Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-02
Duties Of Boards Of Registration.

General CANDY:
HEADo'Rs 2p MILITARY DIsrRIcr,
Charleston, S. c., October 22, 1867
General Orders No. l06.
1. The following supplementary instruc.
tions are published for the government of
Boards and officers connected with rcgistra-
ton
III. A session of each Board of Registration,
for the final revision of the registration lists,
will be held ut u convenient point to be Sc
lcctcd by the Board within its registration
precinct The several Boards will not sit in
the several election precincts, as heretofore,
but at a single place designated rs provided,
and any person entitled to registration within
such registration precinct will be there reg.
istcrcd in the book of the election precinct in
which he may reside
| III. The session for final revision will he
held on Tuesday, tho 5th day of November
next. and will continue five consecutive days.
~ Reasonable public notice shall he given
in each election precinct where registration
has heretofore taken place, of the time and
place of holding the session provided for in
Paragraph III, and of the object of such ses.
sion, as provided by Acts of Congress in rela-
tion thereto.
V. Commanding Officers of Posts arc re.
quired to convene, by order. the Boards Of
Registration at some convenient place within
their respective registration precincts, immc-
diatcly upon receipt of this order, for the pur-
pose OF maxim. arrangements for holding the
session provided for in Paragraph II.
|, at the meeting provided for by Para
graph III the Boards will take measures to
cause due notice to be given o. t. Q meeting
Tor final revision, as prescribed in Paragraph
".
VII. The Commanding Officers of Posts
will, rs far as practicable, afford facilities to
the Boards in the publication of such noti
ces by requiring local civil magistrates, or
other officers in the vicinity where notices arc
to be posted, to attend to the posting of such
notices MS may be transmitted to them for
that purpose, by mail or otherwise. by the
Boards of Registration.
VIII. The pay and mileage Of registrars
upon the final revision will be the sunc MS
heretofore allowed, except that only eight
days will be allowed for all services rendered
by the registrars Mileage will only be allow
| cd for one journey to and from each of the
two sessions Of the Boards herein provided
for.
X. The liml registration will he compile
ted IN '"p/i.afc in the registration books
already provided aud on the con, r,plrtion
thereof. one set of said books will br ret lined
by the Boards of Registration. tn he placed
IN the hands of the minrgrrS aud inspectors
ut elections. when snch n.licers shall be ap.
pointed aud duly qualified and tho other SIT
| Will he transmitted through the Post Coz
mandrrs to these headquarters.
y. Commanding Officers nf Posts will see
THAT all orders in regard tn completion of the
lists are complied with, and that the books arc
complete in accordance with such orders hn
fore forwarding the same as herein required
by command of Brcvet Major-G General Ed
Il. S. Candy.
LOUIS V. CAZLARC,
a. \. a. G..
Official: 0. NJ Mitchell, Aide Camp
J E:S Nra;. Benjamin Sloan, says the +" Co
! lnmbia Ph@nlx,s~of Saturday. having re
. signed his position as Superintendent of tn,
Grccnvllc and Columbia Railroad, the en-
f p'oyces determined to present him with :
substantial testimonial Of their regard. a.
1t was known that he expected to take chars,
of a large plantation. which would ncccssaril,
require the services OF horse, a srt OF coun
ncnts "a handsome saddle, bride and viii,
60 which Mcssrs. iIopson g. Sutphcn kind
ly added very neat pair of spurs.) wcr,
deemed a suitable present w. Q. Heriot
Esq, on behalf Of the employees, presented
the articles to Major Sloan.
Esy- In RichEand district, w. b. Nash G.
NJ Wilder, S. b. Thompson, coorcd. and r.
j. Robertson, white, have been nominated fo,
the Convention
WASHINGTON, October 27 The complex
ION OF the Congress, which assemblies on the
2lst proximo, will be: Senate-Rcpublicans
forty two; opposition, twelve. House Re-
pubIIcans, l4f; opposition, forty.nne
Proceedings were commenced to. day by
Henry b. Taylor who wont Snutl. to recover
property from John D. Dcfrecs who pur.
chased at Il confscation sae.
Revenue receipts to day s7l4,0OO.
OMAHA, October 26 The five hundrcdth
section of the Union Pacific Railroad was
made yesterday Seventeen miles more will
carry the track to tho Eastern base of the
Rocky Mountains
| WASHINGTON, October 2S.-Gcn. Popc
declines changing the Georgia districts. lie
reports to Grant that he reflected two days be.
tore adopting them. 1t is fair to say that the
Presidents endorsement on tho complaint
amounts to strong protest Grants answer
to tho President mildly agreed with the Pres.