The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-14

| CanVaSSerS anu Sllall aum1HlSteI Iuo CoAooiou
tional oath to The Secretary, and the Secretary
shall administer to the Chairman the same oath.
that he shall have administered to the other
members of the board. ad Z
SEC. 1S. They shall then proceed to count
the votes of the county, and shall make such
statements thereof as the nature of the election
shall require, within ten days of the time of
their first meeting as Board of County Can
yassers and shall transmit to the Board of State
Canvassers any protest and all papers relating
to the election. " i~-tae =
SEC. 19. Duplicate statements shall be made
and filed in the Office of the Clerk OF the coun-
| ty; and if there be no such Clerk, duly quail
fed, according TO law, then in the Office of the
Secretary of State. s,,-SZ 49, 49,, :.
Sec. 20. They shall make separate statements
of the whole number of votes given in such
county for Representatives in Congress; and
separate statements 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 Com
missioners three separate lists of each state
ment besides the lists to be filed in the Office of
the County Clerk or Secretary of State, and each
list shall be certified to as correct by the sigma
| lures of the Commissioners subscribed to such
certificate. - -'
Sec. %. After the final adjournment of the
Board of County Canvassers, and within the
tine prescribed in section IL. of this act, the
i Chairman of the board shall deposit In the
nearest post office, directed to the Governor,
Secretary Of State, and Comptroller General,
| fed copies of the statement and certificate of
votes prepared as provided in the last prece-
ding section. SO s'.
OF THE FORMATION AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF STATE cANvAssERs
SEC. %. The Secretary of State shall appoint
meeting of State Canvassers, to be held at
his Office, or some convenient place, on or be-
| fore the tenth day of November next after such
general election, for the purpose of canvassing
the votes of all officers voted for at such cleo
ton. @
Sec o. The Secretary ofstate, Comptroller
General, Attorney General, State Auditor, State
Treasurer, Adjutant and Inspector General, and
the Chairman of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections of the House of Representatives,
shall constitute the State Canvessers four of
whom shall be sufficient number to form
board. - ~ se,,9,s.. .4i.5l., ,,Eri.l 49,
Sec. 25. IF q majority of: these officers shall
be unable, or shall fail to attend, the President
of the Senate, being notified by the Secretary
of State, shall attend without delay, and, with
the officers attending, shall form board.
SEC. 26. The board, when thus formed, shall,
upon the certified copies of the statement made
by the Board of County Canvassers, 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, Distinguishing
the several counties in which they were given.
They shall certify such statements to be correct,
and subscribe the same with their proper names.
Sec. q. Upon such statements they shall
then proceed to determine and declare what
persons have been, by the greatest number of
votes, duly elected to such Offices, or either of
them; they shall have power, and it is made
their duty, to decide all cases under process or
| contest that may arise, when the power to do
so does not, by the Constitution, reside in some
other body.
Sec. .28. That in case of contest of the cleo
ton of Governor, the General Assembly, by
concurrent resolution, shall entertain the same.
The Senate and House of Representatives shall
each separately proceed to hear and determine
the facts in the case, so far as they deem neces-
sary, and decide thereon, who, according to the
10th section of article VIII of the Constitution,
is entitled to be declared elected. If the two
branches of the General Assembly come to the
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| ton, declare who is duly elected, and entitled
to enter upon and exercise the Office of Cover
nor; and such person thereupon shall, upon
| taking the oath prescribed in the Constitution,
be inducted into office. IF the two branches of
the General Assembly do not come to, the same
decision, then general election shall be called
by the Governor, to: take place In not less than
sixty, nor more than ninety days, at which the
qualified electors shall proceed to vote for
| suitable person to fill the Office of Governor
| Sec. 49, They shall make and subscribe, on
/ the proper statement, certificate of such de-
termination, and shall deliver the same to the
Secretary of State. -. u
SEC. 80. The board shall have power to ad-
journ, from day to day, for term not exceed
ing ten days. ~ ~
SEC. 81. The Secretary of State shall record
in his Office, in book, to be kept by him for
that purpose, each certified statement and de-
termination which shall be delivered to him by
the Board of State Canvassers, and every dis
sent or protest that shall have been delivered to
him by Canvasser.
Sec, so. He shall, without delay, transmit q
COPY, under the seal of his office, of such certi-
fed determination to each person thereby de-
clared to be elected, and like copy to the
| Governor.
Sec. 33. He shall cause copy of such certi-
| fed statements and determinations to be prin-
ted in one or more public newspapers of this
State.
Sec. "a. He shall prepare general certif-
cate, under the seal of the State, and attested
by him as Secretary thereof addressed to the
House of Representatives of the United States
in that Congress for which any person shall
have been chosen at such election as Represen-
tative of this State in Congress, and shall trans
mit.the same to the said House of Representa-
tives at their first meeting
Sec. S. The Secretary Seer of State Is. shall enter er
the respective county officers elected in this
State specifying the counties for which they
| were se1erally elected, and their place of resi-
dence, the ofics for which they were respective