Riley; Waverly, at or near the fork of the Rice Creek Spring and Camden Roads; Eau Claire, Shandon; and in the city of Columbia, Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 4, and Ward 5. 131. 769. A. D. 1912. Saluda-In the County of Saluda there shall be voting Saluda. places as follows: Saluda, Fruit Hill, at Fruit Hill Post-1906, XXV, office; May's Cross Roads; Big Creek, at Big Creek Postoffice; Ellis' Store, Perry's Cross Roads, Denny's Cross Roads, Mount Willing, Holsten's Cross Roads, Ridge Spring, Wards, Richland Church, Kinard's Store, Fairview School House, Holly's, at J. N. C. Fulmer's Store; Dupont, at Geo. W. Bowers' residence, and Rushton Store. Spartanburg-In the County of Spartanburg there shall Spartanburg. be voting places as follows: Antioch, Ardella, Arrowwood, 1910, XXVI, Arlington, Arkright, Roebuck, Beaumont, Bishop, Boiling Springs, Brannon, Campton, Campobello, Cannon's Camp Ground, Cashville, Cavins, Cherokee, Clifton No. 1, Clifton No. 2, Clifton No. 3, Crescent, Cowpens, Cross Anchor, Duncan, DeYoung's Store, Enoree, Fair Forest, Fairview, Fairmount, Fingerville, Grambling, Glendale, Glenn Springs, Green Pond, Golightly, Hobbey's, Hebron, Holly Springs, at Bruce's Store; Inman, Landrum, Moore, Motlow's Creek, McKelvey's, New Prospect, Pacolet, Pacolet Mills (within five hundred yards of Company's Store), Paris, Pellam, Pauline, Popea Springs, Reidville, Rich Hill, Saxon Mills, Spartan Mills, Switzer, Swain, Spartanburg No. 1, Spartanburg No. 2, Spartanburg No. 3, Spartanburg No. 4, Spartanburg No. 5, Spartanburg No. 6, Trough, Tuca pau, Valley Falls, Victor Mills, Walnut Grove, Wellford, Whitney, Woodruff, Wood's Chapel, Berry's, at Berry's Postoffice, Mount Olive, Brooklyn, Inman Mills, Arcadia Mills, Drayton Mills, Dutchman, at Brown's Store, Cedar Springs, at School House, Mary Louise Mills and Cooly Springs, in Cherokee Township, at S. M. Lee's Store. Sumter-In the County of Sumter there shall be voting places as follows: Sumter Court House No. 1 (situated in Ward 1 of the City of Sumter), Sumter Court House No. 2 (situated in Ward 2 of the City of Sumter), Sumter Court House No. 3 (situated in Ward 3 of the City of Sumter), Sumter Court House No. 4 (situated in Ward 4 of the City of Sumter), Statesburg, Providence, Rafting Creek, Oswego, Sumter. 1906, XXV, 132. A. D. 1912. Union. 512. Mayesville, Shiloh, Concord, Privateer Station, Wedgefield and Bloomhill, in Manchester Township. Union-In the County of Union there shall be voting 1904, XXIV, places as follows: Union Court House, Cross Keys, Blackrock, Carlisle, Santuc, Adamsburg, Kelton, Jonesville. Gibbs, Coleraine, West Springs, and Lockhart Mills, to be located within five hundred yards of the factory; one at Buffalo Mills, Bogansville Township; one at Monarch Mills, Union Township, and one to be known as the "Knitting Mill," to be located at the Excelsior Knitting Mill in the town of Union. Williamsburg. 1062. 70. Williamsburg-In the County of Williamsburg there 1908, XXV. shall be voting places as follows: Trio, Earle's, Sultan, Gourdin's, Greelyville, Salter's, Kingstree, Cedar Swamp, Cades, Morrisville, Vox, McAllister's Mill, Hebron Church, Indian Town, Lake City, Muddy Creek, Scranton, Prospect Church, Poplar Hill, Taft and Bloomingdale. York. York-In the County of York there shall be voting 1909, XXVI, places as follows: Yorkville, Hickory Grove, Piedmont, at Piedmont School House, Bethany, Forest Hill Academy, Fort Hill, Rock Hill, Coates' Tavern, Ogden, at Ogden's School House, in Bethesda Township, McConnellsville, Blairsville, Bullock's Creek, at Good's Store, Bethel, Clover, Newport, Sharon, Tirzah, Smyrna, Ebenezer, Aragon Cotton Mills. Registration certificates ed; when. Sec. 227. The Supervisor of Registration for the several may be chang- Counties named in Section 226 are hereby authorized and required to exchange the registration of such electors as may apply for that purpose from other voting places to the voting places established by Section 226 wherever it shall appear to them that the elector so applying resides within a reasonable distance from the same. CHAPTER X. The Manner of Conducting Elections and Returning Votes. ARTICLE 1. The General Election. ARTICLE 2. Commissioners and Managers of Election. ARTICLE 4. Formation and proceedings of the Board of A. D. 1912. For violation of election law, see Criminal Code, § 353 to § 370. tions; when 205. Section 228. General elections for Federal, State and State elecCounty officers in this State shall be held on the first Tues- held. day following the first Monday in November, one thousand Civ. '02, § eight hundred and ninety-six, and in every second year thereafter, and at such voting places as have been or may be established by law; and all general or special elections held pursuant to the Constitution of the State shall be regulated and conducted according to the rules, principles and provisions herein prescribed. School Commissioner is a State officer, and to be elected at general election.Pettigrew v. Bell, 34 S. C., 104; 12 S. E., 1023. So is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.-William v. Ostendorff, MS. Dec., 1877; State v. Sims, 18 S. C., 463. Special elections.-Wilson v. Cox, 73 S. C., 401; 53 S. E., 613. Court will not enjoin a special election when parties have adequate remedy by contest A. D. 1912. ers Commission of tions; how 206. before Board of Canvassers and no property rights are involved.-Little Barksdale, 81 S. C., 392; 63 S. E., 308. Sec. 229. For the purpose of carrying on such election, it Flee shall be the duty of the Governor, and he is hereby authorappointed. ized and empowereed, at least thirty days prior to any such Civ. 02, election, to appoint for each County three Commissioners of Election for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, State officers. Circuit Solicitors, members of the General Assembly and County officers, and three other Commissioners of Election for Presidential Electors and members of Congress, or either of said officers, who shall continue in office until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Commissioners of Election for State and County officers shall appoint three Managers. Managers of Election for such officers; and the Commis Oaths to be taken. Managers may appoint 230. sioners of Election for members of Congress and Presidential Electors, or either of said officers, shall appoint three other Managers of Election for said officers for each polling place at each election precinct of the County for which they shall respectively be appointed, and none of said officers shall be removed from office except for incompetence or misconduct. The said Commissioners and Managers shall take and subscribe, before any officer authorized to administer oaths, the oath of office prescribed by Section 20 of Article II of the Constitution, and the oath with respect to dueling, and the same shall be immediately filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County in which said Commissioners and Managers shall be appointed, or, if there be no such Clerk, in the office of the Secretary of State. Commissioners for State and County elections proper officers to arrange for special elections under Dispensary law.-State v. Board of Canvassers, 79 S. C., 247; 60 S. E., 699. Sec. 230. The Managers may appoint a clerk to assist a clerk. them in their duties, who shall take the oath of office preCiv. 02, scribed by Section 30 of Article II of the Constitution, and the oath with regard to dueling, before the Chairman of the Board of Managers. The Commissioners and Managers at How organ- their first meetings, respectively, shall proceed to organize as a Board by appointing one of their number Chairman of the Board; and such Chairman, in each instance, is empow ered to administer oaths. ized. Sec. 231. The polls shall be opened, at such voting places A. D. 1912. Polls; when 208. s shall be designated, at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, and close opened. t 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day of election, except in Civ. '02, § he City of Charleston, where the closing hours shall be 6 'clock, and shall be kept open during those hours without ntermission or adjournment; and the Managers shall dminister to each person offering to vote an oath that he oath to be s qualified to vote at this election, according to the Consti- to voters. ution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election. Managers in receiving votes act ministerially.-State v. Bruce, 3 Brev., 271. See Elections for new Counties.-Segars v. Parrott, 54 S. C., 33; 31 S. E., 877, 865. administered State Con serve order. 209. sale of liquors Sec. 232. The Deputy State Constables and other peace officers of each County are required to be present during the stables to prewhole time that the polls are open, and until the election is Civ. '02, § completed; they shall prevent all interference with the Managers, act under their direction, and see that there is no interruption of good order. If there should be more than one voting place in any County, the State Constable is empowered and directed to make such assignment of his deputies and other peace officers to such polling places as may, in his judgment, best subserve the purposes of quiet and order. All bar rooms, saloons and other places for the sale of Places for liquors by retail shall be closed at 6 o'clock of the evening to be closed. preceding the day of such election, and remain closed until 6 o'clock in the morning of the day thereafter, during which time the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited. And in case all of the Managers shall fail to attend at the time and place appointed for holding such poll, or shall refuse or fail to act, or in case no Manager has been appointed for such poll, it shall be lawful for the voters present at the precinct voting place on that day to appoint from among the qualified voters of such precinct the Managers to act as Managers in the place and stead of the absent Managers, and any one of the Managers so appointed shall administer the oath to the other Managers: Provided, That in case the legally appointed Managers attend in a reasonable time, they shall take charge of and conduct the election. Sec. 233. The voting shall be by hallot, which ballot shall Description be of plain white paper two and a half inches wide by five of ballot. inches long, clear and even cut, without ornament, designa-Civ. '02, § |