The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-02-28
BhRNETTTWP'SVOTE THROWN OUT
uAsLET DECLARED ELECTED.

In considering the questions invOlv-
cd in this issue, our attention is first
directed to the Township of Barnett.
The vote in that township at the Nov.
embor election, as returned, shows
that S5 ballots wero cast for j. u.
Aguew, and that 35 ballots were cast
for Samuel II. Haslet, thus showing
majority Of fifty votes for Agnew.
The 18th specification in the answer
of Samuel il. Haslet, Tho Respondent,
states,
"That in the Township Of Barnett
the election was wholly illegal and
void, and the total returns thereof
should be rejected from the count, for
the reason that the election was held
at the school house in CaringtoD, in-
stead Of the Murray hnuse which was
the place fixed by Law; that the said
school house is some eighty rods dis.
tant from the Murray house, aud
there was no sufficient rOason why the
election should not have been held at
the place fixed by law. Neither is
the sehocl house the nearest and most
convenient place adjoining thereto
y where the election might have been
heli."
The statement cf facts in relation
sAthis township, as gathered from the
eridencc are as follows:
The Act of 18th April, 1885, sec
lion O., Pamphlet Laws 1S34-5 page
337, enacts That the electors of the
township Of Barnett, in the conn.y of
Jefferson, shall hereafter hold their
elections at the house Of Alexander
Murray, in said township.
BY a joint resolution Of the Legis-
lature. approved April II, 1S4S, For
eat County was erected out Of parts Of
Jefferson County. See same Pamphlet
Laws 1851, pages 744 and I45, as thus
erected the whole Of Barnett township
Was in Forest County.
The third section Of said joint roso.
LUTON is as fellows;
Resolgcd, That until said County
shall be organized for judicial and
county purposes, it shall remain at
tsched to Jefferson county for such
purposes, and elections shall be held
in the townships as :hey now are,
without reference to the lines of the
said new county, and the returns
made as heretofore to Jefferson Coun-
~.
1hs Act of 9th April, 1S49, Pamph-
.st r., 368, fixes the times for hold.
ing Courts in Forest County.
The Act of April Sd. 1851, sections
! and 10, Pamphlet Laws 337, re-
guiros the election of County officers.
The Act of I'd April, 1850, section
Sd enacts, That the north bank Of
the Clarion river at high water
mSf5, fron, where the west line of Elk
County crosses said river to the place
where the east line Of Clarion County
crosses said river is hereby declared
and made The south boundary OF For
'cst County. Pamphlet Laws Of 1850
pageSl5.
The Clarion ever, as appears by
EefeEence to a map Of the state, runs
easlerly and westerly through Bar
nett township, and the portion Of said
township on the north side Of the riv'
er remains in Forest County, aud that
part Of said township on the south
side OF the river is. by this change oi
Jbe lines Of the County Of Forest, in
the County Of Jefferson.
The Act Of 2lst April. 1854. sec
Aion %, Pamphlet Laws page 446
Aenacts, That from and after The pas
sage of this Act, it shall be lawful fol
the qualified voters Of Barnett Town
ship, Jefferson County, - bold theiI
general and township elections at thc
house of Orgin BuLterfeld, in said
township.
- The parol evidence taken by j. Il
Donley, Commissioners, in relation Il
B-rnett township, is substantially al
follows: