The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-26
State Of South Carolina

Will Dc nelQ dt tuc seFe1dA p4SIiAS'o' So-
tablished by law in Lexington County on
Tuesday, November, 8, 1904, for the
following officers, to wit:
Governor, Leutenant-G Governor. Sec
retary of State, Acknowledgement. State
Treasurer, Comptroller General. Super
intendent of Education, Adjutant 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, 3S3, 3S4 and 385 (Acts of South
Carolina, PIP. 674, SIS and 676), as fol-
lows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 9, Of Article l. |, OF the
State Constitution, so as to Provide
for Biennial Sessions Of the General
Assembly.
Section /. Be it Resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of South Car
olina, 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 II a
majority Of the electors qualified to vote
for members Of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote in favor OF
su~h amendment, and majority of each
b, lch Of the General Assembly, shall
after such election, and before another,
ratify the same amendment by yeas and
nays. Section 8, of Article III, Of the
Constitution, relating to the Legislative
Department, be amended by adding
after the word :'place' in line ten OF
said Section, the words ''untll 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
Jauuary, 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 proclamation, appoint
q more secure and convenient place Of
meeting. Members of the General AS
sembly 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 i'll the forego-
ing Section shall be submitted to the
electors as follows: Those in favor Of
the amendment shall deposit a ballot
with the following words plainly print
ed or written thereon: Constitutional
amendment to Section 9, OF Article III.
of theState Constitution, adding afterthe
word place in line ten Of said Section
the words until the eud of the session
occurring in 1906, after which the said
sessions Shall be held at the same time
and place biennially'-Yes."
Those opposed to said amendment shall
cast ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon:
constitutional amendment to Section
8, of Article III, Of the State Constitu
ton, adding after the word place III
line ten of said Section the words until
the end of the session occurring i'll 1906,
after which the said sessions shall be
held at the same time and place blen-
nially. No"
Approved the l1th day Of February,
4. 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 Shall he subject to Road
or Other Public Duty.
Section l. Be it Resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State Of South
Carolina, That the following amend
nenc to the Constitution be agreed to,
and that the two questions involved III
such amendment be submitted selSs-
rately at the next general election to the
electors qualified to vote for members Of
the House of Representatives, viz: that
there shall tc added to the Constitution
the following additional Article, to be
numbered properly in the consecutive
order Of it's adoption, to be designated as
"Articlei' of Amendments TO the
Constitution. which shall read as fol-
lows:
:'Article' Of Amendments TO the
Constitution.
Section l. The General Assembly ut
this State may enact lsNs,! OF special laws
concerning the laying OUT. opening,
altering or working roads OF highways,