The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-03
Election Proclamation.


to give notice of such elections tO be
held, and enumcrate In such notice
what officers are to be elected. In
pursuance thereof, /, Thomas Sullivan,
High Sheriff of the county of Elk, do
therefore make known and give the
public notice to the electors of said
county of Elk, that general election
will be held In said county, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1881.
1t being the second Tuesday of the
month) for the purpose of electing the
following officers to wit;
On person for Treasurer of the state |
of Pennsylvania.
One person for Treasurer of the |
county of Elk.
ter and Recorder, and Clerk of the |
several courts of Elk county.
Three persons for Commissioners OF /
Elk county, each elector having the |
privilege of voting for two.
Two persons for Associate Judge of |
Elk county.
Three persons for Auditors of ELK |
county, each eleotor being privileged
to vote for two.
Aud the qualified electors of the |
county of Elk will hold their elections |
in the several districts, as follows:
Benezett 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 Centrevillc
school house.
Highland township, at the house of
Levi Ellithorp.
t,,,. In, Of I,a uohAnI
house near ID. G. Oysters hotel.
Jay township at the house of Alfred
PearsalE
Jones township at the Wilcox Tan
ming and Lumber Co.'S Office.
Milestone township, at the house of
Henry Derr, at barr's dam.
Ridgway township, Mt the court
house.
Ridgway borough at the court
| bouse.
Rolfe election district at Rolfe's
! store.
Spring Creek township, at the
house of Thomas Irwin.
st. Marys Borough ut the town hall.
also make known the following:
AN Act regulating the mode of voting
at elections in the several counties
this Commonwealth, approved
|
| SECTION l. Be it enacted, etc
That the qualified voters of the several
counties Of the Commonwealth, at the
general, township, borough and special
elections, are hereby hereafter au-
thorized and required to vote, by
tickets printed or written, or partly
written and partly printed, severally
classified as follows: One ticket shall
embrace the names of all Judges OF
courts voted for, and to be labeled
outside judiciary )" one ticket shall
embrace the names of all the state OIL
GERS to be voted for, and be labeled
"State;" one ticket shall embrace the
name of all county officcas voted for,
including the Office of Senator and
members of Assembly, if voted for,
and each class shall be deposited in
separate ballot boxes.
also make known and give notice
as in and by the 18th section of affore-
, said act, that
Every person except justices OF the
peace who shall hold any Office OF
appointment of profit or trust under
the government of the United States,
or of any city or Incorporated district,
whether q commissioned officer or
otherwise, q subordinate officer ol
agent, who is or shall be employed
under the legislative, executive ol
Judicial departments of this State
or the United States, or of any city ol
incorporated district, and also amy
member Of congress or Of the stats
Legislature, and of the select ant
common councils of any city, or com
missioner of any incorporated district
is by law incapable of holding or eX
ercising at the same time the Office O
appointment of the judge, inspector o
clerk of any election of the Common
, wealth, and no Inspector, Judge o
any other officer of such election shal
5 be eligible to be voted for.
Also, in the tth section of the act o
assembly entitled IAN act relating t.
Ii elections and for other purposes" ar
) proved April 7th, 1850, it is enacte,
that the l4th section shall be so con
y strued as to prevent any militia o
:, borough officers from serving as Judge
p inspector or clerk, at any general q
II special election in this Common
n wealth.
% Pursuant to the heprovisions continue
. in the 18th section of the act last afort
said, the return Judges of the afor'
% said district, leaving within twelv
'r miles of the parliamentary office
" within twenty-four miles, if their res
dence be in town, village or cit
upon the line of a railroad leading
{ the county seat, shall before two o
, clock, post meridian, of the day aftt
- the election and all other Judges shall
y before twelve O'Clock meridian of til
lc second day after election, deliver sal
r return together with return sheet,
cr the prothonotary OF the court of con
ID mon pleas of Elk county at Ridgwa.
l also make known the followin
section of an aot approved the 90t
day of January, A. ID. 1874, entitls
"A further supplement to the act re
II ulating elections in this Commo
m wealth.
:" SEC. 5. At all elections her
III after held under the laws of this cor
III monwealth, the polls shall be open'
I'd at o'clock 4. NJ. and closed at 7 o'clot
p. NJ.
SEC. 9. All elections by the ci
zens shall be by ballot; every ball
shall be numbered in order in whi'
'r it shall be received, and the numb
recorded by the clerks on the list
W voters opposite the name OF the elect
L. from whom received. And any yot
,r- voting two or more tickets, the sever
ticketf so voted shall be nnmber'
with the number corresponding wi
the number to the name of the voter
Any elector may write his nan
he upon his ticket or cause the same
be written thereon.