The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02


sent the County Of Elk.
Two persons for Associate Judges.
One person for District Attorney. |
One person for County Surveyor.
One person for Jury Commissioner
And the qualified electors of the county |
of Elk will hold their elections in the sew
eral districts, as follows:
Benezettc township, at the house Of
Elizabeth Winslow.
Benzinger township, ct the school house
on Michael street, near the Elk creek
bridge.
Fox township, at the Centreville school
house.
Highland township, at the house Of Levi
Ellithorp.
Horton townahip, al the school house
near D. c. Oyster hotel.
Jay township, at the house of Alfred
Pearsall
Jones township, at the Wilcox Tanning
and Lumber Co.'S office.
Milestone township. at the house of Henry
Derr, at Barr's Dam.
Ridgway township, at the Court House.
Spring Creek township, at the house of
Stockdale, Downer Il Co.
St. Marys borough at the town hall
also make known the following:
AN Aor regulating the mode of voting at
elections in the several counties Of this
Commonwealth; approved March Both.
1868.
sEo7Ios l. Be it enacted by the SEN
ate and House Of Representatives Of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania IN
General assembly met, and it's hereby
That the qualified voters ut the several
cn,,ufiae nf Tho Covn m nm oa1th nj oil Opp-
eral, township, borough and special elec.
tions. are hereby hereafter authorized and
, required to vote by tickets printed or
written, or partly printed and partly
written, severally classified as follows:
One ticket shall embrace the names of all
judges of courts voted for, and to be labeled
outside "Judciary;" one ticket shall en-
brace the names of all State officers to be
voted for, and be labeled ''State;" one
ticket shall embrace the names Of all county
officers voted for, including the Office Of
Senator and members of Assembly, If voted
for and, and mambers of Congress, If voted
for and shall be labeled County etc.,
! and each class shall be deposited in separate
ballot boxes.
also make known and give notice as in
and by the 10Th section Of aforesaid act
| that
Every person except justices of the peace
who shall hold any office Of appointment
| Of profit or trust under the government of
the United States, or Of any city or incor-
porated district, whether q commissioned
| officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer
or agent who is or shall be employed under
the legislative, executive or judicial depart
ments Of the State, or the United States, or
! of any city or incorporated district, and
also any member of Congress OF Of the
State Legislature; and of the select and
common councils Of any city. or commits
suer Of any incorporated district, is by law
incapable Of holding or exercising at the
same time the Office or appointment of
Judge, inspector or clerk Of any election Of
the Commonwealth. and no inspector,
Judge or any other officer of such election
shall be eligible to be voted for.
Also, in the 4th section Of the act of as
sembly, entitled "An act relating to elec-
tions and for other purposes approved
April 18th, 1860, it is enacted that the l4th
section shall be 30 constructed as to pre-
vent any militia or borough officers from
serving as judge, inspector or clerk, at any
general or special election in this Common
wealth.
| ! also make known the following:
WHEREAS, The fifteenth amendment Of
the Constitution of tho United States is as
| follows:
SECTION /. The right Of citizens Of the
United States to vote shall not lie denied
or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race color or previous
condition of servitude.
SECTION 2. The Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by sppropri.
ate legislation.
AND WHEREAS, The Congress Of the
United States, on the 3Ist day of March
1870, passed an sct entitled IAN act to en-
force the rights Of citizens of the United
States 10 vote in the several States of this
Unien, and for other purposes" the frs
and second sections of which are as follows
SECTION l. BE ID enacted 6y the Sen
ate and House of Representatives. O
the United States of america, in Cong
ress assembled, That all citizens Of thu
United States who are or shall be otherwise
qualified by law to vote at any election BY
the people in any State, Territory, district
county, city, parish, township, school dis
trict, municipality, or other territorial sub
division shall be entitled aDd allowed to vot,
at all such elections, without distinction o.
race, color or previous condition of servi
tude, any constitution, law, custom, usage
or regulation Of any State or Territory, o,
by or under its authority, to the contrar,
Notwithstanding.
SECTION 2. And be IL further enacted
That fby law or under the authority o
the constitution or laws Of any State, or o
the laws of any Territory, any act is o.
shall be required to be done as a pre-
requisite OF qualification for voting, and BY
such constitution or law persons or oficer
are or shall be charged with the perfor
nance of duties in furnishing citizens will
an opportunity to perform such prerequisit
and to become qualified to vote with Of
distinction of race. color or previous con
dition of servitude, and if any such persol
or officer shall refuse or knowingly omit Il
give full effect to this section, he shall 70
every such ofIense forfeit and pay the sun
of Ave hundred dollars to the person ag
grieved thereby, TO be recovered by an &C
ton on the case, with full costs and sucl
allowance for counsel fees as the court ma,
deem just. and shall, also, for every such OF
fence be deemed guilty Of o misdemeanoT
and shall on conviction thereof, be fined no
less than FIVE hundred dollars, and be i'm
prisoned not less than one month and no
n9ce than one year, or both, at the direc
ton of the court.
ARd Whereas, 1t is declared by the 2
section of the vi article of the eenstitutio,
and the laws of the United States uhic
shall be the supreme law Of the land
anything in the constitution
or laws efany State 10 the contrary net
withstandipg-
And Whereas, The Legislature of thi
Commonwealth, on the 9th day of April
A. ID. 1870, passed an act entitled 81