The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
Gen. Butler Pushing the Fight
Against the Elections.
Columbia State: Nov. q.

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The Supreme Court is asked to en-
Join the State officials from paying
out any money to supervisors of
registration on account of the lille.
gality of the laws regulating elec'
tions in the State.
As the proceedings are very liable
to form the Introductory chapter to
an interesting fight the petition for
the injunction setting forth all the
grounds is given:
TIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
In the Supreme Court
Matthew G. Butler, Complainant, Pc
titioner, VS.. William H. Ellerbe,
Comptroller General of the State
of South Carolina. aud William T.
G. Bates, Treasurer of the State
of South Carolina, Defendants
To the Supreme Court of the State of
South Carolina:
The petition and complaint of Mat.
thew G. Butler respectfully shows
this court:
/. That he is a citizen and res
ident taxpayer of the County of
Edgefeld, State aforesaid, possessing
all the qualifications and laboring
under none of the disquaii6cations.
provided in the Constitution and
laws of this State for the electors
and oficeholders thereof, and that
this action is brought on behalf of
himself and other citizens and resi-
! dent taxpayers Of said State, in the
like plight and condition as himself
as to qualifications and disqualifca-
tions, too numerous to be made
parties to this action, and of other
citizens and resident taxpayers Of
said State, possessing the same con-
stitutional qualifications as himself,
and laboring under no Disqualified
tions. save those imposed by the
acts of Assembly hereinafter men,
toned, alleged hereinafter to have
been enacted in violation Of the said
Constitution.
2. That William 81. Ellerbe and
William T. c.. Bates are now and
! have been for some time past, the
former the Comptroller General and
the latter the Treasurer of the State
of South Carolina
3 That on the 9th day of Febru-
ary, A. d. 1882, there was enacted
by the General Assembly of this
State and approved by the Governor
thereof All act entitled, can act to
amend title II (entitled) of elections"
of part entitled "of the internation-
al administration of the government
| of the General Statutes which has
been Incorporated into the General
Statutes of South Carolina, 1882, and
the revised statutes of South Caro-
lima approved by the General Assem-
blysof 1893. That section 2 of said
act is in these words: cali electors
of the State Shall be registered as
hereinafter provided ; and no person
shall be allowed TO vote at any elec-
ton hereafter to he held unless regis
tered as herein required" the cor
responding section of the General
Statutes of 1882 is section 80 and
the corresponding section of the re-
vised statutes of 1893 is section l32
| and that section 5 of said act pro-
| vides (as does also the correspond
ing section SO of the General
Statutes of 1922 that in the months
of May and June, 1893, the super
| visors of registration should make a
full and complete registration of all
qualified voters in the manner therein
prescribed
4. That section 6 of said act pro.
vides Gas does the corresponding
section 94 of the General Statutes of
1922, "When the said registration
shall have been completed the books
shall be closed, and not reopened for
registration except for the purposes
and as hereinafter mentioned, until
after the next general election for
State officers. After the next gene.
raj election the said books shall be
reopened for registration of such
persons as shall thereafter become
entitled to register, on the first Mon
day in each month, until the first
Monday Of July, inclusive, preceding
the following general election, upon
which last named day the same shall
be closed and not reopened for
registration until after the said gen.
eral election and ever after the said
books shall be open for registration
Of such electors, on the days above
mentioned, until the first day of July
preceding a general election, when
the same shall be closed as aforesaid,
until the general election shall have
taken place. -
5. That section 9 of said act pro-
vides (as does corresponding section
\ ".