The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-10-22
NOTICE OF ELECrlON

STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS, AM
FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
g CONSTITUTION.
Estate Scal.)
State cf South Carolina.
3 County of Lancaster.
Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held at the several precincts estab
hshed by law in Lancaster County, on Tues
, day. November 8, 1894. for the following
officers. to wit:
, Governor Lieutenant C overnor, Secre
tary OF State, Attorney General. State Treas
urer, mptroller- General, Superintendent
OF Education. Adjutaut-and-lnspec Gen
eral. One Railroad Commi ssioner, County
Supervisor, County Superintendent Of Ed
ucation. Sheriff. Clerk of Court. Coroner
Solicitor. and two Representatives
Pursuant to the Constitution of South
Carolina an election will be held Mt the
same time and place for amend ailments to the
Constitution of South Carolina, pursuant
to the terms Of Joint Resolutions Nos. 3S3.
3sa md 1856 (Acts of South Carolina, PIP.
GA. 675 and G7G) rs follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 8. of Article III, of the
State Constitution, 80 AS to Provide for
Biennial Sessions of the General Assem-
bly,.
Section |. lie it Resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of South Caro-
| lima, 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
kepreseL tatives, and if majority of tho
electors qualified to vote for members OF
the General Assembly, voting thereon,
| 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 ratiiv the same amend
ment by yeas and nays, Section 8. of Ar
ticle 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 until the end of
the session occurring in 1906, after which
the said sessions shall be held at the same
time aud place biennially;" so that said sec
ton as amended shall reai AZ follows:
The annual session of the General
Assembly heretofore elected, fixed
by the Constitution of the Year
eighteen hundred aud sixty eight to
convene on the fourth Tuesday OF Novem-
ber, in the year OF eighteen hundred and
hlnety-iive 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 Assembly
elected under THIS Constitution shall CON
vene in Columbia on the second Tuesday
III January. in She year eighteen hundred
and ninety. 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 mt the same
time and place biennially.
Should the casualties OF war or contagl-
GUS diseases render 1t unsafe to meet at the
seat OF government. then the Governor may
by proclamation. appoint more secure
and convenient place of meeting. Members
of the General Assembly shall not receive
any compensation for more than forty DAYS
Of np. one session: Provided. That this
Limitation snail not affect the first four ses-
sions of the General Assembly under this
Constitution
Sec. That the question Of adopting
the amendment prefaced in the foregoing
Section shall be submitted d to the electors
as follows: Those in favor Of the amend
ment shall deposit ballot with the follow.
ing 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 until the end of the
session occurring in 1906. after which the
said sessions shall be held at the same time
and place ebennially.-Yes"
Those opposed to said amendment shall
cast ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon: Con
stitutio nal amendment to Section 8 of Arti-
Gle iii of the State Constitution, adding
after the word. place in line ten of said
Section the words until the end of tho ses-
sion occurring in 1906, after which tho
said sessions shall be held at the same time
and place biennially.
Approved the llth day of February, A.
d. 1894
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 ut
Which Citizens Shall be Subject to Road
or Other Public Duty.
section /. BE it Resolved by the General
Assembly of the State OF South Carolina,
That the following amendment to the Con-
stitution be agreed to. and that the two
questions involved in such amendment be
submitted separately at the next general
election of the electors qualified to vote for
members OF the House OF Representatives.
viz: that the: Q shall be added to tho Consti-
tuition the following additional Article, to
be numbered properly iii the consecutive
order OF its adoption. to be designated as
"Article OF Amendments to the Con-
stitution.' which shall read as follows:
article of Amendments to the
Constitution"
Section l. The General Assembly of this
state may enact local or specia! laws con-
cerning the laying ont. opening. altering
or working roads or highways, and con-
cerning the providing for the age at which
citizens shall be subject to road duty. and
concerning drainage.
Sec. g That Subdivision III and Snbdi-
vision TX of Section "a. of Article III. of
the Constitution, are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A.
D. 1914.
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to