Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-18
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
FOR STATE AND COUNTY oFTC-
ERS, AND FOR AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTIONS.

ERS. AND FOR AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION.
Estate Seal.1
STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
M Office is hereby given that an
IN election will ne held at the several
precincts established by law in York
County, on Tuesday, November 8, 1894,
for the following officers, to wit:
Governor. Lieutenant Governor, Sec
retary Of State, Attorney General,
State Treasurer, Comptroller General,
Superintendent Of Education, Adju-
tant nd-Inspector General, One Rail-
road Commissioner, County Supervis-
or, County Superintendent Of Educa-
ton. Sheriff, Clerk Of Court, Coroner,
Solicitor. senator. and four Repre-
sentatives.
Pursuant to the Constitution of South
Carolina an election viii 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. 3S3, 384 and 3S5 (Acts Of
South Carolina, pp. 674, s75. and s76).
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 the following
amendment to the Constitution Of the
State Of South Carolina be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State at
sentatives, and IL a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members
Of the General Assembly, voting there
ION, 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
same amendment by yeas and nays.
| Section 8, Of Article III, Of the Consti-
tuition, relating to the Legislative De-
partment, 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 place biennial
ly;" SO that said section 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 November In
the year Of eighteen hundred and nine
ty-flve, 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 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-seven.
and thereafter annually at the same
time and place until the end OF the
session occurring In 1905, 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 II unsafe to
meet at the seat Of government. then
the Governor may, by proclamation.
appoint a more secure and convenient
place of meeting. Members of the Gen.
eral 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. s
Sec. Q. That the question OF adopt
ing the amendment prefaced In the
foregoing Section shall be submitted to
the electors as follows!> Those In IA
vor of the amendment shall deposit a
ballot with the following words plain
ly printed or written thereon: Com
stitutional amendment to Section 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 1905. af-
ter which the said sessions shall be
held at the same time and place bien-
nially.'-Yes."
Those opposed to said amendment
shall cast ballot with the following
words plainly printed or written there
on: Constitutional amendment to Sec
tion 9 Of Article III of the State Con-
stitution. adding after the word place
In line ten Of said Section the words
until the end OF the session occurring
In 1905. after which the said sessions
shall be held at the same time and
place biennially.'-No."
Approved the 11th day Of February.
A. D., 1904.