Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-31

thoa o. officers, and another OF said envelopes
shall be given 20 the minority Inspector. All
jpdges living within twelve miles OF the
Prothonotary's office, or within tWenty-iour
miles, il their residence be IN town, city
or village upon the line of railroad leading
to the county seat shall before Two o ciocE
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 win
return sheet, tn the prothonotafy OF the
court of common pleas OF the county, whlch
said return shall be filed, and the day and the
hour of filing marked thereon AMI 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 10 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 he opened by said court and computed
| by such of its officers and such sworn assis-
| tants as the court shall appoint; in the pres
| ence of the judge or judges OF said court, on
| the return certified and GER
t6caies of election issued under
the seal OF the court is now required to
| be done by return judges; and the vote as so
computed and certified shall be made matter
OF record in said court. The sessions of said
court shall, be opened to the public, and in
case the returns Of an election district shall be
missing when the returns aEe presented, or in
any case Of complaint OF a qualified elector
under oath, charging palpable fraud or mis-
take, and particularly specifying the alleged
fraud or mistake, or where fraud or mistake
is apparent on the return, the court snail ex
anime the return and IT, in the Judgment OF
the court, it shall be necessary TO just re
turn, sail court shall issue summary process
against the election officers and oyerseers
in any of the election districts complained Of
To bring them forthwith into court, with al;
election papers in their possession; and II pali
pable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it
ehal upon such hearing as may be deemed
necessary to enlis hten the court, be corrected
bv the court and go certified; but all allega-
tions OF palpable fraud mistake shall 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 20 be provided by law and the other of
said trfpiicate returns shall be be placed in a
box and sealed up with tie ballots. If any
of the said judges shall himself be candidate
for any Office of any election, he shall not sit
with the court. or act in counting the returns
of such election and in slch cases the other
Judges, if 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 115th year of the indie
pendence Of the United States of North
America.
OLIVER C. REDIC,
Sheriff of Butler County.