The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-10-19
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!. Election Order.
HEADa'ns 2D MILITARY DISTRICT,
ns, h.. Charleston, s. G., Oct. 16, 1867

by the terms of tho Act of Congress entitled
"AneASt for the more efficient government Of
the feBci States" passed March, I'd, 1867, and
of the Acts of9March 23d, and July 10Th,
18675 supplementary thcreto-it is made the
duty Of the Commanding General of this Mill
tary District to cause registration to be made
of the male inhabitants of the State of South
Carolina, of the age of twcnty-onc years and
upwards, and qualified by tho terms of said
Acts to vote,a and after such registration is
complete, to- order IN election to be held, at
which the registered voters of said State shall
vote forgor ngainsta Convention, for the pur-
poses0f establishing ~ Constitution and Civil
Governmentifor the snid State, loyal to tho
Union, and for delegates to said Convention
andsto give at least thirty days notice of the
time and place at which said election shall be
held !, and the said registration having been
completed in the State of South Carolina, it is
ordered: a
First. That m election be held in the State
of South Carolina, commencing OH Tuesday,
tho 18th day. Of November, 1867, and ending
on "Wednesday, the goth day of November,
1861, at which all registered voters of said
State may vote For Convention" or"A gainst
Conventions" and for delegates to constitute
the dConyentiou-in case majority of the
votes given on that question, shall be for a
Convention, and in case majority of the reg
istered voters shall have voted on the question
of holding such Convention.
Second. It shall be the duty of the Boards
ofRegstration in South Carolina, commencing
fourteen days prior to the election herein or
dcred, and giving reasonable public notice of
the time and place thereof, to revise for pc
riod of five days the registration lists, and upon
being satisfied that any person not entitled
thereto has been registered to strike the name
ofsuch person from tho list; and such person
shall not be entitled to vote. The Boards of
Registration shall also, during the same period,
add to snch registers the names of all persons
who at that Time possess the qualifications re-
1alired BY said ncts-who have not already
been registered
7At,& In deciding who arc to bc stricken
from or added to the registration lists, the
Boards will be guided by the laws Of March
"a, 1sGi7, and the laws supplementary thereto,
and their attention is specially directed to tho
Supplementary Act of July 10Th, 1867.
Fpu,th The said election will be held in
each district at such places as may hereafter
bc designated, under the superintendent of
the Boards Of Registration as provided by law,
and in accordance with instructions hereafter
to be given to said Boards in conformity with
the Acts of Congress, and MS far as may be with
the laws of South Carolina
FVM. All judges and clerks employed in
conducting said election, shall before commcnc
ing to hold the same, be sworn to the faithful
performance of their duties, and shall also take
and subscribe the oath of Office prescribed by
law. for the officers of the United States.
Sicth. The polls shall be opened at such
voting places at eight o'clock in the forenoon,
and closed at four o'clock in tho afternoon of
each day, and shall be kept open during these
hours without intermission or adjournment.
Scueash. No member Of the Board of Rc.is
tration, who is candidate for election as
delegate to the Convention, shall servo as
judge Of the election in any District which he
seeks to represent
Eiyhh. The Sheriff and other rcacc officers
of each District are required to be present
during the whole time that the polls arc kept
open, and until the election is completed; and
will be made responsible that there shall be no
interference with judges of elections, or other
interruption of good order. If there should
be more than one polling place in any District,
the Sheriff of the District is empowered and
directed to make such assignments of his dcpu-
ties, and other peace officers, to the other POLL
ing places, as may, in his judgment, best sub
serve the purposes Of quiet and order; and he
is further required to report these arrange
mcnts in advance to the Commander of The
Military Post in which his District is situated,
Ninth. Violence, or threats of violence. or
OF discharge from employment, or other opprcs-
slvc means to prevent any person from rcyis-
tcrng, or exercising his right Of voting is posi-
lively prohibited, and any such attempts will
DC reported by the registrars or judges of cleo
tlons to the Post Commander, and will cause
the arrest and trial of the offenders by militia.
ry authority