The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-10-06
Election reclamation,

w ton ofthe Act Of General Assem-
bly, OF Pennsylvania, passed July 2,
1903, entitled, "An act relating to the
election OF the Commonwealth" it is
enJolned on the sheriff of every county
10 give notice of such elections to be
held, and enumerate in such notice
what officers are to be elected. In
pursuance thereof, l, 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. thatra 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 electifig the
following officers ~ wit;
On person for Treasurer of the state
of Pennsylvania,
One person for Treasurer of the
county of Elk.
One person for Prothonotary, Regis
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 elector being privileged
to vote for two.
And 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 Oh Michael street, near the Elk
creek bridge, g.,
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 Wilcox Tan
ming and Lumber Co.'S office.
Milestone township, at the house of
Henry Derr, at barr's dam.
Ridgway township, at the court
Ridgway borough at the court
bouse.
! Spring Creek township, at the
| house of Thomas 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,
this Commonwealth, approved
March 90th, 1865.
SECTION /. Be it enacted, etc :
That the qualified voters of the several
counties of the Common wealth, 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 Off
GERS to he voted for, and be labeled
State" one ticket shall embrace the
! name of all county officeas voted for
| including the Office of Senator and
members of Assembly, if voted for
and shall be labeled County" etc.
and each class shall be deposited in
separate ballot boxes.
l 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 OF
otherwise, a subordinate officer OF
ageut, who is or shall be employed
under the legislative, executive OF
| judicial departments of this State
| or the United States, or of any city OF
| incorporated district, and also any
member of congress or of the State
| Legislature, and of the select and
common councils of any city, or com
missioner of any Incorporated district,
is by law incapable Of holding or OK.
ercising at the same time the Office OF
appointment of the judge, inspector ol
clerk of any election of the Common.
wealth, and no inspector, Judge oI
! any other officer of such election shall
be eligible to be voted for.
Also, in the tth section of the act OF
assembly entitled IAN act relating tc
| eleC ions and for other PURPOSES" ap
| proved April 9Th 1850, it is enacted
| that the l4th section shall be SO con.
strued as to prevent any militia ol
| borough officers from serving as Judge
inspector or clerk, at any general oi
special election in this. Common
wealth. - - '''
Pursuant to the provisions continued
| in the 18th section 1.-THE act last atore-
! said, the return Judges of the afOre'
| said district, leaving within twelve
miles of the prOthonotary office OF
within twenty-four miles, if their resi-
| dence be in u town, village or city
upon the line of a railroad leading 10
! the county seat, shall before two o.
| clock, post 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 together with return sheet, tC
the prothonotary of the court of com
mon pleas of Elk county at Ridgway
| l also make known the following
section of an act approved the 9Oth
day of January, A. d. 1874, entitled
"A further supplement to the act reg
ulating elections in this Common
wealth. ....
SEC. o. At all elections here
after held under the laws of this com
monwealth, the polls shall be opened
at O'Clock \. NJ. and closed at o clock
T. NJ. s. -r
SEC. 9. All elections by the citi
zens shall be by ballot; every ballot
shall be numbered in order in which
it shall be received, and the number
recorded by the clerks on the list o
voters opposite the name OF the electol
| from whom received. And any vote
voting tw0or more tickets, the seVera
ticketf so voted shall he Numbered
with the number corresponding with
the number to the name OF the voter.
Any electOr may write his name
upon his ticket or cause the came t'
be written thereon.
Given under my hand at Ridgway