Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-11-01

! same shall be holding. or shall use or practice
any intimidating threats, fierce or violence with
design to influence unduly or overawe any cleo
tor or to prevent him from voting to restrain
the freedom of choice, such person conviction
shall be fined ii any sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars; be imprisoned for any time
not less than ono month or more than one year,
and il it be shown that tho person offending
was not . resident of the city, ward. district
township where the said onsnse committed
and not entitled to vote therein, and on convic-
| tim he shall be sentenced to pay fine OF not
less than one hundred or not more than one thou
sand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six
months or more than two years.
OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
| CONSTITUTION OF PENNsYLvASIA-ART. VIII.
SEC. IA District election boards shall consist
| of j2dge and two insrec tsrs, who shall be cho
| sen annually by the citizens. Each elector shall
have the right TO vote for the judge aud one ln-
| spector, and each insl ector shall appoint oae
clerk. Election officers shall be privileged from
arrest upon days OF election and while engaged
| In making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant OF court of record or Judge
thereof for an election fraud, for felony, or for
wanton breach of the peace.
Is. No person shall be Qualified TO serve az
election officer who shall hold, oi shall w.uli
| two months have held an office, appointment
or employment in or under the government OF
the United States or of this State, or OF any city
or county, or of any municipal board, CoInmiS
sion or trust in apy ei J, save only justices OF
the peace, and aderiii"n, nc taries public and
persons in miii' ia services OF the State; nor
shall any cc.:- lou officer be eligible to any civil
Office iu be filed BY an election at which he
| shall serve, save only TO such subordinate mu-
niciral or local offices as shall bc designated by
| 6. neral law.
ACT JANUARY 80. 1874.
| SEC z. Whenever there shall be a vacancy In
| an election board, on the morning of elec
| tion, it shall be filled in conformity with
| existing laws,
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SEC. o. In addition to the oath now prescrib-
| ed by law to be taken and subscribed by cleo
| tiou officers, they shall be severally sworn or
| affirmed not to disclose how any elector shall
| lave voted unless required to do so as witness
es in Judicial proceeding. All Judges, inspcc-
| tors, clerks and overseers OF any election held
under this act, shall before entering upon their
duties, be duly sworn or affirmed in the pres
ence of each other. The judge shall be sworn
by the minority inspector, II there shall be such
minority inspector, and In case there be no mi
nority inspector, then BY JUSTICE Of the peace
or alderman, and the Inspectors, oyerseers and
clerks SHALL be sworn by the Judge. certificate of
such swearing or affirming shall be duly made
out and signed by the officers so sworn, and at
tested by the officer who administered the oath.
ACT JANUARY so, 1874.
SEC. 8. AT the opening of the polls at the
elections 1t shall be the duty of the judges OF
election for their respective districts to desig-
| nate one OF the inspectors, whose duty it shall
be to have in custody the registry OF voters and
| to make the entries therein required BY law
and il shall bc the duty of the oEheF Ct ead in:
| spssiofs 70 necetsa aud number the ballots pre-
sented at said election.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SEC. 5. All the elections hereafter held under
| the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall
| be orened at O'clock A. M, and closed ut
O'Clock, P. N.
soasT4rpTlOs or rENssYLyANIA-ARr. VIII.
SEC. L. All elections by the citizens shall be
| by ballot Every ballot voted shall be number
| ed In the order in which il WAS received, aud
the number recorded by the election officers on
the list of voters, opposite the pape of the cleo
Tor VINO presents the ballot. Any elector may
| write his pane upon his ticket, or cause the
same to be written thereon and attested by
| citizen of the district.
ACT MARCH 80. 1866.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the Commonwealth of
PENNSYLVANIA In General Assembly met, and 1t
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the qualified voters of the several counties
of this Commonwealth at all general, township,
borou.h aud special elections are hereby here
after authorized and required TO vote 10y tickets
printed or written. or partly printed and partly
written, seyerally classified as follows;
One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
sons voted for the Electors of President and
Vice President OF the United States, and shall
be labelled on the outside with the word "Elec-
tors"
One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
sons voted for for Men Der OF Congress OF the
United States, all per sons voted tor for Memher
of the State Senate OF the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, all persons voted Tor Tor Member
OF the House of Representatives OF the Common
wealth Of Pennsylvania, and all persons voted
for for county offices of said county of Sutler,
and TO be labelled on the outside with the word
"Couniy."
One ticket shall contain the names of all per-
spns voted for for Judge Of any of tbs courts OF
said county or of this COmmonwcalth.a aud be Ia
belied on the outside with the word Judiciary
One ticket shall contain the names of oil per-
sons voted for for officers of the Commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania, other than Judges OF the Su-
preme Court OF s1id Commonwealth, and he Ia
belled on the outside with the word Estate"
OF THE ELECTION RETURNS,
AoF JANUARY 80. 1874.
SEQ. IS. AS soon as the polls shall close, the |
officers of the election shall proceed to count all
the votes cast for each candidate voted for and |
make q full return OF the same in triplicate, |
with a return sheet in addition, In all OF which |
the votes received by each candidate shall DC |
In figures, and shall be signed by all the said Of
fccrs and by ovcrsecrs, If any, or it not so GER
titled, the overseeTs and any officer refusing 10
sign or certify, either OF them, shall write up
on each OF the returns his or their reason for |
not signing or certifying them. The vote, as
soon as counted, shall also he publicly and full
ly declared from the window to the citizens
present, and brief statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made and
signed by the election officers as soon as the
votes are counted and the Same shall be lmme-
diately posted upon the door OF the election
house for information of the public. The triph-
cate returns shall be enclosed I'm envelopes
and be sealed In the presence of the officers,
and one envelope, with the unsealed return
sheet given TO the judge, which shall contain
one list of voters, tally papers, and oath OF OFF,
GERS, and another of said envelopes shall be
given to the minority inspector All judges Nv
ing within twelve miles OF the prothonotsrys
office, or within twenty-four miles, II thor resi-
dence be i'll a town, city or village upon the line
Of railroad leading to the county seat, shall
before two o'clock past meridian Of the day at
tor the eection, deliver said return. together
with return shoot. to the prothonotary OF tho
court Of common pleas Of the county, which said
return shall be filed, and the day and the hour
Of filing marked thereon and shall be preserved
by the prothonotary for public inspection At
twelve o'clock ON the second day following any
election. the prothonotary OF the court OF COM
mon pleas shall present the said returns to the
s,id court In counties where there IL no resi-
dent president judge, the associate judge shall
perform the duties imposed upon the court OF
.ommon pleas Which shall convene for said pur /
pose the return presented By the parliamentary
shall be opened by said court ani computed by Q
such of its officers and such sworn assistants a.
the court shall appoint; in the presence OF tho
Judge or judges OF said court, the returns certi
bed and certificates OF election issued under the
seal of the court ~ is now required to be done !
by return judges; and the vote as 30 computed !
md certified shall be made matter Of record IN !
aid court. The sessions of said court shall be :
opened to the public. And In case the returns J
of an election district shall be missing when the
returns are presented. or in any case OF COM
plant OF qualified elector under oath. charging
palpable fr aud or mistake, and particularly spho-
flying the alleged fraud or mistake, or where
fraud or mistake is apparent on the return, the
court shall ex smine the return and II, In the
Judgment Of the court, it shall be necessary 10 .