The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-04
THE ELECTION LAW.
SEVERAE IMPORTANT CHANG ES
MADE nv ITS MACHINERY.


MADE IN IT'S MACHINERY.
K ecp;ng the State and Federal Elec-
tons D'stinct--A Now Canvassing
Board Changes in the Time for
Opening the Polls.
An ACT to alter and amend the law
in relation to elections.
SEC. 1. BE It en1cted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That
each ell ection hereafter held in this
State at which there shall be voted
for members of Congress and Presi-
Dental Electors, it shall be the duty
of the proper Board of Commission
crs of Elections for each County to
provide two boxes for each election
precinct, aad two sets Of Managers
shall be appointed for each election
precincJ-one for each box. One
Of said boxes shall be labelled For
Members of Congress and Presi-
Dental Electors" and the other
estate, Circuit and County Officers, "
and they shall be kept, while the
voting is progressing, separate and
apart and not in the same apart
ment.
SEC. 2. There shall be two tickets
written OF printed OF party written
and partly printed. Ono ticket
shall contain the name Of the per
son voted for us Representative in
Congress and the number of the
Congressional District, and also the
names nf the persons voted for as
Presidential Electors, with u proper
designation ut ached to each name
as to whether he is voted for to
represent the State Mt large or u
particular Congressional District,
and shall be deposited in the box
| belled "For Members Of Congress
and Presidential Electors )" the
other ticket shall contain the names
Of the persons intended to be voted
for as State, Circuit and County
Officers, and the Offices to whicn
such persons are intended to be
chosen, and shall be deposited in
the bux labelled estate, Circuit and
County Officers.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
governor, and he is hereby author
lzed and empowered, at least sixty
days prior to any such election, to
appoint two Boards of Commission
ers Of Election, consisting of three
members each, for oacn county :;
both political parties shall be rep-
resented. One shall be appointed
and designated rs Commissioners
of Election for "Members of Con-
gress and Presidential Electors"
and the other as Commissioners of
Election for "State, Circuit and
County Officers.
SEC. 4. At the close of the elec>
tion the Managers shall count the
votes und make an original and
copy return If the result, and
wltnln three days after the day
thereof the Chairman of the Board
OF Managers, or one Of them who
may bo designated by the Board,
shall deliver to the Commissioners
Of Elections for "AIembers Of Con-
gress and Presidential Electors" the
poll list and boxes L,belled for
"Membors of Congress and Presi-
Dental Electors" with tho original
of their count containing the ballots,
and within the same time, and in
like manner shall be delivered to
the Commissioners Of Elections for
estate, Circuit and County Officers" i"
containing the ballots, with similar
o,lginal of the result of the vote.
SEC. 5. That in addition to the
Board Of State Canvassers now pro-
vided by law, it shall be the duty of
the governor, and he is hereby
authorized and empowered, at least
sixty days before any such election
rs is above mentioned, to appoint a
Board of State Canv"ssers consist.
ing Of five members, one from each
Congressional District, to be known
and designated as the Board of
State Canvassers for "Members Of
Congress and Presidential Elec-
tors" 81.
SEQ. 6. It shall be the duty Of
such Board Of State Canvassers,
upon the certified copies of the
Board of County Canvassers for
"Members of Congress and Presi-