Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-11-04
Managers
Of
State Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEF1ELD County.

tdere will be an election held at
the several voting precincts of
Edgefeld County on Tuesday the
Ord day of November next, for the
following State and County Off
GERS, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, State Treasu-
rer, Adjutant and Inspector Gener-
al, Comptroller General, Attorney
General, State Superintendent of
Education, and one Railroad Com
missioner.
State Senator, Circuit Solicitor,
three Representatives, Sheriff,
Clerk of Court, Coroner, County
Supervisor, and County Superin-
tendent of Education.
The polls will open at Z o'clock
a. M, and cl ose at 4 O'Clock p. M,
All dispensaries must be closed at
6 o'clock p. n, of the 2nd, and
kept clio 'ed until 6 O'Clock a. NJ, of
the 4th day of November. Provi-
sions have been made for the pay
men. of mileage and per diem of
the managers and clerks of cleo
lion. The managers named below
are appointed to conduct the cleo
ton, and they are notified to meet
at the Court House on Friday
Both October between the hours of
10 Il. m, and II m, to qualify,
recaive the ballot boxes, etc.
At the close Of the election the
managers shsll Immediately pro-
ceed 10 publicly count the ballots.
Within three days thereafter the
Chairman of the Board of Manag-
ers, or one Of them, to be designa-
ted in writing by the Board, shall
deliver to the Commissioners Of
Election the poll list, the boxes
containing the ballots, and Il writ
ten statemcnU Of the result of the
elcction at his precinct.
The Managers Of Election shall
require OF every elector offering 10
vote at such election, before allow
ing him to vote, in addition to the
production of his registration GER
ti6cate, proof of the payment of
poll tax six months before said
election of any poll tax then due
and payable.
The managers shall administer
to the person offering to vote, an
oath that he is qualified to vote at
said election according to the con
stitution of the Slate, and that he
has not already voted in said elec-
ton.
The following provisions of the
election laws of South Carolina
are quoted and published for the
information of the electors and the
instruction of the Managers:
SECTION S. Each box shall be
provided with a sufficient lock and
Shall be publicly opened AID in
inspected to show that it is empty
and secure and locked just before
the opening of the poll. The key
shall be returned to ting Managers.
and the shall! not be openod during
the election. Each box shall be
labelled in plain and distinct Ro-
man letters with the office or Off
cers voted for, and the Manaaers,
on the demaud of the voter. shall
be required to read to him the
names on the boxes. At each pre-
cinct space or enclosure, such as
the Managers of Election shall
deem fit and sufficient, shall be
rallied off or otherwise provided
with an opening at one end or side
for the entrance of the voter, and
an opening at the other for his ex,
il, as a voting place in which tc
hold the election for the State, Cir.
cult, County and Offices. And the
ballot box shall be so located as tc
be IN view of persone outside oi
the polling place during the time
of voting" The Federal and State
Managers respectively shall also
place several boxes at sufficient
distance from each other as in
their judgment may be necessary.
"SEc. 8, At the general election
for the year 1896, and all special
elections thereafter held up to the
first of January, A. D. 1896, the
Managers of Election shall require
of every elector offering to vote at
such election, before allowing him
to cote, in addition to the produc-
ton of a registration certificate,
proof of the payment of poll tax
six months before said election OF
and poll tax then due and payable.
:. :. :. :. The production of GER
tifcate orof the receipt of the Of
fcer authorized to collect such
taxes shall be conclusive proof of
the paymeut thereof"
In Section sit is proved: "And
in case all of the Managers shall,
fail to attend at the time and place
appointed for holding such poll, or
shall refuse or lai! to act, or in
case no Manager has been appoint.
ed for such poll, it shall be lTwful
for the vorers present at the vo-
ting precinct place OH that day to
appoint from among the qualified
voters of such precinct the Man-
ayers to act as Managers in The
place and stead of the absent Man-
ayers, and any one of the Manag-
ers So appointed shall administer
the oath TO the other Managers ;