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NOTICE OF ELECTION
State and County Officers, and For
Amendments to The Constitution.
For

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cincts established by law in Abbcvillc
County. on Tuesday. November S, 1901
for the following officers to wit:
Governor, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sec
rotary of State, Acknowledgement,
State Treasurer, Comptrollcr-(fcneral,
Superintendent of Education, Adju-
tant and Inspector-General, One Rail
road Commissioner, County Super
visor, County Superintendent of Edu-
cation, Sheriff, Coroner, Solicitor and
three members of the House Represen-
tatives.
Pursuant to the Constitution of
South Carolina an election will be held
at the same time and place for amend
ments to the Constitution OF South
Carolina pursuant to the terms Of
Joint Resolutions Nos. 1888, 3S4 and $50
(Acts of South Carolina, PIP. GA, 675
and 676.) as follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 9, of Article III, Of
the State Constitution, so as to Pro-
vide for Biennial Sessions of the
General Assembly.
Section |. Be it Resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State Of
South Carolina. 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 Rep
re~sentatives, and if a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members
q of the General Assembly, voting there
on shall vote in favor of such amend
ment, 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 9, of Article III, Of
the Constitution, relating to the LegiS-
lative Department, be amended by add
ing 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 time and place biehnially,."
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-fve, il hereby postponed, and
the same shall be convened and held
in the city of Columbia on the second
Tuesday of January in the year eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-siX.
The first session of the General AS
sembly elected under this Constitution
shall convene in Columbia on the Sec
ond Tuesday in January, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
and thereafter annually at the same
I'D ~1ooa ,rtil tho and nf thiI
: session occurring in 1906, after which
the said sessions shall be held at the
same time and place bi%ennially.
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 a more secure and convenient
place of meeting. Members of the
General Assembly shall not receive
any compensation for more than forty
days of any n session: Provided,
That this limitation shall not affect
the first four sessions of the General
Assembly under this Constitution.
Sec. 2. That the question of adopt
ing the amendment prefaced in the
foregoing Section shall be submitted
to the electors as follows: Those in
favor OF the amendment shall deposit a
ballot with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon: "ConSti-
tutional amendment to Section 9 Of
Article III 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
1905, after which the said sessions shall
be held at the same time and place
biennially.'-''Yes."
Those opposed to said amendment
shall cast a ballot with the following
words plainly printed or written there
on: Constitutional amendment to
Section 8 Of Article III of the State
Constitution, adding after the word
place in line ten of said Section the
words 'u':til the end of the session oc-
curing in 1905, after which the said
sessions shall be held at the same time
and place biennially.'-"No."
Approved the 18th day of February,
A. D. 1904.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend
the Constitution so as to Permit the
General Assembly to Enact Local
and Special Laws on the Subject Of
Laying Out, Opening, Altering, and
Working Roads and Highways, and
as to the Age at Which Citizens Shall
be 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
ment of the Constitution be agreed to
and that the two questions involved
in such amendment be submitted sepa-
rately at the next general election to
the electors qualified to vote for men,
bers of the House of Representatives,
viz that there shall be added to the
Constitution the following additional
Article, TO be numbered properly in
the consecutive order of its adoption,
to be designated as ARTICLE OF
Amendments to the Constitution"
which shall read as follows;
Article of Amendments to the
Constitution"
Section l. The General Assembly of
this State may enact local or special
laws concerning the laying out, open
ing, altering or working roads or high
WAYS, and concerning the providing
for the age at which citizens shall be
subject to road duty. and concerning
drainage.
Subdivision TX of Section "a of Article
III. of the Constitution, are hereby
repealed.
A. D. 1904.
AJOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 7 Article VIII, of
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