The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-19

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State of South Carolina,
County of Lexington.
Notice is hereby given that an election
viii be held at the several precincts, es-
tablished by law in Lexington County on
Tuesday, November, s, 1904, Tor the
following officers, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec.
retary of State, Attorney General, State
Treasurer, Comptroller General, Super.
intendent of Education, Adjqtant and
Inspector General, One Railroad Com
missioner, County Supervisor, two
County Commissioners, County Super
intendent of Education, Sheriff, Clerk
of Court, Coroner, Solicitor, Senator
!. and three Representatives.
Pursuant to the Constitution Of South
Carolina an election will be held at the
same time and place for amendments to
the Constitution Of South Carolina, pur-
suant to the terms of Joint Resolutions
Nos. 1888, 384 and SS5 (Acts Of South
Carolina, PIP. 674, 675 and 676), as fol-
lows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 9, of Article III. Of the
State Constitution, so as to Provide
fwRiennial Sessions Of the General
Assembly.
Section /. Be it Resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of South Car
elina, 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 Representatives, and If a
majority of the electors qualified to vote
for members Of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote in favor Of
such amendment, 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 9, of Article III, of tie
Constitution, relating to the Legislative
Department, be amended by adding
after the word ssplace" in line ten Of
said Section, the words s'until the end
of the session occurring in 1906, after
which the said sessions shall be held at
the same time and place biennially;;' 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 ninety
five, 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 eighteen hundred
and ninety-six.
The first session of the General AS
sembly elected under this Constitution
shall convene in Columbia on the second
Tuesday in January, in the year eighteen
hundred and nine-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 bien
nially.
Should the casualties of war or con-
tagious diseases render it unsafe to meet
at the seat of government, then the
Governor may, by proclaD,ation, appoint
a more secure and convenient place Of
meeting. Members Of the General AS
seinbly shall not receive any compensa-
ton 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 Con-
stitution
Sec. 2. That the question of adopting
the amendment perfaced in the forego-
ing Section shall be submitted to the
electors as follows: Those in favor of
the amendment shall deposit ballot
with the following words plainly print
ed or written thereon: constitutional
amendment to Section 8, of Article III,
of the State Constitution. adding afterthe
word place in line ten of said Section
the words until the e1sl of the session
occurring in 1906. after which the said
sessions shall be held at the same time
and place biannially. Yes"
Those opposed to said amendment shall
cast ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon:
Unconstitutional amendment tosaSection
9. of Article III, of the State Constitu-
ton, adding after the word place III
line ten of said Section the words until
the endof the session occurring i'll 1906,
after which the said sessions shall be
held at the same time and place bien
ally'-No."
Approved the 1ith day Of February,
A. D. 1904.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend the
Constitution 50 as to Permit the Gen
eral Assembly to Enact Local and Spe-
cial Laws on the Subject of Laying Out,
Opening, Altering. and Working Roads
and Highways, and as to the Age at
Which Citizens Snail be subject to ROs d
or Other Pubic Duty.
Section /. Be it Resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly OF the State of South
Carolina, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution be agreed to,