The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-11-03
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT

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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
Every person. excepting tho justices Of the
Peace and Aldermen, Notaries Public and per-
sons In tho militia service Of tho state, who
lhaIl hold or shall within two months hsvc held
any office or appointment nf prnht or trust un-
der the United states. or oi this state. and city
or corpnrated district, whethera commissioned
oiiccr or otherwhe, a subordinate oinccr or
agent wac II w shall he employed under tho
Icglsiatute, Executive or judiciary Depart
ment Of this state, or ofRuy city or Of any In.
corporated district, and also that every mem.
her OF Congress and Of the state Legislature,
and Of tho select or common council OF any
CITY. or commissioners Of any incnrrnratei dis
trict. are by law Incapable Of holding or ever.
cising AT the same time tho ofnce or appoint.
ment Of Judge, Inspector or CLERK Of any olec-
tiun Of this Commonwealth, AMI that no In.
spector. Judge, or other Oinccr Of said eloc.
ton, shall ho eligible to bc then voted ter.
By tho act Oi Assembly NJ July is3i n is
I also made "thc duty ut every Mayor, Sheriff.
Alderman, Justice Of the Peace, constable, ot
every city. county, township, or district With
/ In this Commonwealth, whancycr called upon
by Anv officer of an election, or by three quail.
hrd electors thereof TO clear any window ot
| avenue to the window or avenue to the place
! Of General Election which shall 10 obstructc I
In such way ast prevent Notor' from nr'
preaching the same ami II shall be the duty
/ of every respective Constable nt such ward.
district or township within this commonwealth h
to be present or by Deputy, at he place Of
]
township. Tor the purpose OF preserving the
/ peace as aforesaid ~
! Also that I'm the 1th section Of the act of Az
/ semby entitled An act relating tn execution
! and other purposcr.n approved April 10, lslU.
] II u enacted that tho Aforesaid 18th section,
shalt not bs construed ~ TO prevent any mili
] tia officer o. borough uffcor from serving ~
Judge Inspector or Clerk at any general or
-pecin election In this CommoGwoilth"
| lynn Act Of Assembly Approved tho lIth
day Of April, lNGl II is enar ed that nt
"aii elections hereafter held under the law,
oi this Commonwealth, the poll. shan he open
ed At seven O'Clock a. M AMI closed At seven
u'clOck, y. m.
Tho inspectors ami judge Of tho election.
! shall meet ~ tho respective places appointed
tor holding the election IN the district to which
they respectively belong, before seven o'clock In
! tho morning, and each ut those INSPECTOR.
| shall appoint one clerh who shall he a qualih
/ cd voter Of such district.
4 The qualinci voters Of this county at all
general, township, borough AMI tp.cinl cleo
tinns, are hereby hereafter authorized ami re
questci 10 vote by tickets printed ur written,
or partly printed and partly written scv,rnlly
| classified rs follows One ticket shnll embrace
] the names OF all Judges Ot courts voted for and
! to be- labelled outside "Judicihry ~ On" tIcs'
! ct shall embrace tho names niall state officers
/ voted for. and he labelled state; one ticket
shalt embrace the name OF all county officers
voted tor, including uihc" oi senator, member
7 and members Of Assembly. n voted inr' and
inetnhors uf congress, II voted tor, anl no Ia,
belled County - one ticket shall embrace thr
name snf all township officers voted for and hr
labelled Township = Quo ticket shall embrace
! the nan - NJ all borough officers voted Tor and
/ be labelled "Horouph." ant each class shall be-
depn-itcd In separate ballot bnNns.
! WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment OF the
Contsi!ution OF tho United states Is ~ fol-
SrcrioNl The rlght Of itiyens of the Uni
| ted states to vote shall not he denied or a
! bTidgod by the Tinted states, or any state, on
| OF scr ltude ~
srcrIoN 2. The Congress shall have power
/ to enforce this article by appropriate lcgisla.
ASH WHEREAS, Tho Congress Of tho United
! States, on the 3lst of March, 1870, passed an
| act entitled IAN Act to enforce tho right Ot
! eral states OF III. Union and tor other pur- =
/ poses" the hrst and second sections OF which
arc as follows
| SECTION he Itenacted by the senate a nd
! House OF Representative Of tn" United state.
! ot America In CONGRESS assembled, ihat all
/ citizens of the United states, who are, or shall
/ be utherwise qualified Ny law 10 vote at any
election by the people In any state, Territory,
district, county, city, parish, Township school
district, municipality 2r @the, terrltor,al SUB.
at all such elections without distinction Of
race color. or previous condition OF servitnio'
any Constitution, law, custom, USAGE or rogu-
iatlon oi any state or Territory, or by, or un.
der its authority, 10 the contrary notwith.
standing,
SscTlos .. And he II further enacted. That
/ n by or under the authority, of the Constitu.
| tion or avs Oi any State, or tho laws OF any
Territory, any act T. or shall be required to 10
done as prerequisite or qualification or vot-
! Ing, and By such constitution or laws, persons
or OH GERS are or shall he charged with the per.
formance OF duties In furnishing TO citizens an
| opportunity to perform such prere1 uisiie or tn
| become qualined to vote, II shall be the duty
! of every such person an: Otticer To give to all
citizens OF tho United states, the same and
equal opportunity To perform such rrerequi-
site and IT, become qualified 20 vote without
distinction ol race, color or previous condition
| OF servitndo AMI ifany such person 0r officer
shall refuse or knowingly omit TO give full et-
feet TO this section he shall, tor every such Of
fence, forfeit and pay tho sum OF hve hundred
dollars to tho person aggrleyei thereby, To he
| recovered by an action on tho case, with full
costs and such allosanco for counsel tees as
the court shall deem lust, ami shall also, for
| every such offence, he deemed guilty OF a mis-
demeanor, aud shalt on conviction thereof, DO
nned not less than hve hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned not less than one month and not
more than one year, or both at tho discretion
OF the court
section OF the vi article Of tue Constitution Of
the United States that "This Constitution, and
the laws of the uultel States which shall be-
the supreme law of the laud, anything
In the Constitution or laws Of any State 10 the
contrary notwithstanding
Arm wnERgAs, The Legislature Of this Com
mOnwealth, on the tth day Of April, A, ID. 1870
passed an act, entitled "a further supplement
to the act relating 10 elections In this Common.
wealth, tho tenth section OF which provides AZ
follows.
ilA' W "hoH VI tNtfN hNt
Assembly as provides that only whits freemen
shall be entitled In vote or DO regisicred as yo.
ters, or as claiming Ia vote at any general or
special election OF this Commonwealth, be aud
the same Is hereby repealed aud that hereafter
all freeman, without distinction Of color, shall be
enrolled aud registered according TO Che pro.
visions OF the FIST section IT the act approved
seventeenth April 1909 cutitlei "An Act fur.
thef supplemental To the act relating To tho elrc.
tions Of this Nommpnwenlth." and when other.
wise qualified under existing laws, be entitled
10 vote ut general and special elections Ia this
COmmo on wealth.
The said above recited amendment aud acts
must be executed aud obeyed by all assessors,
register az voters, eieetion oficers, aud Othep
that the rights ana priyuvzss susfantvru tns 80.
by may be secured TO all the citizens of this COm
mou wealth entitled to the same.
by the 1911 section of the act OF Assembly OF
January 80, 1874, Il IL enscted that as soon as
the polls shall close, the officers of election shall
proceed TO count all the votes cast for such cam
didaie voted for, and makes y full return ~ the
same iu triplicgte, with return sheet IN ad-
dition In all Of which the votes received by each
ca nddste shall bs CIV en amer his name. hrst IA
words aud again IN figures, and shall he sig ned
by all nf said officers aud certified by oNerseera,
II any, OF II not 80 certified, the overseerS and
any officer rafusing 10 sisn certify, or either
of them phall. write upon each Of the returns his
or their reasons for not signing OF eertifyine
them. Tho vote, as soon "a conn ted, shall be
publicly aud fully declared from the window
10 thb citiseus present. and briof statement
showing the votes received BY each candI dIdats
/ IS coon ss the vote 10 counted, and the sam,
shall be Immediately posted upon the door OF the
elsetiop house for Information Of the public
IN lripli oats rsturns shall bsclosed In epv,