The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-10-22
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.


eral Assembly of the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to amend
The tenth section of an act entitled An
@.ct to regulate the nomination and cleo
lion of public officers, requiring certain
expenses incident thereto to be paid by
the several counties and furnishing GER
tain offenses In regard to such elections"
approved the 26th DAY of June, a. D.,
S95, 1t is made the duties of the Sheriff
# every county within this Common
wealth to give public notice of the Gen.
eral Elections, and in such to-
l. Enumerate the officers to be elected
and give a list of all the nominations
made as provided in this act, and to be
voted for In such county, and the full
text of all constitutional amendments
submitted to a vote of the people, but
the proclamations posted in each cleo
tion district need not contain the names
of any candidates but those to be voted
for in such district.
ii. Designate the place at which the
election is to be held.
III. He shall give notice that every
person. excepting Justices of the Peace,
who shall hold any office or appointment
or profit or trust under the government
of the United States, or of this State, or
of any city, or incorporated district,
whether commissioned officer or other
wise, a subordinate officer or agent who
is or shall be employed under the legis-
lative, executive or judiciary depart
ments of this State, or of the United
States, or of any city, or incorporated
district, and also that every member of
Congress and of the State Legislature,
and of the select or common council of
any city, or commissioners of any incor-
porated district, is by law incapable of
holding or exercising at the same time
the Office or appointment of judge, in
spectOr or clerk of any election of this
Commonwealth, and that no inspector
Judge or other officer of any such cleo
tion shall be eligible to any office to be
then voted for, except that of an cleo
tion officer.
/, W. II. Hood, High Sheriff of
the County of Forest do hereby make
known and give this public notice to the
electors of the County of Forest that
General Election will be held in said
County. on
Tuesday, November 4, 1913,
between the hours of Z a. m. and p. m,
at the several Election Districts.
The following are the officers to be
elected, and list of all the nominations
made therefor, and which shall be voted
for in the form in which they shall ap-
pear upon the ballots:
Officers to be elected
Two persons for Judges of the Super
iOr Court of Pennsylvania.
Que person for District Attorney of
Forest County.
At the same time the qualified electors
will vote on the qu estlon of the adoption
or rejection of five proposed Amend
ments Ia the Constitution of the State of
Pennsylvania.
List of nominations
Judge of the Superior Court.
James Alcorn, Non Partisan.
Webster Grim, Non Partisan.
John j. Henderson, Non. Partisan.
John w. Kephart, Nom Partisan.
District Attorney.
NJ. A. Carringer. Repu blican.
T. f. Ritchey, Democratic.
Homer Blair, Prohibition.
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution.
Proposed Amendment to the Consti
tuition No. l.
Shall Section Four of Article Nine of
the Constitution he amended so as to
read IA follows?
Section 4. NO debt shall be created by
or on behalf of the State, except to supply
casual deficiencies of revenue, repel inva-
sion, suppress insurrection, defend the
State in war; or to pay existing debt; and
the debt created to supply deficiencies in
revenue shall never exceed, I'm the aggre-
gate at any one time, one million of dol
lars: Provided, however, That the General
Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may
authorize the State TO issue bonds to the
amount of fifty millions of dollars for the
purpose of improving and rebuilding the
highways Of the Commonwealth.
Proposed Amendment to the Consti-
tuition No. 2.
Shall Section Seven of Article Three of
the Constitution be amended so as to
read as follows?
Section I. The General Assembly shall
not pass any local or special law authoriz.
ing the creation. extension or impalring of
liens:
Regulating the affairs of counties. cities
townships wards, boroughs. or school dis.
tricts;
Changing the names of persons r places.
Changing the venue IN civil or criminal
cases:
Authorizing the laying out. opening. nj
tering or maintaining roads. highways
streets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges. or incor.
porating ferry or bridge companies, ex.
cep. fer the erection of bridges crossing
streams which form boundaries between
this and any other State:
Vacating roads, town plats, streets OF
alleys:
Relating 10 cemeteries. graveyards. or
pubic grounds not of the State.
Authorizing the adoption, or legitima.
tion OF children
Locating or changing county seats,
erecting new counties or changing county
lines:
Incorporating cities. towns or villages,
bv changing their charters;
For the opening and conducting or elec-
tions. or fixing or changing the place of
voting
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or boroughs
changing township lines borough limits
or school districts:
Creating Offices or prescribing the pow
ers and duties Of officers in counties,
cities. boroughs, townships, election or
school districts
Changing the law of descent or sue
cession:
Regulating the practice or jurisdiction
Of or changing the rules of evidence in
any judicial proceeding or inquiry before
courts, aldermen. Justices of the peace
Hheriffs, commissioners, arbtrators. au-
dtors, masters in chancery or other tri-
bunals or providing or changing methods
for the collection Of debts, or the en-
forcing of judgments. or prescribing the
effect Of judicial sales Of real estate:
Regulating the fees. or extending the
powers and duties Of aldermen. justices
of the peace. magistrates or constables'
Regulating the management of public
schools, the building or repairing OF
school houses and the raising OF money
for such purposes
Fixing the rate OF interest:
Affecting the estates of minors or per-
sons under disability, except after due
Notice to all parties in. interest, to be re-
cited In the special enactment:
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