The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-06
The Election Law.
AN ACT to alter and amend the law in
relation to elections.


relation to elections.
SECTION l. Be il enacted by the Sem
ate and House of Representatives of the
State Of South Carolina, now metand sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That each cleo
ton hereafter held in this State at which
there shall be voted for members of Con-
gress and Presidential Electors, it shall
be the duty of the proper Board of Com
missioners of Elections for each county,
to provide boxes for each election pre-
cinct, and two sets of Managers shall be
appointed for each election precinct-one
for each box. On one of said boxes
shall be labelled "For Members of Con.
gress and Presidential Electors" and the
other, Estate, Circuit and County Off
GERS" and they shall be kept, while the
voting is progressing, separate and apart
and not in the same apartment.
Sec. 2. There shall be two tickets,
written or printed, or partly written and
partly printed. One ticket shall contain
the name of the person voted for as Rep.
resentative in Congressional District, and
also the names of persons voted for as
Presidential Electors, with proper des-
ignation attached to each name, as to
whether he is voted for to represent the
State at large, or e particular Congress
sional District, and shall be deposited in
the box labelled "For Members of Con-
gress and Presidential Electors" the
other ticket shall contain the names OF
the persons intended to be voted for as
State and County officers, and the offices
to which such persons are intended to be
chosen, and shall be deposited in the box
labelled estate, Circuit and County Off
GERS"
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
Governor, and he is hereby authorized
and empowered, at least sixty days prior
to any such election, to appoint two
Boards of Commissioners of Election,
consisting of three members each, for
each County; both political parties shal!
be represented. One shall be appointed
and designated as Commissioners of Elec-
ton for Members of Congress and Presi-
dental Electors" and the other as Com
missioners of Election for estate, Circuit
and County Officers"
SEC. 4. At the close of the election the
Managers shall count the votes and make
out original return and copy of the result,
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 for
"Members of Congress and Presidential
Electors" the poll lists and boxes labelled
for ~Menbers of Congress and Presiden-
tial Electors" with the original contain
ing the ballots, and within the same time,
and il like manner, shall be delivered to
the Commissioners of Elections for
estate, Circuit and County O6icers," the
poll lists and boxes labelled Estate, Cir
cult and County Officers, containing the
ballots, with a similar original OF the
result Of the vote.
Sec. 5. That in addition to the Board
Of State Csnvassers now provided by law,
it shall be the duty of the Governor, and
he is hereby authorized and empowered,
at least sixty days before any such cleo.
ton as is above mentioned, to appoint a
Board of State Canvassers, consisting OF
five members, one from each Congress
sional District, to be known and designa-
ted as the Board of State Canvassers for
"Members of Congress and Presidential
Electors"
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of such
Boari of State Canvassers, upon the GER
titled copies of the Board of County
Canvassers for members of Congress
and Presidential Electors" to make a
statement of the votes cast and declare
the election of members of Congress and
Presidential Electors, as is now or here
after may be required by law.
Sec. 7. That the polls shall be open
at eight o'clock in the forenoon and
close at five o'clock in the afternoon.
Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
Approved March %, 1878.