The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-28
The Amendments.

constitutional amendments, and un-
der the opinion of the attorney gen
eral four separate boxes are to be
provided so that each amendemnt IS
voted upon in a separate box.
We notice the comptroller general
has had something to say about the
need ofproviding a special formfor the
election notice on account ofthe length
of the notice prepared this year. The
law now provides that the secretary
of state shall prescribe the form OF
the notice and this he has done. He
has copied the amendments to be
voted upon and in this he is correct.
Otherwise how would the voter be
informed as to the nature Of the
amendment. The tickets do not give
the information and we venture to
saw that very few of the voters know
anything about the nature of the
amendments except possibly the one
providing for biennial sessions.
Small economists, who want to
economic on the other fellow al
ways, we presume think the newspa~
per should furnish this information
without pay. 1t has always been
strange to us that so many people
want to cut off every source Of rev.
enue from the newspaper. when as
matter of fact the newspapers do
more free work than any other class.
1t may be because they do so much
public service that it is thought they
should 10 it all free.
Let us see what the amendments
are. The first one, as to biennial
sessions reads as follows on the
ticket:
Constitutional Amendment to Section
o, 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 occur
ring in 1906. after which the said ses-
sions shall be held at the same time
and place bi-ennially."
If you favor biennial sessions you
vote the ticket marked "yes." If you
-oppose biennial sessions vote the
ticket with 'no" on it. The ticket
in this case explains the nature Of
the amendment
Another ticket reads as follows:
Constitutional Amendment.
Of section seven, of article eight,
Of the Constitution, relating to 1u-
nicipal corporations and police reg
ulations.
How many voters would know
what they were voting with the in
formation contained on this ticket
and how many of them have copy
of the constitution to hunt it up?
How are they to be informed ex-
cept through the published notice Or
dering the election?
Under section seven of article
eight Of the constitution mo city or
town in this state shall hereafter in
cur any bonded debt. which, including
existing bonded indebtedness shall
exceed eight per centum Of the as
sessed value Of the taxable property
therein" If you vote yes on this
amendment you vote "that the lin1ita-
tons imposed by this section and
by section 5, article ten of this con-
stitution shall not apply to bonded
indebtedness incurred by the city of
Greenville, but said city of Green
vile may increase its bonded indebt-
edness in the manner provided in said
section of said article to an amount
not exceeding fifteen per cent. of the
taxable property therein, where the
proceeds of said bonds are applied
solely to the payment of past indebt-
edness" In other words it applies
only to the city of Greenville and
permits this city to issue bonds for
past Indebtedness. said bonded in
debtedness not to exceed fifteen per
cent. of the taxable property in said