The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-16
THE NEW REGIME.
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

AZ ACT to provide for the election Of the officers Of
the incorporated cities and towns in the state of
South Carolina.
l. Be it e,acted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the State of South Carolina;
now met and sitting in General Assembly, and
BY the authority OF the same, That his E1-
csllency the Governor, shall, on or lmmediately
sitter the passage Of this act, order an election
to be held on the second Tuesday OF NoVem-
ber. in the year 1868 in all Incorporated cities
and towns OF this State for the election OF all
soficers provided for by the charters OF the SAID
cities and towns.
II. The Managers OF Elections appointed In
pursuance of an act of the General Assembly,
passed at the special session 6f 1868, entitled
IAN act to provide for the next general cleo
ton" are hereby authorized and required to
conduct the elections herein provided for, and
all sub ;eauent elections that may be ordered to
be held in such cities and towns, until other
wise provided for by law.
Ill. Ia order 10 secure the free expression OF
all pe sons qualIfied to vote as hereinafter pro-
vided, the Managers Of Elections shall open
their respective polling places for three (S)
aays next preceding the day fixed for the cleo
ton herein provided for, commencing at
o'clock A. NJ, and closing at 5 o'clock P. NJ,
each day, and shall during these days record
the names of all qualified electors and their
place of residence in book to be furhished o!
them, tn6 MauhSSl5s AL PSioOno 49,
themselves for such registration shall, before
their names are recorded. take and subscribe
To the following oath: 81, -@, do SOL
EMMY swear Tor affirm) that am citizen OF
the United States; that have been an lnhabl-
tant of this State for one year next preceding
this day, and for the last sixty days resident
of this city ttown or village, as the case may
be); that I reside iR this ward Tor polling pre-
cinct). 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 o safe and secure place. They shall
receive q sum Of money to cover expenditures
for books, stationery, &C., together ":sn their
pay as herein allowed, from thc treasury S ot
such city, town or village wherein such elec-
ton is held.
~. The qualifications of an elector shall be
those required by the Constitution, tcgetner
with residence OF sixty days next preceding
the election, within the corporate limits OF the
city or town, and that he has been duly regis
tered in the ward or precinct in which ne offers
to vote.
V. The Managers OF elections shall meet ut
ten o'clock A. NJ. on the day succeeding such
election, ut some public place within the corpo-
rate limits OF the city OF town in which such
election is held, and proceed to count the votes
under oath, stating the whole number OF votes
cast for each candidate or person voted for,
and shall transmit their report Of the same IN
sealed envelope to the acting Mayor or In
tendant 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 1ntendant,
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 OF
Clerk of Court shall open the report. of said
Managers, and shall announce and publish the
whole number OF votes cast, and the Who.e
number cast for each candidate. when the seve-
ral 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 organ
ICED, except VIII. n the election OF q majority OF
the persons voted Tor are contested, OF the
Managers charged with illegal conduct, III
which case tho returns, together with tue pal
lots, shall be examined. and tho case lnVcstl-
gated by the acting Board Of Aldermen, who
shall declare the election, and their decision
shall be binding upon all partics.
vi. In all elections he'd in accordance with
this act the polls shall be opened at o'clock
A. NJ, and kept open during one day at all the
polling precincts and IN the various wards, and
shall close at P. NJ. Each ward in tnc City
Of Charleston shall constitute at least one poll
ing precinct.
VII The officers elected under this act shall,
ton, be inducted into Office on the Monday
succeeding their election, and shall immedlate-
ly enter upon the discharge OF their ofhcial
duties.
VIII. Said officers shall hold their Offices up
to the regular timo fixed by charter for the
election Of the same, and for one full torn
thereafter, and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified the oath of Office may be
administered by any officer of the State who ls
authoriz I'd BY law to administer the same.
TX. The Managers Of Elections shall receive
as compensation for their services the sum OF
two dollars per day for the time actually en-
ployed in such election, and also for the time
employed in the registration OF voters.
X. all barrooms and drinking saloons IN tne
town or CITY where such election is held shall
be closed on the days OF election, and any per-
son who shall cell to any person any lntcxlcat-
ing drinks on the day OF election shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereon
shall be fined in sum not less than one hun
dred dollars nor more than three hundred doi-
la1s, or be imprisoned for period not less thin
one month nor more than six months.
NJ. all statutes providing against illegal vot-
ing, or the bribery and intimidation Of voters.
passed heretofore, and not inconsistent with
the present constitution. are continued III full
force; but all acts or parts Of acts inconsistent
Herewith, OF supplied by this act, are hereby
repealed.
In tho Senate House, the twenty:fifth, day
OF September, IN the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
L. BOOZER,
President of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker House OF Representatives.
Approved: ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor.
AN ACT to meet contingent expenses in the Offices
of the Comptroller General and Treasurer OF the
State.