The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-31

" General Election which shsiisbe obstructsd
n such q way as TO prevent voters from sp-
preaching the same and " shall be 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
Also that IN the lth section OF thea a. AS
sembly entitled An act relating to execut ons
aud other purposes" approved April 10, lsAO,
II 10 enacted that the aforesaid 18th section,
"shall not be construed MS to prevent any mill.
tia officer or borough officer from serving as
Judge, Inspector or Clerk at any general or
'peeis eectSn ..ms,y n .S Eom%onwss'a no,nvss
day OF April. 1859, II is cnacie6 that at
"all elections hereafter held under theiaws
Of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be open.
ed at seven O'Clock q. m. and closed at seven
O'Clock. p. IN.
The Inspecters and Judge OF the elections
shall meet at the respeetiye places appointed
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 a qualii.
ed voter of such district.
The qualified voters of this county at all
general, township. borough and special cleo
tions, are hereby hereafter authorized and re-
or partly printed and partly written severaiiy
classified as follows One ticket shall embrace
the names of all Judges Of tourts voted for and
10 be labelled outside Judiciary !" one tick.
voted for. and be labelled 'State;' one ticket
shall embrace the name ofall County officers
voted for, including ofhce OF Senator, member
and members OF Assembly IL voted for, aud
members of Congress, II voted for, and be la.
beIIed "County ~ one ticket shall embrace the
name sof all township officers voted for and be
abelled Township 3" one ticket shall embrace
the names Of all borough officers voted Tor snd
BILE labelled Borough and each class shall be
deposited In separate ballot boxes.
WHEREAS, The fifteenth Amendment of the
~ of IN IfnItad Stafn fot.
SEcrioss. The right OF citizens OF the Uni.
ted states TO vote shall not bc denied or q.
bridged by the United states, or any State. on
account OF race, color, or previous condition
" sScrioSs a. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legisla.
AND wHsnrAs, The Congress ofthe United
States, on the 3lst of March, 1870, passed an
act, entitled IAN Act to enforce the right OF
eral states Of this Union. and Tor other pur-
poses +" the hrst and second sections Of which
SycrIoNi BE II enacted by the senate and
House of Representatives OF the United States
OF America IN Congress assembled, rhat all
citizens OF the 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 ali such elections without distinction OF
| race, color, or previous condition OF servitude;
any Constitution, law, custom, usage or rogu-
iation OF any state or Territory, or by, or un-
der its authority, to the contrary notwith.
SEcTroN .. And be II further enacted, That
II by or under the authority, OF the Oonstitu-
ton or laws OF any Sta's, or the laws OF any
Territory, any act Is or shall be required to DO
done as a prerequisite or qualification or vot.
ing, and by such constitution or laws, persons
or officers are shall be charged with the per-
tormance of duties in furnishing to citizens an
opportunity to perform such prerequisite OF to
become qualified to vote, II shall be the duty
of every such person and oihcer to give to all
equal opportunity to perform such prerequl-
site and To become qualihed to vote without
distinctiop OF race, color or previous condition
q ( servitude and II any such person or officer
ohali refuse or knowingly omit to give full of.
feet TO this section. he shall, for every such Of
fence, forfeit and pay the sum OF i've hundred
dollars to the 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, he deemed guilty OF n mis-
demesnor, and shall on conviction thereof, be
nned not less than ive hundred dollars, or be
| Imprisoned not less than one month and not
more than one year. or both, at the discretion
AND WHEREAS, 1t is declared by the second
section of the vi article ofthe Constitp'son.of .of
the United States that This Constitution, and
| the laws OF the United States which shall be
tho supreme law OF the land, anything
| in the Coustitutiou or laws Of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding
| AND WHEREAS, The Legislature OF this Com.
monwealth, on the 9th day OF April, A. l. 1870.
| nassed an act entitled "a further supplement
TO the act relating to elections in this Common
wealth. the tenth section of which provides as
follows:
SEcrIoS 10. That so much OF every act of
Assembly AZ 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 IL hereby repealed aud thathereatter
all freeman, without distinction of color, shall be
enrolled and registered according to The pro,
visions ofthe first section of the act approved
seventeenth April, 1859, entitled IAN Act fur
tber supplemental to the act relating TO the cleo
ions of this Commonwealth" and when other
wise qualified under existing laws, be entitled
to vote at general and special elections In this
The said above recited amendment and acts
must be executed and obeyed by all assessors,
Jerister of voters, election officers, and others,
that the rights and privileges guaranteed there
by may be secured to all the citizens ofthis Com
monwcalth entitled to the same.
BY the 18th section otthe act OF Assembly oi
January 80 1874, IL Is enacted that as soon as
be polls shall close, the officers OF election shall
proceed to count all the votes cast Tor such can
didate voted for, and makes full return OF the
same in triplicste, with 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 hgures, and shall be signed
by all of said officers and certified by overseers,
or II not so certi ned, the oVerseers and
any officer refusing to sign or certify, OF either
af them shall, write upon each fthe returns his
or theirreaI ons for not signing OF certifying
oem. The vote, as soon IA counted, shall be
publicly and fully declared from the widow
so the citizens present. and brief statement
showing the votes received by each candidate
fhall be made and signed by the election officeri
SIS soon as the vote is counted, and the same
thall be immediately posted upon the door OF tht
! election house for Information OF the pubic
The triplicste returns shall be enclosed In enve
| lopes and be sealed In presence OF the officers
aud one envelope with the unsealed return shee,
given to the judge, which shall contain one list
| OF voters, tally-paper and osths OF onicers and
onather of said envelopes shall be given to tb'
minority inspector. All judges living within
twelve miles OF the prothonotary's Once ol
within twenty y-four lies. IL their residence b'
in town, village or city upon the line OF rail-
road leading to the county seat shall, before tive
O'Clock post meridian ofthe day after the elec
ion, aud all other judges shall before twelve
O'Clock meridian of the second day after tn,
election, deliver said return, together with re-
turn sheet, to the Prothouotary OF the Court o
Common Pleas OF the county which said returl
sheet shall be ied, and day and hour OF the hlin
marked thereon, aud shall be preserved by tn
ProthOnotary for public inspection. At twelv
O'Clock on the said second day following an
election tho Prothonotary ofthe Court Of Com
mon Pleas shah present the said returns tn
( Courts
The returns presented by tho Prothonotary shal
be opened by said Court and computed by sue
OF its ofhcers aud such sworn assistants as tn