The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-16
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 1879,

FOX OWnSnlp, aC Cne CenterViile
school house.
Highland township, at the house of
Levi Ellithorp.
Horton township, at the school
house near ID. 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 Commonwealth, approved
March 30th, 1866.
SECTION l. 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.
1 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 COM
missioned officer, or otherwise, a 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, or
commissioner of any incorporated dis
trict, is by law incapable of holding OF
exercising at the same time the office
or appointment of the judge, inspector
or clerk of any election of the Com
mOnwealth, and no inspector, judge
or any other officer of such election
shall be eligible to be voted for.
ALSO, in the fourth section of the ac
of Assembly, entitled "An act relating
to elections and for other purposes,
approved April 10th, 1860, it is Ell
acted that the fourteenth section shall
be so constructed as to prevent an.
militia or borough officers from serv
, ing as judge, Inspector or clerk a
any general or special election in thi
Commonwealth.
/ also make known the following
: section of an act approved the aOth da,
! of January, A. ID. 1874, entitled ~
further supplement to the the act reg
! ulating elections in this Common
r wealth.
f Sec. s. At all elections hereafte
!, held under the laws of this Common
= wealth, the polls shall be opened at
r O'Clock A. M, and closed at 7 p. NJ.
e SEC. 8. All elections by the citizen
7 shall be by ballot; every ballot sha
: be numbered in the order in which
e shall be received, and the number r.
= corded by the clerks on the list of W
! ters opposite the name of the electo
+ from whom received. And any vote
S voting two or more tickets, the sever,
4 tickets so voted shall be numbere
with the number corresponding wit
the number to the name of the voter
!, Any electOr may write his nam
upon his ticket or cause the same to /
: written thereon.
Given under my hand at Ridgwa
the 9th day of October, in the year
our Lord one thousand eight hundre
and seventy-nine, and of the indepel
dence of the United States the OIL
hundred and third.
=, ID. c. OYSTER, Sheriff.
u Sheriff's Office,
Ridgway, Pa, Oct. 9th 10.