The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-01
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Bamberg.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that the general
election for State and county officers will
be held at the voting precincts prescribed
by law in said county, on Tuesday, Nov.
ember 6, 1906, said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in November,
as prescribed by law.
At the said election separate box will
he provided at which qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or rejection
of an amendment to the State constitu.
ton, as provided in the following joint
resolution:
A joint resolution proposing to amend
Section Z, Article VIII, of the coustitu-
tion, relating to municipal bonded in
debtedness.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral assembly of the State of South Caro-
lima, That the following amendment to
Section 2, of Article VIII, of the Consti-
tuition, be agreed to: add at the end
thereof the following words: Provided,
further, That the limitations imposed by
this section and by Section of Article
K, 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 ex-
clusively for the purchase, establishment
and maintenance of a water works plant
or sewerage system and where the ques-
ton of .incurring such Indebtedness is
submitted TO the freeholders and qualified
voters of such municipality, as provided
in the constitution upon the question OF
other bonded Indebtedness.
Approved the 23d day of February,
A. D. 1906. -, =
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots and boxes at this election for the
following officers, to wit: Q) Governor
and Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other
State Officers; (3) State Senator; (G Mem
bers' of House of Representatives; ~
County officers. On which shall be the
name or names of the person or persons
voted for as such officers, respectively,
and the Office 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 Z O'Clock a. m. and closed at
4 o'clock p. m, except in the city OF
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at z q. m. and closed at 8 p. m.
The managers have the power to- I'LL y
vacancy; and If none OF the managers at
tend, the citizens can appoint from among
the qualified voters, 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 :. bal
lots therein, and continue without ad-
journment until the same is completed,
and make statement 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
ments of the results of the election.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The following managers Of election
have been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the said
Bamberg> G. E. Bamberg, G. A. Jen-
nings, C. A. Milhous.
Denmark-W. s. Cooper, j. B. Guess,
20 Ehrhsrdt~G. En- ss B. Clayton, J. A. Chas.
sereau, Joe E. Bishop.
Farrelps Store-J. E. Stokes, j. G.
Smoak, W. w. Connolly.
Govan-J. Il. Lancaster, s. 8. Williams,
J. A. Lain:
Kearse-J.J. Kearse, b. W. Chitty, W.
E. Best.
Midway-A. J. Hunter, J. B. Smith,
b. W. Walker.
Olar-W. T. Cave, J. W. Smith, j. G..
Barker, Jr.
The manager at each precinct uamed
above are requested. to delegate one OF
their number to secure boxes and blanks
for the election, at the clerk of courts Of
fee in the court house in Bamberg on
Saturday, November 3rd, 1905, between
the hours of 10 q. m. and p. M
.... j. F. CARTER,
q. B. GRIMES,
NJ. n. RICE,
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for Bamberg county, 8. g.
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