Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-11-04
Municipal Elections.

asl1ue louoWluS 10 9nC ASo Pass0o "
the recent Legislature of South Carroll
ma, regulating municipal elections:
BE 1T enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority o
the same:
SECTION l. That his Excellency the
Governor shall, ON or Immediately after
the passage of this Act t,yorder an elec.
ton to be held on the second Tuesday
of November, in the year 1868, in al
incorporated cities and towns in this
State for the election Of all officers pro.
vided for by the charters of the said
cities and towns. .,T gs,. l,s.s.
SEC. q The managers Of elections ap-
pointed in pursuance of an. Act Of the
General Assembly, passed at the spe-
cial session of 1863, are hereby author
lied and required toalconduot the elec;
tions herein proyidedifor, and all subse-
quent elections that may be ordered te
be eheld in such cities and towns, until
otherwise provided for;by9law. -
SEC. 8. In order to secure the free
expression of all persons qualified tc
vote as,hereinafter provided, the man
ayers of election shall open their respec-
tive polling places for. three days next
n,.aeel;no tbe ,dav fiyed for the election
herein. provided for, commencing at
o'clock A. M, and closing at S o'clock
P. M, each day, and shall during these
days, record the names of all qualified
electors, and their place of residence, III
q book to be furnished by them, the
managers. All persons who present
themselves for such registration shall
before their namesiare recorded, take
and subscribe the following OATH . L
--a,sdo .solemnly lysaswear for. affirm
that 1 am citizen of the United States;
that I have been an inhabitant of this
State .for;one yearsnext preceding this
dayeand,for the, last sixty days resi-
dent, Of this city, town or village, as the
casesmay. be ;.thatI reside'in this ward
or polling precinct. The managers
shah; after-tf1e electi turn over the
books t. ne. Mayor or In
tendant, who-shall duse them to be put
upin a safe and secure place. they shall
receive a sum Of money'to cover expen:
ditures for books, stationery, &C., to-
gether with their pay as herein allow
ed from the treasury Of such city,
town village, wherein such election
is held 81 f'-s -. -@-'s '-r w. -
Sec. 4. The qualifications Of an cleo
tor shall be those required by the Con
stitution, together with residence d
sixty days next preceding the election,
Mziit4i6 fhe corpo oratti INIT Of The city
or town, and that he has been duly reg
istered in the ward or precinct in which
he offers to vote.
Sec. 5. The managers Of. election shall
meet at ten o'clock, A. NJ, OF, 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 count the votes
cast under oath, stating the whole num-
ber of votes cast for each person or can
didate voted fors and shall transmit
their report of the same in sealed en-
to the acting Mayor or Inten-
dant of the city or town wherein they
have been appointed; and if there be
no acting Mayor" or Intendant in any
such city or'town, or in the absence OF
such Mayor or Intendant' the same shall
be transmitted to the Clerk Of the Court
for the country in which said city or
town may be. The said Mayor or In
tendant or Clerk Of Court shall open tue
report Of said managers, and shall an
nounce and. publish the whole number
of votes cast, and the7awhole number
CASTOR eachfcandidate, when the sever
al.candidates receiving the largest num-
ber Of legalvotes for the Offices for which
they were voted for shall be declared
duly elected. The managers of cleo
ton shall decide contested cases, sub
lectto the ultimate decision Of the Boards
of Aldermen or Wardens when organ
lied, except when the election Of ma
jority Of the persons voted for are con
tested, or the managers charged with
illegal conduct, in which case the re-
turns, together with the ballots, shall
be examined, and the case investigated
by the acting Board of Aldermen, who
shall declare the election and their de-
cision shall be binding upon all parties.
Sec. 6,4In all elections held in &C
cordance with this Act, the polls shall
be opened at Z o'clock, A. M, and kept
open during one day at all the polling
precincts and in the various wards, and
shall close at 5 o'clock P. M. Each ward
in the city of Charleston shall constitute
at least one polling precinct. -.
Sec. 7. The officers elected under
this Act shall, on taking the oath pre-
scribed in the Constitution, be inducted
into Office on the Monday succeeding
their election, and shall Immediately
enter upon the discharge Of their Off
cial duties. IL
SEC. 8. Said officers shall hold their
Offices up to the regular time fixed by
the charter for the election of the same
and for one full term. thereafter, and
until their successors are duly elected
and qualified: The oath ofsof6ce may
be administered by any officer of the
State who is authorized by law to ad-
minister the same .
ssEc:29.. The managers Of election shall
receive as compensation for their ser
vices, the sum Of, two dollars per day
for the time actually. employed in such
election; and also for the time employed
in the registration Of voters.
SEC. 10. All bar-rooms and drinking
saloons in the town or CITY where such