The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-08-14
STATE Of south CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CLARENDON

second Tuesday in September in the yca1
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-6ve, for the purpose Of rcv;s.
ing, amending. or changing the constitu.
ton of the State.
Every male citizen OF the United States
and of this Stale of the age of 81 years not
laboring under the disabilities named in the
constitution of the State and duly qualified
to vote nndcr the existing laws Of the
State and duly registered as now required
by law, is entitled to vote.
at such election no elector shall be en-.
titled TO vote whose name is not registered
as provided By law. and who does not pro,
duco his registration certificate at the polls
where he offers to vote.
The polls shall be open at snch places as
are Low designated and appointed by law
at eight o'clock in the forenoon of the day
of election and closed at four o'clock in the
afternoon of the same day, and shall BE-
kept open during these hours without
lntermission or adjournment, and the man.
ayers shall administer to each person offer
ing to vote an oath that he is Qualified to
vote at this election according to the con-
Stitntion and laws OF the State, and that
be has not voted during the election.
One OF the managers hereinafter ap-
pointed shall, previous to the day Of cleo
ton, procure from the commissioners CT
election the ballot box, papers aud regis
,ration book for his precinct The board
Of nanag, rs for each prccEc: shall meet
III or before the day OF election and Or
sauizc themselves into board OF man
ayers by electing one of their number
chairman aud some suitable person Us
clerk. The chairman may then administer
the oath prescribe, IN article II, section 80,
of the constitution and the oath against
due,linc to each member Of the board and
the clerk, and the clerk may in turn ad-
minister the same oaths to the chairman.
The said oaths may be administered by
any other officer authorized to administer
oaths, and shall be filed in the Office of the
clerk Of Court OF Common Pleas and Gen
erai Sessions.
The voting shall be by ballot which bal
lot shall be of plain white paper two and
a kalf inches vide by five inches long,
clear and even cut, without ornament. de-
scription, mutilation, symbol, erasure, or
mark oil any kind whatsoever except the
names of the persons voted for, which
es shall be written or printed, c-
partly written or partly printed, and if
printed, IN black ink, and such ballot shall
be folded so as to conceal the name OF
names thereon, and so folded shall b- de-
posted in box to be constructed, kept
and disposed of US hereinafter provided.
snd no ballot of any other description
found in any ballot-box shall be counted.
At each precinct q space or ipclosure,
such as the managers deem proper and
sufficient, shall be <ailed off, or otherwise
provided with an opening for the entrance
of the voter ut one end OF side, and on
opening at the other end for his exit, rs o
polling place. But one voter shall be al
lowed to enter any polling place at time.
and no one except the managers shall be
allowed to speak to the voter while 10 the
polling place casting his vote.
Each clerk of the poll shall keep poll
list, which shall contain a column headed
Names of Voters, and the name of each
clec.or voting shall be entered ID such
column.
At the close of the election the macagers
and clerk shall Immediately proceed pub
licly to open the ballot box and count the
votes therein, and continue such count,
without interruption or adjournment, until
the same is ompleted, and make statement
Of the result, and sign the same. If, in
counting, two or moro like ballots shall be
found folded together compactly, only one
shall be counted, and the others destroyed
but if they have different names, all sha.!
be destroyed and none counted. If more
ballots shall be found iu the box upon
opening it than there are names on the poll
list, all the ballots shall be returned to the
box and thoroughly mixed together, and
one of the managers OF clerk Shall, with:
out seeing the ballots, draw theretrom and
Immediately destroy as many ballots as
there are In excess Of the number OF names
on the poll list. Within three days there
after the chairman Of the board OF man
ayers, or one of them, or some othe- suit
able person, appointed as messenger in
writing, and taking the oath prescribed
for the managers, shall deliver to the com
missioners of election the poll list, the boz
containing the ballots, and a written state
ment of the result of the election in the
precinct.
Every person who, being appointed q
commissioner or manager of election, o.
clerk to either the board Of managers or oi
commissioners, shall serve without com
pensation, and who shall refuse or fail tc
act as such, without lawful excuse, or Who
acting as such. shall fnil to open poll a
the time and place required Of them by
this act, or to keep the same open as herclr
required, shall be punished by a fine no
exceeding one thousand dollars, or by i'm.
prisonment in Jail not exceeding twelve
months. or both, in the discretion OF tht
court.
PINEWOOD.
E. P. Geddings. ?. B. Hodge
J. D. Hoyle.
FORESTON.
W. T. Kelly, }. Ii. Barnes
C. T. Ridgeway.
JORDAN.
] Z Kelly, J. Elbcrt Davis
H. C. Plowden.
NEW ZION
S. G.. Turbeville, &. i Worsham
w. r. Kennedy.