The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

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For State and County Officers, and
For Amendments to the
Constitution.
State of South Carolina,
County Of Newberry.
Notice is hereby given that an elec-
ton will be held at the several pre-
cincts established by law in Newber-
ry County, on Tuesday, November s,
1904, for the following officers, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
Secretary Of State, Attorney-Gener-
al, State Treasurer, Comptroller
General, Superintendent of Educa-
tion, Adjutant and Inspector General,
One Railroad Commissioner, County
Supervisor, County Superintendent
of Education, Sheriff, Clerk of Court,
Coroner, Solicitor, a 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, pursuant to the
terms of Joint Resolutions Nos. 3S3,
384 and SIS (Acts of South Carolina,
PIP. 674, 675, and 676), as follows:
A JOINT RESOLUTION Propos-
ing to amend Section 9, of Article
III, of the State Constitution, so
as to Provide for Biennial Sessions
Of the General Assembly.
Section I. Be it Resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That the follow
ing Amendment to the Constitution
of the State - South Carolina be
submitted 20 the qualified electors
OF the state at the next general elec-
ton for Representatives, and if ma
jority Of the electors qualified to
vote for members of the General
Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote
in favor of such amendment, and a
majority OF each branch Of the Gen.
eral Assembly, shall after such elec~
ton, and before another, ratify the
same amendment by yeas and nays,
Section 9, of Article III, of the Con-
stitution, relating to the Legislative
Department, be amended by adding
after the word "place" in line ter
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 BIZ
cnnially;;' 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 eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-eight. to con-
vene on the fourth Tuesday of No.
vember, il the year of eighteen hun
dred and ninety-fve, is hereby post
poned, and the same shall be con-
vened and held in the city of Colun-
bia on the second Tuesday of JAM
uary in the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-six.
The first session of the General
Assembly elected under this Consti-
tuition shall convene in Columbia on
the second Tuesday in January, in
the year eighteen hundred and nine.
ty-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 BIZ
ennially. -
Should the casualties of war or
contagious diseases render it unsafe
to meet at the seat of government,
then the Governor may, by proclama-
ton, appoint more secure and con-
venient place of meeting. Mem
bers OF the General Assembly shall
not receive any compensation for
more than forty days of any one ses-
sion: Provided. That this linita-
ton shall not affect the first four
sessions OF the General Assembly I'M