The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-10-17
PREPARING FOR ELECTION.
Instructions to Be Sent Out By Sec
reta1y of State When Those Ap-
nointed Have Qualified.

election. Unless the appointment of
commissioners is hurried there may
be some entanglements in some Of
the counties.
Over half of the counties have not
reported the names Of the commits
sioners and. all of the commissioners
appointed have not qualified. This
! is a very intricate machinery and
the secretary of state is embarrassed
somewhat to know what to do when
the commissioners named do not
qualify promptly.
The commissioners have the SUI
pervision Of the expenditure Of funds.
The last appropriation act has this
item:
'tFor commissioners, managers and
messengers of elections, twenty-five
thousand dollars, if so much be neces-
sary; for advertising notices Of cleo
ton, thirty-five hundred dollars, if so
much be necessary; Provided, That
all notices of elections published in
the newspapers throughout the State
shall be printed unleaded and not in
larger type than brewer. and no more
shall be charged or paid for any
notice than one dollar for seventy
five words for the first insertion; and
fifty cents per seventy-fve words for
the second or subsequent insertion,
and the secretary of state shall pro-
vide the form of notice for printing
blanks, etc., for the general election,
five hundred and fifty dollars: Pro-
vided, That the cost Of rtabuiating
the vote for the board Of State can
vassers fon the general election shall
cost not exceeding fifty dollars
In his instructions to commission
ers Mr.. McCown says in part:
Commissioners appointed to con-
duct the election are requested i'm
mediately upon receipt OF blanks fer
the election to carefully examine all
forms provided, and in the event of
error or deficiency, notify the secre-
tary of state in time to correct
same.
Separate statements Cn addition
to the regular statements and re-
turns) must be made by county
board of canvassers Of the votes cast
for governor and lieutenant governor.
This return should be securely sealed
and delivered to the secretary Of state
for transmission to. the general as
sembly, by whom the result of this
election is declared.
Where the name Of officers not
voted for in your county at this elec-.
ton appear in the forms provided for
certificates, returns or other blanks,
run pen through them. Use ink il.
filing out all blanks
provision must be made for
separate box and return for the con-
stitutional amendment submitted at
this election.
Especial attention is called to the
requirement that county board Of
canvassers make four separate re-
turns Of all elections, including the
election upon the adoption of amend
ment to the State constitution.
lone return should be fled i'm
mediately the election is declared
with the clerk of court, one return
should be mailed to the governor,
one to the secretary Of state, and the
remaining copy should be sent by
special messenger to the secretary of
state with all poll lists, precinct re-
turns, accounts, etc. In these returns
the votes received by each candidate
should be written out in words at full
l ngth Thus: ten (10).'
commissioners must advertise the
election in one or more newspaper
in their county in not exceeding three
issues of each newspaper, in the form
prescribed by the secretary of state.
Accounts for advertising are paid
by the comptroller general at the
rate of not exceeding one dollar per
Is words for the first and SO cents
per Is words for each subsequent in
sertion. in each Of said newspapers.
The type used must not be larger
than solid BREWER and no leads must
be used. Accounts for advertising
must be approved by the comn:s-
sioners of election or majority of
them, and can be collected by the
messenger who brings returns to Co
lumbia, if he has proper authority to
do so, and accounts are in proper
form.
..The accounts of the managers
and clerks, and commissioners OF