The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
sides" The corresponding section
of revised statutes of1893 is 40.

OF T6NlSSu STATUTES vi AO0o 10 LEV.
6. That section 10 of said act pro
vides that eacl, elector registered
shall be furnished with certificate
by the supervisor and that no person
shall be allowed to vote at any other
precinct than the one for which he is
registered nor unless he produces and
exhibits to the managers of election
such certificate. The corresponding
section of the General Statutes of
1882 is 90, and of the Revised Stat
utes of 1893 is 142
I That section l2 Of said act is :
"In' case of the removal of an elector
from one residence to another in the
same precinct, such elector shall
notify the supervisor of registration
and shall surrender his certificate of
registration to the said supervisor of
registration, who shall enter the fact
upon the registration book and shall
give such elector a new certificate in
accordance with such change of resi-
dence." The corresponding section
of General Statutes of 1882 is 100, of
of Revised Statutes of 1898 is l46.
And that section Is Of said act is !:
"No elector moving from one resi-
dence, precinct. ward or county, to
another, shall be allowed to register
or vote without transfer of registra-
ton as above provided. The cores
ponding section of General Statutes
of 1882 is section l03, of Revised
| Statutes is section 149.
9. That the aforesaid provision and
sections of said act and section l6
thereof, and divers others of said act
are in violation of section 81 and 33 of
article l, aud Of sections 2, 3, I and
8 of article of the Constitution OF
this State and of section 2 of article !
and section | of article II, and of
divers other sections of the Constitu,
tion of the United States Of America,
and are such essential and main fea.
lures of said act, 80 interviewer into
it's letter and spirit as to make said
act not reasonable, uniform and
impartial regulation of the elective
franchise, but denial and abridge-
ment of the constitutional right of the
citizens to vote, an impediment, hind
rance and obstruction of the exercise
of that right, and 80 utterly subver-
sive of the constitutional provisions
in regard to elections by the people
as to render the entire act unconstitu.
tional. null and void.
10. That by an act of the General
Assembly of this State, approved De-
cember %, 1883, entitled can act to
make appropriations to meet the ordi-
nary expenses of the State govern
ment, for the fiscal year commencing
November l, 1898, there was appro-
priated by the 9th subdivision of sec.
ton 9 thereof for the salaries of the
supervisors of registration, seven
thousand and fifty dollars; that is to
say-to pay the supervisor Of regis
tration for each county in the State,
except Charleston County the sum OF
two hundred dollars for the services
to be rendered during the fiscal year
commencing November 1, 1898 and
to the supervisor of registration. for
Charleston County the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars for services
to be rendered during the same pc.
Rod, saiG amount to be paid on e.half
on the first day of June, 1894, and
the remaining onebalf on the first
day of November, 1894, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and there was appro.
pria:ed by the 18th subdivision OF
said section 9 of said act ''for the
pay of messengers of election twelve
hundred dollars" and by the 21st SUBJ
division of said section "for the pay
of commissioners and managers of
elections fifteen thousand dollars to
pay for advertising notices of elec-
ton. two thousand dollars, and your
petitioner AYERS on information and
belief that portions of said approprla'
tons are still in the treasury undrawn
and unpaid, as is also portion OF a
previous appropriation for payment
of supervisors of registration that by
reason Of the premises these appropri.
ations are made for compensation tor
the performance of illegal and uncon- :,
stitutional services, and are ultra
wires on the part of the General
Assembly, and illegal, unconstltu,
tional, null aud void, and it is illegal
and violat:ve of the said Constitution
for the Comptroller General OF the
State to draw his warrants upon the
State Treasurer for payment OF said
appropriations. or for the said Treas
urer to pay them
II. That Notwithstanding the
premises, the said William d:
IEllerbe. Comptroller General of said