The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-25

line and imprisonment, in the discre-
ton of the Court.
Xl. If any company or corporation
who have obtained, or may hereafter
obtain, n charter from the Legislature
of this State for the benefit of such
company or corporation, shall dis
charge, or threaten to discharge, from
employment in such business any
operative or employee, before or after
any election, for or on account of lis
political opinion, or for voting or at
tempting to vote as he or they may
desire, said charter shall be deemed
and taken to be forfeited, and shall
have no legal or binding force at any
time thereafter, but shall be utterly
null ond void; and the person dis
charged may have an action of tres
pass to recover damages for his losses
therein sustained against said COM
pany or corporation; and should any
agent or clerk in tie employment of
such company or corporation dis
charge, or threaten to discharge, any
employee on account of his political
opinion, or for voting or attempting
to vote as he or they may desire, if
said agent or clerk is not Immediately
dismissed when said company or cor
poratlon becomes possessed of such
information, said company or corpo-
ration shall be held responsible for
the same, and be liable to the penal
ties hereinbefore prescribed.
MI. The voting shall be by ballot,
which shall contain written or print
ed, or partly written and partly
printed, the names of the persons
voted for, and the Offices to which
such persons are intended to be
chosen, and shall be so folded as to
conceal the contents; ana such ballot
shall be deposited in box to be con-
structed, kept and disposed of as
hereinafter provided.
XIII. There shall be one general
ticket, on which shall be the names of
the persons voted for as Representa-
tlves in Congress, and State, Circuit
and County officers; and on another
general ticket the names of the pe-
sons voted for as Electors of President
and Vice-President, as hereinafter
provided.
XIV. The Commissioners of Elec-
ton shall provide two boxes for each
election precinct. An opening shall
be made in the lid of each box, not
larger than shall be sufficient for
single closed ballot to be inserted
therein at one time, through which
each ballot received, proper to be
placed in such box, shall be inserted.
Each box shall be provided with O
sufficient lock, and shall be locked
before the opening of the poll, and
the keys thereof delivered to one of
the Managers. to be appointed by the
Board, and shall not be opened dur
ing the election. Such boxes shall
be labelled as follows: l. Electors.
2. Congress, Circuit and County
Officers.
XIV. Each clerk OF the poll shall
keep poll list, which shall contain
one column headed Names OF
Voters" and so many additional
columns us there are boxes kept at
the election. The heading Of each
additional column shall correspond
with the name of one Of the boxes so
kept.
XVI. The name of each elector
voting shall be entered by the clerk
in the column of his poll list headed
'Names of Voters" and when there
shall be more than one box kept,
opposite such name shall be written
the figure in each remaining column
of such poll list, corresponding in its
heading with the name of the box in
which a ballot of the elector shall
have been deposited.
XVII. At the close of the election.
the Managers shall proceed pub
licly to canvass the votes, and such
canvass, when commenced, shall be
continued without adjournment or
interruption until the same be com
pleted.
XVIII. Each box being opened,
the ballots contained therein shall be
taken out and counted unopened,
except so far as to ascertain that
each ballot is single; and if two or
moro ballots shall be found so folded
together as to present the appearance
of single ballot, they shall be de-
stroyed, if the whole number of bal
lots exceed the whole number of
votes, and not otherwise.
XIX. If the ballots shall be found
to exceed in number the whole am
ho,. Df H..