Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-06

sional district within the limits of which said
voter may reside.
Bill to amend the Election law in the follow
ing particulars:
Section /. That Section 81, Title II, Part l,
of the General Statutes, entitled "Of elec-
tions," be and the same is hereby amended so
that the officers named therein, by clerical
error, us assistant supervisor of elections shall
be known as assistant supervisors of registra-
ton, and the persons heretofore appointed as
such supervisors shall be the assistant super
visOrs of registration, and any act or acts here
tOfOre done by them under the said section, as
such supervisors, shallbe and the same are here
by declared valid and effectual, as if the said
persons had been named and appointed as su-
pervisors of registration, and that the clerical
error i'll said section requiring them to sit with
the supervisor of election be corrected by SUBJ
stituting the word ''RegiStration" for the word
"Election.'
Sec. 2 That any persons interfering with or
obstructing any supervisor of registration, or
his assistant, in the discharge of his duty shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars, nor more than one thou
sand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than
six months nor more than two years.
Sec g. That Section 121 be and the same is
hereby amended by adding thereto as follows:
''All county boards of canvassers, whether for
State or Federal elections, shall have the pow
er, and it is made their duty as judicial Off
GERS to decide all cases under protest or con-
test that may arise, subject to appeal to the
board of State canvassers, who shall also sit
and act in all such matters as judicial officers"
Sec. 4. That Section 1873 be amended in line
two, by striking out the word ''ten," and in
serting in lieu therof the word ''fifteen," so
that the section as amended shall read: "The
board shall have power to adjourn from day
to day for term not exceeding fifteen days"
Sec. ). That Section 50 be amended by adj
ding thereto the following: "Whenever new
polling precinct is established by law it shall
be the duty of the supervisor OF registration
to transfer from the books of registration the
names of all qualified voters registered at
other precincts as should, under this Act, reg
lister and vote at the new precincts established,
and who may request such transfer; and he
shall make such changes as may be necessary
in the certificates of registration issued to
such voters, and such voters shall, therefore,
vote only at such precincts to which they have
been thus transferred.
Sec q. 1t shall not be lawful for the mana
gers to count any ballot upon which there
shall appear the name of any office or the
name of any person, in connection with any
Office, other than the Office for which said box
is provided.
SEC. 7. That the action of the Governor in
appointing supervisor of registration for the
county of Berkeley be confirmed, and that the
said supervisor be paid the same compensation
as the supervisors of counties other than
| Charleston.
Joint resolution relating to the formation
of new counties, proposing a constitutional
amendment in relation to the formation of new
counties, which provides that new counties
shall not consist Of less than four hundred
square miles in area, or contain less than the
one twenty-fourth population Of the whole
State.
| Bill to amend the election precinct bill by
inserting therein various precincts, accident
ally omitted in original bill. This amendment
affects only Charleston and Berkeley counties.
| Bill to correct typographical error in the
| Code
Bill to regulate the licensing of physicians,
extending the time in which they may register
their names with the Clerk of the Court until
January 1st, 1888, and requiring all practicing
physicians in the several counties to register
their names as provided, by that date.
| Joint resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment relative to the time Of holding
elections.
The above includes all the work Of impor-
tance perfected by the special session. So soon
as we can procure them, we will publish the
different Acts and Joint Resolutions.
The legislative appropriation bill appropri-
ates SIS, ,524 40 to meet the actual and necessa-
ry expenses of the special session.