The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-10-28
NNLECTToN PROCLAMATION.


ioined on the sheriff of every county
TO give notice of such elections to be
held, and to enumerate i'm such notice
what officers are to be elected. /, ID.
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 electing the
| following officers to wit:
Twenty-nine persons for Presiden-
| tial electors.
One person for Judge of Supreme
! court.
/ One person for Auditor General.
One person for Member of Congress
from the Twentieth district, composed
of the counties of Centre, Clearfield,
Clinton, Elk, Miffiin and Union.
One person for President Judge for
the Thirty seventh district, composed
of the counties of Elk, ,Forestand War
ren.
One person for Member of Assem-
| bly,.
| OuO DtISpIl lol
And the qualified electors of the
county of Elk Will hold their elections
in the several districts, as follows:
Benezette 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 ID. G. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house of Alfred
Pearsall.
Jones township, at the Wilcox Tan
ming and Lumber Company's office.
Milestone township. at the house of
Henry Dcrr, at Barr's dam.
Ridgway township, at the court
house. and at the store of E. w. Rolfe
& Co.
Spring Creek township, at the house
of Thos. Irwin.
St Marys 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 |. 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, at all general, township,
borough and special elections, are
hereby hereafter authorized and re-
quired to vote, by tickets printed ol
written. or partly printed and partly
written, severally classified as follows
One ticket shall embrace the names o
all Judges of courts voted for and to bt
shall embrace the names of all State
officers to be voted for, and be labeled
'State;' one ticket shall embrace tn,
names of all county officers to bt
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.
also make known and give notice
us in and by the fifteenth section o
aforesaid act, that "Every person eX
cept justices of the peace who shal
, hold any office or appointment o
, profit or trust under the Government
of the United States, or of any city o.
f incorporated district, whether a com
missioned officer or otherwise, sub
ordinate officer or agent, who is o
{ shall be employed under the legisla
l tive, executive or judicial department
of the State, or of the United States, o
Of any city or incorporated district
and also any member Of Congress, o
= Of thc.State Legislature, and Of the sc
= lcct and common councils of any city
or commissioner of any incorporate,
+, district, is by law incapable OF hold
/ ing or exercising at the same time th
) Office or appointment of the judge, in
- spector or clerk of any election OF tn
= Commonwealth, and no inspector
= Judge, or any other officer of sucl
I election shall be eligible to be vote
o for.
t Also, in the fourth section of tn
e act of Assembly, entitled, "An act re
Iating to elections and for other pun
: poses" approved April 10th, 1860, it
enacted that the fourteenth sectio
It shall be so construed as to prevent an
e militia or borough officers from ser>
r ing as judge, inspector or clerk at an
d general or special election in thi
Common wealth.
l also make known the follOwin
N sections of an act approved the 3Oth da
S of January, a d. 1874, entitled -
= further supplement to the act regul;
= ting elections in this commonwealth.
SEC. 3. At all elections herealtt
held under the law of this COmmol
y wealth, the polls shall be opened ;
n seven O'clock a. NJ, and closed ;
Of seven o'clock p. NJ.
le SEC. 8. All elections by the ctizel
shall be by ballot; every ballot shall
pe numbered in the order in which
IN shall be received, and the number r
corded by the clerks OH the list of vo
ere opposite the name of the elect
from whom received. And any vot
voting two or more tickets, the sever
tickets so voted shall be numbered vii
$, the number corresponding with Il
number of the name of the voter.
b. Pursuant to the provisions co
w tanned in the thirteenth section of Il
n act aforesaid, the return judges of d
: aforesaid district living within twel
q miles of the prOthonotary' office,
W. within twenty-fOur miles if their res
ne dence be in Il town, village or ci
it. upon the line of n railroad leading
en- the county seat, shall before tN
ne O'Clock, past meridian, of the day aft
or, the election, and all other judges sh'
OF before twelve o'clock meridian, of t.