The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-18

.fttgHal.t lBne snerih and otherpeace
officers of each District are required
to be present during the whole
time that the polls are kept open,
and until the election is completed
and viii be- made responsible, that
there shall be no interference With
Judges of elections, or other interrup.
tion 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 deputies, and
other peace officers, to the other poll
ing places, as may, in his Judgment,
best subservel the purposes of quiet
and, order; and he is further required
to report these arrangements in ad-
vance to the Commander of the Mill
tary Post in which his District is
situated. r,.
Ninth. Violence, or threats of vio-
lence, or of discharge from employ
ment, or other oppressive means to
prevent any person from registering,
or exercising his right of voting, is
positively prohibited, and any such
attempts viii be reported by the
registrars or judges of elections to
the post commander, and will cause
the arrest and trial of the offenders
by military authority.
Tenth. All bar-rooms, saloons and
other places for the sale of liquors by
retail will be closed from o'clock of
the evening OF the 18th of November
until 6 o'clock of the morning of1the
21st of November. 1867, and during
this time the sale of oil Intoxicating
liquors at or near any polling place is
prohibited. The police officers OF
cities and towns, and the sheriffs and
other peace officers of Districts, will
be held responsible for the strict
enforcement of this prohibition, and
will promptly arrest and hold for
trial all persons who may transgress it.
EleUenh. Milital y interference with
elections, "unless it shall be neces-
sary to repel the armed enemies of
the United States, or to keep the
peace at the polls," is prohibited by
the Act OF Congress approved Febru-
ary %, 1865, and no soldiers will be
allowed to appear at any polling,
place, unless, es citizens of the State,
they are qualified and registered as
voters, and then only for the purpose
of voting; but the commanders of
posts will keep their troops well in
hand on the days of election, and
will be prepared to net promptly, if
the civil authorities are unable to
preserve the peace.
IaOcJh. The returns required by
law to be made to the commander of
the District of the results of this
election will be rendered by the
Boards of Registration of the several
registration precincts, through the
commandefs of the military posts in
which their precincts are situated,
and in accordance with the detailed
instructions hereafter to be given.
Thirteenth. The number of dele
gates to the Convention is determin-
ed by law, and is the number of
members of the most numerous
branch of the Legislature for the
year eighteen hundred and sixty,
and this number. one hundred and
twenty-four, is apportioned to the
representative Districts of the State
in the ratio of registered voters as
follows District of Charleston, 8
delegates; Berkeley, 8; Colleton, 5;
Beaufort, Z; Georgetown, 3; Horny,
2; Williamsburg, 3; Marion. 4; Oar
lington, 4; Marlboro, 2; Chesterfield,
3; Sumter. 4; Clarendon, 2; Barn
we'll, 6; Edgetield, 7; Orangeburg, g.;
Kershaw, 3; Richland, 4; Lexington,
Q; Newberry, 8; Lnnrens, 4; Abbe-
vile, s.; Anderson, 3; Greenville, 4;
Pickens, 8; Spartanburg, 4; Union,
3; York, 4; Chester, 8; Fairfield, g.;
Lancaster, 2. l,
By command of Brevet Major
General EDw. r. s. CANDY. h:
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
Aide-de-Camp, A. A. A. Gen.