The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-09
THE LAWS OF THE STATE.
RECENT WORK OF THE SOUTH CARO-
LIMA LEGISLATURE.


LIMA LEGISLATURE.
The Act to Protect Primary Elections and
Political Conventions.
Among the important Acts passed at
the recent session of the General Assem-
bly was the following law to protect
primary elections and political conven-
tions:
An Act to protect Primary Elections
aud Conventions Of political parties
and to punish frauds committed there
at.
Section I. That every political pri-
mary election held by any political
party, organization or association for
the purpose Of choosing candidates for
office, or the election Of delegates to
conventions, shall be presided over and
conducted in the manner prescribed by
the rules OF the political party, organize
ton CT association holding such pri-
mary election by managers selected IN
tne maDner prescribed by such rules.
Such managers shall before entering
apon the discharge OF their duties each
take and subscribe an oath thst he will
fairly, impartially and honestly conduct
the same according to the provisions OF
this Act and the rules Of such ps rty,
organization or association. Should one
or more of the managers appointed to
hold such election fail to appear on the
DAY of election the remaining manager
or managers shall appoint others In their
stead and administer to them the oath
herein prescribed. The managers shall
take the oath herein prescribed before q
notary public or other officer authorized
to administer oaths; bat if no such
officer can be conveniently had, the
managers may administer the oath to
each other. Such o sths shall, after being
subscribed by the managers, be filed IN
the office OF the Clerk OF Court for the
county in which such election shall be
held within five days after such eie,tion.
Section 2. Before any ballots are re-
ceived at such election, and Immediately
before opening the polls, such managers
shall open eacn baliot-boX to be used IN
such election, and exhibit the same pub
icly, to show that there are no ballots
in such box. They shall then close
and lock or seal up such box, except the
opening to receive the ballots, and shall
not AGAIN open the same until the close
OF the election. They shall keep g poll
list with the name Of each voter voting
In such election, and shall before re-
ceiving any ballot administer TO the
voter an oath that ne is duly qualified to
vote according to the rules Of the party,
and that he has not voted before in such
election; and at the close Of tae elsctlon
they shall proceed publicly to count the
votes and declare the result; they shall
certify the result OF such election, ana
transmit such certificate, with the poll
list, ballots, and ali other papers relating
to such election, within the time prescri-
bed and 10 the person or persons de-
signeted by the rules Of the PARTY organ
ization or association holding such cleo
ton.
Sections. Every such primary election
shall be held at the time and place, and
under the regulations prescribed by the
rules Of the party, organization or asso-
citation holding the same, and the returns
shall be made and the result declared as
prescribed by such rules, butthe returns
OF the manager, with the poll lists, shall be
filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court
for the county in which such election is
held within five days after the final dec
laration OF tie result thereof, ard shall
remain there for public inspectian.
Section 4. Any manager who shall be
guilty of wilfully violating any Of the
duties de7olved upon such position here
under shall be guilty OF misdemsanor,
and upon conviction thereof sIall be
fined in a sum not to exceed five hundred
dollars or imprisonment for term not
to exceed twelve months, or both, IN the
discretion OF the Court.
Section 5. Any voter who shall swear
falsely III taking the prescribed oath, or
shall personate another person and take
the oath in his ,:ame, in order TO vote,
shall be guilty Of perjury, and be pun
ished upon conviction as for perjury.
The Law ON Corporations:
The following anendatory Act to tie
general corporations law, passed by the
Legislature, will be OF especial interest
to the legal profession and to capitalists.
An Act to amend Sections 5, S, II and
81 of an Act entitled 'An ct to pro-
vide for the formation of certain corp
orations under General LlTs," ap-
proved the 23d day CT December, a.
D. 1856.
Section l. That Section 5 OF an Act
entitled can Act TO provide for the for
nation OF certain corporations under
general laws" approved the 23d day OF
December, a. u. 1886, be, and the same
is hereby, amended by adding thereto
the following proviso, to-wit: provided,
that in case Of building and lean assocl-
ations where, by the terms Of the oecla-
ration, the capital stock is to be paid in
instalments, the certificate herein provl-
ded for may be issued when SO per cent.
of the first instalment of such capital
stock shall have been paid il and the
provisions Of this Act in other respects
complied with; and the certificate so
issued may make such provision fof the
winding up of such corporation as is en-
bodied il such declaration, so that said
section as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
"Section 5. Upon the completion OF
the organization of tie company ana the
payment to the treasurer of the company,
or some officer designated for that
purpose, in cash of at least 20 per cent.
Of tie capital subscribed and payable IN