Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-10-23
OF THE ELECTION RETURNS.
ACT JANUARY so.::lS7i.

| SEQ. l3, 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 a full retdrn of the same IN
| trpcate, with return sheet in addition, in
oil of which the votes received by each can
| didato shall bo given after his narno, first
| in words then III figures and shall be sign
ed by all the said officers and by oyerseers, II
any, or IL not 80 certified, the overseers aud
| any officer refusing to sign or certify, of
either of them, shall write upon each OF
| the returns bis or their reason for not signing
or certifying them. The vote. soon az
counted, shall also be publicly and fully de
clared from the window TO the citizens pre-
sent, and brief staternont showing the votes
received by each candidate shall DC made
! and signed by this election Offers as soon
as the votes are counted; aud the same shall
be Immediately posted upon The door OF the
election house for information OF the public.
The triplicaIe returns shall be enclosed Ia
envelopes and be sealed In the presence Of
the officers and one envelope, with the unseal-
ed return sheet given TO the Judge, which
stalI contain one list fvoLcrs tally papers and
thoa OF officers, aud another OF said envelopes
shall be given to tho minority Inspector. All
Judges living within twelve miles of the
Prothonotarys Office, or within twenly-iour
miles. if their residence be In \ town, city
or village upon the line of niroad leading
to the county seat. shall before two O'Clock
past meridian oi the day after the election
and all other Judges shall, before twelve
O'Clock meridian Of tbs 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 lled, AMI the day and the
hour of filing marked thereon ana shall be
preseryed 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. Ia 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 prothopolary
shall be opened by said court and computed
by such OF It's officers and such sworn assis
tants a. the court shall appoint; in the pres
ence of the judge or Judges Of said court, on
the return certified aud cer-
tiicates OF election ssued under
the seal OF the court rs IL now required TO
be 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 shal. be opened TO the public, and In
case the returns OF al election district shall be
missing when the returns are presented or in
any case OF complaint OF qualified eiector
under oath, charging paipablc fraud or mis-
take. and particularly specifying the alleged
fraud or mistake, or where fraud or mistake
Is appa.et.i on the return. tho court, shall ex
anime the return aid if, IL the judgment OF
the court il shall be necosgAry 10 d Just re-
turn eail court shall issue summary process
against the election officers and ovcrseers.
in any Of the election districts complained OF,
10 bring them forthwith into court with all
elpctiop pepols IL their Possession; and il pal
pable mistake oy fraud ahtl DO discovered it
shall, upon such hearing Gs may 10 deemed
necessary to enlighten the court, be corrected
by the court aud 30 certiaed; but all allega-
tions OF palpable fraud or mistake shall be
decided by the said court within three days
after the day tho returns brought into
court for computation, and the said inquiry
shall be directed on to palpable fraud OF mis-.
take, aud ahall not te deemcd judicial adju-
dication 10 conclude any contest now or here
after TO be provided by law. and the other Of
said triplicate returns shah be be placed in D
boz and s6alod up With the palloth. II any
OF the said judgee nhall hinself be- candidate
for any Office o. any election, lao shah not ni
With the court, OF act ia eluls;ine the returns
n such election. and In such cases the ether
iudger, II any shall &C
Given under nv hand my ONCE NJ Butler,
this 10Th day Of DC :, IN tho year Of our
Lord, 1891, and In the lI6.h year OF the Inde-