Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-30

number Of votes shall appoint Judge in his place and
if any vacancy shall continue in the board for the space
of hour after the time fixed by Law for opening of
the election the qualified of the township, ward
district which such officer shall have elected
present at the time Of the election, shall elect one Of
their number TO All the vacancy.
SEC g. At the opening OF the polls 81 all elections it
shall be the duty the judges Of election for their
respective districts designate of inspectors
whose duty shall he to have il custody the registry
voters and to make the entries therein required by law
and shall BE- the duty of the other Of said inspectors
to receive and number tho ballots presented sd cleo
tiun.
Src .. All elections by the citizens shall be b., ballot
every ballot voted shall he numbered the OTaer In
which II shall be received, and the number recorded by
;he cor rks the list OF opposite the Of the
eectOr from Nhcm received And any voter gutilg Two
tIsket- the cra tickets voted Sll zach i-
numbered th. number corr-sJnudirg viii. fi,s
nnmto,r {" the oi th+ voter. Any -ir.i1r Iray
write his p.m- uFOu tis ticket, thu h.
written thereon ana aesed by citizen
lu addition 10 the oath prescribed 10y law hr
taken and subscribed by election officers, they STILL
sy"rllv lo sworn or affirmed not to diIcl0se how AIRY
orc0r sLali hay yO'ed, unless required vii
I"sses in Jirlcil proceeding. All judges, held
der this act shall before entering upon their duties he
duly sworn or affirmed ID the of each other
The judge shall he sworn by the minority Inspector
there shall e such minority inspector and ease there
BE- minority inspector, then by justice of the psace
alderman and the inspectors, and clerks
shall ba by the judge. Certificates Of such
ing affirming shall be duly made out, and signed by
the officers so sworn and atested by the officer who ad
ministered the oath Ii any judge minority nspec
tor refuses fails to the officers of election
manner require by this act any officer Of election
shall without being nrat duly officer
of election sha sgn the form of oath without being du
ly sworn, or if any Judge minority Inspector sha
certify that any officer when he not, 1t
shall be deemed mlsdemeanor, and upon conviction,
the officer officers offending shall be fined not ex
ceedng thousand dollars imprisoned nc. exceed
ing one year, or BOTH in the discretion Of the court.
SUPPLEMENT to an Act regulating Elections approy-
ef the 30th January, 1874.
SEC g. IN all elections hereafter the certificate
turazaon, genuine shall be conclusive evidence Of
the facts mentioned therein, Gnd where the person Oh
ferng to vote claims the right the payment of tar
the receipt for such tax, if signed by the proper officer
shall be the evidence thereof if such does produce
such receipt then the payment OF the tax may be proy-
e by the oath OF such person. other evidence stating
when. where and to whom such tax paid
lC r. II any election officer shall refuse or neglect
require such proof of the right of suffrage ia pre-
scriFd by this law, the laws which this sup
pIement, from any person offering to vote whose
not thc list of assessed voters whose right to
vote IS challenged by any qualified voter present
sha admit such person vote without requiring such
nrOof every person so offending shall upOu conviction
he guilty OF misemes nor, and shall I've s+nenced for
every such offence TO pHy fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, TO undergo an imprisonment Of not
than vegr, both. st the discretion Of tire
court.
SECTION 13. As soon rs the polls shall close,
the officers of election shall proceed to count all
the votes cast for each candidate voted for, and
make 4 full return of the same in trpcate, with
IL return sheet in addition, in all Of which the
votes received by each candidate shall be given
after his or her name, first in name and again in
y
and certified by Overseers, if any, or if not so
certified, the oyerseers and any officer refusing
to sign 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 a. counted, shall also be publicly and fully
declared from the window to the citizens present,
and brief statement showing the votes received
By each candidate shall be made and signed by
the election officers as soon the vote Is count
ed, and the same shall be Immediately posted mp
on the door of the election house for information
of the public. The triplicate returns shall ha
closed in envelopes and be sealed in presence Of
the officers, and one envelope, with the unsealeh
return sheet, given to the judge, which shall
contain one list of voters taliy-paper, and Oaths
Of officers, and another of said envelopes shall he
given to the minority inspector. All judges liv
ing within twelve miles IF the prOthOEOtaTy's s
office, or within twent y-fnur miles, if their resi-
dence be in 2 town, village or city upon the lins
of 4 railroad leading to the county seat, shall
bafore two O'Clock post meridian of the day after
tine election, and all other judges shall, before
twelve clock meridian of the second day after
the election, deliver said returns, together with
return sheet, 10 the prOthonotary of the court Of
common pleas Of the county, which said return
sheet shall be filed; aud the day and hour Of
filing marked thereon, and shall be preserved by
the prothonotary for public inspection. At II
o ciOci; on the said second day following any
election, the prothonotary of the court of CON-
mon pleas shall present the said returns TO the
said court. In counties where there 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 said court and computed by
such of its officers and such sworn assistants as
the court shall appoint, in the presence of the
Judge or Judges of said court, aud the returns
certified and certificates of election issued under
L. I -
done by return Judges and the vote as so CON-
puted md certified shall be made matter Of
record in said court. The sessions of the said
court are Cpca to the pablic. And In case the
return Of any election district shall be missing
when the returns are presented, or in case 9f
complaint Of a qualified elector under oath,
charging palpable fraud or mistake, and partl-
cuarly 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
10 Il Just return, said court shall issue summary
process against the election officers and over
scers, if any, Of the election district complained
Of, 10 bring them forthwith into court, with all
election papers in their possession and if any
palpabe mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it
shall, upon such hearing may he deemed ne
cessnry 10 enlighten the court, be corrected BY
the court, and certified but all allegations OF
papRble fraud or mistake shall be decided by
the returns are brought into court for computa-
tiOn and the said inquiry shall be directed only
10 palpahic fraud or mistake, and shall not BE-
deemed Judicial adjudication to conclude any
contest now or hereafter 10 be provided BY law
and the other Of said triplicate returns shall be
placed in the boy aud sealed up with the ballots.
Nothing In this act sktl require the returns of
election of township or borough officers to be
made to the court directed in this section, bat
all returns OF the election of township and bO-
rough officers shall be enclosed in Il sealed cover
directed TO the prOthorOtary of the court of COM
mon pleas of the proper county, and shall by
some one of them, he delivered into his office
within three days after every such election and
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 certi-
fy returns, unless unayoidably prevented. lf
any of the said judges himself shall be candi-
date for any Office at any election, he shall not
sit with the court or act in counting rhe returns
of such election, and in such cases the other
judges, if any, shall act aid il in any county
there shall be no Judge qualified tO hold the said
court, under the provisions OF this uCt. present
and able to act, then and in every such case,
the register Of wills, the sheriff and county CON-
missiOuers Of the proper county shall he and
constitute board who, or n ma jority 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 proyis ions of such
section bUt of the said officers shall net rs
member of such board when himself candi-
date for any office at the election. the re
turns Of which the said board i required 10
count under tn" provisions Of this section.
When two or more COUNTIES are connected Tor
the election Of any officer. The c1Urt, of such
counties shall each appoint return juiyr In
meet Al snCh time and place, rs required by law,
TO compute and certify the vote Of such district.
Ali officers Vrny.pl Tor by hi, net hall be com
pan=ated II li-s officer 1:a pail rs rsi-tiu-
ltTs. Whenever place has haen or shall te
provided hy the authGriiirs %! any city, county,
township Or borough for the s,fc-kcepns Of the
haii1t boxes, the judge and minority inspector
shall, after the election shall BE- finished. and
the tallot-bGy or boyns containing the tickets
list 0f yotorG and other papers have been secure
iy bound with tape and sealed, and the sigGa-
lures of Jud@rq ana Inspectors affixed thereto,
forthwith deliver the same, together with the re-
manning boxes, 10 the mayor and recorder Of
such city, or in counties, townships or boroughs,
to such person or persons Us the court Of COM
mon pleas Of the proper county may designate,
ut the place provided, as aforesaid, who shall
then deposit the said boxes and keep the same TO
answer the call of any court or tribunal, author
lied to try the merits of such election. When
ever the election officers of any district shall rr-
quirc the election boxes OF such district TO hold
any election. which, by law, they are or shall be
required to hold, they shall keep the same Sc
al.