Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-11-01
andbe labeled Borough" and each class
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OF THE ELECTION RETURNS.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.


SEC. IS, As soon as the POLLS shall close, the
officers Of the election shall proceed te count
all the votes cast for each candidAto voted
for, and make full return Of the same in
triplcate, with o 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 be sign
any, or il not 80 certified. the overseers and
any officer refusing 10 sign or certify, OF
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
sent. and . 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 public.
The triplicate returns shall be enclosed In
envelopes and be sealed In the presence OF
the officers and one envelope. with the uuseal-
ed return sheet given TO the Judge, which
shall contain one list ofvoters tally papers and
oath oi 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, IL their residence &c In town, city
or village upon the line of railroad leading
to the county seat, shall before two O'Clock
past meridian OF the day after the election
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 prothonotafy 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 anu shall be
preserved by the prothonotary for public
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 coun-
ties where there Is no resident president
judge, the associate judge shall perform the
duties imposed upon the court OF common
pleas, which shall convene tor said purpose
the return presented by the prothorotary
shall be opened by said court and computed
by such of It's officers and such sworn assis-
tants rs the court shall appoint; In the pres
ence of the judge or judges Of said court, on
the return certified and GER
tificates Of election issued under
the seal OF the court IL now required TO
be done by return judges; and the vote as SO
computed and certified shall be madea matter
of record in said court. The sessions Of said
court shal. be opened to the public, and In
case the returns of an election district shall be
missing when the returns are presented, or in
any case Of complaint OF o qualified eleotof
under oath, charging palpable fraud or mis-.
take, and particularly specifying the alleged
frhud or mlBtAke or Wnerc iIAuu VI ni.nt@Ao
is apparent on the return. the court. shall ex
anime the return and il, in the Judgment OF
the court, it shall be necessary to Just re-
turn said court shall issue summary process
40 gainst the election officers and overseers,
In any OF the election districts complained OF,
To bring them forthwith into court, with al,
election papers In their possession; and il pal.
nable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, II
sban, upon such hearing as may be deemed
necessary to enlighten the court. be corrected
by the court and 30 certified; but al allega-
tions Of palpable fraud or misttke HAall be
decided by the said court within three days
after the day the returns are brought into
court for computation, and the said inquiry
shall be directed only TO palpable fraud or mis-
take, and shall not be deemed judicial adju-
dication to conclude any contest now or here
after to be provided by law. and the other Of
said triplicate returns shall be be placed in
box and sealed up with the Dallots. II any
Of the said judges shall himself be . candidate
for any Office Of any election. he shall not nit
with the court, or act In counting the returns
Of such election, and In such casee the other
Judges, II any, shAll act.
Given under my hand at my Office at Butler,
this Goth day OF May. in the year OF our
Lord, 1882 and In the Hath year Of the Inde-
pendence OF the United States OF North
OLIVER G. REDIC.
Sheriff Of Butler County.
Oct IL 1889. .+-"