Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-15

for the opening of the election, the qualified
voters OF the township. ward or district to
which such officer shall have been elected
present At the place of election, shall select one
of their number to fill such vacancy
ACT JANUARY so, 1874.
SEC. 9.-ln addition 10 the oath now pre-
| scrlbed by law To be taken and subscribed by
election officers, they shall severaly be sworn
or affirmed not 10 disclose how any elector
shall have voted unless required to do so as
witnesses in judicial proceeding. All Judges,
inspectors. clerks and overscers of any election
held under this act shall before entering upon
their duties, be duly sworn or affirm, in the
| presence OF each other. The judge shall be
sworn b. the minority inspector, if there shall
, be such minority inspector, and in case there
be no minority inspector, then by a justice OF
| the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over
| seers and clerks shall be sworn by the judge,
certificate of such swearing or affirming shall
| be daily made out and signed by the officers So
sworn, and attested by the officer who admins
| tered the oath.
| ACT JANUARY 80, 1871.
| SEC. Sat the opening of the polls at the
elections it shall be the duty of the judges OF
election for their respective districts to desig-
| nate one OF the inspectors, whose duty ii shall
be to have in custody the registry of voters, and
to make the entries therein required by law
and it Shall be the duty OF the other of said i'll
| spec;ors to receive and number the ballots pre-
sented nj said election.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
| ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
| SEC. 5.--hl! the elections hereafter held m
! der the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls
| shall be opened at O'Clock, \. NJ, and closed
| al o'clock, z. NJ.
| CONSTITUTION OF PENNsvLvANIA-APT. VIII
SEC. 4.-All elections by the citizens shall be
| by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be num-
| bered in the order in which il was received and
the number recorded by the election officers on
| the list of voters, opposite the name of the
| elector who presents the ballot. Any elector
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
| the same to be written thereon and atteSted by
4 citizen of the district.
ACT MARCH 80, 1868.
| SEC. l.--Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the Common
| wealth of Pennsy ylvania, in General Assembly
met, and il is hereby enacted by the authority
| OF the same, That the qualified voters OF the
| several counties of this Commonwealth at all
| general, township, borough aad special ciec-
tions arc hereby hereafter authorized and re-
quircd to vote by tickets, printed written or
| partly printed and partly written, severally
| classified us follows;
One ticket shall contain the n0mes of all per-
| sons voted for tor the Electors of President
| and Vice President of the United States, aud
| shall be labelled on the outside with the word
| ELECTORS"
| One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
| sons voted for for Member of Congress OF the
| United States, all persons voted for for Member
| of the State Senate of the Commonw, alth OF
| Pennsylvania, all persons voted for for Member
| of the House of Representatives OF the Com
| monwealth of Pennsylvania, and all persons
voted for for county Offices of said county ol
| Butler, and to be labelled on the outside with
| the word County"
One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
| sons voted for for Judge of any of the courts
| of said county of this Commonwealth, and
ha lal, Had fh,.N do
| ciary."
One ticket shall contain the names of all per
| sons voted for for officers of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, other than Judges oi
| the Supreme Court of said CommmoE wealth,
| and be labelled on the outside with the word
| ''Statc."
| OF THE ELECTION RETURNS.
| ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
| SEC 13.-As soon as the polls shall close, the
| officers of the election shall proceed TO count
| all the votes cast for each candidate voted for,
| and make a full return of the same in trplicate
| with return sheet in addition, in all of which
| the votes received by each candidate shall be
| given after his name, first in words and again
in figures, and Shall be signed by all the said
officers and by oyerseers, if any, or il not SC
| certified, the ovelsecrs and any officer refusing
to sign or certify, or either OF them. shall write
| upon each of the returns his or their reason for
| not signing or certifying them. The vote. as
| soon as counted, shall also be publicly and fully
| declai ed from the window TO the citizens pres
| ent, and brief statement showing the votes
| received by each candidate shall be made and
| signed by the election officers as soon as the
| votes counted and the same shall be i'm
| mediately posted upon the door of the election
| house for information of the public The trip
| licate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes
| ana be sealed in the presence OF the officers
| and one envelope, with the unsealed return
sheet given to the judge, which shall con tain
| one list of voters, tally papers, and cath oi
officers, and another of said envelopes shall be
given to the minority inspector. Ali Judges
living within twelve miles OF the prothono;ary's
office, or within twcnty-four miles, if their resi-
dcnce be in town, city or village upon the line
| of railroad leading to the county seat, shall
| before two O'Clock past meridian OF the day
aft the election, deliver said return, together
with return sheet, TO the prothonotary OF the
court OF common pleas of the county, which
| said return shall be fled and the day and the
hour of filing marked thereon, and shall be pre-
served by the prothonotary for public inspec
ton. At twelve O'Clock on the second day fol-
lowing any election, the prothonotary of the
court OF common pleas shall present the said
| returns to the said court. In counties where
there is no resident president Judge the associate
judge shall perform the duties imposed upon
the court of common pleas, which shall con
vene for said purpose; the return presented by
the prothonotary shall be opened by said court
and computed by such of its officers and such
|
| the presence of the judge or judges of said
court, the returns certified and certificates OF
election issued under the seal of the court as il
| now required to be done by return judges ; and
| the vote rs so computed and certified shall he
| made matter of record in said court. The
| sessions OF said court shall be opened to the
public. And in case the returns OF an election
district shall be missing when tho returns are
| presented, or in any case of complaint of q
j qualified elector under oath, charging palpahlc
| fraud or mistake, and particularly specifying
the alleged fraud or mistake, where fraud or
mistake is apparent on the rctarn, the court
shall examine the return and If, in the judg-
| ment of the court ii shall be necessary to just
return, said court shall issue summary process
| against the election officers and oversecrs, in
any Of the election districts complained Of, to
bring them forthwith into court, with all election
| papers in their possession; and if palpab!e
| mistake or fraud shall be discovered, 1t shall,
upon such hearing ~ Iday be deemed neces-
sary to onlighten the court, be corrected by the
court anI SO certified; but all allegations OF
| palpable fraud mistake shall be decided by
the said court within three days alter the day
the returns are brought into court for computa-
| tation; and the sid inquiry shall be directed
only To palpable fraud or mistake, and shall
! not be deemed judicial adjudication TO con-
] cludc any contest now OF hereafter to he pro.
vided 10y law, and the other OF saa triplicae
returns shall be placed III o box and scaled up
| with the ballots II any of the said judges
| shall himself be candidate for any office at
any election, he shall not sit with the court, or
| act III counting The returns OF such election
and In such cases the judges, if any, shall act
Given under my hand at Butler, this Sth day
I of October, 1879, and in the 10ith year of the
Independence of the United States.
| WIN. III. HOFFMAN, Sheriff.
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