The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-11
daSeFSs AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
EEGrsLaTURE-SESsI0N 1871 AND 1879.
TOFFICTAL1

ANACT 10 PROVIDE FOR GENERAL AND SPE"
C1AL ELECTIONS, AND THE MANNER OF CON-
QUOTING THE SAME.
SeShen 4. BsIt enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina. now met and sitting in General AS
sem6ly. and by the authority of the same:
That all general and special elections, held
pursuant to the Constitution of this State, shall
be regulated and conducted according to the
:, ,rulesS princinles, and provisions herein pre-
,scEbed.i-A ,suIa y1l'''.is-1 :,
Sec. 2. The Commissioners of Election shall
pfSSSide. one box for each election precinct. An
opening shall be made in the lid of the box,
not larger than shall be sufficient for single
ballot to bes inserted therein at one time,
through. which each ballet received, proper to
BE- placed ih such box, shall be inserted by the
person voting, and by no other. Each box
shall be provided with a sufficient lock, and
such boz shall be publicly opened and inspect
edeto geesthatit:is empty and secure, and then
eloEkef Just before the opening OF the poll, and
the kefsretnrned to the Managers, and shall
not be- opened during the election, Each box
ssor such precinct shall be labelled as follows ::
,..C6pgress, State" Circuit" and County
Sec. 3. At the close of the election, the
MXnarersI and Clerk shall Immediately pro-
ceed, publicly, to open the. ballot box and
count ths ballots therein, and continue such
eouat without adjournment or interruption un-
til the Same IS completed and make such state
-naehtlof the result thereof, and sign the same,
-as tie nature Of the election shall require. Ii,
in counting, two or more like ballots shall be
found folded together compactly, only one
shall counted, and the Others destroyed ;
but if they bear different names, the same
shall be'deshoyed, and not counted. If more
ballots shall be found, on opening the box,
than there are names on the poll list, all the
ballots shall be returned to the box and thor
-oaghiy mixed together, snd one of the Mana
GETS, or the Clerk, shall, without seeing the
ballots. draw therefom and Immediately de-
stroy as many ballots as there are in excess OF
the number of names or the poll list; within
three days; thereafter, che Chairman of the
Board Of Managers, or one of them, to be de-
dignatedin writing by the Board, shall deliver
to?the Commissioners of Election the poll Hist,
the boxes containing the ballots, and written
statement of the result Of the election in his
precinct.
Sec. 4. After the. final adjournment of the
Board of County Canvasses, and within the
time prescribed in this Act, the Chairman of
said Board shall forward, addressed to the
Governor and Secretary of State, by messen-
ger, the returns, poll list, and all papers apper-
tanning to the election. The said messenger to
be.p$ia his actual expenses upon certificate
to Be furnished him by the Secretary of State.
Said certificate shall be paid out of the funds
provided for the payment of Commissioners
and Managers of. Election.
li;Sec. s. An Acts or parts of Acts in any way
conflicting with this Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved March II, 1872.
AIN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE WIDOWS AND
eoioRPHANs OF PERSONS KILLED BECAUSE OF
THEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS.
Section l. Be II enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same:
'fSec.I2,s Where the writ of habeas corpus has
Been suspended by the President of the United
States, there shall be levied and collected, at
th8 sdme, time and in the same manner that
ethsr4axeS are collected, Especial tax Of one,
half (3) million the dollar, of the assessed
every of said counties, the proceeds of which
tax shall be paid into the County Treasury in
saif counties, respectively and shall constitute
a'pension fund for the support of the INDECENT
Nfdows and orphans of chose persons who have
beea killed in said counties because of their
political opinions: Provided, That if in any
county ssid levy of or,e-half ~ mill on the
doifaf shall be more than sufficient for the sup
port Of the widows and orphans aforesaid ip
said, county, then said excess shall be applied
to the school fund, to be disbursed according to
Law. i'''s
tSec. 8. That each of such destitute or in
digeut widows or orphans, on satisfactory proof
tA4qsUt less. than. two disinterested witnesses)
furnished to the County Treasurer of his or
hercopnty, shall receive an allowance or pen
sion of the amount as follows, to wit: For each
widow, ten dollars per month; for each orphan
child under the age of fifteen years, six dollars
per month, payable on the first day of each
and every month by the County Treasurer,
such allowance to be continued during the
widoIShdod Df:snch widow, or to such orphan
child until he or she shall attain the age of
fifteen years. The County Treasurers of said
counties shall report to the next General AS
sembly0 detailed statement as to how far the
provisions of this Act have been carried into
execution.
-A1Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect from the
date of fBTPassage.n flii2
Approved March 13, 1872.
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ANiAcT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED GAN ACT
rio PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS"
Section i. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and setting in General AS
sembly and by the authority Of the same:
That section of said Act be so amended as
to read "'That the bridges be repaired under
thesupervision of the County Commissioners.
and that the expenses of the same be paid out
of any moueysiin the County Treasury, and
that all the work on said bridges given out by
thsGSunty Commissioners, when the amount
shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars,
shall be done by contract; and the Commits
sioners, are hereby required to advertise the
same in at least one of the papers of the coun-
ty; that said proposal shall, in all cases, be
accompanied by two or more sufficient securi-
ties7r and the County Commissioners shall have
tbe1Tight to reject any or all bids, if in their
judgment, the interests Of the county so re-
aiire.o' o'
sec. 3 That the sections of said Act relating