Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-29

for the opening of the election, the qualified
voters of the township. ward district for
which such officer shall have been elected,
present at the place Of election, shall select one
of their number to fiji such vacancy.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SEC. 9.-In addition to the oath now pre-
scribed by law to be taken and subscribed by
election officers, they shall severally be sworn
or affirmed not 10 disclose how any elector
shall have voted unless required TO do so as
witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges,
inspectors, clerks and ovrrseers of anv election
held under this act, shall before entering upon
their duties, be duly sworn or affirmed in the
presence OF each other. The judge shall be
sworn by the minority inspector, il there shall
be such minority inspector, and in case there
be no minority inspector, then by justice OF
the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over
seers and clerks shall be sworn by the judge,
certificate of such swearing or aflirming shall
be duly made out and signed by the officers
sworn, and attested by the officer who admins
tered the oath.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874
SEC. Sat the opening OF the polls at the
elections IL shall be the duty of the judges OF
election for their respective districts To desig
nate one of the inspectors, whose duty it shall
be to have in :ody the registry of voters and
to make the entries therein required by law
and it shall be the duty OF the other of said in
spec;ors to receive and number the ballots pre-
sented at said election.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
ACT JANUARY 30, 1874.
SEC. s. All the elections hereafter held un-
der the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls
shall be opened at O'Clock, A. NJ, and closed
at o'clock, PM
CONSTITUTION OF PENNsvLvANIA-ART. VIII.
SEC. All elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot Every ballot voted shall be num-
bered in the order in which it was received, and
the number recorded by the election officers on
the list OF voters, opposite the name OF the
eector who presents the ballot. Any elector
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
the same to be written thereon and attested by
a citizen of the GistriIt.
ACT MARCH 80 1863
Sec. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, 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 Mt all
general, township, borough aad special eicc-
tions hereby hereafter authorized and
quired TO vote by tickets, printed or written, or
partly printed and partly written, severally
classified as follows:
One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
sons voted for tor the Electors of President
aud Vice President of the United States and
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 valth of
Pennsylvania, all persous voted for for Member
of the House of Representatives OF the Com
monwcalth of Pennsylvania, and all persons
voted for for county Offices of said county of
Butler, and to be labelled on the outside with
the word "County"
One ticket shill contain the names of all per-
sons voted for for Judge of any of the courts
of said county of this Commonwealth, and
be labelled on the outside with the word Judi
ciary."
One ticket shall contain the names OF all per-
sons vote,i for for officers OF the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, other than Judges of
the Supreme Court of said Commonwealth,
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 full return of the same in triplicate,
with return sheet in addition, in all of which
the votes received by each candidate shall DO
given after his name, first in words and again
In figures, and shall be signed by MI the said
officers and by overseers, If any, or II not so
certified, the overseers and any officer refusing
to sign or certify, either oi them. shall write
upon each OF the returns his or their reason for
not signing or certifying them. The vote. rs
soon counted, shall also be publicly and fully
declared from tue 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 soon MS the
votes are counted and the same shall be I'M
medIatcy posted upon the door OF the election
house Tor 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 contain
one list Of voters, tally papers, and oath OF
officers, and another Of said envelopes shall be
given 10 the minority Inspector. All judges
living within twelve miles OF the prothonotary's
Office, or within twenty-four miles, II their resi-
dcncc be in n town, city or village upon the line
Of n railroad leading to the county seat, shall
before two O'Clock past meridian OF the day
ait the election, deliver said return, together
with return Sheet TO the Irothonotary of the
court OF common pleas of the county, which
said return shall be fled and the day aud the
hsur of filing marked thereon, and shall be pre-
served by the pr0thouotary for public lnspec-
ton. Al 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 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 protlonotary shalt be opened by said court
and computed by such OF Its officers and such
sworn assistants as the court shall appoint; In
the presence oil the judge or judges of said
court, the returns certified and certificates OF
election issued under the seal OF the court IL
now required TO be done by return judges and
the vote as SO computed and certified shall be
made matter OF record In said court. The
sessions OF said court shall he opened to tho
public. Aud In case The returns OF IN election
district shal be missing when the returns nrc
presented, or IN any ease OF complaint OF u
qualified elcctor under oath, charging palpabo
fraud mistake, and particularly specifying
the alleged fraud or mistake, or where fraud or
mistake Ia apparent on the return, the court
shnll examine the return and II, In the judg-
ment OF the court, IL shall be necessary To just
return, said court shall issue summary process
any OF the election districts complained Of. to
bring them forthwith into court,wlth all election
papers In their possession; and II palpable
mistake or fraud shall be discovered, IL shall,
upon such hearing as may bc deemed neces-
sary to enlighten the court, be corrected by the
court and so certified but all allegations OF
palpablc fraud or mistake shall be decided by
the said court within three days after the day
the returns arc brought Into court for computa-
tation; and tho sid inquiry shall be directed
only TO palpablc fraud or mistake, and shal!
not be deemed Judicial adjudication to con-
cudc any contest now or hereafter To be pro-
vided by law aud the other OF said triplicate
returns shall be placed In q box and sealed up
with the ballots. lf any Of the said Judges
shall himself be candidate for any Office ut
any election, he shall not sit with tho court, or
act In counting the returns OF such election,
Given under my hand at Butler, this Sth day
of October, 1879, aud In the l0lth year Of the
Independence OF the United States.