Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-10-04

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 couuted and the SAME shall be lmme-
diately posted upon the door of the election
house for Information of the public. The tripli-
cate returns shall be enclosed In 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 ofh-
GERS, and another of said envelopes shall be
given to the minority inspector. All judges liv
ing within twelve miles Of the prothonotarys
Office OF within twenty-four miles, IL their resi-
dence be in town, city or village upon the line
of q railroad leading to the county seat, shall
before two o'clock past meridian of the day af-
ter the election, deliver said return, together
with return sheet. to the prothonotary of the
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
said court. In counties where there is no resi-
dent president judge, the associate judge shall
perform the duties imposed upon the court OF
common pleas, which shall convene for said pur
pose; the return presented by the prothonotary
shall be opened by said court and computed by
such of it's officers and such sworn assistants as
the cOuIJ suAH appOlut, III prcScuCc Vi
judge or judges OF said court, the returns oerti-
fed 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
and certified shall be made matter OF record in
raid court. The sessions of said court shall be
opened to the public And in case the returns
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 fraud or mistake, and particularly spec
flying the alleged fraud or mistake, or where
fraud or mistake is apparent on the return, the
court, shall examine the return and il, In the
Judgment OF the court, il shall be necessary to
Just return, said court shall issue summary pro-
cess against the election officers and overseers,
in any OF the election districts complained OF, to
bring them forthwith into court, with all cleo
ti on PAGERS in their possession and il palpable
mistake or fraud shall be discovered, 1t shall,
upon such heaiing as may be deemed necessary
to enlighten the court, be corrected by the court
and 30 certified but all allegations of papahle
fraud mistake shall be decided by the said
cour. w;thin three days aftor the day the re-
turns are brought into court for computation,
and the said inquiry shall be directed only T.
palpable fraud mistake, and shall not be
deemed q judicial adjudication to conclude any
contest now or hereafter to be provided by law,
and the other OF said triplicate returns shall be
placed in a box and sealed up with the ballots
II any of the said judges shall himself be can
ddate for any Office ut any election, he shall not
sit with the court, act in counting the returns
of such election and in such cases the other
judges if any, shall act.
Given under my hand at Butler this let day
OF October, 1882, and in the 10Th year OF the
Independence Of the United States.
THOMAS DONAGHY, Sheriff.