The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11

the Common wealth." it is enioned on the
Sheriff of every county to give notice of
such elections to be held, and to euumerate
in such notice what officers are to be elcc
ted. la pursuance thereof, |, DANIEL
SCULL. High Sheriff of the county of Elk,
do therefore make known and give this
public notice to the electors of the said
county of Elk, that general election will
be held in said. county on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1877.
(it heiug the first Tuesday of the monthly
for the purpose of electing the following Of
ficers To- wit:
One person for Supreme Judge.
Que person for State Treasurer.
One person for Auditor General.
One person for Sheriff of Elk county.
And the qualified electors of the county
of Elk will hold their elections in the sew
eral districts, as follows
Benezette township, at the house of
Elizabeth Winslow.
Benzinger township, at the school house
on Michael stree, near the Elk creek bridge.
Fox township, at the Centrevi!le school
house.
Highland township, at the house of Levi
Ellitborp.
Horton township, AZ the school house
near d. c. Oysters 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 ,e Co.
st. Mary's borough at the town hall.
l also make known the following:
An ACT regulating the mode of voting at
elections iii The several counties of this
Commonwealth approved March Both,
1866.
SECTION |. Be it enacted By the Sen
ate and House Of Repres entdtiUes Of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
IN General AssGnlbiy met, and IL is
hereby enacted by the authority of the
sdn1e That the qualified voters of the
several counties of the Commonwealth, at
all general, township, borough and special
elections, are hereby hereafter authorized
and required to vote by tickets printed or
written, or partly printed and partly writ
ten, severally classified as follows One
| ticket shall embrace the names of all judges
of courts voted for, and TO be labeled out
| side "Judiciary,o one ticket shall mbrace
| the names of all State off GERS to be voted
| for, and be labeled Estate :" Que ticket
| shall embrace the names of all county Off
GERS voted for, including the Office of Sena-
tor and members Of Assembly, if voted fJr
and, members of Congress, il voted for and
shall be labeled County" etc., and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballot
| boxes.
also make known and give notite as in
and by the 18th section of aforesaid act
| that
Every person except justices of the
| peace who shall hold any office of appoint
ment Of profit or trust under the govern
ment of the United States, or of any city or
incorporated district whether a commits
| stoned officer or otherwise, a subordinate
officer or agent who is or shall be employe ed
under the legislative, executive or judicial
departments Of the State, or the United
States, or of any city or incorporated dis
trict, and also any member Of Congress or
of the State LEGISLATURE; and of the select
and common cnnaciis Of any city or com
missioner 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 os
the Commonwealth, and NJ inspector,
shall be eligible to be voted fer.
Also, in the 4lh section of the act Of as
sembly, entitled 'sAn act relating to elec'
tions and for other purposes" approved
April 18th, 1860, it is enacted that the lith
section shall be so constructed as to pre-
vent any militia or borough officer from
serving as judge inspector or clerk al any
general or special election in this Common
wealth.
also make known the following.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth amendment oil
the Constitution of the United States is as
follows:
SECTION ]. The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be 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 appropri.
ate legislation.
AND WHEREAS, The Congress of the
United States, on the 31st day of March,
1870, passed an act entitled .An act to en-
force the rights of citizens Of the United
States to vote in the several States of this
Union, and for other purposes the first
and second sections Of which are as follows:
SECTION /. BE it enacted Gy the Sen,
ate and House OF ReprcSentQtireS O
the United States Of ADertcd, IN Cong
resS Assem6ied, That all citizens Of th'
United States who are or shall be other
wise qualified by law to vote at any cleo
ton by the people in any State, Territory
district, county, city, parish, township
school district, municipality, or other ter
ri.oral subdivision, shall be entitled anC
allowed to vote at all such elections, with
out distinction of race, color or previous
condition of servitudc, any constitution
law, custom, usage or regulation of any
State or Territory, or by or under its au
thority, to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 2. And be it further en-
acted. That if by law OF under the au
thority of the constitution or laws OF an.
State, or of the laws of any Territory, an.
ac, is or shall be required to be done as
prerequisite or qualification for voting
and by such constitution or law persons o.
officers are or snail be charged with th
performance of duties in furnishin citizens
with an opportunity to perform such pre-
requisite and 10 become qualified 10 vot
without distinction Of race, color or pre-
vious condition of servitude, and if an.
such person or officer shall refuse or know
ingly omit to give full effect to this section
he shall for every such oflense forfeit an'
pay the sum- of five hundred dollars to tn
person aggrieved thereby, TO be recovere,
by an action in the case, with full cost
and such allowance for counsel fees as til
court may deem just, and shall, also, 70
every such offence be deemed guilty of
; misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
, thereof, be fined not less than five hundre
; ; dollars, and be imprisoned not less thai