The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-07-04


ing the same shall be recorded, and the time
and place of registration shall be endorsed
upon said bonds. coupons or stocks, SO that
the same bonds, coupons ar stocks may rot
be presented at more than one place for re-
gistration. 1t shall be the duty of the said
Commercial Warehouse Company of the city
of New York and the Carolina National
Bank in the city of Columbia, South Caro-
lima, to publish in tho cities of New York,
Charleston and Columbia, quarterly state
ments of the whole amount of bonds, cou-
pons and stocks registered by them, the
number, denomination and the act under
which they have been issued. The State
treasurer and the financial agent of the Suite
in the city of New York shall notpay inter
est on said stock or bends until they have
been registered according to the require
ments of this act.
Sec. II. All acts or parts Of acts contra
ry to or inconsistent with this act are, for
the purposes of this act, but for no other
purpose, hereby repealed
Approved March 13, 1872.
An Act to provide for General and Special
Elections, and the manncr of conducting
the same.
Section |. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State OF
South Carolina now met and sitting in Cen
eral Assembly, 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 ac'
cording to the rules, principles and provl-
sions herein prescribed
Sec. 9. The commissioners of elections
shall provide one box for each election pre-
sciuct. An opening shah be made in the
lid Of the box not larger than shall be suttl'
ccnt fer ticket to be inserted therein at
one time. through which each ballot rcceiv-
ed, 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 such box shall be public
ly opened and inspected, to see that it is
empty and secure, and thon locked just be-
fore the opening of the poll, and the key re-
turned to the managers, and shall not tie.
opened during the election. Each box tor
such prcscinct shall be labeled as follows:
"Cougress," State" :Circuit" and "County
6ficeIs."
Sec. 3. At the close Of the election the
managers and clerk shall Immediately pro-
coed publicly to open. the hallot:box and
count the ballots therein, and continue such
count without adjournment or interruption
until tho same is completed, and make such
statement Of the result thereof, and sign the
same, as the nature cf the ELECTION shall re-
quire. IF, in counting, two or more ballots
shall be found folded together compactly,
only one stalI lie counted and the others de-
stroycd; but if they bear different names,
the same shall be destroyed and not counted.
If mere ballots shall be found, ON opening
the box, than there arc names on the pc1l
list. all the ballots shall be returned to the
box and thoroughly mixed together, and
one of the managers or the clerk shall, with
out seeing ballots, withdraw thereirOm and
Immediately destroy as many ballots as there
are in excess of the number Of, names on the
poll lst; within three days thereafter the
chairman of the board of managers, or one
of them, to be designated in writing by the
board. shall celiver to the commissioners OF
election the poll list, the boxes containing
the ballots, and written statement OF The
result of the election in his prescinet.
Sec, t. After the Adjournment OF the
board of county canvasscrs, and within the
time prescribed in this act, the chairman OF
said board shall forward, addressed to the
Governor and Secretary of State, by mes
sengcr, the returns, poll list and all papers
appcrtaining the election. The said messen-
ger to be paid his actual expenses upon
certificate to be furnished by the Secretary,
of State; said certificate sl.aa be paid out OF
the funds provided for the payment OF coro-
ncrs and managers of elections.
Sec. 5. All acts or parts OF acts IN any
way conflicting with this act are hereby re-
pcalcd.
Approved March Il, 1872.
An Act to amend au act entitled can act to
revise. simplify and abridge the rules
nrocticcs. pleadin1s and FORMS OF the