The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18

IN Hucn y way NJ 10 prevent NOters Irum 0U-
preaching the same and u shall be the duty
Of every respective Constable Of such ward,
district or township wit hin this Common y saith
70 bs prsssnt or By Deputy a. he place Of
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
and other purposes." approved April 10, 1910,
u 10 enacted that the aforesaid 18th section,
shall not be construed as to prevent any mill
Judge, Inspector or CLERK at any general or
'pecia election in this Commonwealth.
nv an Act o. Assembly spprcved the nth
"ail elections hereafter held under tbsIa~s
of this commonwealth, the polls shall be oman
cd ut seven O'Clock q. m. aud closed at seven
The inspectors and Judge Of the eieet,ons
shall meet at the respective places appointed
for holding the election In tho district To which
they respectively belong, before seven O'Clock in
the morning. and each OF those INSPECTORS
shall appoint one clerk who shall he a nnsIia
ed voter OF such district.
The qualified voters Of this county nj All
general, township, borough and special e,ec.
tions, are hereby hereafter authorized and ~.
qucsted to vote by tickets printed or written.
or partly printed and partly written severaiiy
classified rs follows One ticket shall embra "a
tho names OF all Judges OF ourts voted for nd
to be labelled outside Judiciary 80 one t,ct.
ct shall embrace the names ofall state officers
voted for and oc labelled state; one ticket
voted for, including otfice OF Senator msmbsr
and members OF Assembly II voted for, and
members of CONGRESS, u voted for, and be Ia.
belied County - one ticket shall cmbra ca tho
name sol all township officers voted for and he
abcllcd "TOwnship = QUO ckat sh all embrace
the nanes sof all borough officers voted Tor and
BILE labelled "Borough.n and each class ans n ha
deposited In separate ballot boxcs.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment Of tia
Contsiiution Of the United States is as fol.
lows: W.
SECTION =. The right Of citizens of tho tTni.
ted states to vote shall not DO denied or a.
bridgcd by the United states, or any stats. on
account OF race, color, or previous condition
SECTION 2. Tho Congress shall have povcr
70 enforce this article by appropriate Iegisia.
Asp WHEREAS. The Congress ot,h. tr,,.,
states, on the 9lst Of March, 1870. na.ssJ sn
act, entitled An Act to enforce the riyb, nf
citizens OF tho United States TO vote in tho .ev
eral States OF this Union. and for other ms,
poses the hrst and second sections of v6Ich
are as follows: '"
SECTION l. lie itenacted by the senate and
houseo Representatives of tho United states
Of America IN Congress assembled, rhat ali
citizens OF the United States, who are. or sbaii
be otherwise qualified by law to vote AZ anv
election by the people, In any state, Territory,
district, county, city, parish. township, school
district, municipality or other territorial suS'
division, shall be entitled and allowed 10 yote
at all such elections without distinction of
race, color, or previous condition of servitnde.
any constitution, law. custom, usage or revv'
lation OF any state or Territory or by or ~. .
der ~ authority, to the contrary notwith.
standing.
SRcrioS2 2. And be II further enacted. Th.,
hby or under the authority, OF the Constitu
ton or laws OF any Str's, or the laws of anv
Territory, any act Is CT shall be required TO be
done as prerequisite or qualification or yot.
ing, and by such constitution or laws persons
or officers are or shall be charged With the nor.
tormance OF duties In furnishing to citizens an
opportunity to per form such prerenuIsite or 10
become uualtleI To vote IL shall ha tba ,t,,,,
Of every such person aud othcer to give 10 All
citizens Of the United states, the same and
equal opportunity to perform such prereoui
site and To become qualified to vote without
distinction OF race, color or previous condition
Sc servitudo and iiany such person or oiticer
ohal reiuse or knowingly omit TO give full OF.
feet To this section he shall, for every such Of
fence, forfeit and pay tho sum of hve hundred
dollars to the person aggrievei thereby 10 Ia
recovered by an action on the case, with full
costs and such allowance for counsel fees q
the court shall deem Just, ana shall also. for
every such offence, he deemed guilty of a mis- /.
demeanOr, and shall on cOnvi, tion thereof. be
fined not less than i've 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 IL 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 tho Constitution or laws Of any State 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding.
AND WHEREAS. The Legislature OF this Uom.
monwealth, on the 9th day of April, A. 1. 1870.
to the act relating to elections In this Common.
wealth. the tenth section OF which provides as
follows:
SgcTtos 10. That 80 much of oyerv me-, n,
Assembly as provides that only white freemcn
shall be entitled to vote or be- rcgIster.d as yo.
ters, OF as claiming to vote at auy 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 and registered according TO .be uro.
visions OF the first section of the act approved
seye teenth April, 1869 entitled "An Act fnr.
thee supplemental to the act relating To the elec.
tions Of fthis Commonwealth" and when other.
wise qualiNcd under existing laws, be entitled
TO vote at - neral aud special elections In this
Commonwealth.
The said above rccitc2 amendment and ac,s
must be executed aud obeycd by all asses.ora
Iegister OF voters, election officers, aud others
that the rights and privileges guaranteed there.
by may be secured to all the citizens of this Com
mouwealth entitled TO the same.
BY the 10Th section of the act of Assembly of
January 30 1874, IL IL enacted that as soon :
he polls shall close, the officers OF election shall
proceed to count all the votes cast for such can.
dtdate voted for, nd makes a full return of the
same IN triplicate, with a return sheet In ad
dition In all Of which the votes received by each
candidate shall be given after his name, hrst IN
words and again In tgurcs and shall be signed
by all Of said officers and certified by overseerp
or II not so certi ned the OyeTseers and
any officer refusing to sign or certify or either
Of them shall. write upon each of the returns hi .
theirreaCons for not signing or certifying
EN-. The vote, as soon ss counted, shall be
publicly and fully declared from the widow
So the citizens present. and a brief statement
showing the votes received by each candidate
ahall be made and signed by the election officers
IL soon as the vote is counted and tho same
shall be Immediately posted upon the door Of the
election house for Information OF tho public
The triplicate returns shall he enclosed In enve-
lOpes and be sealed in presence OF the officers
and euyplOpe nh tho "A n An led IN .h.a