The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-25

Of every respective Constable Of such ward,
district or wnshtp Wit hin this Commouw ealth
holding Elections, In such ward, district or
township, Tor the purpose Of preserving the
peace as Aforesaid"
Also that In the 9Th section OF the act Of As
sembly entitled An act relating to executions
and other purposes" approved Aprii 10, 1870,
II is enacted that the aforesaid 18th section,
.har not be s0n,gped s As to prevent any m
Judge, Inspector or CLERK at any general n,
speeia election in this Commonwealth,
by an Act Of Assembly approved tne nth
"all elections hereafter held under the laws
Of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be Oman .
ed at seven O'Clock q. m. and closed at seven
The inspectors and Judge of the eIcct,ors
shall meet at the respective places appointed
for holding the election In the district TO which
they respectively belong, before seven oicloot in
the morning. and each OF those Inspectors
shall appoint one clerk who shall be n an ali. .
ed voter Of such district.
The qualified voters OF this county At ali,
general, township, borough and special elec.
tions, are hereby hereafter authorized and re.
quested to vote by tickets printed or written
or partly printed and partly written sevrraiIy
CLASSIFIED as follows One ticket shall embrace
the names of all Judges OF ourts voted for n nd
to be labelled outside Judiciary 80 one ,,cr
OF shall embrace the names ofall state officers
voted Tor. and be labelled 'State:' ono tIck ~
shall embrace the name OF all County of,ceys
voted Tor, Including office OF Senator mcmbcr
and members OF Assembly. II voted for. and
member members OF Coneress, u voted for, and bo la.
name sof all township officers voted for and he
abelled "TOwnship = one tie ket sh ali embr.cs
the nsn,s ot all borough officers voted for and
BILE labelled Borough" and each class shall bs
deposited In separate ballot boxes.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment of a, a
Contsitution OF the United States is ns FOL.
lows: "
SECTION :. The right Of citizens of ths t,,,.
ted states to vote shall not be denied or A.
bridged by the United states, or any Sta,s On
account OF race, color, or previous condition
SECTION 2. The Congress shall have povor
TO enforce this article by appropriate legisla
tion.
AND WHEREAS, The Congress oftbc tr,,,o,
States, on the 3lst OF March, 1870, pascal an
act, entitled "An Act to enforce the rIvb, ~
citizens of the United States to vote in the .cy :
oral states OF this Union. and Tor other pur.
poses the hrst and second sections OF which
are as follows:
SECTION l. lie II teuacted By the Sonata and
House OF Representatives of the United states
OF America in Congress assembled, Ihat ali
citizens OF the United States, who are or shall
be otherwise qualified by law to vote at anv
election By the people, In any state, Territory.
Iistrict' ,' count, ciiy, PARISH, township, school
district, municipality or other territorial sub
division, shall be entitled and allowed L. vote
at all such elections without distinction nj
race color, or previous condition of servitude;
any constitution, law, custom, usage or regu.
lation OF any state or Territory, or by or I'm.
der It's authority, to the contrary notwIth.
standing.
II by or under the authority, OF the Copstitu
ton or laws OF any Stp'e, or tho laws of n n y
Territory, any act Is or shall be required 10 be
done as prerequisite or qualification or vot.
or officers are or shall be charged with the rer
tormance OF duties In furnishing TO citizens a m
opportunity TO perform such prerequisite or TO
become qualhed to vote, II shall bo tho dutv
Of every such person and officer to give 10 ali
citizens of the United states, the same and
equal opportunity to perform such prcregui.
site and u become qualified to vote without
distinction OF race, color or previous conJItIon
{ servitude and itany such person or otncer
ohall refuse or knowingly omit to give full of.
lect to THIS section he shall, Tor every such of.
fence, forfeit aud pay the sum OF hve hundred
dollars to tho person aggrioved thereby, to be
recovered by an action on the case, with full
costs and such allowance Tor counsel fees as
the court shall deem Just, and shall also, for
every such OF. nee, be deemed guilty OF mis-
demeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be
hned not less than ave hundred dollars, or be
Imprisoned not less than one month and not
more than one year, or both, at the discretion
OF the court.
AND WHEREAS, 1t is declared by the second
section OF the VI article OF the Constitution OF
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 notw ithstanding.n
AND WHEREAS, The Legislature OF this Com.
nonwealth, ON the 9th day OF April, A. 4. 1870.
passed an act, entitled "a further supplement
to the act relating to elections in this Common.
wealth. the tenth section of which provides as
follows:
SECTION 10. That so much OF every net
Assembly a. provides that only white frcemen
shall be entitled to vote or be registered as yo.
ters, or as claiming to vote at any general or
special election of this Commonwealth, be and
the same l. hereby repealed A.; aud that hereafter
all freeman, without distinction of color shall be
enrolled and registered ugrUTliug a., hn
visions of the FIRST section of the act appr6yed
seye teenth April, 1869 entitled IAN Act fur.
tber supplemental to the act relating TO the elec.
tons of This Commonwealth" and when other.
wise qualified under existing laws, be entitled
to vote at general and special elections in this
Commonwealth.
must be executed and obeyed by all assessors
Iegister of voters, election officers, aud others
that the rights aud privileges qua rantecd there.
by may be secured to all the citizens of tbis In,
monweath entitled to the same.
by the 18th section of the act OF Assembly of
January 80, 1874, II IL enacted that AZ soon rs
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 triplicate, with return sheet i'm al
dition in all of which the votes received BY each
candidate shall be given after his name, irs, IN
words aud again In figures, and shall be signed
by all of said officers aud certified by oyerseers
or II not so ccrti ned, the o,ersecrs and
any ohicer refusing to sign or certify, or either
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theirreatons for not signing or certifying
en-. The vote, as soon aR counted, shall be
publicly and fully declared from the widow
SO the citizens present. and brief statement
showing the votes received by each candidate
ahall be made and signed by the election officers
Is soon as the vote is counted, and the same
shall be immediately posted upon the door of the
election house for Information of tho public
The triplicate returns shall be enclosed IN enve.
lopes aud be sealed In presence OF tho officers
and ono envelope with the unsealed return sheet
given to the judge, which shall contain one list
Of voters, tally-paper and oaths Of offioers and
onather Of said envelopes shall be given 10 the
minority inspector. All judges living within
twelve miles Of the prothonotary's ONCE or
In town, village or city upon the line Of q rail-
road Leading to the county seat shall, before two
O'Clock post meridian of the day after the eiec.
ION, and ali 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 Prothonotary OF tho Court of
sheet shall be led, aud day and hour of the nling
Prothonotary for public inspection, At twelve
election the Prothonotary of the Court of Com.
Courts
The returns presented by tho Prothonotary shall
be opened by said Court aud comput ed by such
OF its officers and such sworn assistants ms the
Court shall appoint In the presence OF the Judge
or Judges OF said Court aud the returns certified
and certificate OF election issued under the seal
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