Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-03-27
Very Important Order from Gen,s Candy.
Tho following order, lust issued bv Ger

'Iho following order, just issued by Con
oANny, will be read with general Interest. u i
II WILL be seen by Section iirst that the oleo
tlon on tho question of adopting or,rejootina
tho Constitution to be presented, as framed
by the Reconstruction Convention naw in Sos
sion, and also for State and Federal Offices
will be commenced on the 14th proximo, and
by Section second, that tho books Of Regis
tration arc to be re, oponod aud revised. We
commend tho order to the pcrusal of our
readorc
UEADo'Rr's % MILITARY DIsrH1 ct,
Charleston, S. O., March 10, 1868 T
General Orders, No. 4O.1
The Constitutional Convention of tho State
of South Carolina, in conformity with the Act
i OF Congress of March 23, 1867, supplement
tary to the Act Of March 2, 1867, {" to provide
for the moro efficient government of the rob.
cl States," having framed Constitution aud
Civil Government according to the provisions
OF tho aforecitcd laws; and having, by an
Ordinance adopted on the 9th day of March,
1868, provided that tho said Constitution
shall be submitted {" for ratGcatiSE to tho
persons registered under tho provisions of this
Act (NIarch 23, 1867, Section 4, at al cleo:
tion to boconductcd by the olliccrsap appoiutcdor
to be appointed by the Commanding General
as horeiu before provided, and to be held af-
ter the expiration of thirty days after tho no.
tico thereof to be given by tho said Convcn.
tion;" and having further provided, by the
aforesaid ordinance, that'at the same time an
election shall be held for Governor, Lieuten-
ant-Goycrnor, Adjutant and inspcctator- Gen
cral, Secretary Of State, Comptrollor.G Gene.
raj, Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintcn-
dent of Education, and mcmbcrs of che Gen.
eral Assembly, and further that in each Con
grcssional District of the State an election,
shall be held for member of the House of
Representatives of the United States Con-
gress, and for two members at large ;siIt is or
dercd, g ~
| First That's an election be held in tic State
of South Carolina, commencing on Tuesday,
the 14th day of April, and ending Oh Thurs
day, the 10th day Of April, 1868, at which
all registered voters of said State may vote
! For Constitution" or " Against Cpnstitu.
ton," and also on the samo ballot br tho
State officers and members of the House of
Representatives specified in the aforcchcd or
dinancc.
Second. 1t shall, be the dutyof h6Boards
OF Rcgistration in South Carolina, commenc-
ing fourteen days prior to the clcctioni herein
ord' Cd, apd giving reasonable publio notice
of the limo and place thereof, to rcvisc for
period OF. five days the registration Isis and
upon being satisfied that any person hot on
titled thereto has been registered, to strike
the name of suoh porson from tho lists, aud
such person shall not be entitled to vote The
Boards of Registration shall also, during the
samc period, add to such registers the names
of all persons who at that time possess the
qualifications required by said Acts, who have
not already been registered.
Third. In deciding who arc to be stricken
from or added to the registration lists the
Boards will be guided by the law of March,
! z, 1867, and The laws supplementary thereto,
and their attention is specially directed to the
supplementary Act of July 10, 1867.
Fourth Any duly registered voter of this
State who may have removed from tho Dis
trct i,r which he was registered, shall be en-
titled 10 vote in tho District County TO
which he has removed and has resided for the
ten days next preceding this election, upon
presentation of certificate of registration
from the District in which ho was originally
registered, or upon his affidavit or other sat
isfactory evidence that ho was 80 registered,
and that no has not voted at this election. 1t
shall be the duty Of the Registrars, upon the
application of any duly registered voter who
has removed, or is about to remove from the
precinct in which he was originally register
cd, to'lurnish him with certificate that he
was 50 registered, and to note the fact in the
registration books Of the precinct. Ip de-
fault,of the certificate, the affidavit of the yo.
ter must set forth the District and precinct
in which ho was originally registered, and the
length of timo he has resided in tho country
in which he desires to vote. Tn doubtful cases
the Registrars or Managers of Elections shall
require such additional evidence as nav be
necessary to satisfy them that the applicant is
legally entitled to vote. Blank forms for the
certificates and for tho olidayits herein re-