The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30

collector is to furnish the managers at
each box a list thus made up and those
who are entitled to vote shall be those
whose names appear on this list, ana VINO
are not in default for taxes as stated.
Ii is provided, however, that any person
who may exhibit receipts to the managers
al the polls showing the amounts opposite
his name on the list to have been fully
satisfied may be emitted to vote. The tax
collector is 10 receive cents name TOT
making out this list in addition to the
expense of printing, stationery, etc lt IS
made the duty of clerk of Council OF Sd
vannah TO locate the position OF the palot
boxes of the respective militia districts
a the court house and make all other
arrangements for the election, the ex-
penses to be paid out of the city treasury
The managers of the election are 10 De
appointed five days before by the JudSe
of the Superior Court, the judge OF the
City Court and the Ordinary, four TOT
each of the First, Third and Fourth MI
ita districts the districts to be DIVIDED
as nearly as possible 10 halves, and two
managers to preside at each box. Each
manager must be worth $1,000 in property
recorded in office at least six months
prior to his appointment, and whenever
there is a contest for Office both parties
or factions are to have equal representa-
ton at the boxes. In the Second militia
district there is to be only one box with
two managers. Each manager is to ap-
point one clerk to be paid 50 day out
of the city treasury and TO take an oath
before the Judge of the Superior Court.
The managers themselves will be paid $3.50
a day out of the city treasury. The cleo
ton shall be held at the court house,
voters casting their ballots in the boxes
assigned to their districts or divisions
where they reside, and not elsewhere.
Beginning in 1899 the elections for May
or and aldermen are to take place on the
fourth Tuesday in January, the polls to
be kept open from O'Clock in the morn
ing to 6 In the evening the managers to
take an oath before the judge of the Su-
perior Court not to allow more than two
representatives of any contending faction
to be present during the counting of the
ballots.
Immediately after the count of the votes
duplicate returns are to be made out one
for the clerk of the Superior Court and
one for the clerk of the City Court TO be
delivered by noon the day following the
election. The managers are TO publicly an
nounce the result at each box and the
Clerk of Council is to publicly announce
the consolidated result. The successful can
didates are to go into office on the Monday
following their election, If there is no
contest over the result the papers are to
be destroyed thirty days after the election.
It is provided that on election day the
police force is TO be under the direction of
the Mayor, and any policeman unlawfully
interfering with a voter is to be made
guilty of a misdemeanor. 1t is also made
misdemeanOr for any manager to at
tempt to use his position in the interest of
any candidate, likewise any person at
tempting to vote Illegally is guilty under
the same section. No one is to be allowed
closer than fifty feet to the voting boxes
except when casting a ballot, and when
a line of voters is formed, the head of
the line is to be kept ten feet back of the
voter casting his ballot. Policemen on
duty there are not covered by the fifty
foot limit, nor persons having business in
the court house, but all persons are pro-
hibited from speaking to the managers
about the election.