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!. State.
Sec. 16. In case an election al
herein provided shall result in favo
of the sale of liquors and beverages
the dispensaries in each county &c
voting shall be reopened and conduct
ed under the provisions of an Act en-
titled IAN Act to declare the law in
reference to, and to regulate the man
ufacture, sale, use, consumption, pos
session, trans portation and disposition
of alcoholic liquors and beverages
within the State, and to police the
same" approved the 10th day of Feb
ruary, 1907, and Acts amendatory
thereof: Provided, That all of the pro.
visions and limitations of the said Act
not inconsistent with this Act shall
remain in full force and effect in all
of the counties of this State; Provided
further, That in counties which
shall reopen dispensaries therein, the
county dispensary board and dispen-
sers in office on June 80, 1909, shall
continue to discharge their several du-
ties as if such dispensary or dispensa-
ries had not been closed. That in the
counties which have heretofore voted
upon the question of dispensary or no
dispensary under existing or previous
laws and have no dispensary at this
time, shall have the right at any time
after the expiration of four years from
the last election on the liquor question
to hold an election upon the question
of dispensary or no dispensary as
provided in an Act entitled "An Act
to declare the law law in reference to-,
and to regulate the manufacture, sale,
use, consumption, possession, trans
portation and disposition of, alcoholic
liquors and beverages within this
State, and police to the same," approx.
ed February 16, 1907.
Sec. II. That all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent herewith be and
the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the End day of March, A.
D. 1909.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman Of the Board of
Managers can administer the oath to
the other members ahd to the Clerk;
a notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed
at 4 o'clock p M, except in the City
of Charleston where they shall be open
ed at a. m. and closed at 6 p. m.
Thep Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none of the Man
ayers attend, the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters, the
Managers, who after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerks must proceed public
ly to open the ballot boxes and count
the ballots therein, and continue with
out adjournment until the same is
completed, and make a statement of
the result for each office and sign the
same. Within three days thereafter,
the g hartman of the Board, or some
one designated by the Board, must de-
liver to the Commissioners of Election
the poll list, the boxes containing the
ballots and written statements of the
results of the election.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The following Managers of Election
have been appointed to hold the
election at the various precincts in
the said County:
Abbeville-F. w. r. Nance, w. G..
Chapman, R. o. Hunter.
Antreville- McAdams Way
man Bowen, J. n. Knox.
Willington-W. D. Morrah, S. C..
Cowan, w. II. McNair.
Due West-A. D. Kennedy, w. B.
Going, A. J. McAdams.
Donalds-G. w. Johnson, w. r..
Dunn, w. BAcker
Central-D. P. Hannah, A. ]. Nor
rison, Thomas Nickles.
Mccormick Jack Edmonds, Thos.
Deason, T. ]. Sibert.
Keowee-Robt. Pruitt, J. Will Ash
ley, Burt Ferguson.
Mt. Carmel-Tom Knox, w. w.
Black, John Morrah.
Lowndesville-J. H. Bell, j. T. Bas-
Kin, Joseph Gilbert.
Magnolia-H. w. Lawson, 81. 81.
Hester, r. o. Bell.
Clatworthy x Roads-John Brown,
J. H. Link, Jos. Link.
Bryant's X Rbads-P. l.. Busby, M.
S. Ashley, A. F. Carwile.
Rock Spripgs-R. J. Jamison, M.
L. Latimer, G. L. Burts,
The Managers at each precinct NAM
ed above are requested to delegate
one of their number to secure boxes
and blanks for the election which will
be delivered at Abbeville on Satur-
day, the l4th Aug. 1909.
M. II. Wilson,
r. o. McAdams,
w. E. Morrison,
Commissioners for State and County
Elections for Abbeville, S. G.
A. F. Calvert Clerk.