The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-20
The CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION The
following is an extract from al Act of
Congress, passed at it's last session:


following is an extract from al Act of
Congress. passed at it's last session.:
''That whenever, in any County or
Parish, in any Congressional District,
there shall be ten citizens thereof Of
good standing who. prior to any regis
tration of voters for M election for Rep
resentative in Congress-, or prior to my
election ut which Representative in
Congress is to be voted for, shall make
known, In writing, to the Judge of the
Circuit Court of the United States for
the District wherein such County or
Parish is situate, their desire to hnve
said registration or election both
guarded and scrutinized. it shall he the
duty of the said Judge uf the Circuit
Court, within not less than ten days
prior to said registration Or election, AN
the case may be, to open the said conrt
at the most convenient point in said
District; aud the said court, when so
opened by said Judge, shall proceed to
appoint and com mission, from day to
day, and from time to time, and under
the hand of tho said Judge, and under
the seal Of said court, for such election
district or voting precinct in said Con
gressional District, as shnll, in the man
ner herein prescribed, lavo been ap-
piled for, and to revoke, change, or re-
new said appointment from tim" to
time, two citizens. residents Of said
election district or voting precinct in
said County or Parish, who shall bo of
different political parties, and able to
read and write the English language, and
who shall be known aud designated "a
supervisors of election; aud tho said
10 n1 1,u Il T,,,1
required herein, shall, therefrom and
thereafter and up to and including the
day following the dny of the election, be
always open for the transaction of busi-
ness under :his Act; aud the powers and
jurisdiction hereby granted and con-
ferred shall be exercised rs we'll in va
cntion as in term time; and q Judge, sit
ting at chumbers. shall have the same
powers and jurisdiction, including the
power of keeping order and punishing
any contempt Of his authority, rs when
sitting in the court: Prorided, That no
compensation shall be allowed to the
supervisors herein authorized to be ap-
pointed, except those appointed in cities
or towns of twenty thousand or more
inhabitants. And no person shall be
appointed under this Act as supervisor
OF election who is not at the time of his
appointment qualified voter of the
County, Parish, election district, or
voting precinct for which he is appoint
ed. And no person shall be appointed
deputy marshal under the Act of which
this Is amendutory, who is not q quail
fed voter at the time of his appoint
ment, in the County, Parish, District,
or precinct in which his duties aru to be
performed. And section thirteen of the
Act of which this is an amendment shall
Do construed to authorize aud require
| the Circuit Courts of the United States in
| said section mentioned to name and ap.
point, as soon as may be after the
passage of this Act the commissioners
provided for i'll snid section, in all cases
III which such appointments havo not
already been made in conformity there
with. And the third section of the Act
to which this in oil amendment shall be
taken and construed to authorize each
of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of the
United States to designate ono or more
Of the Judges of the District Courts
within his circuit to discharge the duties
| arising under this Act or the Act to
which this is an amendment. And tho
words any person in section four Of tho
Act OF May thirty-frst. eighteen hun
dred aud seventy. shall be held to in
clude any officer or other person having
powors or duties Of an official character
under this Act or the Act to which this
is an amendment: Proriled That no.
thing in this section shall be SO con
strued as to authorize the appointment
of any marshals or deputy marshals in
addition to those heretofore authorized
by law: And prouitlel. further, That the
supervisors herein provided for shall
have no power or authority to make
arrests or to perform other duties than
to be in the Immediate presence of the
officers holding the election, and to wit
ness all their proceedings, including the
counting OF the votes and the making
of return thereof And SO much Of
said sum herein appropriated rs may be
necessary for said supplemental and
amendatory provisions, il hereby appro-
priated from aud after the passage of
this Act"
TIE BAN;, OF CnARLEsroN. hand.
some luncheon WAS served Mt the offices
of the Bank of Charleston National