The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-27
AN ACT

AN ACT
TO REGULATE TIE ELECTION oF MAYOR AND AL
DERMEN OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON.
SECTION l. DO At enacted by the Senate and
HOUSE or Representatives OF the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sem'i5' and by the auth Dirty of the same:
That 80 much VI act OF the Gener,l As.
sembly entitled "An Act to INCORPORATE cbarlea-
ton, and the acts amendatory Thereon, or in
any way relating thereto, as determines the
time, and regulates the manner, OF electiue
tho mayor and aldermen Of tha Gitv of Charles.
ton be, and tho Same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. z. Inc election for mayor and aldermen
of the City of Charleston shall be held on the
Grss Wednesday in October, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three, and forever thereafter on
the same day in every secoud year.
Sec. 8. For the purposes o: conducting such
election, il shall be the duty of the Governor,
at least thirty days prior to sach election, to
appoint five persons who shall constitute q
board of commissioners of elections for the
city Of Charleston. The commissioners Of
elections shall appoint three managers Of cleo.
tions for each polling place.
SEQ. 4. The commissioners and managers
shall take and subscribe the oath Of Office pre-.
scribed by the constitution, (sectlon 80. article
fling the same in the Office Of the clerk OF the
county. At their first meetings, respectively,
the commissioners aud managers aforesaid
shall select ono of their number chairman.
The commissioners and managers are hereby
empowered to administer all necessary oaths.
Sec. 5. The commissioners and each board
Of managers are hereby authoriz ed to appoint
clerk to assist them in whatever duties may
be required of them; such clerks to qualify by
taking the oath OF Office prescribed by the
constitution.
SEC. 6. The polls shall be opened at such
voting place or places in each ward ds may be
designated by the commissioners, at five
o'clock in the morning, and close at six o'clock
in the afternoon, Of the day Of election, and
shall be kept open without intermission or adj
jolrnment, and the managers shall administer
to each person offering to vote an oath that
they are residents Of the City OF Charleston,
and are duly qualified 10 vote according to the
constitution of the State, and that they have
not voted at my other polling place during
this election. The name OF each person voting
shall be entered by the clerk on the poll list.
SEQ. T. The voting shall be by ballot, written
or printed, or partly written aud partly printed,
such ballots to be either written or printed on
plain white paper, without any emblem OF
figure on either side, or any printing or writ
ing oil any description on the back, by which
the contents of the ballot may be discovered.
SEQ. g. Immediately upon the closing Of the
polls, and before leaving the same, the manag
ers shall at once proceed to count publicly the
| votes and make return Of the result thereof
to the commissioners Of election. They shall
at the same time, deliver to the commissioners
tho poll list, ballot boxes and ballots. As soor
as the returns from all the polling places are
received, the commissioners shall meet in the
CITY Hall or Courthouse and proceed to can
| vass the same, and to declare what persons
| have been duly elected. They shall have The
power, and it is made their duty, to investi
gate and decide any protest or contest thai
| may arise.
SEQ. 9. The mayor and aldermen elected
under this act shall, on taking the oath Of Of
| fee prescribed in the constitution, be indtot'
ed into Office on the third Monday in Noysm.
ber succeeding their election, and shall I'M
mediately enter upon the discharge OF their
duties.
SEQ. 10. The managers Of elections anc
clerks shall receive tor their services the sum
OF three dollars per day, for the time actually
employed. The commissioners shall approve
all bills, and shall receive four dollars per day
for their services. All the expenses OF the
election, including pay Of commissioners
managers and clerks, shall be paid by the Cit!
Of Charleston.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty OF the commits
sioners Of election, and they are hereby IN
vested with all the necessary powers, to keeE
| the peace during the whole time that the pons
are kept open, and until the election is com
pleted, and to prevent all interference VIII
the managers or electors. All peace ofacer'
present at or near the polls shall carry ou
their instructions.
SEC. H. All statutes providing against lille
gal voting, or the bribery and intimidation
voters, and for the closing Of bar rooms ane
drinking saloons, not inconsistent with tni
act. are continued in full force, so as 10 app!
to apv election held under this act. All ac's
or parts Of acts inconsistent with OF supp'ie'
by this acl are hereby repealed.
Approved February &c. A. D. 1915