§ 1744Powers and Duties of the Court

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The court
of common pleas to which a petition shall be presented as
aforesaid, contesting the right of a candidate for senator or
representative in the General Assembly to the nomination or to
the seat for which he may have been returned as elected, or
contesting the right of a candidate for representative in
Congress to the nomination, shall have authority to subpoena
and to compel the attendance of any officer of the primary or
election complained of, and of any person capable of testifying
concerning the same, and also to compel the production of all
books, papers, tally lists, ballots, ballot boxes, voting
machines and all documents which may be required at such
hearing, in like manner, and to the same extent as in other
cases litigated before such court; to take testimony and to
proceed without delay, postponing for the purpose, if necessary,
all other business, to the hearing and determination of such
contest.

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