Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-03
Legal Notices.

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Ibis State or the United States, nor WINE
engaged IN Tie Navigation oi "atfrs oi ,n,s
Safe or the United States, or on the high
seas nor while studeht oi any INSTITUTION
of learning, nor while Kept IN any poor
house or other asylum at public expense,
nor White coniiEed.in public prison. =,
SEc. q. District election boards shal
consist Oi q Judge ara Two inspectors, "no
shall be chosen annually by the citizens.
Each elector shall have the rlsht 10 No,e ior
the judg, and one inspector, ana each IN
spector shall appoint one clerk. The nrst
election board for any new district snail Dc
selected, and vacancies IN e,ection boards
filed, as shall be provided ty law. fEiec-
ton officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days Of election, and while engaged IN
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant OF court OF record or Judge
thereof for an election fraud, Tor ielony, or
for wanton breach OF the peace. In clties
they may claim exemption from jury duty
during their terms OF service.
SEC. Is. No person shall be qualified to
serve as an election officer who shall hold,
or shall within two months have held any
Office. or appointment or employment in or
under the government of the United States
or of this State, or of any city, or county,
or of any municipal board, commission or
trust in any city save only Justices of the
peace and aldermen, notaries public and
persons in the militia service OF the state :
nor shall any election election Oi1cer DC ELL
bic to any civil Office to be filled al an elec-
tion at which he stall serve, save only TO
such subordinate municipal or local oiiiccs'
below the grade OF city or county officers
h.Il tsa a, st.s1h ht-f "A
And also to the following vet OF Assem-
bly, now IN force in this State, VIZ:
Act Of Januray 80, 1874 SEC. D. At all
elections hereafter held under the laws oi
this Commonwealth, the polls shall be open
ed at seven O'Clock a. m., and closed at
seven O'Clock p IN.
SEC. 4. Whenever there shall be vacan-
cy in an election board on the morning of
an election, said vacancy shall be filed in
conformity with existing laws.
The said act of Assembly entitled an
act relating to the elections of this Com
monwea-th," passed July =, 1916, provides
as follows, viz:
"That the insnectors and judges 81 al
meet at the respective places appointed for
holding the election IN the district at which
they respectively belong, before . o'clock
and each said inspector shall appoint one
clerk, who shall bc a qualified voter of such
district.
"In case the person who .haH have re-
ceiyed the second highest number of votes
for inspector shall not attend on the day Of
any election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number Of
votes for Judge at the next preceding cleo
ton shall act As Inspector in his place. And
IN case the person who shall have received
the highest number OF votes for Inspector
shall not attend, the person elected judge
shall appoint an inspector IN ms place ana
III case the person elected Judge shall not
attend, then The inspector who received the
highest number OF votes shai appoint Il
Judge IN his place; and If any vacancy
shall continue III ;he board for the space OF
one hour after The time fixed by law for the
opening OF toe election, the qualified voters
oi the township, ward or district tor which
such officer shall have been elected, present
at the place OF election, shall elect one OF
their number to NIL such vacancy.
The Act OF Jan. 3Oth, 1871, further pro-
''eo,
O. NJ 'hS oPe,'i"S ui 'ie po"s a. an
o,.1,'ons u sna,i pe 'iio uu'! VI .ne yuuseS
u .lee.'o" ioi INC" ieSpe0'i'e Ais'ficls 10
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SIC 3 All elections by the citizens shall
be by ballots every ballot voted shall he
numbered IN the order IN which 1t shall be
received, and the number recorded by the
clerks on the list oi voters opposite the
name OF the eiector from whom received.
And any voter voting two or more tickets,
the several tickets so voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding
with the number to the name OF the voter.
ANY elector may write his name upon his
ticket, or cause the same to be written
thereon, and attested by citizen OF the
district In addition to the oath now pre-
scrlbed by law to be taken and subscribed
by election officers, they shall scverally be
sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any
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All Judges, inspectors, clerks; ard oyerseers
OF any election held unuer this act, shall,
before entering upon Their duties, DC duly
sworn or anlrhieu IN the presence oil each
other' Inc Judges snail De sworn by the
minority Inspector, II tnere shaii pe such
minority Inspector ana IN case there DC no
minority Inspector, lheh oy justice Oi the
peaceor aiierniai' anu the inspectors over
seers anu CLERKS shaii DC sworn .! the
Juuge. Certiiieates oi shch swearing or
srr,'iig sllaii oe ouiy hiaue OUT anu signed
ps 'ne Objects 50 sworn, ana aursted oy
inc oihcer VINO administered the oath. ~
any Ju"ge or minority inspector refuses or
ia'is 10 swear 'iio oiiicers oI eiect,oh IN ,he
manner rePulrei oy TINS dc', OF II any om-
Ger oi ERECTION shai' ACT without Deine hrs'
dhIy s"ori, OF any oihcer OF election
shan sisn 'ie ioini !. VI o1'u "i'hou' oeihg
uu. S"Oin' VI " aiS Juuse vi Hii,l'ri's III
sPec'or snan cer'iy .nat any VDncer was
s"orn "hen "e was ho'' 1t S'liii oe ueehicu
inisueii'eanor' anu upon con'lctioh the
oiiioer UT o,hcers 80 ohehu'n5 sn''' oe hheu
no' eAcee'iins one 'housd''u uoi''rS' OF I'M
PiiSoHiie"' "o' eAceeuiiiS ohe year, Ut ooth,
at the uiScre'ioh vi inc COURT
SEC. 10. On the day OF election any per-
son whose name shall not appear on the
registry of voters, and who claims the right
fO vote at said election. shall produce at