The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-12
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Whereas. Lnand by the 10, section of
the Act Of General Assembly of Penn. |
sylvania, passed July 2, 1859, entitled. |
IAN act relating TO the elections of the |
commonwealth - IL is enjoined on the |
shcriffOf every county to give notice |
of such elections to he held, and to !
cnumcrate in such notice what Off
GERS are to be elected. In pursuance |
thereof, !, Thomas Sullivan, High |
Sheriff of the county of Elk, do there
fore make known and give the public |
notice to the electors of said county of |
Elk, that a general election will be held |
in said county, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Z, 1882,
tit being the first Tuesday of the
month) for the purposespf electing the |
following officers to wit;
One person for Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person for Lieutenant Governor
, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
| MIA.
One person for Supreme Judge of
| the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person for Secretary of Internal
| affairs of the Commonwealth of Penn
| sylvania.
| One person for Congressman-a
Large for the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania,
One person for Congress to torepresent
| the counties of Union, Clearfield,
Clinton, Elk, Mifflin and Centre, COM
posing the twentieth Congressional
district of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
One person for State Senator to rep.
resent the counties of Cameron, Elk,
Clarion and Forest, composing the
Thirty-eight Senatorial district of the
| Common w colth nf Panns sylvania
One person for Representative to
the Legislature from the county of
Elk.
One person for District Attorney for
the county of Elk.
One person for Surveyor of the
county of Elk.
Two persons for Jury Commission
ers for the county of Elk. Each elector
being privileged to vote for one.
| 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 Ellthorpe.
Horton township, at the School
house near d. G. Oysters hotel.
Jay township, at the house of Alfred
Pearsall.
Jones township, at the Wilcox Tan
hlng ana LUMBER COS ofhce;
Milestone township, at the house of
Henry Derr, at Barr's dam.
NlugWay township, at the court
house'
bonso WY '-0e'
Snr;nc Croo,, +ownsbin of the hons,
or Thomos irwin
st. Marys borough at the town hall
/ also make known the following:
AN ACT regulating the mode of vot
ing at elections in the several countie.
of this commonwealth, approved
March 30th 1866.
SECTION |. Be it enacted, etc.
That the qualified voters of the sevcra
counties Of the commonwealth, at tn,
general township, borough and speca
elections. are hereby hereafter authori
zed and required TO vote by ticket.
printed or written. or partly writer
and partlv printed seyerally classified
as follows: One ticket'shall embrace
the names OF all Judges OF courts NOtCC
for, and to be labeled outside "Judici
ary ~ one ticket shall embrace the
names of all the state officers to bt
voted for, and be labeled "State;n ont
ticket shall embrace the names of al
county officers voted for, including th,
, office OF Senator ana members
Assembly, II voted FOR, ana member
; OF Congress II voted Tor ana snail b'
! labeled County" ETC., ana each cias
snail be deposited III separate pallo
, boxes.
I also make known and give notic
as in and by the 18th section of afOre
said act that
Every person except Justice of tn,
, peace who shall hold any office of ap
! pointment OF profit or trust under til,
. government of the United States, o
] of any city or incorporated distric
whether a commissioned officer o
a otherwise, q subordinate off :er o
> agent, who shall be emploN cd unde
the legislative, executive or Judicia
: departments of this State, or tn,
United States or of any city or incor
porated district, and also any member
, of Congress or of the State legislature
and of the select and common counci
of any city, commissioners of any in
corporated district, is incapable o