The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27

STATE EANDCOCSTfO OFFlCEkS. AND AMEND
MENTs To THE CONSTITUTION.
State of South Carolina,
County Of Williamsburg.
Notice Ia hereby given that an election will be
held at the several precincts established by law
in williamsburg iCounty, on Tuesday. No
vember 8, 1904, for the following Officers, to
wit:
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary OF
State, Attorney General state Treasurer, Comp
troller- general. Superintendent OF education,
Adjutant and InSpector-General. One Railroad
Commissioner Probate Judge. County snpesvi,os.
County Superintendent OF Education, Coroner,
Solicitor. and three Representatives.
Pursuant 70 the Constitution Of South 'arolina,
an election will be held at the same time aud
place for amendments to the Constitution o,
South Carolina pursuant to the terms Of Join,
Resolutions Nos. 3S3, 3S4 and 3S5 (Acts oi
South Carolina, PIP. 674, 615 and 616), as fol-
lows:
JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Sec
ton 8. Of Article Ill, Of the State Constitution
50 az to Provide for Biennial Sessions of the Gen.
eral Assembly.
Section l. Be 1t Resolved by the General As
seInbly Of the State of South Carolina, That the
following amendment 10 IT,. Constitution OF the
State of South Carolina be submitted to the quail
fed electors of the State at the next general cleo
ton for Representatives, and II majority Of the
electors qualified to vote for memuers Of the Gen.
era Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote in favor
of such amendment, and a 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 Ar.
icle III, of the Constitution relating to the Leg
tslattve department, be amended by adding after
the word place In line ten of said Section, the
words until the end of the ssion occurring in
1906, after which the said sessions shall be held
at the same time and place biennially;" so tha,
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-fve, Is
hereby postponed, and the same shall be con-
vened and held in the city Of Columbia on the
second Tuesday Of January in the year eighteen
hundred and ninesy-six.
The first session Of the General Assembly elect
ed under this Constitution shall convene in Col.
umbia 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 1905,
after which the said sessions shall be held at the
same time and place biennially.
Should the casualties of war or contagious dis
eases render it unsafeo meet at the seat of govern
ment then the Governor may, by proclamation.
appoint more secure and convenient place oi
meeting. Members Of the General Assembly shall
not receive any compensation for more than forty
days of any one session: Provided That thi,
Limitation shall not affect the frst four sessions
of the General Assembly under this Constitution.
See. 2. That the question of adopting the
amendment prefaced in the foregoing Section
shall be submitted to the electors as follows:
Those In favor of the amendment shall deposit q
ballot with the following words plainly printed
or written thereon: 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 oc.
curing in 1905 latter which the said sessions
shall be held at the same time and place biennial.
ly. Yes"
Those opposed to said amendment shall cast q
ballot with the following words plainly printed OF
written thereon: Constitutional amendment
to Section of Article Ill of the State Constitu
tion, adding after the word place in line ten Of
said Section the words until the end of the ses.
sion occurring in 1905, after which the said ses.
sions shall be held at the same time and place
bienni ally, No"
Approved the 11th day of February, A. D.
1904.