The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-11-02
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS, and
FOR AMENDMENTS 10 THE
CONSIIrU TON.

FOR AMENDMENTS 10 THE
CONSIIrU TON.
Estate Seal.)
State of South Carolina,
County of Lancaster.
Notice is hereby given that an election
VIII be held at the several precincts estab-
lished by law in Lancaster County, OIL Tues
day, November s. 1904. for the following
officers, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Secre-
tary of State. Attorney General, State Treas
urer. Conptroller-Genera eral Superin ten dent
of Education. Adjutant-and- inspector Gem
eral, One Railroad Commissioner, County
Supervisor, County Superin tendent of Ed
ucaton, 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 amendments to the
Constitution of South Carolina pursuant
to the terms of Joint Resolutions Nos. 3S3
3S4 and 3S5 (Acts of South Carolina, pp.
ga, CTS and 67G), as follows
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 8. of Article III, of the
State Constitution. so rs to Provide for
Biennial Sessions of the Genera, ASSEM-
bly,.
Section |. ] it Resolved by the Cen
Vio' hNNSulpiy VI luc oGttc Oh SOutn 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
kepreseL eLtatives, and if majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, voting thereon.
shall vote in favor of such amend.
ment and a majority of each bran ch OF the
Geneial Assembly, shall after such election
and hpfpra another fy ba
ment by yeas and nays, Section 8. of Ar
ticle Ill, of the Constitution. relating to the
Legislative Department. be amended b,
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 ut the same
time and place biennially;" so that said sec
tion 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
ninety five, is hereby postponed, and the
same shall be convened and held iu the
city of Columbia on the second Tuesday of
! January in the year eighteen hundred and
nnety-sx.
The first session of the Gen eral Assembly
elected under this Constitution shall con-
vene in Columbia on the second 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 1906. after which
the said sessions shall be held ut the same
time and place biennially.
Should the casualties of war or contagi-
GUS diseases render it unsafe to meet at the
seat of goveI nment, then the Governor mny,
by proclamation. appoint Il more secure
and convenient place of meeting. Members
OF the General Assembly shall not receive
any compensation for more than forty dnys
OF any one session: Provided That this
limitation snail not affect the first four ses-
sions of the General Assembly under this
Constitution.
Sec. Q That the question of adopting
the amendment prefaced in the foregoing
Section shall be submitted to the electors
as follows: Those in favor of tho amend
ment shall deposit ballot with the follow
ing words plainly printed or written there
on: Constitutional amendment to Section
of Article Ill 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 tim G
and place biennially.-Yes" 1"
Those opposed to said amendment shall
cast ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon: Con
stitutio nal amen dment to Section of Arti-
Gle iii of the State Constitution, adding
after the word, place in limo 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.-No."
Approved the 18th day of February, A.
ID. 1904.
JOINT RESOLU ZION TO Amend the
Constitution so as to Permit the General
Assembly to Enact Local and Special