Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-10-07
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH, HARRISBURG.

\ CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
\ OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH, HARRISBURG.
September 25th, 1891.
To the Sheriff Of J1niata county.
In compliance with the provisions of the
Act of the General Assembly, entitled San
Act to provide for Convention to amend
| the Constitution, and the election of dele
gates thereto" approved the 18th day of
Jrne Ammo. Domini, one thousand eight
| hundred and ninety-one, the duly qualified
| electors of this Commonwealth shall vote
for or against holding a convention to
amend the constitution, and for members
| of said Convention, if the majority of the
voters in said Commonwealth favor such
convention according to the regulations
provided in the several sections of said act
| as hereafter set forth to wit.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted ty the Senate
and House of Representatives. of the Com
monpealth Of Pcnnsylran,a in General As
| sembiy met, and II IS hereby enacted By the
authority sfthe same, That at the general
election to DO held on Tuesday next,
| following the first Monday of No
| vember next, the duly qualified electors of
| this Commonwealth shall vote fer or again st
| holding Convention to amend the consti-
| tutios according to the regulations provid-
ed in the subsequent sections of this act.
SECTION 2. Ii at the said general elec ton
| to be held as aforesaid, majority of the
| electors of this Commonwealth shall de-
clare in favor of convention TO amend the
Constitution, the said Convention shall be
| composed of delegates duly elected and
shall assemble as hereinafter PROVIDED.
SECTION 3. At the General Election to
te held on the Tuesday next, following tho
first Monday OF November next, there shall
be elected by tbs qualified electors of this
Commonwealth, delegates 70 a convention
to revise and amend the Constitution of
this State. The said Convention shall con-
sist of one hundred and seventy-seven
members. to be elected in the manner fol-
lowing Twenty-seven members shall be
elected in the State a: Largo. Each voter
OF the State shall vote for not more than
eighteen candidates, aud the twenty-seven
highest in vote shall be declared elected.
One hundred and fifty delegates shall be
nppsrtioned 10 and elected from the di fer
snt Senatorial districts of the State, three
delegates to be elected for ach Senator
therefrom; and in choosing said delegates,
each voter shall be entitled to vote fer not
moae than two of the members TO be cho-
sen from each Senatorial district. and the
three candidates highestiu vote shall be
declared elected, AID said delegates shall
possess the qualifications at present requir-
ed Tor members sf the State Senate.
SECTION 4. The following regulations
shall spply TO the aforesaid election to be
hold on the Tuesday following tho first
Monday OF November next, and to the re-
turn of the same.
First. The said election sd all be held and
conducted by the proper clsctioa officers
of the several slecti on districts of the Com
moswealth, and shall be gsveraed and reg
uated in all respects by the general cleo
tios laws of the Common wealth, so far as
the same be applicable thereto and not in
consistent with the provisions OF this act.
Second: The tickets to be voted for or
sgainst convention shall have on the in
side, .sFor a Constitutional Convention"
snd ssAgainst 4 Constitutional Convention,
and no ether inscriptions th.reon.
Third. The tickets to bs voted for me u-
bers at large shall have on the outside the
words, delegates st large" and on the in
side the names of candidates to be voted for
not exceeding eighteen in number.
Fourth The tickets to be voted for dis
trict members shall have on the outside the
wsrds, "Distrlct delegates, and on the in-
side the mans or names of the candidates
voted for not exceeding the proper number
limited as aforesaid, but any ticket that
shall contain a greater Number Of names
than the number for whicL the voter shall
be entitled to vote shall be rejected
Fifth. The return judges shall Heet at
the same places and at the same time after
said election, and shall make ont the re-
returns thereof of tho votes cast for dele
gates at large and for district delegates 20
DO members of the said convention in the
several countIc, Of the Commonwealth, and
shall follow the samo form in making ont
their rsturns as prescribed for return judges
in the case of an election fer Governor, ex-
cspt that ths said returns shall he trans
mitted TO the Secretary OF tho Common
wealth and shall be addressed TO that OIL
cor slone.
Now, therefore, in obedierc. 10 tho re-
quirements eft tho Act OF the General As
sembiy aforesaid, you are hereby required
to publish TIL, notice with yoHr proclama-
tioB fer tie holding of said general cleo
ton. WILLIAM +. HARRITY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
IJ The election is to be opened at
Z O'Clock in the forenoon, and shall
continue without intermisSion or adjourn
ment, and is not 10 be closed before Z
e'ClOck in the evening.
| also hereby make known and give no.
ticc, Z" that the inspectors and Judges shall
meet at the respective places appointed for
holding the election in the district at which
they respectively belong, before O'Clock
in the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 1891,
and each said inspector shall appoint one
clerk, who shall be qualified voter of such
district.
9. In case the person who shall have re-
ceived the second highest number of votes
for inspector shall not attend on the day Of
any election, then the person who shall have
received the second highest number of votes
for judge at the next preceding election
shall act as inspector in his place. And in
case the person who shall have received the
highest number of votes shall not attend.
the person elected judge shall appoint an
inspector in his place and in case the per-
son elected judge shall not attend, then the
inspector who received the highest number
of votes shall appoint Judge in his place
and if any vacancy shall continue in the
board for the space ef one hour after the
time fixed by law for the opening of the cleo
ton, the qualified voters Of the township,
ward or district for which such officer shall
have been elected, present at the place of
election, shall elect one of their number to
fill such vacancy.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
is hereby directed to the Sth Article of the
New Constitution.
SECTION |. Every male citizen twcnty-one
years of age, possessing the following anal