Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-14

any county of the State, shall be filled ia tho
manner prescribed in this act. . ;,
SEC. 2. Ifthc uncxprcd term Of the last
incumbent Of the office for which tho
vacancy exists does pot exceed Que year,
tho Governor shall appoint some suitable
person to the Office, who, npon duly qualify
ing according to law, shr'l be entitled to
enter upon aud hold the office to which ho
has been appointed for such uncxpircd term
and shall be subject 10 the duties and liza
bilitics incident to the said Office during tho
term of service therein. 9
SEC 3. If the uncx pired term Of tie last
incumbent of the office for which the va-
cancy exists exceeds one year, the Governor
shall, by proclamation, order on election in
the county to fill the vacancy; such election
to be conducted in the samo manner ne gem
eral elections in this Stptc are now conducted
except as hereinafter provided.
SEC, 4. Tho Commissioners Of Election
appointed for the purpose of the previous
general election shall act at tho election,
provided for in this act, unless previously
removed by the Governor; and in case Of
the removal of any such commissioner the
Governor shall appoint commissioner to
act ia his place.
SEC. 5. When, upon an election held
under the provisions of this act, the Board
| of County Canvassors shall have made
statement OF the result of the election in
manner ns provided by law in the case Of
general elections, the said board shall, within;
three days thereafter publish tho result Of
of said election, and shall, within the samo
time, file in the Office Of tho Clerk of tho
Court of Common Pleas of the county where
the election is held, their said statement of
tho result of the election, and deposit with
The said clerk the ballot boxes containing
the ballots, the returns, poll lists aud all
papers pertaining to the election.
SEC. 6. Tho said Board of County Can
vassers shall also, within the time pro.
scribed in tho preceding section, forward q
duplicate statement of the results of said,
election, by messenger, to the Secretary of
State, whose duty it shall be, upon the
receipt of suid statement, to record the somo
10 his Office, and to issue to the person who,.
according to said statement, shall hive
received the highest number Of votes, a
certificate declaring him to have been elacted I
to the Office for which the election was held;
Prouided, That if within seven days otter
the tihe fixed by law for the transmission
of said statement to the Secretaryo of State,
the same shall not have been received, it
shall be tho duty of tho Secretary of State.
TO obtain forthwith from the Clerk of tho
Court in the county where the election was
held certified copy of tho statement iu his
Office and upon the receipt of such copy to,
proceed in like manner Us if the original
statement had been received by him
SEC. T. That all acts and parts of acts in,
conflict with this act be and the same aro
hereby repealed.
Approved, May 81, 1877.
An Act to amend an act entitled can act
to amend An act to provide for the redcmp:
ton Of forfeited land upon certain condi--
tions therein mentioned"
Bo 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of tho State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly and by the authority Of the same,
That an act entitled Gan act to amend sAu
act to provide for tho redemption of for
tclted land upon certain conditions therein
mentioned" be, and the samc is hereby,
amended by striking out in section ali
after tho word "tolows," and inserting the
following "That in ull cases where lands
shall have been forfeited to the State for
the non-payment of taxes, and tho titles
thereto be vested in the State from the 10Th
of June, 1875, the owners of the said lands
or If they be doad, their legal representa-
tivcs, heirs at law, or any judgment creditor,
mortgagee, or other person interested in
said lands, shall have the right, and they
are hereby authorized to redeem the same
on or before the first day of January, 1878.
upon the payment of all taxes, costs and
penalties due and owing upon the same; and
the County Auditors of tho several counties
where the said lands arc situated, upon tho
payment of such taxes, costs and penalties,
within tho time herein limited, shall report
the said payment to the Comptroller Gene
raj, and the property SO redeemed shaI!
therefore be dropped from, the forfeited land
record and restored to tho tax list of tho
county where tho land is situated.
! Approved May 81, 1877.
| CINCINNATI, June A special from
Noun. Carmel, Illinois, says that storm
struck that city to day, by which sixteen
men lost their lives and half million,
dollars worth of property was destroyed,
and largo plumber Of pcrsoos wounded,
several of Whom will undoubtedly dio.
The bodies of four Of the Killed woro burned
and at least twcnty.Gvo were, still missing.
Later Information says that four moro
bodies have been found Two of tho
wounded have since died The ruins of
the buildings arc burning, and threaten the
total destruction Of tho town.
CAIRo, June 4 Private tclcgrams state
that tornado struck Mount r.r,,ol I'll