Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-29

and the same shall be Immediately filed, in
each instance in the office of the clerk of the
county in which said commissioners and man.
ayers shall be appointed ; and if there be no
such clerk duly qualified by law, then in the
Office of the secretary of State.
Sec. 4. That the managers are hereby au-
thorized to appoint clerk to assist them in
whatever duties may be required of them,
who shall take the oath of Office prescribed by
section 80 of article II of the constitution be-
fore the chairman of the board of managers.
Sec. 5. That the commissioners aforesaid
and the managers aforesaid, at their first
meetings, respectively, shall proceed to organ
ize themselves as board by appointing one
of their number chairman of the board; and
such chairman, in each instance, shall be en-
Sec. 6. The polls shall be opened at such
voting places as shall be designated at six
o'clock in the forenoon and close at six o'clock
in the afternoon of the day of election, and
shall be kept open during these hours without
intermission or adjournment, and the mana
gers shall administer to each person offering
to vote an oath that they are qualified to vote
at this election, according to the constitution
of this State, and that they have not voted
during this election.
Sec. 7. Representatives in the house of rep.
resentatives of the Congress of the United
States shall be chosen at such election in the
several congressional districts by the qualified
electors therein.
Sec. g. The State constables and other
peace officers of each county are hereby re-
quired to be present during the whole time
that the polls are kept open, and until the
election is completed; and they shall prevent
all interference with the managers, and see
that there is no interruption of good order.
Ifthere should be more than one polling place
in any county, the State constable Of such
county is hereby empowered and directed to
make such assignment of the deputies and
other peace officers to such polling places as
may, in his judgment, best subserve the pur-
poses of quiet and order.
Sec. 9. All bar-rooms, saloons, and other
places for the sale of liquors by retail, shall
be closed at six o'clock of the evening prece-
ding the day of such election, and remain
closed until six o'clock in the morning of the
day thereafter, and during the time aforesaid
the sale of all Intoxicating liquors is prohibi-
ted. Any person duly convicted, before
competent court, of a violation of this section,
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and imprson-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 10. That every person who shall vote
at any general election who is not entitled to
vote, and every person who SHALL by force in
timidation, deception, fraud, bribery or un-
due influence, obtain, procure or control the
vote Of any electer to be cast for any candi-
date or measure, other than is intended or de-
sired by such elector shall be punished by
fine of not less than one hundred, nor more
than one thousand dollars, or by imprson-
ment in jail not less than three months, nor
more than twelve months, or both, within the
discretion of the court.
Sec. II. The voting shall be by ballot,
which shall contain written or printed, or
partly written and partly printed, the names
of the persons voted for, and the offices to
which persons are intended to be chosen, and
shall be so folded as to conceal the contents;
and such ballot shall be deposited in a box to
be constructed, kept and disposed of as herein
after provided.
Sec. ~. There shall be one general ticket,
on which shall be the names of the persons
voted for as representatives in Congress, and
State, circuit and county officers.
Sec. 13. The commissioners of elections
shall provide one box for each election pre-
cinct. An opening shall be made in the lid
of such box, not larger than shall be sufficient
for single ballot to be inserted therein at
one tipe through which each ballot received,
proper to be placed in such box, shall be in
serted by the person voting, and by no other.
Each box shall be provided with sufficient
lock, and shall be locked before the opening
of the poll, and the keys retained by the COM
nissoners, and shall not be opened during
the election. Such boxes shall be labelled as
follows: "Congress," "State," "crcuit' and
county officers"
Sec. Ii. Each clerk of the poll shall keep
a poll list, which shall contain one column
headed names of voters" and the name of
each elector voting shall be entered by the
clerk in such column.
Sec. Is. At the close of the election, and
within three days after the day thereof, the
chairman of the board of managers, or one of
them, who may be designated by the board,
shall deliver to the commissioners of elections
the poll list and boxes containing the ballots.
OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTIONS AS
CANvAssERs, AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS.
Sec. 16 The commissioners of elections
shall meet at the county seat, as provided in
the last preceding section, and shall proceed to
organize, and shall form the county board of
canvassers.
Sec. II. They shall meet in some convenient
place at the county seat on the Tuesday next
following the election, before one o'clock in
the afternoon Of that day. They may ap-
point some competent person as secretary.
The chairman shall then proceed to admins.
ter the constitutional oath to each member of
the board, as canvassers and shall administer
the constitutional 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.
Sec. 49, They shall then proceed to count
the votes of the county, and shall make such
statements thereof as the nature of the elec-
tion shall require within ten days of the time
of their first meeting as board of county
canvassers, and shall transmit to the board of
State canvassers any protest and all papers
relating to the election.
Sec. 10. 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.
Sec. 20. They shall make separate state
ments 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