The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-15
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For State and County Officers, and Upon
Proposed Amendment to the
State Constitution.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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COUNTY OF CLARENDON.
Notice is hereby given that the gen
eral election for State and County Off
GERS will be held at the voting precincts
prescribed by law in said County, on
Tuesday, November 4, 1902, said day
being Tuesday following the first Mon
day in November, as prescribed by law.
At the said election separate box
will be provided, at which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption Or
rejection cf an amendment to the State
Constitution as provided in the follow
ing Joint Resolutions:
\ Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section II. of Article VII. of the Con-
stitution of 1895, Relating to Coun-
ties and County Government.
SECTION l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina: That the following amend
ment to Section H., Article VII, of the
Constitution, be agreed to: add to the
end thereof the following words: that
this section shall not apply to the fol-
lowing townships in the following Conn
ties: Dunklin and Oaklawn in the Coun-
ty of Greenville: the townships of
Cokesbury, Ninety-Six and Cooper in
the County of Greenwood: Sullivan
Township in the County of Laurens;
Huiett and Pine Grove in the County
of Saluda. That the corporate exist
ence of said townships be, and the same
is hereby, destroyed and all officers un-
der said townships are abolished and
all corporate agents removed.
SEC. 9. But the question of adopting
this amendment shall be submitted at
the next general election to the elec-
tors as follows: Those in favor of the
amendment shall deposit ballot with
the following words plainly printed
or written thereon: Unconstitutional
amendment of Section Eleven of Arti-
Gle Seven of the Constitution, relating
to Counties and County Government,
Yes" Those opposed to said amend
ment shall cast ballot with the fol-
lowing words plainly printed or writ
ten thereon: Constitutional amend
ment of Section Eleven of Article VII.
of the Constitution, relating to Coun-
ties and County Government, No."
Approved the 2Sth day of February,
a. D. 1902.
SEC. I. There shall be separate and
distinct ballots and boxes at this elec-
tion for the following officers, to wit: l.
Governor and Lieutenant Governor 2
Other State officers. 8. State Senator.
4. Members of the House of Represen-
tatives. 5. County officers. On which
shall be the name or names of the
person or persons voted for as such Of
ticers, respectively, and the Office for
which they are voted"
Before the hour fixed for opening the
polls Managers and Clerks must take and
subscribe to the Constitutional oath.
The Chairman of the Board of Man
ayers can administer the oath to the
other Managers and to the Clerk: a
Notary Public must administer the oath
to the Chairman. The Managers elect
their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at
4 O'Clock p. NJ, except in the city of
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at a. m. and closed at p. M.
The Managers have the power to fill
a vacancy, and if none of the Managers
attend the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters the Man
ayers, who, after being sworn, can con-
duct the election.
At the close of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is COM
pleted, and make statement of the re-
suit for each Office and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter, the
Chairman of the Board. or some one