Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-26
OFFICIAL.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |

SOOlh [
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. !
TN pursuance of an act Of the General Assembly
1 approved March /, 1870, entitled can act, pro-
Yiding for the general election and the manner OF
conducting the same, amerded by an actapproved
March l2 1872 an election will be held in the sew
eral counties of this State on the THIRD WE'D
NESDAY, being the 10Th day of October, for the
following State, Legislative, County and Congress
sonal officers, to sci We for the next two and four
years, as provided by the State Constitution and
ernor, Lieutenant Govern or, Attorney General
Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Comptroller
General Superintendent of Education, Adjutant
and Inspector General members of the General
Assembly, Solicitors in the several judicial CIR
cults, and for the various county offices, together
with one member Of Congress to represent the
State at LARGE and Representatives in the respec-
tive Congressional Districts.
At the said election the following amendments
to the State Constitution will be submitted to the
voters for ratification or rejection, to wit:
1st Amendment relating 10 change OF time OF
holding general elections.
Strike out all of that portion of Section XI of
Article 2, following the words "eighteen hundred
and seventy" occurring in the fourth and NTH
thereafter and the first Tuesday following the
first Monday in November, in every second year,
in such manner and at such places as the Legls-
lature may provide" The manner OF voting on
this amendment shall be as follows: Those in ia
the following words written or printed thereon,
Unconstitutional alAmcndmcnt-Yes." Those oppos-
ed to said amendment shall cast ballot with the
following words written or printed thereon, "Con-
StitUtiOndt tAmentlnent-No."
I'd. Amendment relating to the further increase
of the public debt of the State follows: "Artcle
XVI, 'To the end that the public debt OF South
Carolina may not hereafter be increased without
the due consideration, and free consent of the peo-
pie of the State, the General Assembly is hereby
forbidden to create any further debt or obligation,
either by the loan of the credit Of the State, by
guarantee, endorsement or otherwise except for
the ordinary and current business of the State,
without first submitting the question as to the
creation ofany such new debt, guarantee, endorse
ment or loan of the credit, to the people of this
State, at general election and unless two-thrds
ofthe qualified voters Of this State voting on the
question shall be in favor of further debt, guar
antee endorsement or loan OF this credit, none
shall be created or made"
The manner of voting on this amendment shall
be as as follows
Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit
ballot with the following words written or prin-
ted thereon: "Consthutionat amendment, Article
XVEYes."
Those opposed to the amendment shall cast
ballot, with the following words writt0n or prln-
ted thereon-"C Constitutional amendment, Article
XVINo."
All bar-rootns and drinking saloons shall be
closed on the day ofelection, and any persons who
sell any Intoxicating drinks on the day of election,
shall be guilty ofa misdemeanor, and on convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for period
not less than one month, nor more than six
months. The Commissioners and Managers OF
Election, and each of them, are hereby required,
with strict regard to the provisions of the Consti-
tuition and laws of the State, touching their duty
in such case to cause such elections to be held in
their respective counties the day aforesaid, and
to take all necessary steps for the holding of such
elections, and for the ascertaining and determln,
ing the persons who shall have been duly elected
thereat, acco ding the rules, principles and pro-
visions prescribed by the Act and Amendment
thereto. aforesaid.
In pursuance whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and cau ed the great seal of the State to be
affixed, at Columbia, the 10th day of September,
A,D,, iS72, and in the ninety-seventh year or
the Independence Of the United States OF Amer
lea.
u. s ROBERT X. SCOTT,
Governor.
F. L. CARDOZO,
Secretary of State.
Sentember 1S 3S 4C