The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-17
ANsACT 10 PRoyIDE FOE. The aAPeoNFaGENF BY
- THFs SfArE OF ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT and
-. Ercs. PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED SrATEs. = -

. - THIS Sf1TE OF ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT anu
> - TrcE-PREsIDENT OF TIE UNITED STATES. 49,
I Be L eaeeted6y The SsaGts and HoHseeff Rep-
reseatQ.;9eS noe met and sitting IN Gs7esrG2 as
seasbig. end 6y tie autkorttg Of tEs Saase3 That
hereaft or The eiecton'of Electors for the oihees
Of President and Vice-Presidcrt Of the = n.teo
Ets6eS shsA be made in this State by the people
: Sc the State land al persons who are qualified
; by the Constitution ard laws Of the State 70 vote
= Nr Members Of the General Assembly shall be
eBtlfe@ 70 voIe for Electors Of President ana
Vice.Presi6eat Of the United States.
- II That at least one month before the day
fixed by the laws of the United States for the
holding Of such elections, the. Governor OF the
State Shall issue his proclamation directing the
= Managers of Elections throughout the State to
65en polls at their respective precincts for the
election Of the number Of Electors to which the
State shall at the time be entitled.
g. HI That the Managers of Elections, through
ont the State, shah give public notice of such
election at least fifteen days previons to the day
APPOINTED for the holding Of the same, and on
such day shall open polls ct their respective pre-
cinetSscammeneing and closing the polls at the
same hoGrs, and conducting the election IN the
same maj rrer as directed BY law for the election
Of Members Of the General Assembly. On clo-
sing the polls, the Managers at each precinct
shall Immediately proceed 10 count the votes
seBolIed and shall make out and sign certificate
showing the number of votes poiled and the
( number polled for each person voted for as an
Electors which certificate, together with list Of
Z the voters, shall be carried By one of the Man.
ayers Of each precinct and reported to the gene
raj meeting of the eManagersoftb the District, which
shall be held, on the day following, at the Court
House Of the District, between the hours OF
twelve M and four P u. And the Managers so
assembled in general meeting shall, after examin-
ing the several returns, prepare tabular state
rnent, showing the number Of votes polled at
SeacR precinct, ana the number pelled for each
person voted tor as Electors which statement
shall be certified under tho hands Of said Nam
ayers; and after being carefully sealed in an en-
sgelepe and properly endorsed shall be Forwarded
to the Secretary Of State by messenger for that
purpose. to- be chosen by the Managers, who
shall be sworn to.deliEer, and shall deliver the,
same, with the seals anbsoken. to the Secretary
SofState, at his Office in Columbia, within the
segen DAYS next ensuing the day Of said election:
Frepsaed That in the Election District Of Berke
lgy and Beaufort Managers shall meet at the
<Eours House, at twelve o'clock NJ, the second
day afser the election, and count the votes and
IN other respects conform TO the requirements et
this section y. - ..'-s = 2
4isIyS That on the Tuesday ensuing the day Of
said election, the Secretary Of State shall deliver
the packages covering said certificates to the
5GoFeanor, and shaI,s Ia his presence, open the
sane and proceed to make q general aggregate
of The votes polleds throughout the State. Ant
81 shah be thesduty Of the Governor, Immediately
on hsascertaiuing the result of such election, to
issue his proclamation, declaring the persons
elected as Electors, and calling them to assemble
: at Columbia, on the first Wednesday in Decem-
Der next ensuing, (er.an such other day as may
Be fxed by the laws of the United States) for the
purpose ofyoting for the etscas Of President and
Vice Presfdeat Of the United States. Should 1t
appear, on,naking an aggregate of the returns
from the seEerat Districts, that greater number
efpersons than the plumber to, be elected have
xeceiEed the greatest and an equal number of
votes, the election as between the persons
So having an. equal number Of votes shah
be determined by. lot, to- be drawn by the
Secretary of State. in the presence OF, and
BY direction of the Governor, aRd the person Or
persons so chosen by lot shall be by. the Cover.
HoFpFoclaimed as duty elected. ~, --...-
- Y, That no member of the Congress of Che
United States, or any person holding al Office
OF profit or tTpst civil or military, under the Gov
erlmeBt of the United States, shall be eligible
10 The Office Of an Eleetor; nor shall any one be
&C eligible who is not citizen and resident OF
f1e State. aud :himselfa qualified voter in such
election, according to the Constitution and Laws
ofSheStste - y -. = .-
<-VI. That on the first Wednesday in December
next ensuing the election, the Electors shall be
present at Columbia, and shall EACH bY or be-
forethe hour of ten O'clock 4: H. of that day,
inform the Governor that he is present for the
parpose of performing his duties as an Eecter.
Aud II shall be the duty of the Governor to ap-
point an hour Of said day, not:ater than twelve
O'Clock M: and place Tor the meeting, Of the
Efectorss and to give information thereof to- each
ElectorS aho shall have reported himself present,
tstfe hoor and place so appointed, it shall be
4fys tIntF Of the Electors to assemble, and when
assembled to vote for Presiaentand Vice-Presi-
sent of the United States, and to- make returns
yt,ereof, Agreeable ,sto the laws of the, United
Ssates;- In such ease made and provided. |
. IN case of the failure Of any Meetor to
attend, By reason @of death or other
wise or in casa it should appear that al Elector
present is disqualified to act; fof which fact the
oshee Electors present shall judge, lrhe Electors
present shall proceed to elect BIZ ballot IN his
stead some other. qualified person, whose atten- /
dance may be at once procured, and the person
s0choseh shall meet wthsth the other Electors aEd
-disehafgeaA the duties required Of him as an
Elect5EsEs 20 ~ 8. " 49,. ~. +
lssFIT3 That the Managers of ELECTORS shall, for
peSlectof duty, or improper conduct inthe hold
hg oE such elections for. Electors, be liable to
the same penalies and feFfeitures as are or may
bsproEided By, law, for regulating the general !
eIeelion in the State. And the Secretary OIL
sSsase, for neglect of the duties herefa required
.,fhim, shall be subject to 6ne of not exceed !
2irg one thousand dollars, to be recovered by in-
dietmeat. And the messenger appointed by the
Managers in any District to carry the return of
said District to the Secretary of State, SHALL for
neglect Of said duty; be subject to 6ne OF not
less than swe huadred dollars nor more than Ave
hdadred dollars, to be recovered in like manner.
sYEIE That the person attending as Electors,
and sEg messengers who shah carry the District
returns to the Secretary of State, shall be enti-
f1e6,to receive the same per diem and mileage
allowed to the members of the General Assembly
for the number, of days and the distance Ieces-
sarily occupied in going to apd returning from
Columbia; I; and it shall be the duty Of the Secre-
tary of the State to ascertain the amount due to
each, and to certify ,pay-bi!ls therefor, which
shall be. paid oat Of our money in the Public
Trea sury not otherwise appropriated.
TX That all laws having reference to the cleo
ton of Electors of President and Yice-President
OF the United States contrary to the provisions
of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
In the Senate House, the twenty-frst day OF
December, in the year of our Lord one
+bnnsaD6 e;uht hundred and siytv-6ye