The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-23


One person for Jury Commissioner.
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.
Benzinger township, at the school
house on Michael street, near the Elk
creek bridge.
Fox township, at the Centerville
school house.
Highland township, at the house of
Levi Ellithorp,
Horton township, at the school
house near d. c. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house of AL
fred Persall.
Jones township, at the Wilcox Tan
ming and Lumber Company'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 Thos. Irwin.
st. Mary's borough, at the town
hall.
also make known the following:
AN act regulating the mode of voting
at elections in the several counties of
this Common wealth, approved
March 30th, 1866.
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, bor-
ough, and special elections, are hereby
hereafter authorized and required to
vote, by tickets printed or written, or
partly printed and partly written,
severally, classified as follows; One
ticket shall embrace the names of all
judges of courts voted for and to be Ia
beled outside Judiciary )" one ticket
shall embrace the names of all State
officers to be voted for, and shall be la
beled "State;" one ticket shall en-
brace the names of all county officers
voted for, including the office of Sen
ator and members of Assembly, 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 or appointment of
profit or trust under the Government
of the United States, or of any city or
incorporated district, whether a com
missioned officer, or otherwise, q sub
ordinate officer or agent, who is or
shall be employed under the legisla-
tive, executive 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, OIL
| commissioner of any incorporated dis
trict, is by law incapable of holding ol
; exercising at the same time the Office
: OF appointment of the judge, inspector
7 or clerk of any election of the Com
+; monwealth, and no inspector, judg'
or any other officer of such election
shall be eligible to be voted for.
:. ALSO, in the fourth section of the ac
i of Assembly, entitled "An act relating
to elections and for other purposes,
approved April 10th, 1860, it is ell
! acted that the fourteenth section shal
be so constructed as to prevent an
militia or borough officers from sery
: ing as judge, inspector or clerk q
any general or special election in thi
: Commonwealth.
] also make known the followin
section of an act approved the Both da
k of January, A. d. 1874, entitled -
further supplement to the the act rel
= ulating elections in this Common
1t wealth.
Sec. S. At all elections hereaftt
held under the laws of this Common
wealth, the polls shall be opened at
of o'clock A. NJ, and closed at p. NJ.
Sec. 8. All elections by the citizel
shall be by ballot; every ballot sha
= be numbered i'm the order in which
u shall be received, and the number +
'e corded by the clerks on the list of v
ters opposite the name of the elect
from whom received. And any vot
i, voting two or more tickets, the sever
IS. tickets so voted shall be number'
ST. with the number corresponding wi
d. the number to the name of the voter
Any elector may write his nan
upon his ticket or cause the same to
. written thereon.
Given under my hand at Ridgwi
av the 9th day of October, in the year
US. our Lord one thousand eight hundr
at and seventy-nine, and of the indepe
sR aR dence of the United States the o
his hundred and third.
! is d. c. OYSTER, Sheriff
ng