Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-10
ACT JANUARY so. 1874.

SEC. IS. AS soon as the polls shall close, the
officers of the election shall proceed to count
all the votes cast for each candidate voted
for, and make full return of the same IN
triplicate. with q return sheet In addition, Ill
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
ed by all the said officers and by oyerseers, II
any or if not so certified, the overseers and
any officer refusing to sign or ceItify, OF
either of them, shall write upon esch 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
clared from the window to the citizens pre-
sent, and q 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 Tor information OF the pubic.
The trip,icate returns shall be enclosed in
envelopes and he sealed in the presence OF
The officers and one envelope, with the unseal-
ed return sheet given to the Judge, which
shall Cutain one list of voters tally papers and
oath OF ofEcers,and another OF SAID envelopes
shal be given to the minority inspector. All
Judges living within twelve miles OF the
prothonotarys office, or within twenty-four
miles, If their residence te III town, city
or village upon the line of a 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 prothonotary 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 ani 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-
lies where there is no resident president
Judge, the associate judge shall perform the
duties imposed upol the court oi 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 its officers and such sworn assls-
;ants as the court shall appoint; III the pres
euce of the Judge or judges OF said cour', on
he return certified and GER
tifcates of election issued under
tbe seal of the court as is now required to
ne done by return judges; and the vote as so
computed aud certified shall be made matter
Of record in said court. The sessions OF said
court shall be opened 10 the public, and In
ease the returns of an election district shall be
Missing when the returns are presented, OF III
any case of complaint of qualified elector
inder oath. charging papable fraud or ms,
AXE. and particularly specifying the alleged
raud or mistake, or where fraud or mistake
: apparent on the return, the court, shall ex
mime the return and if, in the Judgment OF
he court, it shall be necessary to just re-
urn said court shall issue summary process
.cainst the election officers and overseers,
Il any of the election districts complained OF
o bring them forthwith into court, with al
Election papers in their possession; and if pal
oable mistake or fraud shall be discovered 1t
hall, upon such hearing as may be deemed
necessary TO enlg ghten the court, be corrected
" the court and so certified; but all aliega-
ions of palpable fraud or mistake shall be
lecided by the said court within three days
lfter the day the returns are brought into
court for computation, and the said inquiry
hall be directed only to palpable fraud or mis-
AXE, and shall not be deemed Judicial adjl-
iication to conclude any contest now or here
lfter to be provided by law. and the other OF
aid triplcate returns shall be be placed IN
oox and sealed up with the Dallots. Ii any
If 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 such 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 Il5th year OF the indie
Bendence of the United States OF North
America, , =, ,.,,r,,,
OLIVER c. REDIC,
Sheriff of Butler County.