The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-24
ELECTIoN PRoCLAMATIoN

L'lJ6CllON fhOCLA-IAIlON
WHEREAS, In and by the 18th Sec
ton of the Act of General Assembly of
Pennsylvania, passed July 2, 1869, en-
titled IAN act relating to the elections
of the Commonwealth, )" ii is enioined
on the Sheriff of every county to give
notice of such elections to be held, and
to enumerate in such notice what
officers are to be elected, in pursuance
thereof, ] d. G. OYSTER, High
Sheriff Of the county of Elk, do there
fore make known and give this public
notice to the electors of said county of
Elk that general election will be held
In said county on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 1878.
(it being the first Tuesday of the
month) for the purpose of electing the
following officers, to wit:
One person for Governor of the Com
monwealth.
One person for Lieutenant Governor.
One person for Supreme Judge.
One person for Secretary of Internal
Affairs
One person for member of Congress
from the goth district composed of the
counties of Centre, Clearfield, Clinton,
Union, Mif1lin and Elk.
One person for State Senate from the
3Sth district composed of the counties
of Cameron, Clarion, Elk and Forest
One person for member of Assembly
One person for Prothonotary, &c. :
One person for County Treasurer.
Three persons for County Commits
sioners. ... -..
Three persons for County Auditors.
And the qualified electors of the
county of Elk will hold their elections
in the several districts, as follows:
Benezette township, at the house of
Elizabeth Winslow. o.. r. .-. -.
Benzinger township, at the school
house on Michael street, near the Elk
creek bridge. ..-.
Fox township, at the Centreville
school house.
Highland township, at the house of
Levi EllithOrpe. . -...-. ---|
Horton township, at the school
house, near d. G. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house of AL
fred Pearsall.
Jones township, at the Wilcox Tan
ming and Lumber Company's office.
Milestone township, ut the house of
Henry Derr, at Barr's Dam.
Ridgway township, at the court
house. a-.. TI-.r."
Spring Creek township, at the house
of Thos. Irwin.
st. Mary's borough, at the town hall.
l also make known the following:
AN act regulating the mode of voting
at telections in the several counties of
this Commonwealth, approved
March 30th, 1866. .s .
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia in General Assembly met, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That the qualified voters of
the several counties of the Common
wealth, at all general, township,
borough and special elections, are
hereby hereafter authorized and re-
quired to vote, by tickets printed or
written, severally, classified as fol.
lows; One ticket shall embrace the
names of all judges of courts voted for,
and to be labeled outside judiciary -
one ticket shall embrace the names of
all State officers to be voted for, and
be labeled Estate )" one ticket shall
embrace the names of all county Off
GERS voted for, including the Office of
Senator and members of Assembly, if
voted for, and members of Congress, if
voted for, and shall be labeled
County" etc., and each class shall be
deposited in separate ballot-boxes.
l also make known and give notice
as in and by the fifteenth section of
aforesaid act, that" Every person ex-
cept justices of the peace who shall
hold any Office orappointment of profit
or trust under the Government of the
United States, or of any city or incor-
porated district, whether a commits
stoned officer, or otherwise, a subordi-
nate officer or agent, who Is or shall be
under the legislative, eXecu-
tive or judicial departments of the
State, or of the United States, or of
any city or incorporated district, and
also any member of Congress or of the
State Legislature, and of the select
and common councils of any city, or
commissioner of any incorporated dis
trict, is by law incapable of holding or
exercising at the same time the Office
or appointment of the judge, inspector
or clerk of any election of the Com
and no inspector, judge or
any other officer of such election, shall
be eligible to be voted for.
Also, in the fourth section of the act
of Assembly, entitled IAN act relat-
ing to elections and for other purposes"
April 10th, 1860, it is enacted
that the fourteenth section shall be so
construed as to prevent any militia or
borough officers from serving as judge,
inspector or clerk, at any general or
special election in this Commonwealth.
also make known the following
section of an act approved the 3Oth
day of January, A. ID. 1874, entitled
"A further supplement to the act
regulating elections in this Common
wealth"
SEC. 5. AT all elections hereafter
held under the laws of this Common
wealth, the polls shall be opened at
o'clock A. NJ, and closed at O'Clock P.
NJ.
SEC. 0. All elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot shall
be numbered in the order in which it
shall be received, and the number re-
corded by the clerks on the list of
voters opposite the name of the elector
from whom received. And any voter
voting two or more tickets, the several
tickets so voted shall 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.
Pursuant to the provisions con-
act last aforesaid, the return Judges of
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