The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08

Inc chairman may then administer
the oath prescribed In Article III, Sec
tion 30, Of the Constitution, and the
oath against duelling, to each member
of the board and the clerk, and the
clerk may in time administer the
same oaths to the chairman. The
same oatht may be administered by
any other officer authorized to admin
lister oaths, and shall be filed in the
Office OF the Clerk OF Court of Com
mon Pleas and General Sessions, and
IL there be no such duly qualified
clerk in any county, then in the Office
OF the Secretary OF State.
Sec. III. The polls shall be open at
such places as are now designated and
appointed by law at o'clock in the
forenoon of the day of election and
closed at 6 o'clok in the afternoon of
the same day, and shall be kept open
during these hours without intermis-
sion or adjournment, aud the mana
gers shall administer to each person
Offering to vote an oath that he Is
qualified to vote at this election ac-
cording to the Constitution and laws
of the State, and that he has not voted
during the election.
Sec. IL. The deputy State constables
and other peace officers of each county
shall at this election act as now pro-
vided by law for general elections.
Sec. 13. The voting shall be by bal
lot, which shall be Of plain white pa
per, two and half inches wide by five
inches long, clear and even cut with
out ornament, description, mutilation.
symbol, or mark of any kind whatso-
ever except the names of the persons
voted for, which names shall be writ
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partly printed, and If printed, in
black ink, and such ballot shall be
folded so as to conceal the name or
names thereon, and so folded shall be
deposited in box, to be constructed,
kept and disposed of as hereinafter
provided, and no ballot of any other
description found in any ballot box
shall be counted.
Sec. IA. An opening shall he made
In the lid of each election box large
enough for @ single ballot to be insort-
ed at one time, through which open
ing each ballot proper to be receieved
shall be inserted by tho person voting,
and no other. Each box shall be pro-
vided with IA sufficient lock and key,
and shall be publicly opened and in
spected to show that it is empty and
secure, and locked before tho opening
Of the poll and the key returned to the
manager OF election, and said box shall
not be opened during the hours for
voting. At each precinct Il space or
inclosure such as the managers deem
proper and sufficient, shall be rallied
og, or otherwise provided with an en-
trance Of the voter at one end or side
and an opening at the other for his
exit, as q polling place. But one voter
I'm
place at q time and no one except the
managers shall be allowed to speak to
the voter while in tho polling place
casting his vote.
Sec. 10. Each clerk of the poll shall
keep a poll list, which shall contain
a column headed Names OF Voters >
and the name of each elector voting
shall be entered in such column.
Sec. l6. AT ihe close of the election
the managers and clerk shall imme-
diately proceed publicly to open the
ballot-bOx and count the votes therein,
and continue such count, without in
terruptiOn or adjournment, until the
same is completed, and make state
ment of the result and sing the same.
If in counting, two or moae like bal
lots shall be found folded together
compactly, only one shall be counted,
and the others destroyed, but if they
have different names, all shall be de-
stroycd and none counted. If moro
ballots shall be found in the box upon
opening it than there are names on the
poll list, all he ballots shall be return
ed to the box thoroughly mixed to-
gether, and one Of the managers or
clerk shall, without seeing the ballots,
draw therefrom and immediately de-
-
excess of the number Of names on the
poll list. Within three days thereaf-
ter the chairman of the board OF man
ayers or one of them, or some other
suitable person, appointed as messen-
ger in writing and taking the oath
prescribed for the managers, shall de-
liver to the commissioners of election
tho poll list, the box containing the
ballots and q written statement of the
result OF the election in the precinct
Sec. II. The commissioners Of cleo
tion shall meet at the county seat on
the Tuesday next following the cleo
tiou before l o'clock in the afternoon
OF that day and shall proceed to orga-
nize as the county board of canvassers.
They shall organize by electing one of
their number as chairman. They may
appoint some competent person to act
as secretary. The chaii man shall
then administer the constitutional
oath to each member of the board of
canvassers, and to the secretary, and
the secretary shall in turn administer
the same to the chairman. They shall
then proceed to canvass the votes and
make statement thereof within ten
days from the time OF their meeting as
board OF county canvassers, and shall
transmit the same to the board of
State canvassers, together with any
protests and all papers pertaining to
the election. They shall mBke dupli-
cate statements and file the same in
the Office Of the Clerk of Court of Cen
eral Sessions and Common Pleas of the
county, and If there be no such duly
tary of State. There shall be pre-
pared by the canvasrers three separ-
ate lists OF each statement besides the
list to be filed with the Clerk of
Court, and each list shall be certi-
fled as correct by the signatures
of the board Of county canvassers
subscribed to such certificate.
Upon the final adjournment OF the
board OF county canvasseLs, and within
the ten days prescribed above. the
chairman of said board shall forward
to the Governor and Secretary of State
by messenger the returns, poll list
and all papers appertaining to the
election. The said messenger to be
paid his actual expenses upon u certi.
ficate to be furnished him by the Sec
retary OF State out Of the funds pro-
vided Tor the expenses OF said conVen.
tion. No per diem mileage or other
compensation shall be paid to the com