Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-24

lhoa OF officers, and another OF said envelopes
shall be given 10 the minority Inspector. All
Judges living within twelve miles OF the
Prothonotary's office, or within twenty-iour
miles, II their residence te in q 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 -hall, before twelve
O'Clock meridian of the second day after the
election, deliver said return, together with
return sheet, To the prothonoiafy 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 an shall be
preserved by the prothonotary Tor pubic
ins pection. At twelve O'Clock on the second
day following any election, the prothonotary
OF the court of common pleas shall present
the said returns ID 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 for said purpose
the return presented by the prothoEotary
shall be opened by said court and computed
by such of its officers and such sworn assls-
tants as the court shall appoint; in the pres
ence OF the Judge or Judges OF said couri, on
The return certified and GER
iificates of election issued under
the seal OF the court IS Is now required 10
be done by return judges; aud Tue vote as so
computed and certified shall be mddea matter
of record in said court. The Sessions OF salo
court shall be opened 10 the puDlic, ana IN
case the returns OF an election district shall DE
missing when the returns are presented or IN
zny case OF complaint OF quahned eiector
under oath, charging palpable fraud or mis-
take. and particularly specifying tho ahe2ed
fraud or mistake, or where fraud or mistake
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
against the election officers and oFerseers
in any of the election districts complained Of
to bring them forthwith into court, with a.,
election papers in their possession; ana II pail
pable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, It
shan, upon such hearing IS may be deemed
necessary to enEght the court be corrected
bv the court and 80 certified; but all aiieg&-
| tions of paipable fraud or MISTAKE snail be
decided BY the said court within three days
| after tho day the returns are brought into
court for computation, and me said inquiry
shall be directed only TO p.lpable fraud or mis-
| tnTa and shall not be deemed . judicial adiu-
! dication to conclude any contest now or here
| Sfter to be provided by Law. and the other OF
said triplicate return. shall be he placed Iii
| box and sealed up with the ballots III any
| of the said judges shall himself be candidate
for any Office of any election, he snail not SIT
with the court, or act in counting the returns
OF such election, and in such cases the other
| Judges il any. shall act.
! Given under my hand at my Office at Butler,
this 10th day of Oct, in the year OF our
Lord. 1890, and in the I15th yesr Of the INDIE
pendence- Of the United States OF North
America. ,r-r
| Sheriff Of Butler County.