The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-10-14
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SoUTu CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, October 0, 1868.
To the Commissioner of Election.


To the Commissioner Of Election.
In accordance with an Act Of the Gen
eral Assembly, entitled An Act pFovi:
ding for the next general election and
the manner of conducting the same" ap.
proved the 26th day OF September, A.
D. 1868, YOU are hereby notified and re-
ouircd to cause an election to be held il
YOUR re espective Counties, on Tuesday,
the third day Of November next, for six
persons as Electors of President and
Vice. President of the United States, for
four Representatives in the Congress OF
the Uuitcd States, in their respective
Congressional Districts, AID for eight
Solicitors for the several circuits in the
State, in their respective Circuits.
The names of the persons voted ioF as
Electors Of President and Eicc Prcsl.
dent, shall be upon a separate ticket !;
and the names Of the persons voted for
as Representatives in ConEr and So
licitors, shall be also upon a separate
ticket.
The First Congressional District is
composed cf the counties Of Lancaster,
Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Ma
rion. Horny, Georgetown, Williamsburg,
Sumter. Clarendon and kcrshaw.
The second congressional district is COM
posed of the counties OF Charleston, Gone
ton, Beaufort and Barnwel.
The third congressional district iii com
pcscd Of the counties of Orange6urg, Lex
iugton, Richland, Newberry, EJgeheid, Ab-
bevilc and Anderson.
The fourth congressional district is conf
posed of the counties Of Oconec, PlckenS,
Gieenville, Laurens, SpartaEburg, Cn!on,
York, Chester, and Fairfield.
The Solicitors shall De voted for in their
respcctivc circuits, as follows:
The counties of Charleston and Orange
bur. constitute the irst circuit.
The counties Of Edeelield, Dar"wel!, Col
Teton and Beaufort constitute the second
circuit.
The counties Of Sumter, Clarendon, Will
liamSburg, Georgetown and horry conStt-
tute the tlird c;rcu!t.
The counties Of Chesterfield, Marlboro,
Marion, Darlington AID kcr>h%w constitute
the fourth circuit.
The counties OF Fairfield, Richlard, New
berry and Lexington constitute the filth
circuit.
The counties of Chester, Lancaster, York
and Union constitute the sixth sircait.
The counties Of AIberille, Laurcns and
Spartanhurg constitute the seventh circuit.
The counties of Grecuviic, Anderson,
Oconee and Pickens constitute .lc eighth
circuit.
Now, therefore, you,and each OF you, are
hereby required, after due publication aud
with strict regard to the provision OF the
Constitution and OF the laws Of the State,
touching your duty in such case, to cause
such elections to be held in your respective
Counties, on the day aforesaid, and to take
all the necessary steps for the holding OF
such elections, and for the ascertalning and
determining the persons who shall have
been duly elected thercat
Giucn under nv hand and the seal OF the
State, in the city of Columbia, n.iS 9th
day of October, in the year CT our Lord
Que thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight, and in TIE ninety-third year OF the
Iadcpcndrnce Of the Un,t'd States of
America.
ROBERT X. SCOTT, Governor.
F. L. CAEDozo, Secretary Of State.
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