The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-19
NOTICE OF ELECTION

NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE. .s;sas1aE AID coUNrY III OFFICERS,
End FOR AMENDMENTS 10
/ The CONSTITUTION.
ssState Seal9
State of. South Carolina.
County of Sumter.
Notieeiis hereby given that an elec-
ton WILL be held at tine several pre-.
esncts established by law in sumte,
Cosnty, ,on Tuesday, Noremberg, 1904.
Governor, ,ll:eutenant-GoSeraor,
Seezetary of State, Attorney General,
State TREASURER, Comptroller Gen
eral, Superintendent of Education,
Adjufant7and- -Inspeesor-General, One
| Railrosd Commissioner, County Sup
ervisore County Superintendent of Ed
ucation, Sheriff, Clerk of Court. Cor
oner, Solicitor. and .thaee Representa-
tiyes.
Pursuant to che Constitution Of
South Carolina an election will be
held at the san,e time and place for
! amendments 10 tie Constitution of
South Carolina, pursuant to the
| terms of Joint Resolutions Nos. 3s3,
;as4 and 835 (Aets Of South Carolina,
pp. 674, 675, and $751; as follows:
a JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing
TO Amend Section 8. of Article III,
of the State Constitution, SO as to
Provide for Biennial Sessions of the
General Assembly.
Section l. Be it Resolved by the
General Assembly of the State Of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of toe
State of South Carolina be submitted
to the qualified electors Of the State
at the next general election for Repre-
se1atiEes, and if a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members
Of the General Assembly, voting there
on, snall vote "a favor of such amend
ment. and majority of each branch
of the General Assembly, shall after
such election, aud before another,
ratify the same amendment by yeas
and nays, Section 9. 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
"untiI the end of the session occurr-
ing in 1906, after which the said ses-.
sions shall be held at the same time
and place biennially;;" so that said
section as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
The annual session of the General
Assembly heretofore elected, fixed by
the constitution of the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-eighs, to convene
on the fourth Tuesday of November,
in the year of eighteen hundred and
ninety-fve, is hereby postponed, and
the same be convened and held in the
city Of Columbia on the second Tues.
day Of January in tie year eighteen
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
time an place until the end of the ses-
sion occurring in 1906. after which the
said sessions shall be held at the same
time an place biennially.
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 more secure and conven-
lent place of meeting. Members Of the
General Assembly shall not receive
any compensation 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 Constitution.
Sec.2. That the question Of adopting
the amendment prefaced in 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
printed or written, thereon: "Consti-
tutional amendment to Section 9 of
Article III of the State Constitution,
adding after the word place i'll line
ten Of saidfSection 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 Ito said amendment
shall cast ballot with the following
words plainly printed or written there
on: Constitutional 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 session shall be held at the same
time and place biennially. No.
Approved the 18th day of February,
A. D. 1904.
4 JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
the Constitution so as to Permit the
General Assembly to Enact Local
and Special Laws on the Subject Of
Laying Ont, Opening, Altering, and
| 3 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
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