Year: 1877




AN Act to provide for the filling of vacan-


cies in county offices and to regulate the


holding of elections therefor.


BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Car
olina, now met aud sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the same /:


SECTION /. That all vacancies. whether
from death, resignation, disqualification or
any other cause, which now exist or shall
hereafter occur in any of the elective Offices
in any county of the State, shall be filed in
the manner prescribed in this act.
Sec. 2. 1.-THE unexpircd term of the last
incumbent of the Office for which the vacan-
cy exists does not exceed one year the Gov
/ fernor shall appoint some suitable person to
the office, who, upon, duly qualifying accor-
ding to law, shall be entitled to enter upon
and hold the Office to which has been ap-
pointed for such uncxpired term, and shall
be subject to the duties and liabilities Incl
dent to the said Office during his term of
service therein


SEC. 3. If the unexpred term of the
last incumbent of the office for which the
vacancy exists exceeds one year, the Gov
ernor shall, by proclamation, order an elec-
tlon in the country to fill the vacancy such
election to be conducted in the same man
ner as general elections in this State are
now conducted, except as hereinafter provi-
ded.


SEC. 4. The Commissioners of Election
appointed for the purpose of tn, previous
general election shall act at the election pro-
vided for in this act, unless previously re-
moved by the Governor; and in case of the
removal of any such commissioner the Gov
ernor shall appoint commissioner to act
in his place.


SEC. 5. When, upon an election held
under the provisions of this act, the Board
of County Cauvassers shall have mado
statement of the result of the election in
manner as provided by law in tho case of
general elections, the said board shall, with
in three days thereafter, publish the result
of said election, and shall, within the same
time, file in the Office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of the county where
the election is held, their said statement of
the result of the election, and deposit with
the said clerk the ballot boxes containing
The ballots, the returns, poll lists, and all pa
pers pertaining to the election
:. SEC. 6 The said Board of County Can
Il tke precedSg secfiSR WatT
statement Of the results of said election, by
messenger, to the Secretary of State, whose
duty it shall be, upon the receipt of said
statement, to record the same in his office,
and to issue to the person who, according to
said statement, shall have received the high
est number of votes, certificate declaring
him to have been elected to the Office for
which the election was held: Provided,
That if within seven days after the time fixed
by law for the transmission of said state
meut to the Secretary of State, the same
shall not have been received, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State to obtain forth
with from the Clerk of the Court in the
county where tho election was held certi-
fed copy of the statement in his office, and
upon the receipt of such copy to proceed in
like manner as if the original statement had
been received by him.


Sec. Z. That all acts and parts OF acts
in conflict with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.


Approved, May 81, 1877.