The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-10-19
NOTICE OF ELECTION
for
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS,
AND FOR AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Laurens.
County of Laurens.


Notice is hereby given that an elec-
tion will be held at the several pre-
cincts, established by law in Laurens
County, on Tuesday, November 8 1904,
for the following officers, to wit:
retary Of State, Attorney General, State
Treasurer, Comptroller General, SUI
perintendent OF Education, Adjutant-
and-Inspector-Gene al, One Railroad
Commissioner, County Supervisor,
County Superintendent Of Education,
Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Coroner, So
licitor, aSenator, three Representatives
and two County Commissioners.
Pursuant to the Constitution of South
Carolina an election will be held at the
same time and place for amendments
to the Constitution of South Carolina,
pursuant to the terms of Joint Resolu-
tions Nos. 1888, 1884 and 1856 (Acts of
South Carolina, PIP G74, 675, and 676),
as follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 8, Of Article III OF
the State Constitution, so as to Pro
vide for Biennial Sessions of the
General Assembly.
Section 1. Be it Resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That he following
amendment to the Constitution of the
State OF South Carolina lie submitted
10 the qualified electors OF the State at
the next general election for Repre-
sentatives, and If majority Of the
electors qualified to vote for members
OF the General Assembly, voting there
on, shall vote in favor OF such amend
ment, and majority of each branch of
the General Assembly, shall after such
election and before another, ratify the
nj f1Nn inf h
Section 8, of Article III, of the Con
stitution, relating to the Legislative
Department, be amended by adding
after the word "place" In line ten OF
said Section, the words "until the end
OF the session occurring in 1906, after
which the said sessiOns shall be held at
the same time and p'a ace biennially;"
so that said section rs amended shall
read as follows:
Assembly heretofore elected, fixed by
the Constitution of the year eighteen
hundred and slxty-eight, to convene on
the fourth Tuesday OF November, In
the year of eighteen hundred and
ninety-fve, is herebS postponed, aud
the same shall be convened and held
in the city of Columbia on the secocd
Tuesday of January in the year eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-six.
The first session of the General As
sembly elected under this Constitution
shall convene in Columbia on the sec
ond Tuesday In January, In the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-seyen,
and thereafter annually at the same
time ard place until the end of the
session occurring in 1896, after which
the said sessions shall be held at the
same time and place biennially.
should the casualties of war or con.
tagious diseases render 1t unsafe to
meet at the seat of government, then
the Governor may by proclaim tion,
appoint more secure and convenient
place of meeting. Members of the
General Assembly shall not receive
any compensation for more than forty
days OF any one session: Provided,
That this Limitation shall not affect
the first four sessions of the General
Assembly under this Constitution.
Sec. 2. That the question of ad optiug
The amendment prefaced In the fore
going Section shall be submitted to the