, or majority Of whom, shall
have and exercise all the powers
and preform all the duties vested in
or required to be performed by the
court of common pleas of such county,
by and snder the provisions of this
section, but none of the said officers
shall act as member of such board
when himself 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 prothono-
tary of the courts of common pleas Of
the counties Of Philadelphia and Al
legheny, respectively, shall be pre-
sented to such three or more of the
judges of the several courts of COM
mon pleas of said counties, respective
ly, as the judges of said courts, or a
majority of them, may designate to
perform the duty of receiving, COM
putting 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 a return judge, to meet at
such time and place as required by
law, to compute and certify the vote
Of such districts. All officers provi-
ded for by this act shall be compen-
sated as like officers are paid By ex-
isting laws Whenever a place has
been or shall be provided by the
authorities of any city, county, town
ship or borough, for the safe keeping
Of the ballot boxes, the Judge and
minority inspector shall, after the
election shall be finished, and the bal
lotbox or boxes containing the tickets,
list of voters and other papers, have
been securely y 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 in
counties, townships or boroughs. to
such person or persons as the court of
common pleas Of the proper county
may designate, at the place provid-
ed, as aforesaid, who shall then de-
posit the said boxes, and keep the
same to answer the call Of any court
or tribunal authorized to try the mer-
its of such election. Whenever the
election officers of any election dis
trict shall require the election boxes
of such district to hold anv election.
which by law they are or shall be re-
quired to hold, they shall keep the
same securely in their possession.
without opening until the morning of
such election, and until they shall
severally be sworn or affirmed not to
disclose how any elector snail 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 papers which
they shall find therein, before proceed
ing to hold such election.
APPOINTMENT OF ASSESSORS TO FILL
VACANCIES.
Sec. H. That from and immedi-
ately after the passage of this act, the
court of common pleas in the proper
county, in election districts wherein
assessors have not heretofore been
elected, shall appoint one reputable
person in each election district to be
the assessor thereof, who shall pre-
form all the duties relating to elec-
tions now required to be performed
by assessors under the provisions of
this act. Such assessors shall be ap-
pointed, as nearly as can be ascer-
tanned, from the party having a ma
jority of the votes in their respective
districts.
THE ENSUING FEBRUARY ELECTION.
SEC. Is. That at the election to
be held on the third Tuesday Of Feb
ruary next, and at the election annu
ally thereafter. there shall be elected
in each election district in the State,
as well in those wherein the registra-
tion OF voters has heretofore 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 conform
ity with the general laws of the Com
monwealth, to conduct the elections
for one year and also an assessor.
who shall perform the duties incident
to elections, as required by the pro-
visions of this act.