Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, MAY 49, 1877

information of the public. The tripli-
cate returns shall be enclosed in en-
velopes and be sealed in the presence
of the officers, and one envelope with
the unsealed return sheet given to the
Judge, which shall contain one list OF
voters, tally-paper, and oaths Of officers,
and another Of said envelopes shall be
given to the minority Inspector. All
Judges living within twelve miles of
the Prothonotary's office, or within
twcnty.four miles, If their residence be
in town, village or city upon the line
of q railroad leading to the county
seat shall before two o'clock, post
meridian, OF the day after the election,
and all other Judges shall before twelve
o'clock meridian of the second day af-
ter the election deliver said return,
together with return sheet, TO the Pro.
thonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas OF the county, which said return
sheet shall be filed, and the day and
hour of filing marked thereon, and
shall be preserved by the Prothono-
tary for public inspection. At twelve
o'clock on the second day following
any election, the Prothonotary of the
CONT of Common pleas shall nresent
tho said returns 10 tbe said Conrt in
conn,ies where there is no resident
President Judge, the Associate Judges
shall perform the duties imposed upon
tho fourt nj Commnn pleas which
sbar convene for said nnrnosc ,he re.
,rrns nrcscn,ed bv the Prothonotarv
shall bo onened 6y said Cont and
comnpted Nv such Of rs officers and
snch SWORN assistants os the Conrt
shall annoint In tbe presence of the
Tnd,,e fr pr Jndccs of said Cont and the
retnTns certified and certificates of
eIection issned under tbe seol of the
Conr, os IL now rconircd 10 bc done
bv tbe Roinrn Jndges and tbc vote as
80 comnnted and certified shall he
modo a matter oi record in said Court
The sessions Of said court shall be omen
~ tho nnblic and m case the return
y, anv cloction district shall bo missing
when the returns are presented or in
coso Of comnlaint of n analified elector
nrdor oath charging palnable fraud or
mis,ake and nsrtienlarIv snecitving
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nea0a,vb ,ha n,har " oe sayd ,r;nl;rc,e rc,nrns
sholl ha nlocod in Tho bov and scaled
nn with the ballots Nothing in tbis
vi, hall reonire the returns of election
"SI choroueh or tovnsh,n officers IN he
VI ,ho count a. diroc,od in ,his
aao,;on o hnt ali the retnrns of the cleo.
,;on or township and borough officers
shoil v be enclosed in A scaled cover di.
sn",ad - IN the protbonotarv of tbe
COW, of common nleas of the nroner
oountv and shall nv some one Of them
hs dci;yered into his office within three
Joys after every sucb election and
e1.a ,herein In counties where there
nro 40 ,bree or moro indges ot said CONT
Inorned in tho law at least two iudres
shoIl sit IN commute and certify re.
,u,ns unless unavoidablv nrevented
r. any of tbo said iudges shall himself
ho a candidate for aSv Office at any
oIoc,;on he shall NOT sli with the eourt
or act IN counting the returns of such
election and in such case the other
indgcs il any. shall act, and if in any
Comfy thcrs shall be no Judge qualif.
ed 20 hold ,he said court under the
nrovisions of this act present and able
70 oot thcn and in every sucb case.
tbe register of wills, the Sheriff and
Connty Commissioners of the proper
connty shall be and constitute a Board.
who majority of whom shall have
and exorcise all the mowers and per.
firm ali the duties vested in or reauir.
ed to hc nerformed by the eourt OF
common Meas of sueh county. by and
nnder the provisions of this section
but none of the said officers shall act
as a member of sueh Board when him.
self n candidate for anv Office at the
oloc,ion the retnrns of which the said
Boord Z reonired TO count under the
nroyisions of this section Tho re.
tnrns reouired Inv tbis act to he pre.
sen,ed nv The, Protbonotarv of the
conr, ot common pleas of the counties
oc pb;lodolnhio and Allegbonv resnoc.
,ivelv sholI mo nresonted 10 sncb three
or moro iud,,cs of the several oourts of
common nlces of said counties resneo.
,irolv os tho iudgos ot said courts or
a maturity of them NAV DESIGNATE 10
norform the dntv Of receiving commit.
ing and cer,ifving said returns When
,wo or moro co9nties are connccted
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