The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12


One person for Jury Commission or.
And the qualified electors Of the county
of Elk will hold their elections in the sew
eral districts, as follows:
Bcnezettc township, at the house Of
Elizabeth Winslow.
Benzinger township, at the school house |
on Michael street, near the Elk creek |
bridge.
Fox township, at the Ccntreville school
house.
Highland township, at the house of Levi
Ellithorp.
Horton townahip, at the school hou
nearD. G. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house of Alfred
Pearsall
Jones township, al the Wilcox Tanning
anil Iun ber 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 & Co.
St. Marys borough at the town hall.
| also make known the following:
AN ACT regulating the mode of voting at
elections in the several counties Of this
Commonwealth; approved March 30th.
1866.
SECTION I. BE it enacted By the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Asscmbly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same:
That the qualified voters OF the several
counties of the Commonwealth. at all gen.
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 az follows:
One ticket shall embrace the names of all
judges of courts voted for, and to be labeled
outside "Judiciary;" one ticket shall en-
brace the names of all State officers to be
voted for, and be labeled 'sState:" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all county
officers voted for. including the Office of
Senator and members Of Assembly, # 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 oct
that
| Every person except justices Of the peace
who shall hold any office of appointment
| ofprofil or trust under the government Of
the United States, or of any city or incor-
| porated district. whether a comm ssioned
| officer or otherwise, n 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 or of the
State Legislatures and of the select and
common councils of any city. or commits
siner of any incorpora, ed district, is by law
tpro orah1 Tf haIt oil ~ tya
same time the Office or appointment of
judge, inspector or CLERK of any election of
the Commonwealth. aud 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
semhiy, entitled IAN act relating to elec-
tions and for other purposes" approved
April 10th, 1860, it is enacted that The 4th
section shall be so constructed as to pre-
vent any militia or borough officers from
serving as judge, inspector clerk. at my
general or special election in this Comnon
wealth.
also make known the following:
WHEREAS, The fifteenth amendment o.
the Constitution of the Urited States is a.
follows:
SECTION l. The right of citizens of th
United States to vote shall MOI Le derie,
or abridged by the United States or by an,
State on account of race color or prevIou
condition of servitude.
SECTION 9. The Congress shall hav
power to enforce this article by appropri
| ate legislation.
AND WHEREAS, The Congress of tn
United States, on the 9Ist day of March
1870, passed an uct entitled IAN act 10 en-
force the rights Of citizens of the Unite
; States to vote in the several States of thj
Union, and for other purposes" the fir:
and second sections of which are as follow!
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Scr
D ate and House Of Representatives {
; the United States Of america, in ConG
y rcss assembled, That all citizens of II
United States who are or shall be otherwis
qualified by law to vote at any election
the people in any State, Territory, distric
county. city, parish, township. school di
! trict, municipality, or other territorial sui
- division shall be entitled ard allowed to vo
!, at all such elections. without distinction
:, race, color or previous condition of serv
= tude, any constitution, law, custom, usa,
II :, or regulation of any State or Territory,
:, :, by or under its authority, to the contra
- Notwithstanding
SECTION .. And be it FURTHER enacte
n That if by law or under the authority
the constitution or laws Of any State, or
,s the laws of any Territory, any act is
70 shall be required to be done as pr
~ !, requisite OF qualification for voting, and !
- such constitution or law persons or flee
= are or shall be charged with the perft
~ nance of duties in furnishing citizens wi
=, -, an opportunity TO perform such prerequisi
"a and to become qualified TO vote wit b
y distinction of race, color or previous co
- dition of servitude, and if any such pers
~ =; or officer shall refuse or knowingly omit
~ give full effect to this section, he shall |
~ every such offense forfeit and pay the 8,
~ of fye hundred dollars to the person a
-, grieved thereby, to be recovered by an
~ ton on the case, with full costs and su
@ allowance for counsel fees as the court m
% deem just, and shall, also. for every such
fence be deemed guilty Of Il misdemean
II, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined
ed less than five hundred dollars, and be j
r prisoned not less than one month and /
VS. more than one year, or both, at the dir
o. tion of the court.
he And Whereas, 1t is declared by the
v, section CT the vi article of the constituti
o. and the laws of the United States VIII
to shall be the supreme law of the land
as anything in the constitut
to or laws of any State 10 tho contrary n
RS withstanding.
,ct And Whereas, The Legislature of /
ng Commonwealth, on the 9Th day of Ap
er- A. d. 1870, passed an act entitled
Ig, further supplement to the act relating
ng the elections of this Common We wealth,"
be tenth section of which provides as follow
SECTION To- That so much of cvcrv