The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
Election Proclamation.

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Pusuant to an Act of Assembly of
Pennsylvania, entitled an Act relating
TO the Elections I'm the Commonwealth.
approved the 2nd day of July A. d.,
1929, and o further supplement thereto
approved January 80, AID. l874,L, Hiram
Il. Levan, Sheriff Of the County of Car
bon. Penn'a, do hereby make known
and give notice TO the electors Of the
county aforesaid chat ON the first Tues
day after the first Monday i'm Novem-
Der, being the Bird DAY OF NOVEM-
BER, A. d., 1891, ut which time the
following officers are to be elected:
ONE PERSON for Auditor General
Of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
ONE PERSON for Treasurer of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON for Prothonotary Of
the Court of Common Pleas, Clerk Of
the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Clerk
OF the Court of Quarter Sessions Of the
Peace and General Jail Delivery and
Clerk of the Orphans Court OF the
County of Carbon
ONE PERSON for the Office ofSheriG
of the County of Carbon
ONE PERSON for the Office of Cor
oner Of the County of Carbon.
TWO PERSONS for Jury Commits
sioners Of the County of Carbon.
OrricE or SECRETARY OF rRE
CoEMoNWEALTH, HARmsBuRG, PENNA.,S
surrnaruER 25ru, 1891.
TO the StertG Of Carbon oounfg:
In compliance with the provisions Of an Act OF
the General Assembly entitled IAN act 60 pro-
vide for a convention to amend the Constitution
and the election of delegates thcreto.n approved
the nineteenth dny of June. Ammo DOmiui ono
thousand eight hundred and niucty.one, the duly
qualified electors Of this Commonwealth shall,
at the general election TO be held on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday of November,
noXt, vote for or against holding convention TO
amend the CONSTITUTION, ana tor members OF aalu
convention, II the majority OF the voters In the
Commonwealth tayors such convention, accord
ing TO the regulations provided I'm the several
sections Of said act as hereafter set forth, tOWit
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by The Senate and
House of Representatives. cfthe Commonwealth Of
PcansylUdnid in General Assembly net, and IL Is
hereby enacted by ne authority Of the same, That
at the general election 10 be neld on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday OF November
next. the duly qualified electors Of this Common
wealth shall vote for OF against holding con-
veution TO amend the Constitution according tu
| the regulations provided in the subsequent sec
tiOns OF this act.
SECTION 2 FIAT the said general election to
he held ms Aforesaid, majority OF the electors ci
/ this Commonwealth shall declare in favor OF a
convention to amend the Constitution, the said
I conuention shall be composed of delegates duly
I
| SEcroN o. At the general election to be hold
on the Tuesday next following the first Monday
! of November next, there shall be elected by the
/ qualified electors of this Commonwealth, dele
/ gates to o convention to revise and amend The
! Constitution of this state. The said convention
| shall consist Of one hundred aud seventy-sevcn
| members, to be elected IN tho manner fOllowingi
| Twenty-seycn members shall be elected In the
| state at large. Each voter OF the state shall
! vote for not more than eighteen candidates, an
! tho twenty-seven highest in vote snail De de-
| clared elected. One hundred and nifty delegates
! shall be apportioned TO and elected from the diff
| ferent Senatorial districts Of the state, three
! delegates TO be elected for each Senator there
! from and in choosing said delegates, each voter
/ shall he entitled to vote for not more than two
! of the members 10 be chosen from each senator
| ial district and the three candidates highest in
| vote shall be declared elected, and said delegates
| shall possess the qualifications at present re-
| quired Tor members OF the State senate.
! SECTION 4. The following regulations shall
apply to the aforesaid election to bc held on the
| Tuesday following the first Monday of Hoyem
! Der next, and to the return OF the same.
First The said election shall be held and con
! Quoted by the proper election officers Of the sew
eral elsction districtsof the Commonwealth, and
| shall be governed and regulated in all respects
! by the general election laws OF the Common
wealth, SO far as the same be applicable thereto
and not inconsistent with the provisions Of ihii
Second The tickets to bo voted for or against
| n convention shall have on the inside, "FOr 9
| Constitutional Convention and against
/ Constitutional Convention and no other in
! scriptiOns thereon.
| Third. The tickets to be voted for members a
| large shall have on the outside the woIds "De Q
! gates at large" and ON the inside the names o.
the candidates to be voted for not exceeding
! eighteen in number.
FOuath. The tickets to be voted for distric
members shah have on the outside the word
District delegates and on the inside the n amt
| or names OF the candidates voted for not exceed
| ing the proper number limited as aforesaid bu
any ticket That shall contain greater numbe
| of names than the number for which the vote
! shall DO entitled to vote shall be re iected.
| Fifth The re urn judges shall meet at tn
] same places and at the same time alter sale
| election, and shall make out the returns thereO
! OF the votes cast for delegates at large and TO
district delegates to be members Of the said con
| vention IN the several counties Of tho Common
| wealth, and shall follow the same form in max
| ing out their returns MS prescribed Tor return
/ judges In tho case of an election for Governor
except thar the said returns shall be TRANSMITTED
/ TO the Secretary OF the Commonwealth and shal
/ be addressed tU that officer alone.
! Now, therefore, in obedience to the require
ments OF the Act OF the General ssemblY afore
| said, you are hereby required TO publish thl
| notice with your PROCLAMATION for the holding
oil said general election.