Henry A. rrson, Jr., Mitor THURSDAY, DEO., 14, 188 entered at ti1k post-office at 5Ruoway, Pa., as skoond class iAlL MATTRB. ELECTION ritOCLASHTlON. WHEREAS, My Mi Art of Aasem bly approved June 4ih, T. en titled "An ail to create poor district And to authorise tHitvliRxe of lands nml (prwtlon of buildlnjrfl to furnish ri'licf And give employment to the destitute, poor and paupers iu this Common wealth," it is provided: Hkc. 1. Be it enacted Ac, That for the purpose of furnishing relief to the poor, destitute and paupers, giving theru employment, niut carrying out the provisions of this act, each eounty ff this Commonwealth Is hereby Treated a district, to be known us " county poor district.." 8kc. 2. That the commissioners of each county are authorized and em powered to select and pu retinue real estate withiu said district, erect there on buildings, provide tools, machinery and stock, us they in their judgment may deem necessary, proper and suf ficient to carry out the design and pur pose of this act. The convevancc and title for such real estate shall be taken in the name and for the use of the dis trict mentloued in the first section of this act. Sec. 8. The said county commis sioners shall not purchase Veal estate fnr the purpose of this act until recom mended so to do by petition and votes, afl follows: That is, at uny time after the pnssHge of this act, on petition and recommendation of two-thirds of over seers of poor then in office within such district, the court of quurter sessions of mien county snail submit the question of such purchase to the votes of the qualified electors of such district: such election shall be held according to the direction of said court, at either tlie election for township otllcers, in February, general election in Novem ber, or at a special election ordered by the court for the purpose, and shall be held nnd conducted by theolticers pro vided by law for holding elections in the respective voting districts and pre cincts within such districts, and ac cording to the law governing munici pal s rid general elections within this Commonwealth; at least sixty days' notice of such election shall be given by the sheriff" of said county, by pub lication in two newspapers published within said county. And whereas, At a court of quarter scsiions held on November 23d, at Ridgway, in and for the county of Elk. the court did order and decree: "Thut an election be held by the qualified electors in the several elec tion districts of the county of Elk, on the 18th day of February, A. I). XSSI, at the time and places for the election of borough and towuship officers pro vided by law for holding elections in the respective voting precincts mid districts within suld county, for the purpose of determining the question of the purchase by the county com missioners of Klk county of real estate for the erection of county poor house buildings, iu accordance with the Act of Assembly approved June -1th, IS"'.'. t is furthermore ordered and decreed that the sheritt'of Klk county give at least sixty day's notice of such elec tion, by publication In nt least two newspapers published within i-aid county of Elk. By thk court." In pursntiHce whereof, I, Thomas Sullivan, high slicritl of the county ol Elk, do hereby make known ami give public notice to the qu-ililied ejectors of the said county of Klk that on the 13th day ok Fi:m?c.i:Y. an election will be held in accordance with the above recited decree of the courtof quarter sessiona of Elk county, at the following places: Bene.ette township, at the house of Elizabeth Winslow. BenzinjuT township, at the school bouse on Michael street, near the Elk creek bridge. Fox township, at the Centerville school house. Highland township, at the house of Levi Elitlmrpe. llortou township, at the school bouse near D. C. Oyster's hotel. Jay township, at the house of Alfred Peursull. Jones township, at the Wilcox Tan ning and Lumber (Vs. office. Miilhlouc township, at the house of Henry Dorr, at Burr's dam. Ridgway towuship, at the court house. Kidgway borough, at the court ho owe R'dfc election district, at the store of E. W. Rolfe&t'o. Soring Creek township, at the house of Thomas Irwin. St. Marys borough, at the town hall. I also make known the following: Sec. 4. The election officers shall at such election receive ballots from qualified electors, written or printed, as follows: On the outside "poor house," on the Inside either " for poor louse " or "airainst poor liou.se;" nt the close of the polls the votes shall be counted, and duplicate certified re turnsof the result thereof be made and sealed, one copy of which shall be de posited with the commissioners of such county, to he opened by them, and the other with the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the county; at the first meeting and session of the court of quarter sessions thereafter, the snid returns deposited with the clerk shall be opened and counted, and a record made of the result of said elec tion ; if a majority of votes cast are for a poor house, the county commission ers shalf within a reasonable time, at their discretion, proceed to purchase real estate and erect buildings as pro vided iu this act; if a majority of the -votes so cast are against a poor house, so land shull be purchased, until at an election' subsequently held not less than two years thereafter, in the man ner uh belore provided, a majority of the votes cast shall be In favor of a poor house; and the expense of such elec tion shull be borrre by the said county. 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