Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-08

for the opening of the election, the qualified
voters OF the township. ward or dist.ict fol
| 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 TO the oath now pre-
| scribed by law to be taken and subscribed by
election officers, they shall scverally be sworn
| or affirmed not to disclose how any electoI
| shall have voted unless required to do so as
| witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges,
inspectors. clerks and overseers of any 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, if there shall
be such minority inspector, and in case there
be no minority inspector, then by Justice oi
the peace or alderman, and the ms pectors, over.
seers 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
sworn, and attCsted by the officer who admins
tered the oath.
ACT JANUARY so, 1874.
SEC. Sat the opening of the polls at the
elections il shall be the duty of the judges of
election Tor 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 bc the duty OF the other of said in
speciors to receive ard number the ballots pre-
sented at said election.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
ACT JANUARY so, 1874.
SEC. s. III the elections hereafter held un-
der the laws Of this Commonwealth, the polls
shall be opened ut O'Clock, A. NJ, and closed
at : O'Clock. r. VI.
CONSTITUTION OF PENvsvLvANIA-ApT VIII.
SEC. 4.-All elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot Every ballot voted shall be nanl-
bered in the order in which il was received, and
the number recorded by The election officers on
the list cf voters, opposite the name OF the
elector who presents the ballot. Any eector
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
the same to be written thereon and attcsted by
q citizen Of the district.
ACT MARCH so, 1868.
SEC. BE il 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 aad special eicc-
tions are hereby hereafter authorized and re-
quired to vote by tickets, printed or written, or
partly printed and partly written, seyerally
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 Tor Member
of the State Senate of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, all persons voted for Tor Member
of the House of Representatives OF the Com
monwealth 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
ciGry."
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 on the outside with the word
estate"