The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-08-18

OF September, 1856. The ballot box
es. with the votes cast ii snch second
primary election, and al other papers
and matter required by section II Of
these regulations to be deposited
therein, shall be delivered by one OF
the Managers, securely locked, togeth-
er with the key thereof, to the chair
man of The Eexecutive Committee, OF
Thursday the 10th day Of September
1856 and the County Executive Com
nittee shal! meet OF Friday the 18th
day OF September 1886 for the purpose
Of canvassing and aggresatins the re-
turns OF such second primary election
ana declaring the result thereof. The
said second primary election shall be
held, managed and the returns there
Of be made, under the same regull-
tions as the first primary election, and
the result of said second primary
election shall be declared by the Exec
utivc Committee as in the first elect
ion.
II. At such second primary election,
only the two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for each separ-
ate Office at the former election shall be
voted for. All votes for other parties
shall be considered as scattering and
not be counted, and the persons re-
ceiving the highest rumber of votes
at the second primary election, lnclu-
ding those if any who shall have been
nominated in the first primary cleo
ton, shall be the nominees of the
Democratic party. Provided that in
cases where there are more than one
person to be elected for the same Of
fee the Executive Committee shal!
select according to the number of
votes previously received twice as
many persons as there are official po-
sitions to fill.
Is. No person shall be eligible to
election at the primary election who
shall not pledge himself to abide the
result of the election, which pledge
shall be IN writing, stating what Office
the person so pledging is condidate
for and be filed fifteen days before the
first said primary election with the
chairman OF the Executive Commit
tee, who shall publish in such man
ner, as he may deem best adapted to
give it notoriety, a list Of those who
shall have filed such pledges as afore-
said.
l6. Il shall be the duty of the
County Executive Committee to hear
and determine all appeals or protests,
as the case may be, in contested prl-
mary election cases, and in all con-
tested cases, notice of appeal or
protest must be fled with the
Chairman of said Committee on the
same day on which the result Of any
election held under these regulations
shall be published or declared, and
the said Committee shall within
three days after the day on which
such result shall have been published
OF declared, meet at Manning afore-
said, and shall then and there pro
ceed to hear, determine and dispose
of all contested election cases of which
notice shall have been given as here
in required.
II. That these Rules and Regula-
tions shall be published twice IN the
county papers and printed copies
thereofshall be furnished by the Chair
man of the Executive Committee to
the Managers of Election, and to the
President of each club in due time
for use at the election herein proyid-
ed for
BY order of the Executive Commit
tee.
JAMES E. DAVIS,
Chairman.
J. S. Wilson, Sect'y & Treas.