The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-10-13

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ceeding five hundred dollars. or to UNDER
! go an Imprisonment not moro than one
year, or both at the discretion of the
| court.
SEC. ID. As soon as the polls shall close.
| tie officers of election shall proceed TO
| count all the votes cast for each candidate
voted for. and make a full return of the
same in triplicate, with re.urn sheet i'm
| addition, in all OF which the vote received
| by each candidate shall be given after his
! or her name, first in words and again i'm
| hgure, and shall be signed by all of said
| oi1cerS and certified by overseers, if any,
or if II so certified, the overseers. and
any officer refusing to sign or certify. OF
! 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, ard brief statement
showing the votes received by each candi
/ uate shall be made and signed by the eec-
| ton officers as soon as the vote is counted
| and the same shall he immediately posted
| up on the door of the election hou tor
| information of the public. The triplicate
| returns shall be enclosed in envelopes and
| e sealed in the presence of the officers
ana one envelope, with the unsealed re-
turn sheet; given to the Judge, which shall
contain one list of voters, tally-paper, and
| oaths of officers, and another of said en-
Velopes shall be given to the minority in
| spector. All judges living within twelve
miles of the prothonotary s office, or with
in twenty-four miles, it their resiuence be
IN town, village, or city upon the line of
railroad leading 20 the county seat. sha l.
| before two O'clock post meridian of the
| DAY after the election, and all other Judges
shall, before twelve o'clock meridian of
| the second day after the election, deliver
| salu return, together with return sheet
| To the prothonotary of the court of com
1 mon pleas of the county, which said re-
| turn sheet shall he filed and the day and
| hour of filing marked thereon, and shall
oe preserved by the prothonotary for pub
| lie inspection. A twelve O'Clock on tha
| second day following any election, the
prothonotary of the court of mmon
| pleas shall present the said returns to the
| said court. In counties where there is no
! resident president judge, the associate
judges shall perform the duties imposed
upon the court of common pleas, which
| shall convene for said purpose the re-
| turns presented by the prothonotarv shall
| be opened by said court and computed by
! such of its officers and such sworn assist
ants as the court shall appoint,i in the pres
ence 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 re:
| turn Judges; and the vote as so compu ed
ana certlhed, shall he male n matter of
! record III said court. The sessions of the
said court shall be open to the public
| Ana IN case the return of any election dis
/ trict shall be missing when the returns
are presented, 1r in case of complaint of a
! quallheu elector under oath, charging pal
/ pablo fraud or mistake, and particularly
/ specifying the alleged freud or mistake or
where fraud or mistake is apparent in the
/ return, the court shall examine the re-
turn, 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 overseers If anv.
/ of the election district complained of To
bring them forthwith into court, with all
election papers i'll their possession and if
palpable mistake or fraud shall be discov-
cred, 1t shall, upon such hearing as NAV
be deemed necessary to enliglten the
court, be corrected by the court. and SO
certified; but all allegations of palpable
fraud or mistake shall be decided bv the
salu court within three days after the dav
the returns Hre brought into court for COM
putatiun; and the said inquiry shall lie
directed OILY to palpabe fraud or mistake
and shall not be deemed judicial adiudi-
cation to conclude any contest now or
hereafter to be provided by law; and the
other of said triplicate returns shall be
placed III the box and sealed up with the
ballots. Nothingin this act shall reauirethe
returns OF election of township or borough
officers to be made to the court as directed
in this section; but all returns of the elec-
tion of township or borough officers shall
be enclosed in a sealed cover, directed d.
the prothonotary of the court of common
pleas of the proper county, and shall, by
some one of them, be delivered into this
office within three DAYS after every such
election and filed therein. In counties
where there are three or more Judges of
said court learned i'm the law, at least two
JUDGES shall sit to compute and certify re-
/ turns, unless unavoidably prevented. If
any of the judges shall himself be a can
didate for any Office at anv election he
shall u Wit 10 al Ia.
ing the returns of such election and in
such cases the other iud tes, if any, shall
act; and ii in any county there shall be
no Judge qualified To- hold the said court,
under the provisions of this AT, present
| ana able To act, then, and in every such
case, the register of wills, the sheriff aud
the county commissioners of the proper
county shall be and constitute a hoard
who, or majority of whom, shall have
and exercise all the powers and perform
all the duties vested IN, or required to be
performed by the court of common pleas
of such county by and under the provis-
ions Of this section but none Of the said
officers shall act as a member of such
board when himself candidate for any
Office at the election. the returns OF W ich
the said board is required 10 count under
the provisions of this section. The returns
required 10y this act 10 be presented hv the
parliamentary OF tie courts OF comsnoR
pleas OF the counties of Philadelphia and
Allegheny, respectively, stall be present
ed H. such three or more of the judges of
the several courts of common pleas Of
sad counties, respectively, as the judges
Of said courts, or a majority of them, may
+ designate to perform the duty OF reeeiv-
ing, computing and certifying said re-
turns. When TWO or more counties are
connected for the election of any officer,
he Qttrts o. such counties shall each ap-
poHit a return Judge 10 meet AT such time
and place, as required by law. 10 compute
and certify the vote of such dis rict. All
officers provided for by this act shall be
compensated as like officers are paid by
existing laws. Whenever q place has
cen .r shall he provided by tho authori-