Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
Managers
Of
Federal Election.

AN ELECTION WILL BE
HELD ON Tuesday, the 5rd day of
November, 1896, at the legally es-
tablished polling precincts in
Edgef.ld county, for Reprcsen-
tative of the I'd Congressional Dis
trict of South Carolina, in the 55th
Congress of the United States and
Presidential Electors.
The polls will be opened at Z
o'clock a. m. and kept open with
out intermission or adjournment
until 4 o'clock p. m.
At the close of the election the
Managers shall Immediately pro-
ceed to 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 writ
ten statement of the result of the
election at his precinct.
The Managers of Election shall
require of every elector offering to
vote at such election, before allow
ing him to vote, i'll addition to the
production of his registration GER
tifcate, proof of the payment of
poll tax six months before said
election of any poll tax then duo
and payable.
The Managers shall administer
to each person offering to vote, an
oath that he is qualified to vote at
said election, a ;cording to the con-
stitution of the State, and thai 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 lstruction of the Managers:
"SEcTIoN s. Each box shall be
provided with q sufficient lock and
shall be publicly opened and in
spected to chow that it is empty
and secure and locxed just before
the opening of the poll. The key
shall be returned to the Managers,
and the box shall not be opened
durtng the election. Each box
shall be labeled in plain and dis
tinct Roman letters with the office
or officers voted for, and the Man
ayers, on the demand of the voter,
shall be required to read 70 him
the names on the boxes. At each
precinct 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-
1T, as a voting place in which to
hold the election for the, State,
Circuit, County and Federal Offices.
And the ballot box shall be SO To-
c5ted as to be in view of persons
outside of the polling place du-
ring the time of voting The
Federal and State Managers res
pectively shall also place their
several boxes at sufficient dis
tance from each other as i'll their
Judgment may be necessary.
.SEc. 9. AT thu general election
for the year 1896, and all-rspecial
elections thereafter held up to the
first of January, A. D. 1898, the
Managers of Election shall require
of every elector offering to vote at
such election, before allowing him
to vote, in addition to the produc-
tion of registration certificate,
proof of the payment uf poll tax
six months before said election of
any poll tax then due and payable.
;. :. :. The production of certifi-
cafe or of the receipt of the officer
authorized to collect such taxes
shall be conclusive proof of the
payment thereof"
In Section 5 it is provided:
"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 fail to act,
orin case no Manager has been
appointed for such poll, it shall
be lawful for the voters present at
tie voting precinct place on that
day to appoint from among the
qualified voters of such precinct
the Managers to act as Managers
liz the place and stead of the ab-
sent Managers, and any che of the
Managers so appointed shall ad-
minister the oath to the other
Managers; Provided, That in case
the legally appointed Managers
attend in a reasonable time, they
shall take charge of and conduct
the election"
The following named persons
have been appointed to manage
said Election by the Board of Com
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