The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-15
NOTICE OF ELECTION

srhIE AND OUNrY OFFICERS. ANE
For AMENDMENT 10 The
CONStIiUrION
estate Seal)
State of South Carolina.
County of Lancaster
Notice is hereby gver that an election
will be held at the several precincts cstab-
liShed by law in Ian caster County on Tues.
dnv November S. 1904. for the following
officers. to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor Secre-
tary OF State. Attoney-Generai.S State Treas
urer. Comptroller-G raj, Superintendent
of Education. Adjutaut-and -Inspe tor Gen
oral One Railroad Commissioners County
Supervisor. County Superiu tendcnt of Ed
ucstiou. Sheriff clerk of Court Coroner
solicitor. and two Representatives
| Pursuant to the Constitution of South
Carolina an election Will be held ut the
same time and place for amen dments to the
Constitution of South Carolina, pursuant
to the terms Of Joint Resolutions Nos 3S3,
3Si and 3S5 (Acts of South Carolina, pp.
gu. 675 and 676). as follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 8, of Article III, of the
| state Co institution. 40 as to Provide for
Biennial Sessions of the Genera, Assem-
! bly,.
| Section |. lie il Resolved by the Gen
ernl Assembly of the State Of south Caro-
| lima, That the following amendment to the
| Constitution of the State Of South Carolina
be submitted to the qualified electors of
The State at the next ger eral election for
| Represer tatives. and if a majority of tho
| electors qualified to vote for members OF
the General Assembly, voting thereon,
| shall vote in favor of such amend.
| ment. and ma jority of each bran ch of the
| General Assembly, shall after such election
| and before another. ratifv the same amend
ment by yeas and nays, Section 9. of Ar
ticle Ill. of the Constitution. relating to the
| Legislative Department be amend b,
adding after the word "place" in line ten Of
snid 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 place bienniully;' so that said sec
tion as amended shall read as follows:
Tie annual session of the General
assembly heretofore elected. fixed
bv the Constitution of the wear
eighteen hundred and sixty. eight, to
conven. on the fourth Tuesday Of Novem-
Der, in the year of eighteen hundred ard
ninety five, is hereby postponed. and the
same shall be convened and held in the
city of Columbia on the second Tuesday of
January in the year eighteen hundred and
| ninety-six.
| The first session of the Gen eral Assembly
1
vene in Columbia on the second Tuesday
in January, in The year eighteen hundred
| and ninety seven, and thereafter Annually
| az The same time and place until the end OF
the session occurring in 1906. after which
the said sessions shall be held ut tho same
| time and place bienn nnially.
| should the casualties of war or contagi-
| Gus diseases render it unsafe to mset ut the
seat of ove,nment then the Governor n,ay
by proclamation. appoint more secure
| and convenient place of meeting. Members
OF the General Assembly shall not receive
any compensation for more than forty da, q
of an one session: Provided. That this
Limitation snail not affect the first four ses-
sions of the General Assembly undsr this
Cqnstitution.
Sec. That the question of adopting
the amendment prefaced in the foregoing
Section shall be snbmltt.d d to the electors
as follows: Those in favor of the amend
ment shall deposit ballot with the follow
ing words plainly printed or written there
on: constitutional amendment To Section
9 of Article III OF the state Constitution.
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 ii m @
and place biennially "
Thoe opposed to said amendment shall
cast ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon: Con
| stitutional amendment to Section of Arti-
Gle III of tie State Constitution adding
after the word. place in line ten of said
Section the words until the end of tho ses.
81 on occurring in 1906. after which the
said sessions shall be held at the same time
and place biennially.
Approved the 18th day of February. A.
d. 1904.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend the
| Constitution so as to Permit the General
| Assembly to Enact Local and Special
| Laws on the Subject of Laying Out.
| Opening. Altering, and Working Roads
md Highways. and as to the Age at
Which Citizens Shall be Subject to Road
or Other Public Duty.
Section l. Be it Resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State OF South Carolina,
That the following amendment to the Con
stitntion DO agreed to, and that the two
questions involved in such amendment be
submitted separately Mt the next general
election OF the electors qualified to vote for
members OF the House OF Representatives
viz: that the: shall be added to the Consti.
tuition the following additional Article, TO
be numbered properly in the consecutive
order OF its ndontion. to be designated as
| "Artlcle OF A" endments to tha Con-
st!tuticn, which she'll read as follows:
| ARTICLE of Amendments to the
| constitution"
ecfion l. The General Assembly of this
| tate may enact loca! or specia! law, con.
| coming the laying ont. opening, altering
"r working roads or highways. aud con.
terhing the providing for the age at which
huzens shall be subject to road duty. and
concerning drainage.
Sec. Q. That Subdivision II and Snbdi-
vision TX Of Section "a of Article III. of
the Constitution. are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A
d 1874
i IOINT RESlI IrEI0N prnnos;na Ia