Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-16

received the second highest number of votes for J
at the preceding election shall as Inrpectr in
his ace- And il; the person who has received he
hges mum ber Of votes for Inspector shall sttsnd
the person elected Judge shall appoint Inspector in
ms Face, and IN the elected Judge shall not
Attend then the Inspector who received the highest
number of votes shall appoint Judge his place and
Of one hour after tie time BY law for opening OF
the election the qualified Of the township ward
or district for which such officer shall have been elected
present at the time of the election shall elect one OF
their number to fill the sacancy
SEC g. At the opening of the polls az all elections il
shall be the dy of the judges of election for tber
respective districts to designate one Of the Inspector
whose duty shall be to have CUSTODY the reistv Of
voters, and to make the entries therein reoired m
and shall he the duty of the other Of gaid inansos
20 receive and humber the ballots presented said cleo
SIC. Q. All elections by the citizens shall be I rf.
every pahot voted shall he numbered II the order in
winch SHAH be received, and the number recorded by
the clerks the list of opposite the name Of the
eector from whom received And any voter voting two
or more Tickets the several tickets voted shall each
numbered with the number corresponding with the
number to the Of the voter. Any eiector may
write his name upon his ticket same TO be
written thereon, and attegted by citizen OF the district
In addition to the oath prescribed by law to be
taken and subscribed by election officers they shall
seyera!iy be affirmed to disclose how sDv
eectOr shall have voted unless required to do so as wit
| nesses in judicial proceeding All Judges held ur-
der this act shall, before entering upon their duties be
duly affirmed III the presence OF each other
The Judge shall be sworn y the minority irsnecori #
there shall be such minority specto- and in ease there
be no minority inspector then by justice the peace
or alderman, and the inspectors, and clerks
|
ing or affirming shall be duly made out, and signed by
the officers sworn, and attested by officer who a
tor refuses fails the officers of election in the
manner required by this act any officer of election
shall act without being first duly sworn any officer
9i election si sign the form OF oath without being dn
y sworn, or If any judge or minority inspector shall
certify that any officer when he was not Il
snail be deemed misdemeanOr, and upon conviction
the officer or officers offending shall be fined not
ceedng thousand dollars imprisoned not exceed
ing one year, or both III the discretion Of the court
SUPPLEMENT to an Act regulating Elections guproy-
ed the 3Oth January, 1874.
sEc g. In all elections hereafter the certificate of ne
tuTazatOn if genuine shall be conclusive evidence OF
the facts mentioned therein, and where the person
fering to vote claims the right the payment OF tax
the receipt for such tax signed by the proper officer,
shall be the evidence thereof; if such produce
such receipt then the payment of the may be prov
ed by the cath of such person. other evidence stating
| when, whore and to whom such tax paid
SIC. r. II any election officer shall refuse EegIec;
to require such proof Of the right OF suffrage IS pre-
scribed by this law, laws which this a sup
pleInent, from person Offering to vote whose
Id not on The list of assessed voters whose right to
vote is challenged by any qualified voter present, and
sia admit such person TO vote without requiring such
proof every person 50 oendng sual upon conviction,
be guy OF mlSdene7nor, and shall be sentenced, for
every sucd offence, to pay fne not exceeding hye hun
| dred dollars or to undergo imprisonment Of not
court.
SECTION Is. As soon as the polls shall close,
the officers of election shall proceed to count al
the votes cast for each candidate voted for, and
make full return of the same in triplicate, with
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votes received by each candidate shall be given
after his or her name first in name aud again in
fguret, and shall be signed by all of said officers
? and certified by oyerseers, if any, or if not SO
certified, the overseers 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 10 the citizens present,
and Il brief statement showing the votes received
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the election officers as the vote is count
! ed and the same shall be immedid. ely posted up
on the door of the election house for information
Of the public. The trpcate returns shall be en-
closed in envelopes and be sealed in presence Of
IN, officers, and envelope with the unsealed
| return sheet, given to the judge, which shall
contain one list of voters, taliypaper, and Oaths
of officers, and another of said envelopes shall be
given TO the minority inspector. All judges liv-
, ing within twelve miles of the prothoEOtary's
office, or within twenty-four miles, if their resi-
deuce be in town, village or city upon the line
of q railroad leading 10 the county seat, shall
before two O'Clock post meridian of the day after
the el ctiOu- and all other judges shall, before
twelve O'Clock meridian of the second day after
the election, deliver said returns, together with
return sheet, TO the prothonOtary of the court Of
common pleas Of the county, which said return
sheet shall be filed; and the day and hour Of
filing marked thereon, and shall be preserved by
the prOthOnotary for public inspection. At y
} O'Clock on the said second day following any
election, the prothonOtary of the court of COM
8 mon pleas shall present the said returns to the
said court. In counties where there is DO 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 said court and computed by
such of its officers and such sworn assistants
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 COM
puted 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 returns are presented, or in case ef
complaint OF a qualified eleCtOr under oath,
! charging palpable fraud or mistake, and parti-
cularly specifying the alleged fraud or mistake,
: or where fraud or mistake is apparent on the re-
turn, the court shall examine the return, and if
in the Judgment of the court il shall be necessary
: to just return, said court shall Issue summary
process against the election officers and over
seers, If any, of the election district complained
, of, TO bring them forthwith into court, with all
election papers in their possession and if any
/ palpabe mistake or fraud shall be discovered, il
shall, upon such hearing as may be deemed ne
h cessary enlghten the court, be corrected by
the court, and certified but all allegations Of
, palpabe fraud or mistake shall be decided by
4 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 palpablc fraud or mistake, and shall not be
!, deemed judicial adjudication to conclude any
| contest now or hereafter to be provided by law;
and the other of said triplicate returns shall be
. placed in the box aud sealed up with the ballots
II Nothing in this act shall REQUIRE the returns OF
election of township or borough officers 10 be
Il made to the directed in this section, but
| all returns of the election of township and bO-
rough officers shall be enclosed in a sealed cover,
directed to the prothOnotary of the court of COM
mon pleas of the proper county, and shall by
s some one of them, be delivered into his office
d within three days after every such election and
K filed therein. In counties where there are three
! or more judges of said court learned in the law,
at least TO judges shall sit to compute and eert-
: fy returns, unless unaYoidably prevented. If
any of the said judges himself shall be candi-
: date for any Office at any election, he shall not
u sit with the court, or act in counting the returns
of such election, and in such cases the other
s Judges, if any, shall act ard if in any county
: there shall be no judge qualified to hold the said
q court, under the provisions of this act, present
! and able to act, then and in every such case,
= the register of wills, the sheriff and county COM
d missioners of the proper county shall be and
d constitute board who, or a majority of whom,
: shall have and exercise all the powers and per-
= form 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 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
count under the provisions of this section
I When two or more counties are connected for
: the election of any officer, the courts of such
i counties shall each appoint return judge to
/ meet at such time aud place. as required By law,
D to compute and certify the vote of such district.
All officers provided for By this act shall be COM
II pensated as like officers are paid by existing
o laws. Whenever a place has been or shall be
provided by the authorities 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 baOt-boX or boxes containing the tickets,
list of voters and other papers, have been secure-
. " 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 boroughs,
c to such person persons as the court of COM
mon pleas of the proper county may designate,
at the place provided, rs aforesaid, who shall
then deposit the said boxes and keep the same TO
answer the call of any court or tribunal, author