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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Caroliua,

SouhIy vi NlllC
Notice is hereby given that the Gen
eral Election tor State and County Of
fcers will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law In said Coun-
~, on Tuesday, November3, 1908, said
day being Tuesday following the first
Monday in November, as prescribed
by law.
At the said election separate boxes
will be provided at which qualified
ell ctors will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of an amendment to the State
Constitution, as provided for in the
following Joint Resolutions:
No. 7l2.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of
the Constitution. Relating to Mu-
nicipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of South Carolina,
That the following Amendment to the
Constitution of the State of South Car
DINA be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State at the next gen
eral election for Representatives, and
if a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote in
favor of such amendment, and a ma
ljOrity of each branch of the General
Assembly shall, after such election,
and before another, ratify said amend
ment by yeas ard nays, that Section 7,
Article VIII, relating to bonded in
debtedness, be amended by adding at
the end thereof the following words
Provided, That the limitations imposed
by this Section and by Section 5, of
| Article X, of this Constitution, shall
not apply to bonded indebtedness in
Cured by the town of Gaffney, in the
County of Cherokee, when the pro-
ceeds Of said bonds are applied solely
and exclusively for the building, erect
ing, establishing, and maintenance of
waterworks, electaic light plants or
sewerage system, and where the ques-
ton of mourning such Indebtedness is
submitted to the qualified electors of
said municipality, as provided in the
Constitution, upon the question of
bonded Indebtedness.
Approved the 9th day Of February,
A. D. 1908.
mo. no.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section 4 of Article XIII
of the Constitution of the State of
South Carolina, Relating to the
Office of Adjutant and Inspector
General.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina, be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State at
the next general election for represen-
t~atives, and if a majority OF the cleo.
tors qualified to vote for members of
the Genera, Assembly voting thereon,
shall vote in favor of said amendment,
and a majority of each branch of the
General Assembly shall after such
election and before another, ratify the
same amendment by yeas and nays,
Section 4 of Article XIII of the Con-
%stitntiOn of the State of South Caro-
lima, relating to militia" be amend
ed by striking out in the first line the
wordss'and Inspector"; so that the
said Section, as amended shall e as
follows:
There shall be an Adjutant General
elected by the qualified electors of the
State at thd same time, and in tue
same manner, as other State officers,
who shall rank as Brigadier General,