The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-10
OFFICIAL.

TN pursuance of an act of the General Assem-
bly approved March l, 1870, entitled AN q
act, providing for the general election ana Gne me
manner of conducting the same, AMENDED 1H
an act approved March 10, 1872, an election Will
be heldif the several counties Of this State on
the THIRD WEDNESDAY,, being the l6th
day of October, for the following State, Leglsa-
ture County and Congressiona! ofhcers, 10 serve
for the next two years, as PROVIDED ny enS S.a.9
constitution and acts of Congress of the United
States, to wit: Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, Secretary of State, State
Treasurer, Comptroller General, Superlnten-
dent of Education, Adjutant and Inspector
General, members of the General Assembly,
Solicitors in the several judicial circuits, ana
for the various county offices, together with
one member of Congress to represent the state
at large, and Representatives in the respectlVe
Congressional Districts.
AT the saiG election the following a1nena-
ments to the State Constitution will be submit
ted to the voters for ratification or reecslon, 70
wit: o.. -
LIST. Amendment relating to change OF time OF
holding general elections.
Strike out all Of that portion of Section Al OF
Article 2, following the words eigaseent th hun and
fifth lines. and insert the fol1owing And Ior-
ever thereafter on the first Tuesday following
the first Monday in November, IN every secohu I u
year, in such manner and at such places as tne
Legislature may provide" Ihe manner e1,ns " W..
Those in favor of the amendment shall deposlt
a ballot with the following words written or
printed thereon, Unconstitutional A1aenansentT :,
Kes'' Those opposed to said amendment snail
shall cast ballot with the following words
written or printed thereon, Unconstitutional
An,c1adDlent-No."
ID. Amendment relating to the further in
crease of the public debt Of the State, as 1ol-
lows: Article XVI, 'To the end that the pub
lie debt of South Carolina may not hereafter
be increased without the due consideration,
and free consent of the people OF the State, tne
General Assembly is hereby forbidden TO Gre
ate any further debt or obligation, either py the
loan of the credit Of the State, by guarantee,
endorsement or otherwise, except 1or the Or
binary and current business of the State, with
out first submitting the question as to the crea
ton of any such new debt, guarantee, endorse
ment or loan of the credit, to the people OF TINS
State, at general election; and unless two
thirds of the qualified voters OF TINS otate Vo-
ting on the question shall be in favor of fur
ther debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan OF
this credit none shall be created or made"
The manner of voting on this amendment
shall be as follows:
Those in favor of the amenclment snaI ue,
posit ballot with the following words written
Or printed thereon, Unconstitutional Ane1,dnae''t,
Article XVI.-Yes."
Those opposed to the amendment shall cast
ballot, with the following words written or
printed thereon-"C constitutional Ame''dnae1at,
article XVL-No."
All bar-rooms and drinking saloons shall be
closed on the day of election, and any person
who shall sell any intoxicating drinks on the
day of election, shall be guilty Of a misdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined IN
q sum not less than one hundred dollars, or be
imprisonedf for period not less than one month,
nor more than six months. The Commission
ers and Managers of Election, and each OF
them, are hereby required, with strict regard
to the provisions of the Constitution and laws
of the State, touching their duty in such case,
to cause such elections to be held in their re-
spective counties on the day aforesaid, and to
take all necessary steps for the holding of such
elections, and for the ascertaining and deter
mining the persons who shall have been duly
elected thereat, according to the rules, princi,
ples and provisions prescribed by the Act and
Amendment thereto, aforesaid
In pursuance whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the great seal of the State to
be affixed, at Columbia, the 10th day OF Sep
tember, A. D., 1872, and in the Ninety-sev,,
entf year of the Independence of-tfe United
States of America.
~ pa' ROBERT X. SCOTT,
LIS. .o, Governor.
F. L. CARDozo, Secretary of State.
Sept. 26, 1872 II .