The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-10-31
uv,,us 10 nrnssY GIVEN. that

any office or appointment u pront or trust un-
der the United states, or OF this State. aud city
or corporatoi district, whether ssioned
offcer or otherwifo, subordinate O 1oer or
agent wac sor shsll be employed under the
Legislature, Executive or judiciary Depart
nent Of this state, or ofsny city or OF any IN.
corporatcd district. and also, that every mem.
her OF Cong'oss and Of tho stat legislature.
and OF tho select or common council OF any
city, or commissioners OF any inco 'Uorated dis.
trlct, are by Law incspabs Of hoiiing or cIcr.
cisipg at the same time the Office or app int
tion OF this Common wealth. and that no In.
tpcctor. Judge, Or 9th officer OF saii cicc.
tion, shall DO eligible To bc tn n voted ter.
By the act OF Assembly Of Jaly 3. iyi III
also made tho duty Of every Mayor. sheiT,
Alderman. Justice OF the Peace, Constable, oi
every city. county, township, ot district With.
ty any oifcor Of an election. or by thrcs quiii.
frd electors thereof, to clear any winioS or
avenue to the window or avenue TO the place
OF General Election which shall bo obstrnctsj
In such q way as to prevent voter, from AZ.
proaobing the same and II shall be the duty
ot every respective Oonstabls OF such ward,
district or township VII hin this Common wo ,ith
TO be present or by Ieputy, at he place Of
holding Elections, In such ward, disrict or
township. Tor the purpose OF preserving tho
Also that Va the ith snction of tho act Of As.
sembly entitled An act relating I, executions
aud other purposes" approved April IL, is,j
II is enacted that the al ressil 18th section,
'shall not bs construed 50 to prevent any mill.
tia officer or borough officor IRON serving a.
Judge, Inspector or CLERK st any E'nerai or
special election 10 this Commonwealth"
day Of April. isds. IL IL snac'ed that at
"all elections hereafter hold rthe laws
OF this commonwealth. tho polls shall be open.
oil at seven O'Clock q. IN. and closed at seven
O'Clock. y. IN
The inspectss AMI Judge Of the ele .tion.
shall meet at tho respective places appointed
Tor holding the election In tho district to which
they respectively belong, b~fore seven o'clock In
th. morning. and teach of those Inspectors
shalt appoint one clerk who shall DO qniIin.
ed voter Of such district.
The qualified voters Of this county at all
general, township. borough AMI sp'c,si cleo
tions. are hereby hereafter autLoriz,i and 70.
quostod to vote by tickets printei or written,
or partly printed snj partly written sevrraliy
classified rs follows Ono ticket shall embrace
the names OF all Judges Of courts vbted for aud
to bc labelled outside "Jud cisry " one tick.
et shall embrnc- the nsmes nfali state officers
voted for and he labelled state ono tiGkct
shall embrace the naule Of all County officers
voted TOR, including offic- of senator, meuDe
snd members of Assembly n voted Tor. aud
members oil congress, N voted for, and 10 Ia.
bellcd County !" one ticket shall embrace the
name sof all township otii 'ers voted for ani bc
labelled Township y ono ticket sh ali embrace
the uam cs of all borough ON cers voted Tor aud
be labelled "IIorough" and each class shall be
deposited In separate ballot bntcs.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth A Apendment OF the
constitution OF tho United states is as fol-
lows:
ted states to yotc shall not DO denied or a.
bridgcd by the United states. or any state, on
account of race, color, or proviou, condition
OF ser itude.n
SECTION a The Congress shall have now ,r
20 cniorco this article by appropriate lesisl.
tinn.
Asp WHEREAS, The Congress Of the United
States, on the Jist OF March, 1870. passed an
act, entitled IAN Act to enforce tho right of
citizens OF tic United States to vote In tho .sv.
eral States OF this Union, and Tor other pur.
poses. the nrst and sec1nl sections OF which
n n follows.
SgcrIoS |. he I, enacted by tho Senate and
House ot Representative OF the United states
! Of America In Congress nsscmblod, That all
citizens OF tho United states. who are, or shall
DO othcrw ise qualified by law to vote at any
election by the people, In any state, Territory,
district, codnty, city, PARISH, township, school
division, shall be entitle 81 nni hllowel 1, vote
at all such elections without distlnetion oI
race, color, or previous condition ui ssrvit 10:
any uOnstitution. lSs, custon, usage or regu.
| lation OF any state or Territory, or by, or un
der Its authority, to tho contrary notwlth.
! standing.
SHcrios .. And be II further enacted. TIA,
| II by or under the Authority, or the O,n.,!tu.
tiOn nr laws OF Auv St,ie, ur tho laws OF an y
! crcitory, any act I. or shsl bs required 10 b,
done ~ n prerequisite o. fualincatiOn or vOt
! iny, and by suth constitution or laws pe s,n 4.
! Ur officers are or shall he charged With tho re
| form,nco NJ duties In furnishigg to ,tiscns on
! opportunity to pertorm ruch y. creluisits trt
I become qualiHei to vote. II hail be tho dut,
nf every sujh pors IN aud oiii;er To xive to al
! citizens Of the UUtci Sttfes. tho sain- an 4
equal opportunity 10 periotm such prere qui
| site and t. become qualified IL vote Wit vu
disiioction OF race, coi"r ot prs'ious condtio
OF seryitudc AMI II any Sioh person or o!ncc
sasli refuse OF knpwlnsly omit to give full Of
iect TO this ,ection he shall, Tor every such ol
tenre, forfeit and pay tho sum OF nvs hunire
dollars TO the Pcfsnn nssrioyei thereby, To b
! recovered by an NctI u on the case, with ful
c,,sts and such siioraucs Tor counsel fce. a,
tho court shall deo,u Just, AMI shall also, f,i
every such on.nce. be desnoi guilty OF mis-
deme ,nor, and shall on cUnvi ti,n thereof, h
nned not less than nye hundred dollars, ur III
Imprisoned not Iors than ono month and no
innre than one yoar, sr both, a. tho discretion
OF the curt.
AYD wnERSAs, II Ia declared by tho sccon
section Of ths vi article ~ the Constitution 1
the United States that "rhis Constitution, an
the laws ~ the United States which shall b
tho supreme law Of the land, Anythin
IN the CONSTITUTION or Law. " any State tu th
contrary noiw Outstanding"
AID wHrREAs, The Legislature ~ this Can
mon wealth, on III, 9th day Of April, a D. ISL,
Ips.s"d AN act, entitled "a further supplem-i
To- tho act relating to elections In this Common
woahh.' the tenth section Of which provides Q
follows:
SECTION 10. That so much of every at
Assembly ss proviies that only vhito frsen~
shall lie entitled TO vrtc or DO registered as VI
ters, or rs claiming u vote Any general {
special election of this Commonwealth, be an
the sAnir I, hereby repealed aud that horsAf,
all freeman, without distinction " coor, shall ,
enrolled and regi.tcred according TO .he pr
:, visions oft nrst section of the act appruv.
seventeenth April, 1869 entitled IAN Act fu
thor supplcmentsl sl to the sc' rela To-. To tue olc
tions ofthis Commonwealth" aud whom othe
wise qualified under existing laws, bs entiti-
10 voio at general and special eleclions Ia TIA
Common wealth.
The said above rccitcd amendment and sc
must be esocutsd and ohey"d 10y all ass.ssor
register 81 voters, election officers, aud other
that the rights and privileges guaranteed thor
by may DO secured to all the citizens OF this cOI
mouWra alth entitled 10 the same.
by tho 18Th section OFF, act OF Assembly G
January 80. 1874 II Ia enacisd that as soon
the polls shall close, tho oiicr Of ele ,tiuu Aha
proceed to .count all the votes east for such cal
didate voted for, AMI mates n full return OF u
same In triplicsic. with return sheet In n,
dition, Ia all ~ which tho vote. reco ed by rnr
candidate shall be CIV en after his uame, nr.t ,
words aud sgain IN figures, and shall be sig NJ
, by all of said of ;ers aud certified by ovcrsaer
: ifAny, or u not no certified, tho overseers All
any officer refusing to sigu or certify, or eth,
Of them SHALL write upon each NJ the returns d
or their reasons for not signing or certifyii
them. The vote, rs soon as counted, shall
publicly and fuily declared fon the windo
to the citizens present. and brief statsine
showing the votes received by each candida
shall he made aud signed by the election ON ~
as aoon as tho vote ts counted, aud tho sau
shall be Immediately posted upon the door Of q
Z election house for Information OF the publ
The triplicAto returns shall b" enclosed in onv,
lopes and be sealed In presence OF tho officer
and Que envelope with tho unsealed return she
: given to the iudge, which shall contain one n
of voters, taily.p'per and osths OF oficers an
minority Inspector. All judges living with
twelve miies OF tho prothonotary's once p,
within twrnty-four miles ~ their residence
road leading to tho county seat shall, before tv
! O'Clock post meridian the day after tho eie,
tien. and eli other judges shal before twel'
o'clock meridian OF the second day after Il
election, deliver said return, together with =,
turn sheet, to the Prothouotsry OF the Court
Common Pleas Of tho county which said retul