The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-04-13
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature
of South Carolina.

An act Providing for the General
Elections, and the Manner Of
Conducting the Same.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representa-
tivcs Of the State Of South Carroll
na, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same, That the general elec-
tions in this State shall be held,
pursuant to the Constitution
thereof, on the third Wednesday
sn October, eighteen hundred and
seventy, and forever thereafter, on
tho same day in every second year,
and shall be regulated and con-
Quoted according to the rules,
principles, and provisions herein
prescribed.
SEC 2. Every male citizen of
the United States, of the age OF
swentg-one years and upwards,
not laboring under the disabilities
named in the Constitution, without
distraction of race, or color, or
fermec condition, who shall have
been a resident Of the State for
one year, and in the county in
which he offers to vote for sixty
days next preceding any general
election, shall be entitled to vote
Provided, That no person while
kept in any aims house or asylum'
or of unsound mind, or confined
in any public prison, shall be al
lowed to vote.
SEC. 3. That for the purpose OF
carrying on such election 1t shall
DO the duty Of the Governor, and
he is hereby authorized and en-
powered, at least sixty days prior
to any such election, to appoint IN
and for each county three Com
missioncrs Of Election, whose duty
it shall be, and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to ap
point three Managers Of Elections
for each election precinct Of the
county for which they shall re
spcctivcly be appointed. The
said Commissioners Of Elections
and said Managers Of Election:
shall take and subscribe, before
any officer authorized 10 admins
ter oaths, the oath Of Office pre-
scribed by Section 30 of Article l.
of the Constitution, and the same
shall be Immediately filed, in eacf
Instance, in the Office Of the Clerl
Of the County in which said Com
missioners and Managers shall b.
appointed and if there be no sucl
Clerk duly qualified by law, thel
in the Office Of the Secretary o
State.
SEC t. That the Managers ar
hereby authorized to appoint
Clerk to assist them in whateve
duties may be required of them
who shall take the oath Of offie
prescribed by Section 80 Of Articl
III of the Constitution before tn
Chairman of the Board Of Mana
gers.
Sec. 5. That tac Commissioner
aforesaid, and the Managers atore
said, at their first meetings, re
spectlvely, shall proceed to organ
ize themselves as a Board, by az
pointing one of their numbe
Chairman of the Board; and sue
Chairman, in each instance, sha
be empowered to administer tn
necessary oaths.
SEC. 6. The polls shall be ope
at such voting places as shall b
designated at six o'clock in tn
forenoon, and close at six o'cloc
in the afternoon of the day Of ele'
tion, and shall be kept open durin
these hours without intermissio
or adjournment, and the Manager
shall administer to each perso
offering to vote an oath that the
are qualified to vote at this ele
ton, according to the ConstitutIo
of this State, and that they ha7
not voted during this election.
SEC. I. Representatives in tt
House of Representatives Of th
Congress Of the United State
shall be chosen at such election
in the several Congressional Di
:ricts, by the qualified eleeto1
therein.