The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-10-12
OFFICIAL
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS or
ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

0Ctuber Cd, 1870
Notice IL hereby g:Y.n 70 the voters Of
OrHn@cburg County that in pursuance Of an
act ol The Gen r,, Assembly approved March
!. 1870 vuti,lcd AN act providing for the
genera! election AN! the manner oi conduct
ImS the same. amen ci ny an act approved
March i. !S.2. AN election will be hell in
the County of Ur.ugchurg Gt The usual
iollIn- precincts mcnt.nncd below on tho
TII!iso WEDNESDAY,, bcin. the 10Th diy
Of &c ohcr, for the following State Lcg.si.,-
uvc County auu Congress iona! officers 10
serve inr Inc next two and four years, as
provided hy the state Cons tuition and acts
OF Congress Of The United State, to wit:
H"v"rio Li'uicnnut Governor, Attorney
General. Secretary of 81 ,tc. State Trcasur-
or, Comptroller General, Superintendent, OF
Education. Adutrht and Inspector ucneral,
one senator. five members q! the House Of
Ecpr' 'scrinIivcs, one Solicitor for the First
J"'icIHi Circuit. one Judge of Probate, u
sheriff, Il school Com,nisSo, cr. u Coroner,
Three GO MY commissioners n member Of
Congress for the Third Congressional Dis.
trIet, also one member of Congress from the
State al large, and ut the said elec ion the
following amendments TO the State Const.tu-
tion viii be submitted TO the voters for
ratification or vc, ce. ION, TO wit
ist. Amendment relating 10 change Of
time of holding general elections.
strike ont all OF that or,ion o. Section
NJ OF Article =. following the way,is
eighteen hundred and seventy occurring
IN the fourth and fifth lines, md insert the
o!lo"ins; And forever ihrrenf,cr, on the
h'st tuesday following the first Monday in
November, IN every second year, IN such
nianncr and ut such places rs the Legis!a-
,wre may provide The manner of voting
an flI7S l,,tI I., - 1
Those i'll favor Of he amendment sh;ll de-
post ballot with the following words writ
ten or printed thereon, ''Constiiutional
-lmcndmegi- Irs. Those opposed 10 said
amendment shall cast II Ln, OF with the fol-
loving words written or printed thereon,
"Comsttutiona! .imendIarmt-N 4
=. Amendment relating to the further in
crease Of the pW5Ic ucbt of the State, as
io.io"s: Article XVI, 40 the end that the
rubhc debt oI South Carolina may not here.
hi'cr be increased without The due consider
alton, ANA tree consent OF the people OF the
STATE, the Gcncr Il Assembly - hereby for
bridCn 10 create any ,urhcr debt or obliga-
non, either BY the loan Of tnc credit OF til.
State, 10y guarantee, endorse mcnt or other
WISE, except for the ordinary and current
busini sS OF The State. without tip>t submit
ting The question rs TO The creation OF any
such new ucbt. guarantee, endorsement or
loan of The crcUit 10 the people of tins
state, nj II general election and unless lwo-
thirds OF the qualified voters of this State
voting on the question shall be in favor OF
IL further debt, guarantee, endorsement or
loan of the credit, none shall! be Great ed or
mude"
The manner of voting this amendment
shall be as follows:
Those in favor OF : amendment shall de-
posit ballot with the following words writ
ten or printed thereon. "Cons sn.utioa Imend-
mtaf, article j Fi.-Ies."
Those opposed to the amendment shall
cast u ballot with the following words writ
ten or printed thereon, "C0asi i;iutiogal Amead.
ment. Article fVI--No."
AL bar-rooms and drinking saloons shall
he closed on tho day of election. and any
person who shall sell any intox.ca ing drinks
on tie day OF election, shall be gnlty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be fined in sum not less than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less
lhua one month, nor moro than six moutha.
Tho managers Of Election at caoh Pre-
oinct win be furnished with box which
shall be publicly opened and inspected. TO
see that il is empty and secure, and then
locked, just before The opening Of the Polls,
by two or more desinterested parties, and
the keys returned u the managers, and shall
net be opened during the Election. A, the