Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-14
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFIC-
ERS, AND FOR AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION.


ERS, AND FOR AMENDMENTS TC
THE CONSTITUTION.
Estate Seal.1
STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of York.
NJ Office Is hereby given that al
IN election will be held at the severa
precincts established by law in Yorl
County, on Tuesday, November 8, 1904
for the following officers, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec,
retary Of State, Attorney General
State Treasurer, Comptroller-Ge General
Superintendent of Education, Adju
tant-and- Inspector General, One Rail
road Commissioner, County Supervis
or, County Superintendent of Educa
ton, Sheriff, Clerk Of Court, Coroner
Solicitor. a Senator, and four Repre-
sentatives.
Pursuant to the Constitution Of Soutl
Carolina an election will be held at tn,
same time and place for amendment!
to the Constitution Of South Carolina
pursuant to the terms of Joint Resolu
tions Nos. 383, 3S4 and 3S5 (Acts o.
South Carolina, PIP. 674, 675, and 676)
as follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing tt
Amend Section 8, Of Article III, o.
the State Constitution, 80 as to Pro.
vide for Biennial Sessions Of tn,
General Assembly.
Section 1. Be 1t Resolved by tn,
General Assembly Of the State Of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to the Constitution Of thu
State of~South Carolina be submitted
to the qualified electors Of the State al
the next general election for Repre-.
sentatives, and II a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for member.
Of the General Assembly. voting there
on, shall vote In favor of such amend.
the General Assembly, shall after such
election, and before another, ratify the
same amendment by yeas and nays
Section 9. of Article III, Of the Consti.
tuition, relating to the Legislative De.
partment. be amended by adding aftel
the word place" in line ten of sale
Section, the words until the end o.
the session occurring in 1906, aftel
which the said sessions shall be helt
at the same time and place biennial.
ly:" so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
The annual session Of the Genera
Assembly heretofore elected, fixed BY
the Constitution Of the year eighteer
hundred and sixty-eight, to convene or
the fourth Tuesday Of November, ir
the year of eighteen hundred and nine.
ty-f1ve, Is hereby postponed, and thu
same shall be convened and held II
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 yeal
eighteen hundred and ninety seven
and thereafter annually at the same
time and place until the end Of the
session occurring in 1906, 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 tC
meet at the seat of government, ther
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, Thai
this limitation shall not affect the first
four sessions Of the. General Assembly
under this Constitution.
Sec. 2. That the question Of adopt
tic ih sh>
foregoing Section shall be submitted tc
the electors as follows: Those in IA
vor Of the amendment shall deposit 9
ballot with the following words plain
lv printed or written thereon: Con.
stitutional amendment to Section 8 OF
Article III of the State Constitution
adding after the word place in line ter
Of said Section the words until the
end Of the session occurring In 1906, af-
ter which the said sessions shall bt
held at the same time and place bien-
nially.'-Yes."
Those opposed to said amendment
shall cast a 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 1906, after which the said sessions
shall be held at the same time and
place biennially.'-No."
Approved the 18th day Of February
A. D., 1904.