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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

I'm pursuance of an act of the General
Assembly approved March l, 1870,
entitled An act, providing for the general
election and the manner rofconductingthe
same, amended by an Act approved
March. II, 1871, an election will be held
in the several counties Of this State on
the Third WEDNESDAY, 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
Unised. STATES, to wit: Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Attorney-General, Sec
retary of State, State Treasurer, Comp
troller-General, Superintendent of Edu-
cation, Adjutant and Inspector-G General,
members of the General Assembly, So
licitors in the seveIal judicial circuits,
and for the various county offices, to-
gether with one Member of Congress to
represent the State at large, and repre-
sentatives in the respective Congression-
al Districts.
At the said election the following
amendments to the State Constitution
will be submitted to the voters for rati-
fication or rejection, to wit:
1st. Amendment relating to change
of time of holding general Elections.
Strike out all of that portion of Section
XI of Article following the words
"eighteeen hundred and seventy" oc-
curing in the fourth and fifth lines, and
fifth lines, and insert the following:
"IAnd for 'ever thereafter: on the first
Tuesday following the first Monday in
November, in every second year, in such
mannerand at such places as the Leg
islature may provide" The manner of
voting on this amendment shall be as
follows: Those in favor of the amend
ment shall deposit ballot with the fol-
lowing words written or printed thereon,
Unconstitutional amendment - Yes. "-1
Those opposed to said amendment shall
cast a ballot with the following words
written or printed thereon, "ConStitu-
tionaI Aneeno me ,t-No."
%. Amendment relating to the fur
ther increase OF the public debt of the
State as follows: Article XIV, ITO the
end, that the public debt Of South Caro-
lima may not hereafter be increased with
out the due consideration, and free con-
sent of the people of the State, the peo-
pie of the State, the General Assembly |
is hereby forbidden to create any fur
ther debt or obligation, either by the
loan of tho credit of the State, by guar
antee, endorsement or otherwise, except !
for the ordinary and current business of
the State, without first submitting the
question as to the creation Of any such
new debt, guarantee endorsement or
loan of the credit, to the people of this
State, at a general election: and unless
two-thirds of the qualified voters Of
this State voting on thequestion shall he |
in favor of q further debt, guarantee, J
endorsement or loan of this credit, none
shall be created or made"
The manner ofsHoting on this amend
ment shall be az follows:
Those in favor Of the amendment shall
deposit ballot with the following words
written or printed thereon, "ConStital-
tionat amendment, ATticLe XVI Yes"
Those opposed to the amendment
shall cast q baliot,> with the following
wolds written or printed thereon, Con
stitutioaal Amendment, Article XVI
No."
ALI bar-rooms and drinking saloons
shall be closed on the day Of election,
and any person who shall sell any in
toX;cating drinks on the day of electionf
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, shall be fined in
q sum not less than one hundred dollars,
or be imprisoned for q period not less
than one month, nor more than six
months.
The Commissioners or Managers of
Election, and each of them, are hereby
required, with strict regard to the pro-
visions OF. the Constitution and laws of
the State, touching their duty in such
case to cause such elections to be held
in their respective counties on the day
aforesaid, and to take all necessary steps
for the holding of such electionon, and
for the ascertaining and determining
the persons who shall have been duly
elected thereat, according to the rules,
principles and provisions prescribed by
the Act and Amendment thereto, afore-
said.
In witness 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 ninety-seventh year of the
Independence Of the United States Of
America.
~ Governor.
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