The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-10-21
Election Laws.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TIE NEXT GENERAL
ELECTION AND THE MANNER OF. CONDUCT
ING THE SAME.
Be at enacted Jy the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the State Of. South Caro-
Ina, nolo met and sitting In General Assena-
: Jly, and By the authority ofthe same:
L. The next general election in this
State Shall he esbcld on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday of November next,
III. For the purpose of carrying on
such election. it shall be the duty of tho
Governor. and he is hereby authorized
and empowered, to appoint in and for
each county three Managers OF Election
f,r each election precinct of the county
for which they shall respectively be
appointed. Tho said Commissioners of
Election and the said Managers of
Elections. shall take and subscribe, be-
fore any officer authorized to admin
lister oaths, the following oath fsofice
prescribed by Section 80 of Article IL
of the Constitution, and the same
shall be Immediately filed, in each in
stance, in the Office of the Clerk OF the
..rounty in@which said Commissioners aud
Managers shall be appointed; and if there
.fe no such Clcrk duly qualified by law,
then in. the Office of the Secretary OF
State.
III. The said election shall be held in
-eacla county at such and as manys2laces
as may be designated by the Commits
sioners aforesaid, and shall be conducted
in eachprecinct underthesup perintendcnce
of tho said Managers, who shall conform
in such election-to existing laws and reg
ulations regarding elections, except as
hereinafter otherwise provided. $50
IN. 1t shall be the duty of such Mana
gers, commencing twenty days prior to
such election, and giving ten days public
notice Of the time and place of such revis-
ion, to revise, for period of three days,
the registration lists upon which the eec-
ton commencing the'sccond day of Juno,
ono thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight, and ending the third day of juno
of tie same year, was conducted, by
the addition OF such lists of the names
of ali persons entitled to-: vote under
the Constitution who have not already
been registered. and by striking from such
lists the names of such persons as shall!
not Ly Law be ,cNtitledto vote. For the
nurpose of. such -revision, such Managers
Shall neetsat the places designated BY the
Commissioners. rs r.ovid.dzih: tic next
preceding Section. es-
Y. the Managers are hereby authorized
10 annoint q clerk to assist ti,emfin What
ever duties may lie required OF them. who
s,i,;lI,,a!Se the oath nt Office lirrciHhe!ure
,nc,,,;.aed befero t!c Cilnfrlnan; ui tho
i}oarsl,ol Managers.
VI. The Cpmmi ,Sioncrs aforesaid nnd
,c.5[anagers aforesaid, ut,!leir.iirst meet,
il.a<. respectively, shall proceed 20 orgaI'-
Ic themselves as Il Board ~ appointing
( o.c.ut lie;r naanber Ci,airman oi the
Board; and such Chairin:ln. in each in:
Staucr, shall be empowered TO administer
The necessary oatils.
VII. g'iic polls shall be opened at snch
voting places as shall be designated at
six o'rIocl, III Tie forenoon and closed at
six o'clock in thc. afternoon oi tic day oi
election. and shall 5e kept open during
these lIours without intcrniission or nd.
;onrnmcat. :
YiEI. Representatives in Tic House Of
REPRESENTATIVES.. Of tue Congress OF the
United States shall be chosen at such
cltctionsin-the several Congressional Dis.
tricts bv thc.eualilicd electors ihcFen.
X. The State Constable aHd other
peace officers of cacl, cocnty isre hereby
required TO he present daring he whole
time that -thc polls arc kept open, and
until tho clectioni is conrplcted-; and they
shall prevent all interference with the
Managers, and see that thcrosis no inter-
ruption of good order Ii there should be
more than one polling place in amy county,
the State Constable of such county Is
hereby empowered and directed to make
such assignmentof Of the dcpnties, and other
peace officers, TO such other polling places
as. may, in his judgment, best subserve
the purposes =offquict and order.
X. All bar-rooms, saloons and other
nlaces for tic sale of liquors by retail,
Shall be- closed during the progress of Such
election. and until six o'clock in the
morning Of the day thereafter; and dur
ino the time aforesaid, the salco all in
toSica,ins liquors are prohibited. Any
person duly convicted before compe-
Tent Court. Of a violation OF this Section,
shall be punished by 4 fine not exceeding
tiltv dollars, or by imprisonment not eS-
ceeding six months, or by both such fine
and iuprisonment,in the discretion OF the
Court.
XII. Ifany company or corporation who
have obtained. or may hereafter obtain, a
charter from the Legislature of this State,
for the BENEFIT of such company or cor
poration, shall discharge, or threaten to
DISCHARGE, from employment in such bn-
sincss, any operative or employee, before
or after any election, for or on account of
his political opinion, or for voting or at
tempting to vote as he or they may de.
sire. said charter shall be deemed and
taken to be forfeited, and shall have no
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