The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

OF every respective Constabic OF such ward
district or township vii hin this Common y eaith
TO be present or by Deputy, AT he place Of
holding Elections, In such ward, district or
township, Tor the purpose Of preserving the
| Also that In the 4th section of the act OF AS
sembly entitled An act relating to executions
II Is enacted that tho airresaIi 18th section,
| shall not be construed Ms to prevent any mill
tia offcer or borough officer from serving ms
| Judge, Inspector or CLERK at any general ar
| specia election in this Common wealth
By an Act OF Assembly approved the 18th
day Of April. 1859, IL Is enac'eG that at
"all elections hereafter held under the laws
OF this commonwealth, the polls shall be oman .
ed ut seven O'Clock a. m and closed at seven
o'clock. p. m.
shal meet at tho respective places appointed
for holding the election IN the district 10 which
they respectively belong, before seven o'clock I'm
the morning. and each of those Inspectors
| shall appoint one clerk who shall he a aualIa. .
ell voter OF such district
The ,qualincd voters OF this county at all
general, township, borough and special eIec.
tions, are hereby hereafter authorised and "a.
quested to vote by tickets printed or written.
or partly printed and partly written sevcraily
| the names OF all judges of ourts voted for and
TO be labelled outside "Jud iciary :" one tick.
ct shall embrace the names otall state oficcrs
votcd for. and be labelled state: one Ticket
shall embrace the name OF all County oiIicers
voted for, Including Office Of senator, member
and members OF Assembly n voted for nj
members of Congress, II voted for and be In .
| bclled County ~ one ticket shall embrace tho
name sof all township officers voted for and he
| absllcd Township !; one tic ket sh all cmbr.c.
| the nsmes OF all borough officers voted fnr M
Bile labelled thorough" and each class shall bs
deposited IN ssnarste ballot boxes.
| WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment of tho
Contsitution Of the United States is as fol.
lows:
SEcrioNs. The risht of citizens Of tho TINT.
ted states to vote shall not be denied or a
bridged by the United states, or any State on
account OF race, color. or previous condition
OF ser, itude ~
sEcTIoN2 The Congress shall have ,ovor
TO enforce this article by appropriate iegisia.
tiOu.
AND wHEnrAs. The Congress q, tho tr,,,o,
| states, on the 3lst Of March, 1870, passed. nm
act, entitled IAN Act to enforce the right of
citizens ot tho United states to vote I'm m. aey
eral states OF this Union. and Tor other pur.
| poses the hrst ana second sections of which
are Rs follows:
SECTION l. BE itonacted by tho senate and
House OF Representative OF the United states
! OF America in Congress assembled, Ihat nil
citizens OF the United states. who are or shau
be otherwise qualihed by law to vote Al nnv
election by tho peorl" In any state, Territory,
| district, county, city, PARISH township. school
district, municipality or other territorial sub
division, shall be entitled and allowed to vote
at all such elections without distInction y,
race, color, or previous condition of servItnto,
any constitution, law, custom. usage or revu
lation OF any state or Territory, or BY or nm.
der It's authority, to the contrary notwith.
| standing.
SECTION ?. And be II further enactsl. Tb.,
hby or under the authority, OF the Constitu
ton or laws OF any Stp'e, or the laws n, anv
| Territory, any act Is G.. shall be rcauireJ 10 bs
done rs prerequisite or qualification or vol.
ing, and by such constitution or laws persons
or officers are or shall be charged With the per
| iormhnce OF duties In furnishing to cItI,ens an
i opportunity to per form such prerequisite or to
become qualhed to vote II shall be the duty
Of every such person and officer to KIye 10 aiI
citizens of the United states, the same ami
equal opportunity to perform such prerenuI
site and t. become qualified to vote without
"A IVNVN Nt..s. a ..I..r
st eervitude ami iiany such person or 0incer
ohall refuse or knowingly omit to give full Of
feet to this section he shall, tor every such of.
| fence, forfeit aud pay the sum OF i've hunJred
dollars to the person aggrioved thereby 10 he
| recovered by an action on the case WITH nlI
costs and such allowance tor counsel fees as
the court shall deem lust, and shall also for
| every such offence, be deemed guilty of n mis-.
ldemeanOr, and shall on cOnvI tion thereof be
hnod not less than hye hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned not less than one month and moi
more than one year, or both, ut the discretion
OF the court.
AND WHEREAS, II is declared by tho second
| section OF the vi article of the Constitution OF
| the United States that "This Constitution and
the laws Of the United States which shall be
the supreme law Of the land, anything
| In the Constitution or laws of any State TO the
| contrary Notwithstanding.
AND WHEREAS. The Legislature Of thi. Com.
monwealth, ON the 9th day Of April, A. l. 1870.
| passed an act, entitled "a further supplement
| to the act relating to elections in this Common.
wealth. tho tenth section of which provides as
| follows
Sgcrroy TO- That so much Of every act of
| Assembly, ~ provides that only whita frrenen
shall be entitled 10 vote or be registered as vo-
tiers, or as claiming to vote atauy general or
| special election Of this Commonwealth, be and
the same Il hereby repealed ; aud that hereafter
all freeman, without distinction Of color, shall be
! enrolled aud registered according to che pro-
| visions of the nrst section uf the act approved
| seve tecnth April, 1903. entitled "Au Nct fur.
ther supplemental To the act relating To the elcc
| tions of This Commonwealth and when other.
l nNNu m lutt IUs.
10 vote at general aud special elections iu this
| Commonwealth.
The said above recitcG amendment and acts
must be executed and Obeyed by all assessora
| Iegister Of voters, election officers, aud others
| that the rights aud privileges guaranteed there.
by may Dc secured To- all the citizens OF this Com
| mouweath entitled to the same.
| BY the 18th section of the act OF Assembly of
| January 80, 1874, II ts enacted that as soon as
he polls shall close the officers of election shall
proceed to count all the votes cast for such can
didate voted for, and makes u full return Of the
| same in tripiic2te, with return sheet in al
dition in oil of which the votes received by each
| candidate shall be given after his name. hrst IN
words and again In figures, and shall be Signed
by all "f said officers and certified by overseera
or If not SO corti ned, the oyerseers and
any oinccr refusing to sign or certify, or either
OF them shall, write upon each of the returns his
theirreai ons for not signing or certifying
EN-. The vote, as soon AZ counted, shall be
publicly aud fully declared from tho widow
80 the citizens present. and a brief statement
showing the votes received by each candidate
ANAL he made ana signed by the election officers
" soon ms the vote is counted and the same
shall he mmed lately posted upon the door of the
election house for Information OF tho public
The triplcate returns shall be- enclosed IN enve.
lopes aud he sealed In presence OF the officers
ana Que envelope with the nnsealed return sheet
given to the Judge, which shall contain one list
OF voters, tally-paper aud oAths OF offcers and
onather of said envelopes shall be given 10 the
minority inspector. All judges living within
twelve miles of the prothonotary's ONCE or
within twenty-four III lies. IL their residence be
In town. village or city upon the line Of o rail-
road leading to the county seat shall before two
O'Clock post meridian ofthe day after the cleo.
Ion, and all other judges shall before twelve
O'Clock meridian OF the second day after the
election, deliver said return, together with re.
turn sheet, to the PrOthOuotaTy Of the Court of
Common Pleas OF the county which said return
sheet shall be hled, and day and hour of the Ming
marx ed thereon, and shall be preserved by the
frothonotary for public inspection. At twelve
O'Clock on tho said second day following Any
election the ProthOnotary ofthe Court OF Com.
Courts
The returns presented by the Prothon otary sb.I,
oe opened by said Court and cOmput ed by suoh
OF It's ofhcers and such sworn assistants as the
Court shall appoint In the presence OF the iudye
or Judges 0fsaid Court aud the returns certified
ana certificate OF election issued under the seal
OF the Cout as Is now required TO be done nv
return judges and the vote as so computed ana
certined, shall he made matter OF recored I'm
hhiu court The sessions of the snid CAN'T