The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-22

one person for Governor of the commonwealth o
| Pennsylvania.
one person Tor senator Tor ihc Xvth district, com
| posed " the counties Of columbia, lycomng, Mon
ono person Tor Associate Judge OF the county Of
Columbia
one person for Irothonotary.
one pCrsOn Tor Register ANA Recorder
one person for Treasurer
Three persons FOR commissioners, (but no electoi
| TO vote Tor more than two ncrsunsO
Three persons Tor Auditors Gut no elector to vote
It is fmthcr directed that the election polls OF the
several districts shall be opened AZ seven o'clock III
the forenoon, and shan continue oren without inter
evening when the polls VIII he closed. 49,. .o.,
section Of the Act Of the General Assembly being
"a further supplement to the act regulating cleo
lions IN THIS commonwealth, approved Jan ~, ls,l
SECTION 10: AS soon aS the poils thnll clnsr} !ne
Officers Of election shall proceed 10 count a thV
votes cast for each candidate voted for, ana make
fill return Of the same IN tpcate, VIVA return
by each candidate shall be given after hts or her
name, nrst In words and again In figures, and shall
seers II any or II not SO certified the Ovcrsccrs aud
any officer refusing to sign or certify or either OF
them, shall write upon each of the returns MS on
their reasons for not signing or certifying them.
The vote, as soon as counted, shall also ne puoey
and fully declared from the window to the citizens
present, and Il brief statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made ana signed
and the same shall be Immediately posted up on the
door Of the election house for information OF tc
public. The tripllcate returns snail ne enCluseu III
envelopes ana be sealed In presence OF the ocers,
and one envelope with the unsealed return sheet,
given to the Judge, which shall contain one list OF
voters, tallypaper and oaths Of officers ana another
OF said envelopes shall be given to the minority IN
spectOr All Judges living within twelve miles OF
the prothOnotarys ollice, or within twenty-four
miles, II their residence be In town. village or city
upon the line of railroad leading to the county
seat, shall. before two o'clock post meridian OF the
day after the election, and all other Judges snail.
before twelve o'clock meridian OF the second day
after the election deliver said return together with
return sheet, to the prothOnotary Of the court OF
common pleas of the county, which saidreturn sheet
shall be fled, and the day and hour OF ming marked
thereon, and shall be preserved by the prothonotary
for public inspection.
Also that where Judge, by sickness or unavolda-
Die accident, Is unable TO attend then tne certcate
return shall be taken charge of by one OF the In
speCtos clerks of the election OF the district, who
shall do and perform the duties required OF said
the following Act Of Assembly. regulating the
mode OF voting in the commonwealth OF PennSyl-
vana, was passed March lG ieSs and reads thus 4,s
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
voters OF the several districts in the several counties
of this commonwealth, at all general township, bor
ough and special elections, are hereby hereafter
authorised and required TO vote by tickets printed or
written, partly printed and partly written, sever
ally classified as follows: one ticket shall embrace
the names OF all Judges of Courts voted for, and
brace the names OF all the state officers voted for,
and to be labelled 'State," one ticket shall embrace
the names OF all county officers voted for including
semby, II voted for, and members OF Congress, Il
voted for, and be labelled 'County;n one ticket shall
embrace the names Of al township officers voted for
brace the names of all borough officers voted for ana
be labelled Borough"
SECTION O. That It shall be the duty of the Sheriff
In the several counties OF the commonwealth to In
sert in their election prOcamations, hereafter issued
the first section OF this act,