Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-22

for the opening of the election, the qualified
voters OF the township. ward or district for
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, 1S74.
SEC. 9.-ln addition 10 the oath now pre-
scribed by law to be taken and subscribed by
election officers, they shall scyeraly be sworn
or affirmed not to disclose how ahy elector
shall have voted unless required to do so as
witnesses in judicial proceeding. All Judges,
inspectors, clerks aud ovcrseers of any election
held under this act, shall before entering upon
their duties, be duly sworn or affirme in the
presence OF each other. The judge shall be
sworn b, the minority Inspector if there shall
he such minority inspector, and in there
be no minority inspector, then by justice of
the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over
scers and clerks shall be sworn by the judge,
certificate of such swearing or affirming shall
be duly made out and signed by the officers SO
tered the oath.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SIC. Sat the opening of the polls at the
elections 1t 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 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 in
spec;ors 10 receive and number the ballots pre-
sented at said election.
ACT JANUARY so, 1874.
SEC. s.. All the elections hereafter held un-
der the laws of this Commonwealth. the polls
shall be opened at Z o'clock, A. NJ, and closed
at o'clock. p. NJ.
CONSTITUTION OF PENNsvLvANIA-ART VIII
SEC. 4.-AN elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be num-
bercd in the order in which it was received, and
the number recorded by the election officers
the list OF voters, opposite the name OF the
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
the same to be written thereon and attested by
a citizen of the distrie,.
ACT MARCH 80, 1868.
SEC. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania. in General Assembly
met, and It 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 and special eec-
tions arc hereby hereafter authorized and re-
quired to vote by tickets, printed or written, or
partly printed and partly written, sevcrally
classified MS follows:
One ticket shall contain The names of all per-
sons voted for FOR 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 tor Member
of the State Senate OF the Commonw,a of
Pennsylvania, all persons voted for for Member
Of the House of Representatives of the Com
mcnwcalth 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 shall 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-
cnry."
One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
SONS voted for for officers of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, other than Judges of
the Supreme Court OF said Commonwealth,
and be labelled 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 tor,
aud make q full return of the same in trplicatc,
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 overseers, Ii any, or II not SO
certified, the overseers and any officer refusing
to sign certify, or either of them. shall write
upon each of the returns his or their reason for
not signing certifying them. The vote. as
soon counted shall also be publicly and fully
declare ed from the window to the citizens pres
ent, and a brief statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made and
signed by the election officers as as the
votes are counted and the same shall be i'm
nedIntey 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 contain
one list of voters, tally papers, and oath OF
officers and another of said envelopes shall be
given TO the minority Inspector. All judges
living within twelve miles OF the prothonotary's
Office, or within twcnty-four miles, II their resi-
dcncc be In town, city or village upon the line
of a 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 rrothonotary OF the
court OF common pleas OF the county, which
said return shall be fled and the day and tho
hsur 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-
yene for said purpose; the return presented by
the prothonotary shall be opened by said court
anG computed BY such of its officers and such
sworn assistants as the court shall appoint; in
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 Is
now required TO be done by return judges ; and
the vote as SO computed aud certified shall be
made matter Of record In said court. The
sessions OF said court shall be opened TO thu
public And In case the returns OF an election
district shall be missing when the returns are
presented, or In any case OF complaint OF
qualified eector under oath, charging palpable
fraud or mistake, and particularly specifying
the alleged fraud or mistake, or where fraud or
mistake Is apparent on the return, the court
shall 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
against the election officers and oycrseers, In
any OF the election districts complained Of. to
bring them forthwith into court,with all election
papers in their possession; and II ralpable
mistake or fraud shall be discovered, II shall,
upon such hearing may be deemed neccs-
sary to enlighten the court, be corrected by the
conr: and so certified but all allegations of
papabe fraud or mistake shall be decided by
the said court within three days alter the day
the returns are brought into court for computa-
tation; aud the said inquiry shall be directed
only TO palpablc fraud mistake, and shall
not be deemed u judicial adjudication to con-
clude any contest now or hereafter TO be pro-
vidcd by law and the other OF said triplicate
returns shall be placed In q box aud sealed up
with the ballots. III any of the said judges
shall himself be candidate for any office at
any election, he shall not sit with the court, or
act in counting the returns OF such election,
and in such cases the judges, If any, shall act.
Given undcr my hand at Butler, this 9Th day
OF October, 1879, and in the 104th year OF the
Independence of the United States
WIN. IL. HOFFMAN, Sheriff.
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