The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-11-02
State Of South Carolina,

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, AdJutant and
Inspector General, One Railroad Com
miss oner, 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 365 (Acts OF South
Carolina, DID. 674, SIS and 676), as fol-
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to
Amend Section 9, Of Article III, 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 quahtled
electors of the State at the next general
election for Representatives, and If
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 8, ef 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 i'll 1905, after
which the said sessions shall be held at
the same time and place biennlally;;' SO
that said section as amended snail 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
wear of eighteen hundred and ninety
i've, 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 ninetysix.
The first session of the General AS
se1nbly 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 blen-
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 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 end 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
9, of Article III, of the State Constitu-
ton, adding after the word place ID
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 bien-
nially. NO.
Approved vhe 1lth day Of February,
\. D. 1904.
4 JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend the
Constitutions so 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 be subject to Road
or Other Public Duty.
Section l. Be it Resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State Of South
Carolina, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution he 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 members 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
'sArticle' of Amendments to the
Constitution, which shall read as fol-
lows:
ARTICLE of Amendments to the
Constitution.