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NOTICE or ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.

Notice is hereby given that the Genera
Election for State and County Officers will
be held at the voting precincts prescribed
by law in said County, on Tuesday, Novem
ber 6, 1906 said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November, as pre-
scribed by law. -,
At the said election separate box will
be provided at which qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or rejection OF
an amendment to the State Constitution,
as provided in the following JOINT REso'
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING To
AMEND SECTION 7, Article VII, of the
Constitution, Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness. :,
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State Of South Carolina,
That the following amendment to section
agreed to-, add at the end thereof the fol.
lowing words: Provided, further, That
the limitations imposed by this Section
and by Section 5, of Article K, of this
Constitution, shall not apply to the bonded
Indebtedness incurred by the city of Ben
nettsyille, where the proceeds of said bonds
are applied solely and exclusively for the
purchase, establishment and maintenance
of water.works plant or sewerage sys-
tenn and where the; question OF Incurrlng
such indebtedness is submitted to the
freeholders add qualified voters. OF such
municipality, as provided in the Constitu,
tion upon the question of other bonded
Approved the ssrd day Of February, A.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots and boxes at this election for the
following officers, to wit: ~ Governor
and Lieutenant Governor; (N Other State
Officers; 80 State Senator; az Members
of House Of Representatives; (5)l County
Officers. Oniwhich shall be the name or
names of the person or persons voted for
as such officers, respectively, and the offlce
forvwhich they are voted .aiT!5'
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 ana
Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be open
ca at Z o'clock a. m. and closed at O'CLOCK
q. M, except in the city of Charleston,
where they shall be opened at g. m. and
closed at 6 p m. -,
The Managers have the power to fill a
vacancy, and if none of the Managers at
tend, the citizens can appoint from among
the qualified voters, the the Managers,
who, after being sworn, can conduct the
election.
At the close of the election, the Mana
gers and Clerk must proceed publicly, to
open the ballot boxes and count the ballots
therein, and continue without adjourn,
ment until the same Is completed, and
make a statement of the result for each Of
flee 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 containing the bal
lots and written statements OF the results
of the election. t
Managers of Election.-The following
Managers of Election have been appointed
to hold the election at the various pre-
cincts in the said County:
Managers for State Office.
Abbeville.-W G Chapman. A G Chal-
mers, L C Niekles.
Mount Carmel.-T w Mars, R Tar
rant, Jas Sutherland. -
Willington.---I L Leroy, S P Morrah, L
A Andrews.
Donalds.-J A Carwile, E L Waldrop,
Lew Shannon.
Due w eSe.-Ollu I1dSeu, q II Dlooho, w
B Going.
Antreville.-LO Robinson, chairman;
John F Gray, Lyle Haddon.
Lowndesville,-WC G Shaw, chairman;
j H Bell, G w McNair.
Magnolia. w Lawson, chairman: X
o Bell, H.H Hester.
Central School House, Long Cane Town
ship----H G Bowie, L Y Robinson, VIII
Bowie.
Clatworthy's Cross Roads.-W H Nc
Kinney, c E Wilson, Eli Link, chairman.
Bryant Cross Roads.--G T McAdams,
Josh n Ashley, Robt Young.
Keowee.---J n Ashley, j w McMahan,
w n Kerr.
McCormick.-J B Harmon, J j An
drews, A Edwards, chairman.
Rock Spring. K Sheffield, Jim Shaw,
Marshal Phillips.
The Managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one OF
their number to secure boxes and blanks
for the election November 3, 1906 at Able
vile Court House.
w. +. MORRISON, chr.
w. D. HARMON,
r. o. McADAMS.
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for Abbeville County, 5. &.
October Is, 1906.