Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-16
Acts Of tho Legislature.
AN hcT TO REGULATE ELECTIONS FOR RE-
PREsENTATIYFS IN CONGRESS-

representatives OF the State Of South Caro-
iln', now met and sitting in General Assem-
oif' and " the authority Of the same, as fol-
lows:
|, Under the apportiouascnt Of rcprescn-
tatcn; which was last madr;t.is State is now
entitled tn have four mcmbsr.; in thc House
OF Representatives, of the Congress OF the
l'nl;ad Ssintea... The Congressional Districts
Of the State are organized as follow: T,r
FirOt Con-; ;icssinn:.l Dist.ic: IS composed or
.hc u"fcd JudcHl Districts OF Lancaster,
Chesterfield, Alntpro, kcrshaw, Sumter,
Clarendon, Williamsburg, Georgetown, Ior-
ry, Marion, aud Darlington; the Second Con
Srcsslo',ni District is composed of The united
judicial Districts of Charleston Collcton.
beaufort. and B;rnucll the Third ConcrcS-
hl"nhi Dl.tnct is composed of the united IN.
aic'al Districts OF Ornngcburg. Edxciell Al
nefilie Lexington, Nc~bcrry, Richland and
FAIRFIELD; thc Fourth Congregational District
Ia comFcacd ofthe united Judicial Districts
nt Anderson, Pickoa>, Grcenyillc, Imurcns,
SPsr.Anburg, Union, York, aud Chester and
each Congressional District has tie ri.ht
70 elect one sf the foar members b, fore men
toned.
IL. ln r~ch Of the Congressional Districts
of the State as nnw organized or hereafter tn
BE- orSnnis d, al election for a Rcpr; sentative
III the House OF Representatives. of the Com
greha OF the Cuitrd Statea, shall, in regular
coursr. be- held ut the general election on the
third Wednesday of October next; and on
the s''"e d. y in every alterate ycaraite.uar,ls
ne managers, the places Of election, the
m"rnsr at conducting the election and the
qualifications OF the voter. shall be the same
Tor this election as for AZ election of members
or the House of Representatives. in The Cen
tr'' Assembly OF the State. The person who
ut tfi's election shall receive the greatest num-
Der Of votes. in the whole Of Il Congressional
District, shall be the representative for that
District, from thia,Stalc, in the Congress next
ensuing
H. Immediately after closing the polls,
the mauasers Of prcciact shall publicly
scrutinizn and count the votes taken BY them
Tor Representative in Congress- and shall
certify under their hands return Showing
the hat OF voters for such Representative, and
the number Of votes pplicd for each person
lhry shall then appoint one tf their uumbcr,
WAC stall carry this ret lra and report it to u
general meeting Of managers Of the election
district, composed ofonc manager from each
pren'nct This general meeting shall be held
At the Court House Cf the Judicial District
on t'te day following the election. except that
for Berkeley election district, it shall BE- held
ut the city OF Charleston, and for Beaufort
District, at Giisisonvil!c, on the second day
after tn. election, lnlcss by pre-conccrt among
theManlvea the manager. Of that election dis
trlct shall have met the day provided, and
except further, that If meeting al the time
apf"'uted should be providcnti:.lly prevented
IN any distrlct, IS mry take place as soon af
ter~ards n. practicable The managers Az
semsed at general meeting, shull carefully
sorutlnlxe aud aggregate the returns for the
several precincts aud compile a district return,
which shal! show the result Of the balotiiDg
had for Representative in Congress. in their
ciecioa district OF this return they shall
make two copies, certified under their hand
One copy, with the several precinct returns,
they shall deliver ts tho Clerk of the Court
tor their JudisiL District, and he shall care.
fully file and preserve these papers. Tho
other copy the managers shall enclose in a
sealed package, address,, 10 the Secretary of
State. at Columbia. and deposit in = safc post
Office, to be transmitted by may endorsing
it SO as to show whatjt is, and from what dis.
trict; ,.ud so as to prevent undctectcd lamp
cring with the seals
W. The Secretary Of State shall preserve
all the returns which may reach the post Of
flee in Columbia. IF, at the expiration of two
weeks from the day Of election, the return
from any election district, .hould not have
reached Columbia, he shall Immediately in.
form the Clerk Of that District and thercupon
the Clerk shall make and certify COPY cfthe
return which was deposited with him as
aforesaid, and transmit tho same by mai! to
the Secretary Of State. The Governor shall,
with reasonable dispatch, examine the retarns
in tho hands Of the Secretary Of Stats /; # any
one should be wanting, he shall, 10y mail, or
by special messenger, as may seem to him
Clerk, if he finds that it ~,s made BY the
managers. The Governor shal, open the dis
trict returns, examine, them, and aggregate
the uuubcr ofvotes given scr each person in
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