The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-10-09
1OTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. THAT


onccr Dr otherwIc, n subordinate oircer or
Hgent wao II or shall hc employed uuior the
Leuisiniurc, Executive or judiciary Depart
mont ui this state, or ~ AIRY city or OF any In.
corporstei district, and also, that every IN IN
her OF Gong css and of tho stat" Legislature
| and of tho select or common council OF any
ci;y, or commissioners ~ any inc1rporatei ils-
trlct. are by law Incapable Of holding or etcr.
cislny A. tho same umo the office or app Int.
fncnt ot Judge, Inspector or CLERK of any cleo.
| tiun OF this Commonwealth. AMI that no In.
| spect"r. judge, ur oth'r ON 'er OF sAii elec.
lion, shall he eligible to DO tn u voted ter.
10y me ectoi Assembly OF jniy ? i'l, rs
| .ldctmsn. Justice OF the Peace, Constabic ni
every city, county, township, or disttict witt.
In this stnmmonwcNth. whencver called upon
| hy m, officer of an election, or by three quaii
nd electors thereof, to clear any sindpw or
avenue to the window or avenue TO the place
| ~ U-ner,l election which shall lie ubstructed
| In such u way NJ 10 prevent voters from ap.
| prnnrhinv the same Rnd II shalt bc tho iuiv
ct every respective Constable of such ward,
district or Township vi hin this cOn.mOnwo,lth
to 10 present or by DEPUTY, At he place OF
hoiiiov Elections, In such ward. diTric, or
township, Tor "a, tnrpso oi preserving the
pcscc ne aiOrcsaii,n
| Also that In the Ssh section Of the act OF AZ.
sciubly rntitled An act relating T. cxccuti ms
and other purp"sot approved April ~, 1870.
II p enacted that the ~ rosRii i3'h section.
"shnii not bc construed NJ to prevent any mIli.
| tia officer or borough uilices from serving As
| Judge, Inspector nr clerk at any general or
special election In thi. Comnonwo ,lth"
liy an Act OF Assembly approved the l7th
day of April lsip It IL enacted that at
"nll elections hereafter told unlcr 1.-THE laws
& this commonwealth, the po'ls shtii be open.
ed at seven o'clocs n. M. AMI closci ut seven
| o'clock, y.
| Tho inspectors nnd Iuigc of tho ole tons
shall meet ~ tho respective places nppOittrd
| for holding the election In tho district to which
they respectively belong, before scvon o'clock IN.
thu mutning. AMI icach oi those Inspector.
shall aTpoint one clerk who shall he u quaiit
| od voter oi such district.
! sat .aT IL ali
| general, township. borough ami spUc nj oloc.
tiuns, ~. hereby hereafter authorized and re
,,uostcd tn vote by tickets printed or written.
| or partly printed and partly written sevcrally
| clnssinel ~ follows One ticket shall enbrdcr
the names oi all Judges Of courts voted for and
| to he lalsllei outside "luiici,ty ;" ono tlcs.
| ct shall embrace tho names uisll state Uihre
| voted tor and bc ishcilei 'St.ts:' one Il .kct
sh-ll embrace the nHuie Of all County officers
| voted i"r, Including uinc NJ senator, member
| and members ot Assembly " voted br and
| mem,ets of congress, n voted Tor, and be la
| bclieL 90, oty /" one ticket shall einbracc tho
! name so' AL tow slip CHEERS voted Tor aud i-
! labelled "Tnwr-htp = QUE ticket shall embrace
'hc n,nrs II all ,"r'ugh ticcrs voted t,r aud
| hc Isheil-l "B,ruush." and each class shsll In
I deposited IN s'p,rats ballot hores,
| wUrR.AF, The fifteenth Amendment OF the
| CONSTITUTION OF tho United states IL as fol
Sgcr,oSi. Tho riuht Of citizens Of tho Uni.
! tod states 10 vote rhait not be denied or y.
br. .dsed by the Uni al -tatcs or any state. on
acc 'uot 81 race, color, or previous condition
~ ser Nndch
srcrlos . The Congress shall have mower
TO enforce this article by appropriate legisla
AND WHEREAS. The Congress OF the United
States, on tho llst of March, lS7l passed an
nci, entitled AN Act to enforce tho right of
| citizens ui t.e United states tn vote IN the
ernl states Of mi. Union nrd tor other pur.
poses ' tho nrst and sec mi sections Of which
S.crIoSl |. lc Il enacted by the Senate and
| House of kepro-rntstivrs ~ III" United states
| OF America In Congress assembled, that all
| cittreus % tho tnitel states, Who are, or shal
lie utherw ise qualified by law TO vote at any
| election 10y the reori", In any state, Territory,
district, co 'bty, city, PARISH, township, school
district, municipality or other territorial suit.
| division. shall 10 entitled and allowed t. vote
at all .ucL elections without distinction O,
race, color, or previous condition of servituie;
any constitution, Law, custom, usage or regu.
| Iation OF any state or Territory, or by, or un
der It's authority, to the contrary notwith-
standing.
| II by OF under tho authority, OF the Constitu.
| tion or laws OF any State, or the laws OF any
| Territory, any act Is or shall DO required t0 he
done as a prerequisite or qualification or vot.
| or officers are or shall be charped with the rer.
| fOf nance 81 duties In furnishing to citizens All
| oppori unity 10 perform such prerequisite "r To
become qualified to vote, IL ,hall he the duty
| OF every such person and o.iccr to give to ~
| citizens of the United states, the same and
oppor,snny 10 ,sT,o,m 10 sS0n t,e,elnl
/
| distinction OF rae, color or previous condition
| OF servitnde and u any such person or officer
shall reiuse or knowingly omit TO give full Of.
| feet to this ,ection he shall, tr every such OF.
| ienre. forfeit aud pay the stm OF tvc hundred
doiiars TO the person aggrieved thereby, 10 tie
recovered by an action ou the case, with iu,l
| costs and euch RllOwanre Tor counsel ices
| tho court shall deem Just, and shall also, for
| every such on, nee, he med guilty OF n mis-
| denennor and shall on coDvirtion thereof. be
| hned not less than rve hundred dol srs, or be
| iml rift ned not less than one month and not
more ihan one scar. OF both. at tho discretion
| OF the court.
section Of the vi art iclo of the Constitution oi
Ihr United States that This Constitution, and
the laws of the United states which shall b.
| the supreme iaw Of the land, Atyihnl
IN tho ConsIiiul ion or laws Of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding"
App WHEREAS. The Legislature ot this com
| monw.AIth on the 9th day OF hpril, A. u. 1910
pa.s d an act, entitled "a further -urplsm'ii
| 10 the act r.lsting To Elections in this Common
wealth. the tenth section Of which provides a
follpws;
'ShCrios TO- That 50 mnch of cvery act o
Assembly a. prov ides that only white frccmeI
shall he entitled 10 vote or be registered AZ w
teIs or M elaiminR to vote at any general OF
special election Of this Commonwcalih, be SUD
| the same l. hereby rtpepled aud that hereafter
all FREEMAN, without distiheticu 81 color shall b.
enrolled and registered according to 'he pre-
| visions OF The fret section Of the act approved
| seve teenih April lsey entitled IAN Act fut
ther ,nppl,meniai TO the rc' relaiins to tue el.c
lions of his t'untnunNPRth.' ana Nhon o'hti
| vice qualified uu,er existing Laws, be eutitisd
to vote at general aud special elections In Thu
Commonwealth.
Tn. said above reci,e6 amendment and acts
must be- exrcnted aud obeyrd by all asscsrore
register of voters, election of,cers, and oth-rs
that thu rights and ptiv,le snaranteud there
by may be secured to all the citizens Of this Com
mouw wealth eLiitled to the same,
BY the 18th ssrtion OF the act Of Assembly Of
January 80. 1874, IL is sn.cied that As soon ~
the polls shall close, the officers vi ectiou shal
proceed TO count All the votes east for such can
didats voted for, and makes u iull return Of tn,
same In tr,piirs Q, With y return .heet In ad
dillon, in all Of which the votes received by eacl
ca ndid.te shall be given after his uame. fr.t ~
| words aud again In hgures, aud shall be sIy ne.
by all .f "a I'd officers and certined by oversrers
ifAny, or n lot ~ certified, the o,srssers an,
any officer refusing to align or certify, or eithe
OF them sbsil write upon each of the rstnrus hi
lor their reasons for not signing OF eertfyin,
Then. Ths vote, rs soon ar cIun led, shall b,
publicly aud f,ily declared tom tue wirdos
10 the citizens present. aud q brief etatemea
showing the votes received by essh esndidSi
shall . made and signed by the .l,eiion otfcri
ss soon as the VOC 10 counted, aud tho sRin
shalt bs tmns dis,eiy posted upon this door of h
election bom Tor Information OF the publIc
Tie triplicate returns shall ba enclosed a. rBve
lopes and be seaed in presence VI tbe rfflcvr,
and QUE envelope With tho unssaled ~ turn shee
given 10 tie Judge, which shall contain one la
| y, v ters, tslly-Isper aud oaths Of ofiicers sn
another OF esid envelopes sliatt be given 10 th