The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-03
EBENSBURG PA, FRIDAY NOVEMBER g. 1876

Oh suffrage In all elections by the citizens under
such regulations as are or shall be prescribed by
places Of as II they present at their usual
,,N SEC T. All laws regulating the holding of elec
py the citiZens Tor the registration of elect
shaii be uniform throughout the State bnt no
elector shall be deprived of the privilege of VOTING
SEC. s. Any person who shall give or PROMISE or
oner 10 give TO any elector any money reward or
election, or for Withholding the same, or who shall
S.se OF promise TO give such consideration to my
for the withholding thereof and anv elector ore or
sna receive or agree to receive for himself or for
another any money. reward other valuable con.
sueration Tor his vote at an election or for wit H.
holding the same. shall thereby forfeit the right
r,S' 10 Sote at such election and an eiector whose
rght to vote shall be challenged for such cause
before the election officers. shall be required to
swear or afrm that the matter of the challenge
70 SEC; s .. ANY person who shall while candidate
1or oiice &c be guilty Of bribery fraud wful
ths ihed from holding any office of trust or profit
wj and any person convicted Of
tion to any penalties provided by law, be deprived
OF the right Of suffrage absolutely for a term of
SEC l3. For the purpose Of voting no person shall
be deemed to have gained a residence by reason
while employed in the service. either civil or mill
tary, of this State or the United States on the
high seas. nor while a student of any institution
of learning. nor while kept in poor house or other
asylum at public expense, nor while confined in
SEC. IA. District election boards shall consist of
judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens. Each elector shall have
the right to vote for the Judge and one Inspector
and each inspector shall appoint one clerk. The
first election board of any new district shall be Sc
lected, and vacancies in election boards filed as
shall be provided by law. Election officers shall
be privileged from arrest upon days of election
and while engaged in making mp and transmitting
returns, except upon warrant of a court of record
Judge thereof, for election fraud for felony,
for wanton breach of the peace In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty during their
SEC. Is. No person shall be qualified to serve as
an election officer who shall hold shall within
two months have held an office or appointm ept or
employment in or under the government of the
United States or of this State. of any city or
county or any municipal board commission or
trust in any city, save only justices Of the peace
and aldermen, notaries public and persons in .he
militia service of the State; shall any election
officer he eligible to any civil officer to be filled at
an election at which he shall serve only to
such subordinate municipal or local office below
designated by law.
And also to the following Acts Of Assembly
now in force in this State viz:
ACT OF JANUARY 30, 1875.
SEC. 5. At all elections hereafter held under
the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall
be opened at seven O'Clock, A. NJ, and close at
SEC. {. Whenever there shall be a vacancy
in election board on the morning of an cleo
tion, said vacancy shall be filled in conformity
The said Act OF Assembly, entitled AN Act
relating to the Elections Of this Common
wealth." passed July 3D. 1916, provides as fol-
lows, to wit:
That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at W hch they respective
ly belong, before seven o'clock in the morning
of Tuesday, November "a. and each said in
spector shall appoint one clerk, who shall be a
qualified voter of such district,
In case the person who shall have received
the second highest number or votes for in
spector shall not attend on the day of any elec-
ton, then the person who shall have received
the next preceding election shall act as inspec-
tor in his place. And in case The person who
shall have received the highest nun Der OF votes
for inspector shall not Attend the person elected
Judge shall appoint an Inspector i'm his place.
And in case the person elected judge shall not
attend then the inspector who shall have re.
ceived the highest number OF votes shall ap-
shall continue in the board for the space of one
hour a fter the time fixed by law for the OPEN
nw 1s @nra on for
fcers bave been elected, present at the place OF
election. shall elect some of their number to NIL
the vacancy.
The MODE OF VOTING.
The attention of all qualified voters is direct
ed to the following Act of Assembly regulating
the mode of voting i'm this Commonwealth:
CHANGE IN THE MoDE OF VoTING.
An Act to regulating the mode of voting at all the
elections In the several counties of this Common
wealth approved March 30th, 1886:
SECTION l. Be it enacted yfhe Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the Commonwealth or Penn
syIrania in General Assembly met, and Il rs hereby
ouaIified voters of the several counties of this
commonwealth, at the general township, Dorough
special elections, are hereby hereatter autnor- H
ized and required to vote by tickets printed or
written OF partly printed and partly written, sew
orally classified as follows: One ticket shall en-
brace the names of ali Judges OF Courts voted
for and be labelled outside judiciary" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all state Of
fcers voted for. and be labelled State; one
ticket shall embrace the names OF all County OIL
fcers voted for and be labelled County; one
ticket shall embrace the names OF all township
oficers voted for, and be labelled "Township /;
one ticket shall embrace the names ofall Borough
oaicers voted for and be labelled Borough =
and each class shall be deposited in separate
baIlot-box.
GIVEN under my hand, at my office in Ebens.
burg this third day of October, in the year OF
our Lord one thousa nd eight hundred and sew
enty-six and the independence of the United
STATES of America the one hundredth.
HERMAN BAUMER, Sherin.
Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg, Oct. 3, 1876