The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-24

one person FOR Governor of the Commonwealth q
Pennsylvania
one person Tor state Treasurer.
one person for senator for the XVIII district, COM
posed Of The counties OF Columbia, LJcuming, Mon
one person for Associate Judge of the county Of
columbia.
one person for Prothonotary.
one person for Register and Recorder.
one person for Treasurer.
Inte d,e pcIsons ior commissioners, Out no ecctor
Three persons for Auditors, out no ecctor TO vote
for more than two personsJ
II Is further directed that the election polls OF the
several districts shall be opened at seven O'Clock IN
the forenoon ana shah continue open without inter
ruption or adjournment until seven O'Clock ln thc
evening when the polls VIII be closed.
Iulsunnt 70 tno provisions contained In the 18TH
"a further supplement TO the act regulating elcc-
TONS IN thls commonwealth" approved Jan 30, 1874
SECTION iS; As soon rs the polls shall close, the
officers of election shall proceed to count al the
votes cast for each candidate voted FOR, aud make
tull return a. the same IN trpcate, with return
sheet In addition In all of which the votes received
by each candidate shall be given after his or her
name, frsl In words and again In figures, and shall
socrS II any, or IL not so cerlncd the ovcrscCrs and
any onicer refusing to sign or certify, either OF
their reasons for not signing or certifying them
The vote as soon as counted, shall also be publicly
aud fuzzy declared from the window to the citizens
present, aud n brief statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made and signed
by the election Officers as soon the vote Is counted
and the same shall be Immediately posted I'M on tht
door of the election house for Information OF the
and one envelope with The unseaed return sheet
given 70 the judge, which shall contain one list o
NOters talypaper ana oathS Of officers, ana another
OF said envelopes shall be given 10 the minority in
spect0r All Judges living within twelve miles Ct
the prothunOtarNs onlcc, or within twenty-fOul
miles, If their residence be In q town. village or cts
upon the line Of y railroad leading to the county
seat, shall. before tWo O'Clock post meridian OF Tho
day after the election, ana all other Judges shall
before twelve o'clock meridian Of the second da,
return sheet, TO the prOthOnOtary OF the court u
common pleas Of the county, which said return sheet
thereon ana shall he preserved by the prOthonotarl
for public inspection
Also, that where Il Judge, by sickness or unavoida
ble accident IS unable to attend, then the certificate
or return shall be taken charge OF by of the in
sp6ctOrs clerks Of the election Of the district wht
shqll do and perform the duties required Of salt
The following Act OF Assembly. regulating The
mode OF voting IN the commonwealth of PennSyl
yania, was passed March 10, 1868 and reads thus:
SECTION I. BE II enacted by the Senate and llOus,
of Representative OF the commonwealth OF PennSyl
vania In General Assembly met, and 1t Is hereby en-
acted by the authority OF the same that the qualified
Of this commonwealth at all general township, bOr
Ough and special elections are hereby hereafter
authorised and required TO vote by tickets printed
written, or partly printed and partly written, sever
ally classified as fOllOws one ticket shall embrace
the names of all Judges Of Courts voted for, anC
labelled outside, "Judclary;" one ticket shall EN-
brace the of all the state officers voted for
and to be labelled "State;n ticket shall embrace
the names of all county officers voted for, lncudin.
scmbly, II voted for, and members OF Congress-
voted for and be labelled County :" ticket sal
embrace the names Of all township officers voted for
and be labelled "rownship;" :" one ticket shall EN-
brace the names Of all borough officers voted for au
be labelled "BOrough."
SECTION 2. That 1t shall be the duty Of the Sheril
in the several counties Of the commonwealth TO in
sert in their election prOcamatlOnS, hereafter issue
| the first section OF this act.