The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-02

q Wosevsie to ueet al School House In said borough
Washington 10 meet at the School Houes at the Foot
= rlsne No. s. in said township.
!he eseors Of the district composed Of the Township
a White 10 meet ct the house OF John Bsss, In saA
The .octers Of the composed Of the Township
sdor T. .s follows sirst Divisioa at ,hs boss.
sien, IT Beams -iIuoi House, IN said township.
sPECTALAATTEsTION
is hereby directed to Articc;ViIIth OF the New
Constitution, certain sections whereof read as
follows:
SEC. /. Every male citizcp t-enty-one years
or age. possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at ali elections:
fust-He shall have been citizen OF the
United states at least one month";
.SecUld-He shall have resided in the State
itisd eIector or uatiye-born citizen of the Stare
he shall have removed therefrom and returned
then six monthsJ Immediately preceding the
election.
Ihird-He shall have resided in the election
district where he shall offer to vote ut least two
months immediately preceding the election
foufth-lf twenty-five years of age or up-
State or County tax, which shall have been as
scssed At least tv o months and paid al least one
month before the election.
SEC T. All elections by the citizens shall be
by bnllot, Every ballot voted shall be mum
bcred III the order i'm which it shall be received
and the number recorded by the election Off
GERS on the list of voters, opposite the name OF
the elector who presents the ballot Anv eIac
tor may write his name upon his ticket. or cause
ms name To be written thereon and attested by
citizen of the district. The eIection ohfccrs
shall be sworn or affirmed not 10 disclose now
any elector shall have votec unless required &,
do so az witnesses in judicial proceeding
SEC. 3. Electors shall in ali cases except trea
son, felony, and breach surety of the peace
be privileged from arrest during their attend
therefrom.
SECS. whenever any OF the ouaIifcd c,eo,ors
OF this Commonwealth shall be in active milf
tsry service, under requisit;on from the Pres
dent OF the United St,trs or hy the a,,tb,,r;f, :,
Oh lhls Commonwealth, such electors may exer-
else the right of suffrage in all elections bv the
cltizens, under suc ch regulations are or shall
Iite6 lguS H..
present at their usual places of election
SEC. !. All laws regulating the holding of
of electors shall be uniform throughout the
State, but no eiectCr shall be deprived OF the
Dctng registered.
SEC. s. Any person who shall give or promise
or ofer TO give, to al eleCtor, any money. re-
ward or other valuable considers tion for hi
vote at any election, or for withholding the
same or who shall give or promise to give su CHI
CONSIDERATION to any other person party for
such electors vote, or for the withholding
tuereof. and any eiector who shall receive or
agree to receive, for himsclf or for another anv
money, reward or othor valus bic consideration
Tor his vote st an election, or for Withholding
the same, shall thereby forfeit the right to vote
ct sIch election; and any clector whose right
TO vote shall be challenged for such cause be-
fore the election officers, shall he required to
swear or affirm that the matter of the chal-
SIC. o. Any person who shall. hile a candi-
date for Office, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or
forever disqualified from holding any Office of
trust or profit in this Commonwealth and any
tion laws shall. in addition to any penalties pro-
yided by law, be deprived of the right of suf-
1rass absolutely for q term of four years
SEC. l3. For the purpose OF voting no person
shall be deemed to have gained residence by
his absence, while employed in the service Ell
ther civil or military: of this State the Uni
tee states. or on the high seas. nor while a st
dent Of any institution Of learning whilo
kept In any poor house or other asylum pub
SEC. IA. District election boards shall consist
of Il judge and two inspectors, who shall be cho-
ft-- hxyf aitf
shall have the right to vote for the Judge and
one inspector and each Inspector shall appoint
one Clerk The first election board Of any new
district shall be selected. and vacancies in elec-
ton boards fill d. as shall be provided by law.
Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days of election, ard while engaged i'm
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant OF q court of record or Judge
thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or
for vanton breach OF the peace. In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty during
SEC. Is. No person shall he qualified TO serve
"a an election officer who shall hold or shall
within two months have held any ofice. or ap-
potntment or employment in or under the gov
or of any city or county, or of any municipal
board- commission or trust in any city, on
public and persons in the militia service of the
State; nor shall any election officer be eligible
to any civil Office to be filled a. election at
which he shall serve. only to such subor-
dlnate municipal or local Offices, below the
grade of city or county officers, as shall be Ges-
And also'to the following acts of Assembly
now in force in this State, viz:
Act % January goth, 1S14.-SEC. 5. At all elec-
tions hereafter held under the laws of this
Commonwealth. the polls shall be opened ut
seven O'Clock, a. in., and close at seven O'Clock
SEC.T. whenever there shall be n vacancy i'm
an election board on the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
existing laws.
The said Act - Assembly, entitled IAN Act
relating to the Elections of this Common
wealth., passed July Sd, 1916, provides fol-
lows, to wit
That the inspectors and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which they ressectvely
belong, before seven o'clock in the morning OF
Tuesday. November Sd, and each said inspector
shall appoint one clerk, who shall be a qualified
voter Of the district
second highest number of votes for inspector shall
attend on the day of any election then the per-
son who shall have received the second highest
number of votessfor Judge at the next preceding
election shall act as inspector in his place. And
in case the person who shall have received the
highest number of votes for inspector shall not at
tend the person elected Judge shall appoint in
spector in his place; and in case the person elected
Judge shall not attend, then the inspector who
ceiyed the highest number of votes shall appoint
Judge in his place; and if any vacancy shall con-
tinus the board for the space of one hour after
the time fixed by law for the opening of the cleo
tion the qualiied electors of the township ward
or district for which such officer shall have been
elected present at the place of election shall elect
one of their number to fill such vacancy.
The Act OF 3Oth January, 1874, further pro-
vides as follows:
SEC 3. At the opening of the polls at all eIec-
tions it shall be the duty of the Judges of cleo
ton for their respective districts to designate
one of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be to
have in custody the registry of voters, and to
make the entries thereon required by Inv; and
il shall be the outy of the other of said inspect
ors to receive and number the ballots present.
cd at said election.
SEC. 2. All elections by the citizens shall be
: by ballot: every ballot voted shall he number
.ad m he nvdf tr,y yvh ba been