Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-19
OFFICIAL.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I

Il
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
IN pursuance Of an act ofthe General Assembly
i approved March /, 1870, entitled San act, pro-
Viding for the general election and the manner OF
March H. 1872, an election will be held in tho 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
sional officers to serve for the next two and four
years, as provided by the State Constitution and
acts Of Congress of the United States, to wit: Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Secretary Of State, State Treasurer, Comptroller
General, Superintendent Of Education, Adjutant
and Ins pector 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:
lst 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 fifth
lines, and insert the following: "And forever
thereafter, and the first Tuesday following the
first Monday in November, in every second year,
in such manner and at such places as the Legis-
lature may provide" The manner of voting on
this amendment shall be as follows: Those in IA
vor of the amendment shall deposit ballot with
the following words written or printed thereon,
Constitutional Amendment Yes" Those oppos-
ed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the
following words written or printed thereon, "Con-
stitutiondI Am,e,ulnent-No."
I'd. Amendment relating to the further increase
of the public debt of the State follows "Article
XVI, ITO 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 ofthe 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 az follows
Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit
a ballot with the following words written or prin-
ted thereon, Unconstitutional amendment, Article
XVEYes."
Those opposed to the amendment shall cast a
ballot, with the following words written or prin-
ted thereon" Constitutional Amendment, Article
XTL.No."
All bar-rooms and drinking saloons shall be
closed on the day ofelection, and any persons who
sell any Intoxicating drinks on the day Of election,
ton thereof shall be fined in 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 Const-
tuition and laws of the State, touching their duty
in such case to cause such elections to be held in
their respective counties OH the day aforesaid and
to take all necessary steps for the holding of such
elections, and for the ascertaining and determin-
hall hoxya
thereat, according to the rules principles and pro-
visions 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 September,
A. D., 1872, and in the nnety-seventh year Of
the Independence of the United States of Amer
ica
IL. s. ROBERT X. SCOTT,
l~J Governor.
F. L. CARDOZO,
Secretary of Slate.
September l9 3S 4t