The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-20


L0FTToIAL,i
Acts Passed at, the Late Session Of
3sS5 the LegisiaJura.
AN ACT no PRovIpE FOR THE EI.EoTIoN
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE NcoRPo-
Il RATED CITIES AND TOWNS m THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
1. BE it enacted 5y tie Ssnate. and
House Of Representatives of the STATE
Of South Carolina, noD met and sitting
IN General Assembly, and 6yGse autlzo-
a1ty Of The same, That his Excellenoy
the Governor shall, on or immedi-
ately after the passage of this Act,
order an election to be held ON the
second Tuesday Of November, in the
year 1868, in all incorporated cities
and towns of this State for the cleo
tion of all officers provided for by
the charters of the said cities and
towns.
III. The Managers of Elections ap-
pointed in pursuance of an Act of
the General Assembly, passed at the
special session of 1868, entitled "An
Act to provide for the next general
election" are hereby authorized and
required to conduct the elections
herein provided for, and nil subse-
quent elections that may be ordered
to be held in such cities and towns,
until otherwise provided for by law.
Ill. In order to secure the free
expression of all persons qualified to
vote as hereinafter provided, the
Managers of Election shall open
their respective polling places for
three (3) days next preceding the
day fixed for the election herein pro-
vlded for, commencing at 7 o'clock
a. m., and closing at 5 o'clock D. M,
each day, and shall during these
days record the names of all qualified
electors and their place of residence
IN q book to be furnished by them,
the Managers. All persons who pre-
sent themselves for such registration
shall, before their names are record
ed, take and subscribe to the follow
ing oath: I, --, do solemnly
swear Tor affirm) that L am a citizen
of the United States; that L have
been an inhabitant of this State for
one year next preceding this day,
and fo- the last sixty days a resident
of this city (town or village, rs the
case may BEL that 1 reside in this
ward Tor polling precinct.) The
Managers shall, after the election,
turn over the registration books to
the Mayor or Intendant, who shall
cause the same to be put up in a safe
aud secure place. They shall receive
q sum of money to cover expenditures
for books, stationery. &C., together
with their pay as herein allowed,
from the Treasury of such city, town
or village wherein such election is
held.
". The qualifications of an elector
shall be those required by the Con-
stitution, together with a residence
of sixty days next preceding the cleo
ton, within the corporate limits of
the city or town, and that he has
been duly registered in the ward or
precinct in which he offers to vote.
V. The Managers of Election shall
meet at 10 o'clock n. m. on the day
succeeding such election, at some
public place within the corporate
limits of the city or town in which
such election is held, and proceed to
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the whole number of votes cast for
each candidate or person voted for,
and shall transmit their report of the
same in q sealed envelope to the
acting Mayor or Intendant of the
city or town wherein they have been
appointed; and if there be no acting
Mayor or Intendnnt in any such city
or town, or in the absence of such
Mayor or Intendant, the same shall
be transmitted to the Clerk of Court
for the County in which said city or
town may be. The said Mayor or
Intendant, or Clerk of Court, shall
open the report of said Managers,
and shall announce and publish the
whole number of votes cast, and the
whole number cast for each candi-
date, when the several candidates
receiving the largest number of legal
votes for the Offices for which they
were voted for shall be declared duly
elected. The Managers of Election
shall decide contested cases, subject
to the ultimate decision of the Boards
of Aldermen or Wardens, when or
ganized, except when the election of
majority of the persons voted for
are contested, or the Managers
charged with illegal conduct, in
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