The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-10

placed in suoh box, 6haII be inserted by.
thai pereon voting, and by no other; aach
box shall be provided with o snfipient
look, and shall be locked before the open
ing OF the poll. and the keys retained by
opened during the election. Such boxes
shall be labelled as follows: Congress,
State, Circuit. and County officers.
SEQ. IA, Each CLERK OF the poll shall
keep poll list, which shall contain one
column headed '.Names of Voters;" and
the name Of each elector voting shall be
entered by the Clerk in such column.
SEQ 16. At the close Of the election,
and within three days after the day
thereof, the Chairman of the Board of
Managers, or pne of them, who may be
designated by the Board, shall deliver to
the Com mmissioners of Elections the poll
list, and boxes containing the ballots. rs
OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTIONS AS.
CANvAssERs, AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS.
Sec. 16. The Commissioners of Elec-
tioDs shall meet at the County seat, as
provided in the last preceding Section,
and shall proceed to organize, and ehall
form the. County Board of Canvaesers.
Sec IT.. They shall meet in some con-
venient place at the County seat, on the
Tuesday next following.the election, be-
fore one o'clock in the afternoon of that
day. They may appoint some competent
person rs Secretary. The Chairman
shall then proceed to administer the con-
stitutional oath to each member of the
Board, as Canvassers; and shall admi-
mister the constitutional oath to the
Secretary, and the Secretary shall nd.
minister to the Chairman the same oath
that he shall have administered to the
other members of the Bonrd.
SEC. 18. They shall then proceed to
count the votes Of the County, aud shall
make such statements thereof rs the M.
ture of the election shall require, within
ten days of the time of their first meet
ing as a Board of County Canvassers,
and shall transmit to the Board of State
Canvassers any protest and all papers re-.
lating to the election.
SEQ. 10. Duplicate statements shall be
made and filed in tho Office of the Clerk
Of the County; and if there be no such
Clerk, duly qualified, according to law,
then in the Office of the Secretary of
State.
SEC. 20. They shall make separate
given in such County for Representa-
tives in Congress; and separate state.
ments of all other votes given for other
officers. Such statements shall contain
the names of the persons for whom such
votes were given, and the number of
votes given for each, which shall be
written out in words at full length.
Sec. 81. There shall be prepared by
the Commissioners three separate lists of
each statement, besides the lists to be
fled in the Office of the County Clerk or
Secretary of State, and each list shall be
certified to as correct by the signatures
of the Commissioners subscribed to such
certificate.
SEC. %. After the final adjournment
of the Board of County Cnnvassers, and
within the time prescribed in Section
II, of this Act, tie Chairman of the
Board shall deposit in the nearest post
Office, directed to the Governor, Secre-
tary of State. and Comptroller General,
the full postage paid.) each, ono of the
certified copies of the statement and
certificate of votes, prepared as provided
in the last preceding Section.
OF THE FORMATION AND PROCEEDINGS OF
THE BOARD oE STATE CANvAssERs.
Sec %. The Secretary of State shall
appoint meeting of State Canvassers.
to be held ut his Office, or some conve-
Dient place. on or before the tenth day
of November next after such general
election, for the purpose of canvassing
the votes of all officers voted for at such
election.
SEC "a. The Secretary of State,
Comptroller General. Attorney General,
State Auditor, State Treasurer, Adjntant
and Inspecto General and the Chairman
of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections of the House of Represent
tives, shall constitute the State Canvass
ers; four Of whom shall be sufficient
number to form Board.
Sec. 25. If majority of these officers
shall be unable, or shall fail to attend,
the President of the Senate. being mott
fled by the Secretary of State, shall at
tend without delay, and, with the officers
attending, shall form Board.
SEC 26. The Board. when thus formed,
shall, upon the certified copies of the
statements made by the Bonrd of County
Canvussers. proceed to make statement
of the whole number of votes given at
such election for the various officers, and
for each Of them voted for, distinguish
ing the several Counties in which they
were given. They shall certify such
statements IN he corraot on1 e,i,,o.;bo