The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-10-17
state of South Carolina.


eral election for State and county Of
fcers will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law in said coun-
!; ty. on Tuesday, November 6, 1905,
said day being Tuesday following the
first Monday in November as pre-
scribec by law.
At the said election separate box
will be provided at which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption
or rejection Of amendment to the
State Constitution, as provided in the
following resolutions:
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section I, Article VIII, of
the Cosntitution, Relating to NUM-
cipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to Section Z, Of Article
VIII, of the Constitution, be agreed
to; add at the end thereof the follow
ing words: Provided, further, That
the limitations imposed by this Sec
ton and by Section of Article x,
OF this Constitution, shall not apply to
the bonded indebtedness incurred by
the City of Bennettsville, where the
proceeds of said bonds are applied
solely and exclusively for the pur-
chase establishment and maintenance
Of a water works plant or sewerage
system and where the question Of in
curing such Indebtedness is submit
ted to the freeholders and qualified
voters of SUCH municipality, as pro-
vided in the Constitution upon the
question of other bonded indebted
ness.
Approved the 23rd day of February,
1906.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots and boxes at this election for
the following officers, to-wit: Cd Gov"
ernor and Lieutenant Governor; (2}
Other State officers; (3) State Sena-
tor; Cd Members of House of Repre-
sentatives: 60 County officers. On
which shall be the name or names of
the person or persons voted for as
such officers, respectively, and the Of
fee for which they are voted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe the Constitutional
oath. The chairman of the board of
managers can administer the oath to
the other members and to the clerk;
notary public must administer the
oath to the chairman. The managers
elect their chairman and clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at o'clock a. M, and closed
at o'clock p. ~, except in the City
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opened at a. NJ, and closed at p.
m.
The managers have the power
to fill vacancy, and if none Of the
managers attend, the citizens can ap-
point from among the qualified voters,
the managers, who, after being sworn,
can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
managers and clerks must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and con-
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make state
ment of the result for each Office and
sign the same Within three days
thereafter, the chairman of the board,
or some one designated by the board.
must deliver to the commissioners OF
election the poll list, the boxes con-
tanning the ballots and written state
monCS OF the results Ol ll4S SlSSIiOA1.
Managers of Election.
The following managers of election
have been appointed to hold the cleo
ton at the various precincts in the
said county:
Sumter, Ward ii. H Dorm, H. G.
McKagen, r. J. Bland.
Ward 2.-T. S. Sumter, W. A.
Sparks, w. w. Geddings.
Ward 3.-M. C. Kavanaugh. W.
C. Ivy, D. W. Owens.
Ward &C. E. Beaumont, NJ. H.
Beck, C. S. Mason.
shiloh.-J. w. McElveen, j. w.
Hix, W. F. Dennis.
Mayesville-G. W. Mcbride, w.
\. McElween, J. A. FoXworth.
Rafting Creek.-J. L. ellis, I. j.
Brown, S. J. Hatfield, Jr.
Wedgefield.-W. o. Cain, E. E.
Avcock, Calvin Chandler