The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-17

In such q way as TO prevent voters from APP
preaching the same and " shall he the duty
of every respective Constable Of such ward.
district or township wit hin this Commonwealth
to be present or by Deputy, at the place Of
holding Elections, In such ward, District or
township, for the. purpose OF preserving the
peace as aforesaid.n
Also that in the 4th section Of the ac As
s.%ely act to sfesut ,o 900
II is enacted that the aforesaid 18th section,
shall not be construed as to prevent any milf
tia oficer or borough officer from serving as
Judge, Inspector or CLERK at any general or
special election IN this Commonwealth.
by an Act Of Assembly approved the nth
as eI,oslops % hessssr held oaSss aSs.r ,s anst a.
Of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be Omen.
ed at seven O'Clock n. IN. and closed at seven
The Inspecters and Judge Of the elections
shall meet at the respective places appoin ted
for holding the election In the district TO which
they respectively belong, before seven o'clock in
the morning. and each OF those inspectors
shall appoint one clerk who shall be aualifi
ed voter ofsuch district.
The .quaiincd voters OF this county at all
general, township, borough and special cleo
tions, are hereby hereafter authorized and re-.
auested to vote BY tickets printed or written,
or partly printed and partly written severaliy
! classified as follows One ticket shall embrace
the names OF all Judges OF courts voted for and
| to be labelled outside Judiciary I" one tick.
ct shall embrace the names ofall state officers
voted for. and be labelled state; : one ticket
shall embrace the name Of all County officers
voted for, including office OF Senator. mem her
and members OF Assembly. II voted for. and
members OF Congress, IL voted for, and be In.
belled County ~ one ticket shall embrace the
name sof all township officers voted for and be
abellcd "Township - one ticket shall embrace
the names OF all borough officers voted for md
BILE labelled thorough" and each class shall be
deposited in separate ballot boxes.
| WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment OF the
Contribution Of the United states IL as fol.
lows:
| sEcTioSr. The right Of citizens Of the Uni.
| ted States TO vote shall not be denied or n.
| bridged by tho United states, or any state, on
account Of race, color, or previous condition
| OF sef,itude"
sEcrioN 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article BY appropriate legisla.
| tIon.
| AND wHERrAs, The Congress ofthe United
States, on tho 9ist OF March, 1870, passed an
act. entitled IAN Act to enforce the right OF
citizens OF the United States to vote in the sew.
cral States Of this Union. and tor other pur-
poses" the nrst and second sections Of which
SEcrIoNi BE itenacted by the senate and
House of Representatives OF the United states
OF America In Congress assembled, rhat all
citizens of tho United states, who are, or shall
be otherwise qualified by law to vote at any
election by the people, 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 OF
race, color, or previous condition OF servitude;
any constitution. law, custom, usage or reRu.
IlAtlOn Ot hng Nlhlo leTrlNOry, OF Dy, OF un
der Its authority, to the contrary notwith.
standing.
SECTION. And be It further enacted, That
by or under the authority, OF the Constitu.
ton or laws OF any Stp's or the laws Of any
TERRITORY, any act Is OF shall be required TO be
done as n prerequisite or qualification or vot.
ing, and by such constitution or laws, persons
or officers are or shall be charged with the per.
iormance OF duties in furnishing TO citizens an
opportunity 20 perform such prerequisite or 20
become qualihed to vote. IL shall be the duty
nf IN tFly IN all
citizens OF the United states, the same and
equal opportunity to perform such prerequi.
site and to become qualified to vote without
distinction Trace, color or previous condition
g I servitude and II any such person or otficer
ohall refuse or knowingly omit to give full ef-
feet to this section he shall for every such Of.
fence, forfeit and pay the sum of i've hundred
dollars to tho person aggrieved thereby, to be
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 offence, be deemed guilty OF n mis-
demeanor, and shall on conviction thereof, bo
fined not less than i've hundred dollars, or be
Imprisoned not less than ono 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 United States that "This Constitution, and
the laws of the United states which shalt be
the supreme law OF the land, anything
the COns,tu,ion % o, laws of any State to the
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. the tenth section Of which provides as
| follows:
Sgcrlos 10. That so much OF every act OF
| Assembly as provides that only white freemen
shall be entitled TO vote or be registered as vo-
ters, or as claiming TO vote at any general or
special election of this Commonwealth, be and
the same Is hereby repealed and that hereafter
all freeman, without distinction OF color, shall be
enrolled aud registered according to :he pro-
visions of the first section of the act approved
seventeenth April, 1859, entitled IAN Act fur.
tber supplemental to the act relating to the eiec.
Il ions ofthis Commonwealth and when other.
wise qualined under existing laws, be entitled
TO vote at general aud special elections in this
Commonwealth.
The said above recited amendment aud acts
must be executed aud obeyed by all assessors,
Iegistcr of voters, election officers, and others,
that the rights and privileges guaranteed there.
by may be secured to all the citizens OF this Con
monweRlth entitled to the same.
I by the 18Th section ofthe act OF Assembly oi
January 80 ls7i, II is enacted that as soon as
be polls shall close, the officers OF election shall
proceed To count all the votes cast for such can
didato voted for, and makes full return OF the
same ia triplicate, with u return sheet In I'D
dition In all ot which the votes received by each
candid0te shall be given after his name. first N
words aud again In figures, and shall be signed
by all nf said officers and certified by oyerseers
i or II not so certi ned, the oyerseers and
any officer refusing to sign or certify, OF either
Af them shall. write upon each OF the returns hii
or their reaI ons for not signing or certifying
oem. The vote, as soon ia counted, shall bs
Publicly and fully declared from the widow
SO the citizens present. and brief statemen
showing the votes received by each candidate
fhall be made and signed by tho election officer
~ soon rs the vote IL counted, and the SAM
thall be immedia ately posted upon the door of thu
election house for Information OF the public
The triplicAte returns shall be enclosed In enve
lopes and be sealed in presence OF the officers
and one envelope with the nnsealed return shee
! given to the Judge, which shall contain one lis
of voters, tally-paper and oaths OF officers ant
onather of said envelopes shall be given TO tn
minority inspector. All judges living within
! twelve miles of the prOthonotary's ONCE o
within twenty-fOur lies, II their residence b
in town, village or city upon the line of u raj
road leading To the county seat shall, before tw
T O'Clock post meridian ofthe day after the elec
ion, and all other judges shall before twelv
: O'Clock meridian of the second day after IN
election, deliver said return, together with re-
r turn sheet, to the Prothonotary OF the Court {
Common Pleas OF the county which said retur
sheet shall be filed, aud day and hour OF the hlin
marked thereon, aud shall be preserved by IN
d ProthOnotary for public inspection, At twelv
O'Clock on tho said second day following an
d election tho Prothonotary oftho Court Of Con
=, mon Pleas shall present the said returnsto tn
u Courts
The returns presented by tho Prothonotary sha
n be opened by said Court aud computed by sue
OF its Of1cers and such sworn ass istants as III
n Court shall appoint In the presence OF the iudg
or judges OF said Court aud the returns certihC
and certificate Of election issued under the SCI