The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-29
NOTICE or ELECTION
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS, AND
FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
Estate Seal.)

County of Lancaster.
Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held at the several precincts cstab.
lisbed by law in Lancaster County, on Tues.
day, November s. 1904, for tho following
officers, to wit:
tary OF State. Attorney General, State Treas.
urer, Comptroller-Gentral, Superintendent
OF Education, Adjutant-and -Inspector-G Gen
eral One Railroad Commissioners, County
Supervisor, County Superintendent of Ell.
ucahon, Sheriff, Clerk of Court Coroner,
Solicitor. and two Representatives.
Pursuant to the Constitution of South
Carolina an election will be held Mt the
same time and place for amendments to the
Constitution of South Carolina, pursuant
to the terms of Joint Resolutions Nos, 3S3,
384 and 3S5 (Acts of South Carolina, PIP.
s74, 675 and 676), as follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 9, of Article III, of the
State Go Institution, 80 as to Provide for
Biennial Sessions of the General Assem-
bly,.
Section l. Pe it Resolved by the Gen
eral 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 general election for
electors qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, voting thereon,
shall vote in favor of such amend.
ment. and q majority of each branch of the
General Assembly, shall after such election
and before another, ratifv the same amend
ment by yeas and nays, Section 8, of Ar
ticle Ill. of the Constitution. relating to the
Legislative Department. be amended by
adding after the word "p,ace" in line ten OF
ca,l 4, H.,
the session occurring in 1906, after which
the said sessions shall be held ut the same
time and place biennially;' so that said sec
ton as amended shall read as follows:
The annual session OF the General
Assembly heretofore elected fixed
by the Constitution of the year
eighteen hundred and sixty eight, TO
convene on the fourth Tuesday of Novem-
Der, in the year of eighteen hundred and
nlnetyfve, Is hereby postponcj, 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-3x.
The first session of tlc General Assembly
elected under THIS Constitution shall con-
Vene in Columbia on the second YucSiaN
In January, in she year eighteen hundred
and ninety seven, and thereafter annually
at the same time and place until the end of
the said sessions shall be hcll ut the same
time and place biennially.
Should the casualties OF war or coutagi-
GUS diseases render ii unsafe to meet at the
seat of government then the Governor nay,
by proclamation, appoint mo!c secure
and convenient place of meeting. Members
Of the General Assembly shall GOT receive
any compensation for moro than ipu. days
of any one session: provlltd Ehdt tuis
III ,NnA,. nj \ 4 H.
sions of the General Assembly under this
Sec. That the question of adopting
the amendment prefaced in the foregoing
Section shall be submitted to the electors
as follows: Those in favor of the amend
ment shall deposits ballot with the follow
ing words plainly printed or written there
on: Constitutional amendment to Section
Q of Article III Of the State Constitution,
adding after the word place in line ten of
aaid Section the words until the end Of the
.aid sessions shall he held at the same time
and place biennially.-Yes."
Those opposed to said amendment shall
cast ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon: "Con-
stitutio nal amendment to Section 0 of Arti-
Gle LII of the State Constitution, adding
after the word, place in line ten of said
Section the words until the end of the ses-
sion occurring in 1906, after which the
said sessions shall be held at the same time
and place biennially
Approved the 11th day of February, A.
D. 1904.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend the
Constitution 30 as to Permit the General
Assembly to Enact Local and Special
Laws on the Subje of Laying Out,
Opening, Altering, and Working Roads
and Highways. and as to the Age at
Which Citizens Shall be Subject to Road
or Other Public Duty.
Section /. Be it Resolved by the General
Assembly of the State OF South Carolina,
That the following amendment to the Con-
be agreed to, and that the two
questions involved in such amendment be
submitted separately at the next general
election of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the House OF Representatives.
VIZ: that the: o shall be added to the Consti-
tuition the following additional Article. to
be numbered properly in the consecutive
order of its adoption. to be designated as
''Artiele of Am endments to the Con-
which shall read as follows:
"Article of Amendments to the
Section 1. The General Assembly of this
State may enact local or specia! laws con-
cerning the laying out. opening, altering
Or working roads or highways. and con-
corning the providing for the age at which
citizens shall be subject to road duty. and
drainage.
SEQ. Q. That Subdivision II and Subdi-
vision TX of Section "a, of Article III, of
the Constitution, are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A.
d. 1904.
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing TO
Amend Section T. Article VIII, of the
Constitution. Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness.
Section l. BE it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Sonth Carolina,
That the following amendment to Section