The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-04

! OF General Election which shall be obstYucted
In such way as to prevent voters from sp-
preaching the same and " shall be the duty
| of every respective Constable OF such ward,
district or tow wnship within this Oonmouw ealth
70 be present or BY Deputy, AZ he pise: Of
township, Tor The purpose OF preserving tho
Also that in the 4th section Of tho act OF As-
sembly entitled An act relating TO executions
and other purposes," approved April 10, ls&o,
II 10 enacted that the afresaid I3th section,
shall not be construed as to prevent any mil.
Judge, Inspector or Oierk at any general or
| specia election In this Common wealth.
by an Act Of Assembly approved the nth
"ail elections hereafter held under the laws
of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be open
ed at seven O'Clock q. IN. and closed at seven
Tho inspectors and Judge OF tho eIectIon.
shall meet at the respective places appointed
for holding the election In the district 10 which
they respectively belong, beiore seven O'Clock in
the morning. and each of those Inspectors
shall appoint one clerk who shall he a nuaIia.
ed voter Of such district.
The qualified voters OF this county Mt all
general, township, borough and special e,cc.
tions, are hereby hereafter authorised and re.
questcd to vote BY tickets printed or written,
classified as follows One ticket shall embraes
the names OF all judges OF courts voted Tor nnd
to be labelled outside Judiciary :" ono tIcI.
ct shall embrace the names ofaii state ofScsr.
voted for. and be labelled state; one tIrkst
shal embrace the name OF all County oifcers
voted for, Including Office Of Senator, member
and members OF Assembly II voted for. ana
monitors of Congress. if voted for, and be Ia
belled County ~ ono ticket shall embrsce tho
name sof all township officers voted for and be
seellcd "Townsnip = QUE Tic ket sh all embrace
the names Of all borough officers voted Tor ana
BILE labelled thorough" and each class shall he
deposited In separate ballot boxes.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment Of the
ContsiIution OF tho United states IL as foi.
lows;
SECTION The rlsht of citizens of tho Uni.
ted states to vote shall not DO denied or A.
bridged by the United states, or any State on
account OF race, color, or previous condition
OF SER itude."
SECTION a. The Congress shall have ror.r
70 enforce this article by appropriate iegisia.
ASp WHEREAS, The Congress tho uni,o,
States, on the alst OF March, 1870 passed nm
| citizens of the United States To vote in Tho Soc
| eral States Of this Union. and Tor other pnr.
poses v the nrst and second sections of which
SECTION 1. he It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the United states
OF America In Congress assembled, rhat ali
citizens of the United States, who are or hail
be otherwise qualified by law to vote at any
| election by the people, In any state, Torritory
district, county, city, parish, township, school
district, municipality or other territorial sub.
division, shall bc entitled and allowed 10 yoto
| at all such elections without distinction OF
race, color, or previous condition of seryituIe,
any luN. custom. usage ram.
lation OF any state or Territory, or by, or I'M.
dor its authority, to the contrary notwIth.
| standing.
SEcTios 2. And be It further enacted. That
II by or under the authority, of tho Oonstitu.
ton or laws OF any StP's, or the laws of anv
Territory, any act Is og shall be required 10 bc
done rs prerequisite or qualification or vot.
| ing, and by such constitution or laws porsons
| or officers are or shall bo charged with the rer
| formance Of duties In furnishing to citizens an
opportunity to perform such prerequisite or 10
| saalif ifaA 80. ..t.
| Of every such person and Otficor to give 10 MI
| citizens OF the United states, tho same and
| equal opportunity to perform such prerequi.
| site and To become qualihed to vote without
| distinction OF race, color or previous condition
= { servitudc ana ifany such person or oiicer
ohall refuse or knowingly omit to give full OF.
feet to this section. he shall, for every such Of
lonce, forfeit and pay tho sum of i've hundred
| dollars to the person aggriovcd thereby, to DO
| recovered by an action on the case, with full
| costs and such allowance for 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 i've hundred dollars, or DO
imprisoned not less than one month and not
more than one year, or both, nt the discretion
| of the court.
| ANp WHEREAS, II IL declared bv tho secopd
section OF the vi article of the Constitution of
| the United States that "This Constitution md
| 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 outstanding
| AND WHEREAS. The Legislature Of this 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 az
| follows:
| Sgcrios 10. That so much OF every act n
| Assembly, as provides that only white freeneu
shall bc entitled to vote or be registered as vo
ters, or ~ claiming to vote at any general OF
| sp, cial election Of this Commonwealth be and
tic same f. hereby repealed and that hereaf,c,
All freeman, without distinction Of color shall b,
enrolled and registered according TO .he pro
| visions of the first section Of tho act approyet
seye teenth April, 1862, entitled "An Act fur
ther supplemental To the act relating 10 the elec
tiOns OF ihis Commonwealth and when other
wise qualified undor existing laws, be- entitled
to vote at general aud special elections In thi
Comm 1nwealth.
The said above rcclteG amendment and net
must be executed aud Obeycd by all assessors
register of voters, election officers, and others
that the rights and priv ileges guaranteed there
by may be secured To all the citizens OF this Con
monwealth entitled to the same.
BY the l5tn section OF the act of Assembly @
JanuarS 80, 1874, II II ensctcd that AZ soon n
he polls shall close, the officers of election shal
pr coed 70 count all the votes cast for such can
dinatc voted ior, ana makes u fun return of tn
Same in triplicate, with return sheet In a,
dition, in all OF which the votes received By eac
candidate shall be given after his name. first II
words aud again In hgures and shall be sIgne
by all Of said officers and certified by oyerseers
OF II not so certi hed, the oy yerscers an
any officer refusing to sign or certify, or oithe
OF them shall, write upon each OF the returns hi
or theirreaIoDs for not signing or certifyiu
EN-. The vote, as soon as counted, shall b,
publicly and fully declared from the wido,
so the citizens present. and n brief statemen
showing the votes received by each candidat
| ahall be made and signed by the election officer
| Is soon as tho vote Is counted, and the sam
shall be Immediately posted upon the door of th
election house for information OF tho publ
The triplicate returns shall be enclosed IN snve
lopes and be sealed In presence OF the officer
and one envelope with the unsealcd return shee
given TO the Judge, which shall contain one lis
of voters, tally-papcr and oaths OF officers an
oDathor of said envelopes shall be given 10 tn
minority inspector All judges living withi
twelve miles of the prothOnotary's ONCE o
within twenty-four m lies. II their residence b
In town, village or city upon the line OF q rai
road leading to the county seat shall. before tw
O'Clock post meridian OF the day after the elec
ion, and ali other judges shall before twely
election, deliver said return, together with r.
turn sheet, to the Prothonotary OF the Court G
Common Pleas OF the county which said retur
sheet shall be hled, and day and hour OF the al in
marked thereon, and shall be preserved by tn
ProthOnotary for public inspection. At twely
: O'Clock on tho said second day following An
election the Prothonotsry OF tho Court of Com
mon Pleas shall present tho said returns to tn
| Courts
The returns presented by tho Prothon otary shal
be opened by said Court and computed by suc
| OF Its ofhcers and such sworn assistants as tn
Court shall appoint In the presence OF the iudg
OF Judges Of said Court aud the returns certite