The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-10-14
nILECr1oN PRoCLAMATIoN.

held. and to enumerate in such notice
what officers are to be elected. 1, D.
G.. Oyster High Sheriff of the county
of Elk, do therefore make known and
give this public notice to the electors
of the said county of Elk that a gen.
eral election will be held in said
county on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER I'd, 1880.
(it being the first Tuesday of the
month) for the purpose of electng the
following officers to wit:
| Twenty-Five persons for Presiden.
tial electors.
One person for Judge of Supreme
court.
| One person for Auditor General.
One person for Membcr of Congress
from the Twentieth district, composed
of the counties of Centre, Clearlield,
Clinton, Elk, Miffiin and Union.
One person for President Judge for
! the Thirty district, composed
of the counties of Elk, Forest and War
| ren.
One person for Member of Assem-
bly,.
One person for Sheriff.
And the qualified electors of the
county of Elk Will hold their elections
| in the several districts, as follows:
Benezctte township, at the house of
Elizabeth Winslow.
Benzinger township, at the school
house on Michael street, near the Elk
creek bridge.
Fox township, at the Centreville
school house.
Highland township, at the house of
Levi Ellithorp.
Horton township, at the school
house near d. &. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house of Alfred
Pearsall
Jones township, at the Wilcox Tan
nlng and Lumber Company's Office.
Milestone township, at the house of
Henry Derr, at Barr's dam.
Ridgway township, at the court
house and at the store of Z. w. Rolfe
& Co.
Spring Creek township, at the house
of Thos. Irwin.
st, Marys borough, at the town
| also make known the following:
An act regulating the mode of voting
at elections in the several counties
Of this Commonwealth, approved
March Both, 1856.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania 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, ct all general, township,
borough and special elections, are
hereby hereafter authorized and re-
quired 70 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
lubeled outside "Judiciury;" one ticket
shall embrace the names of all State
officers to be voted for, and be labeled
''Statei" oile ticket shall embrace the
names of all county officers to be
voted for, including the Office of Sena-
tor and members of Assembly,if voted
for, and members of Congress. if voted
for and shall be labeled County
etc, and each class shall be deposited
in separate ballot-boXes.
I also make known and give notice
as i'll and by the iifteenth section OF
aforesaid act, that EVERY person eX-
cept justices of the peace Who shall
hold any Office or appointment of
OF the United States, or of any city or
incorporated district, whether Il COM
missiOned officer or otherwise, a sub
ordinate officer or agent, who is or
shall be employed under the lcgisla-
tive, executive or judicial departments
of the State, or of the United States, or
Ofany city or incorporated district,
ana also any member of Congress, or
OF the State Legislature, and of the Sc
lect ana common councils of any city,
or commissioner OF any Incorporated
district, is by law incapable of hold
ing or exercising at the same time the
office or appointment of the Judge, in
spector or clerk of any election of the
Commonwealth, and 10 inspector,
judge, or any other officer of such
election shall be eligible to be voted
for
Also, in the fourth section of the
act of Assembly, entitled, IAN act re-
lating to elections and for other pur-
poses,' approved April 10th, 1860, it is
enacted that the fourteenth section
shall be so construed as to prevent any
militia or borough officers from serv-
ing as judge, inspector or clerk at any
general or special election in this
Commonwealth.
| also make known the following
sections of an act approved the 30th day
of January, A ID. 1874, entitled "A
further supplement to the act regula-
ting elections in this commonwealth"
SEC. ). AT all elections hereafter
held under the law of this Common
wealth, the polls shall be opened at
seven O'Clock A. NJ, and closed at
seven O'Clock L. NJ.
SEC. 8. All elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot shall be
numbered in the order in which it
shall be received, and the number re-
corded by the clerks on the list of vot-
ere opposite the name of the electOr
from whom received. And any voter
voting two or more tickets, the several
tickets so voted shall be numbered with
the number corresponding with the
number of the name of the voter.
Pu rsuant to the provisions con-
tanned in the thirteenth section of the
act aforesaid, the return judges of the
aforesaid district living within twelve
miles of the prothOnOtary's office, or
within twenty-fOur miles if their resi-
dence be in town, village or city
upon the line of Il railroad leading to
the county seat shall before two
O'Clock, past meridian, of the day after
the election, and all other judges shall
before twelve O'clock meridian, of the
second day after election, deliver said
return tOoetler with return sheet IN