The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-14
HoYT & CO., Proprietors.
s-a'a - ACTS :,
Passed by the Legislature Of South Carolina.


An ArT PROVIDING FOR TIL: GENERAL ELEc-
T1oNs. AND THE MANNER OF CONDUCTING
THE SAME. ,.r,....a.
Section 1. Be II enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina now met and sittine, in General As
semBly and by the authority of the same, That
the general elections in this State shall be held,
pursuant to the Constitution thereof, on the
third Wednesday in October, eighteen hundred
and seventy, and forever thereafter, on the same
day in every second year, and shall be regula-
ted and conducted according to the rules, prin-
ciples, and provisions herein prescribed:
SEC. 2 Every male citizen of the United
States, of the age of twenty-one years and up
wards, not laboring under the disabilities nam
ed In the Constitution, without distinction OF
race, or color, or former condition, who shall
have been resident of the State for one year,
and In the county 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 allowed to vote.
SEC. 3. That for the purpose of carrying on
such election It shall be the duty of the Cover
nor, and he is hereby authorized and empower
ed at least sixty days prior to any such election,
to appoint in and for each county three Com
fnissioners of Election, whose duty it shall be,
and they are hereby, authorized and empower
ed to appoint three Managers of Elections for
each election precinct of the county for which
they shall respectively be appointed The said
Commissioners of Elections, and said Managers
Of Elections shall take and subscribe, before any
officer authorized 10 administer oaths, the oath
Of Office prescribed by Section 80 Of Article IL
of the Constitution, and the same shall be inn
mediately filed, in each instance, in the Office OF
of the Clerk of the County in which said Com
niiss7onefs and Managers shall be appointed {;
and if there be no such Clerk duly qualified by
Law, then in the Office of the Secretary of State.
SEC. A. That the Managers are hereby autho-
rized to appoint Clerk to assist them in WHAT
ever; duties may be required of them, who shall
take the oath of office prescribed by Section 30
of Article IL of the Constitution before the
Chairman of the Board of Managers.
SIC. 5. That the Commissioners aforesaid,
at their first meetings, respectively, shall pro-
ceed to organize themselves as Board, by ap-
pointing one of their number Chairman of the
Board and such Chairman, in each instance,
shall be empowered to administer the necessary
oaths.
SEC. 6. The polls shall be open at such voting
places rs shall be designated at six o'clock in
the forenoon, and close at six o'clock in the af-
ternoon of the day of election, and shall be
kept open during these hours without intermis-
sion or adjournment, and the Managers shall
administer to each person Offering to vote an
oath that they are qualified to vote at this elec-
tion according to the Constitution of this State,
and that they have not voted during this cleo
ton.
SEC, 2. Representatives in the House of
Representatives of the Congress of the United
States shall be chosen at such election, in the
several Congressional Districts, by the qualified
electors therein.
SEC g. The State Constables, and other peace
officers of each county, are hereby required to
be prsserit during the whole time that the polls
are keptopen, and until the election is compile
ted; and they shall prevent all interference
with the Managers, and see that there is no in
teruption of good order. If there should be
more than one polling place in any county, the
State Constable Of such county is hereby en-
! powered and directed to make such assignment
Of his deputies, and other peace officers, to such
polling places as may, in his judgment, best
srbserve the purposes of quiet and order.
:. SEC. g. ALI bar rooms, saloons, and other
places for the sale Of liquors by retail, shall be
be closed at six clock of the evening preceding
the day of such election, and remain closed un-
TILL six o'clock in the morning of the day there
after, and during the time aforesaid the sale of
all Intoxicating liquors is prohibited. ANY per.
son duly convicted, before competent court,
of g violation of this section shall be punished
by 3 fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by inn
prisonment not exceeding six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, In the discre-
ton of the court.
g SEC. 10. That every person who shall vote at
any general election who is not entitled to vote,
and every person who shall, by force ntimida-
ten, deception, fraud, bribery, or undue influ-
ence, obtain, procure, or control the vote of any
elector to be cast for any candidate or measure,
other than as intended or desired by such cleo
tc-. shall be punished by fine of not less than
one hundred, nor more than one thousand dol
lars, or by imprisonment in Jail not less than
three months, nor more than twelve months, or
both, within the discretion of the court
SEC. IL. The,voting shall be by ballot, which
shall contain written or printed, or partly writ
ten and partly printed, the names of the per
sons voted for, and the Offices to which such
persons are intended to be chosen; and shall be
so folded as to conceal the contents; and such
ballot shall be depositedin box to be construc-
ted, kept and disposed ofas hereinafter provi-
ded.
SEC. IL. There shall be one general ticket, on
which shall be the names of the persons voted
for as Representatives in Congress, and State,
circuit, and county officers.
SEC. l3 The Commissioners Of Elections
shall provide one box for each election precinct.
An opening shall be made in the lid of such
box, not larger than shall be sufficient for a
single ballot to be inserted therein ut one time,
through which each ballot received proper to
be placed in such box, shall be inserted by the
person voting, and by no other. Each box shall
be provided with sufficient lock, and shall be
locked before the opening of the poll, and the
keys retained by the Commissioners, and shall
not be opened duringthe election. Such boxes
shall be labelled as follows Congress, State,
circuit, and county officers
SEC Ia. Each Clerk of the poll shall keep q
poll list, which shall contain one column head
ed @Names of Voters" and the name of each