Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-28

TO reside within five miles of tho court house.
And when drawn shall attend and servo
during tho term. Aud 20 juror who has
been drawn to serve at apy term of tho
court shall bo excused, except for good and
sufficient cause, upon affidavits, which,
together with his application, shall be filed
in the Office Of tho cIcrk Of tho court, pud
romain on record. And no jurors shall be-
summoned from among tho bystandors other
than in tho manner herein proscribed; aud
oil acts aud parts Of acts providing for the
summoning of jurors from the bystanders
arc hereby repealed.
SEC. B. That whenever, during any year,
in any county Of the State, the list of jurors
prepared shall be ndjudgcd illegal or irregu.
lar, tho judge Of the Circuit Court inand for
said county, forthwith to prepare proper
lists Of jurors after tho manner prescribed
by law, aud thcrcfrom to draw such grand
aud petit jurors necessary for such year,
who shall be drawn, summoned and returned,
in the manner prescribed by law, and slall
scrve in like manner ns if such lsts had
been prepared during tho month of January
in such year and tho said jurors drawn
thcrofrom at the time now required by law
SEC. 4. Thut when the jury lists arc
prepared by the jury commissioners for
each year, they shall plaoo in separate
apartment in the jury box the names of Que
hundred persons qualified by law to servo
Us jurors who reside within five miles of tho
| courthouse, from whish shall be drawn tho
juiors to supply the deficiencies provided
for in the second section of this aot: Pro
vidcd, that in tho County of Richland, tho
number Of names to be placed ia tho sepa-
| rnt n n nj INN nj horofoforo pr,vsJoA eb, ,l
be two hundred, and in tho County Of
| Charleston three hundred.
| SEC. S. That all acts and parts of acts in
onsistcnt with this act DO, and the Same arc
hereby, repealed.
/ Be IL 'csolce1, by tho Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by tho authority of the
An Act to provide for tho filling Of vacan.
| Gios in county Offices and to regulate the
| holding Of elections therefor.
| Section |. That all vacancies, whether
from death. resignation, disqualification or
any other cause. which now exist or shall
hcreafter occur 10 any of tho elective Offices
in any county Of tho State, shall be filled in
tho manner prescribed in this nct.
Sec. If the uncxprcd term Of the last
incumbent Of tho oAic6 fhr which the vacancy
exists does not exceed one year tho Cover II
shall appoint some suitable person 10 20
Office who. upon, duly qualifying according
to law, shall be entitled to enter upou and
hold tho Office to which he has been appointed
Tor such uncxpred torn, and shall bo subject
to tho duties and liabilities incident to tho
said oilico during his term Of service therein.
| SEC. 3. If the unox prod term Of the last
incumbent of tho Office for which the vacancy
exists exceeds ono year, the Governor shall,
| by proclamation, order an election in the
county to fill tho vacancy; such election to DO
| conducted in tho same manner as general
elections in this State arc now conducted,
I except as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 4. The Commissioners Of Election
| appointed foe tho purpose of the previous
general election provided for in this net,
unless previously removed by tho Governor;
and in case of tho removal Of any such COM
missioner tho Governor shall appoint COM
missioner to net in his place. q"
SEC. S, Whom, upon an election held under
tho provisions Of this net, tho Board Of County
Canvasscrs shall have made q statement of
the result Of tho election in manner as pro.
yided by law in the case of general elections.
the said board shall, within three days there's
after, publish tho result of said election, and
shal within tho snmo time. file in tho Office
Of tho Olork Of the Court of Common Pleas
sad statement Of the result of tho election.
and deposit with tho said clerk tho bnllotboxes
containing the ballots, tho returns, poll lists,
and oil p4pers pertaining to tho election.
SEC. =. The said board of County Canvas-
sors shall also within tho timo prescribed in
tho preceding section, forward q duplicate
statement of tho results Of said election, by
messenger, to tho Secretary of State, whose
duty it shal be, upon tho receipt Of said
statement, to- record tho Sumo in his Office
and to issue to tho person &ho. according to
said statement, shall hayo received tho highest
number of voteR, q certificate declaring him
to have been elected to tho Office for which
tho election was holds IropidcH That If
within seven days nftor the tin,o fixed by law
for tho transmission Of snid statement to tho
Secretary Of State. tho same shall not have
been received it shall DO the duty of tho Sec
rotary of State to obtain forthwith from the
Clork of tho Court in the county whero tho
election was hold II certified copy of the stato-
mcnt in his Office. and upon the receipt of
such copy to proceed in like manner as If
tho original statement had been received by
him. W.
SEC. 7. That oil acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act be, and the same
is hereby, repealed.
Approved May 81, 1877.
An Act to amend section Is of chnptcr 80 Of
tho General Statutes rotating to tho power
in scliool districts to lcvy and collect special
taxes for school purposes.
SECTION |. BE IL enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by tho authority of tho same