Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-11
OF THE ELECTION RETURNS
ACT IANuARY 80. 1874

| SEC. IS, As soon as the polls shall close, the
| officers of the election shall proceed to count
| all the votes cast for each candidate voted
for and make full return OF the same III
triplicate with return sheet in addition, IN
all of which the votes received by each can
didate shall be given after his name. first
in words then in figures. and shall De sign
ed by all the said officers and by overreers, II
any. or il not so certified, the overseers and
any officer refusing to sign or certify, or
either OF them, shall write upon each OF
the returns his or their reason for not signing
or certifying them. The vote soon as
counted shall also be publicly and fully de-
cared from the window to the citizens pre-
sent and q brief statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made
and signed by the election offers as soon
as the votes are counted; and the same shall
be Immediately posted upon the door of the
election house for information OF the publc.
The triplicate returns Shall be enclosed In
envelopes and be sealed in the presence OF
the officers ,aud one envelope, with the unseal-
ed return sheet given to the Judge, which
shall contain one list of voters tally papers and
oath OF officers and another OF said envelopes
shall be given TO the minority Inspector All
Judges living within twelve miles OF the
Prothonotary's office, or within twenty-four
miles, if their residence be in a town, city
or village upon the line of railroad leading
to the county seat, shall before two O'Clock
and all other Judges shall, before twelve
o'clock meridian of the second day after the
election, deliver said return, together with
return sheet, to the prothonotaiy 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 ana shall be
preserved by the prothonotary Tor puohe
Inspection. At twelve O'Clock on the second
day following any election, the prothonotary
OF the court of common pleas shall present
the said returns TO the said court. In couh-
ties where there is no resident preslcent
Judge. the associate judge shall perform the
duties imposed upon the court OF common
pleas. which shall convene for said purpose;
the return presented by the prothorotary
shall be opened by said court and computed
by such of its officers and such sworn assis-
tants as the court shall appoint; In the pres
eice of the judge or judges of said court, on
the return certified ana GER
tiicates of election issued under
the seal OF the court as Is now required to
be done by return judges; and the vote as so
computed aud certified shall be madea matter
of record in said court. The sessions of said
court shal. be opened TO the public, and in
missing when the returns are presented. or in
any case of complaint OF qualified elector
under OATH charging palpable fraud or mis-
take. and particularly specifying the alleged
fraud or mistake, or where fraud or mistake I
is apparent ON the return, the court, shall ex Z
anime the return and il, III the Judgment OF
the court, il shall be necessary 10 Just re
turn, said court shall issue summary process
against the election officers and overseers,
in any of the election districts complained of,
TO bring them forthwith into court. with all
election papers in their possession; and II pal
pable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it
shall, upon such hearing as may be deemed