The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-21

Court House or at some other conven-
lent place and act as Board of Re-
vision, whose duty it shall be to ex-
anime and compare the several enroll
ment books, with a view to the discov-
cry and correction of any errors or
Implications which may have occurred
in the enrolment; and during this
time the books shall be open to public
inspection. The Board of Revision
shall, during the period of its sittings,
receive and act upon applications for
enrolment, which may be made in per-
son by citizens entitled to vote in the
,, primary, but who were prevented by
absence, illness or other causes from
enrolling in their Ward during the
period heretofore prescribed.
8. Immediately upon the compile
ton of the revision of the books of
enrolment, as hereinabove provided
and prescribed the Executive Commit
tee as board of revision shall make
certificate in writing on each of
said books, showing the correctness of
the enrolment and the number of
voters enrolled in each Ward, and
shall inscribe on the line next below
the last name on each page of each
enrolment book the number Tin let
ters) of names enrolled on said page;
and the Secretary of the City Demo-
cratic Executive Committee shall then
take charge of such books.
9. The City Democratic Executive
Committee shall meet on the last Fri
day preceding the first Tuesday in
May of each city general election year
at IL o'clock noon to consider the re-
turns of the enrolment and to take
such measures as may be necessary
to perfect the arrangements for the
primary election to be held the fol-
lowing Tuesday.
10. The polls shall be opened at
some convenient and published place
in the respective Wards on the first
Tuesday in May of each city general
election year at 8 o'clock a. m. and
shall be kept open without intermis-
sion until A o'clock p. m., for the pur-
pose of nominating by a primary cleo
tion candidates for Mayor of the City
of Union, an Alderman from each
Ward respectively and Commission
er of Public Works.
II. Each candidate shall before noon
on the third Tuesday in April of every
City general election year file a
pledge with the Secretary of the Ex-
ecutive Committee to abide th> re-
suit of the Primary, and no vote for
any person who has not filed such a
pledge shall be counted.
~. The voting shall be by ballot in
one box at the polling place in each
Ward for which the candidates are be-
ing voted.
ID. The Managers shall keep a poll
list, and for this purpose shall appoint
a Clerk.
ID. The City Democratic Executive
iCommittee shall furnish tickets for
the Municipal Primary Election in
each Ward, which ticket shall be
printed and must contain the names
of all the candidates for Mayor, of all
candidates for Commissioner of Pub
lie Works, and of all the candidates
for Alderman in the respective
Wards; and the voter shall scratch or
mark out the names of all candidates
TOR each Office except the one he in
tends to vote for; and if there be
names of more than one candidate on
the ticket for any one office and more
than one name be left not scratched or
marked out, then the vote for that
particular Office shall not be counted.
10. No person shall vote whose
name does not appear on the enroll
ment book of his Ward. The man
ayers shall be the sole judges in iden-
tifying the person presenting himself
to vote as being the one whose name
appears on the enrolment book.
16. Before depositing his ballot in
the ballot box, the voter shall place
his ballot in an envelope to be fur
nished by the managers, seal the same
and deposit it in the ballot box I'm
mediately upon closing the polls, the
managers shall count the poll list,
then open the ballot box and count
the envelopes and if there be more
envelopes enclosing votes than names
on the poll list, then one of the man.
ayers or the clerk shall draw out one
envelope at time until all the sur
} plus number of envelopes over and
above the number shown by the poll
list shall have been withdrawn. The
managers shall then open the envel-
opes and count the votes. If any one
envelope Is found to contain more than