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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Caroliua,

eral Election for State and County Of7
icers will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law in said Coun:
ty, 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 lie provided at which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption OF
rejection of an amendment to the State
Constitution, as provided for in the
following Joint Resolutions:
No. 7l2.
A Joint Resolution Proposing tc
Amend Section 7, Article VIII, o.
the Constitution. Relating to Mu'
nicipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of South Carolina
That the following Amendment to the
Constitution of the State of South Car
DINA he 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
lority of each branch of the General
Assembly shall, after such election,
ahd before another, ratify said amend
ment by yeas aud nays, that Section Z
Article VIII, relating to bonded in.
debtedness, lie amended by adding al
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 OF
sewerage system, and where the ques'
ton of incurring 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.
INO. fOO.
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 Slate at
the next general election for represen-
tatives, and If O majority of the cleo.
tors qualified to vote for members of
the Genera, Assembly voting thereon,
shall vote in favor of said amendment,
and q 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
words s'and Inspector; 80 that the
said Section, as am nded shall read as
follows:
There shall be an Adjutant General
by the qualified electors Of the
State at thd same time, and in the
same manner, as other State officers,
who shall rank as Brigadier General,
and whose duties and compensation
shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. That,the question of adopt
ing the amendment proposed in the
foregoing Section shall be submitted
10 the electors as follows: Those in
o. the amendment shall deposit
4 ballot with the following words
printed or written thereon {:
constitutional Amendment to Sec.
ton 4 of Article XIII, Yes"; AID
hose opposed to said amendment shall
cast a ballot with the following words
printed or written thereon :
Constitutional Amendment to Sec.
ion 4 of Article XIII, No."
Approved the 26th day of February,
D. 1908.
There shall he separate and distinct
and boxes at this election for
he following officers, to wit (D Gov
.rnor and Lieutenant Governor (2)
Other State Officers (3) State Sen
(4) Members of House Of Repre-
(5) County Officers. On
which shall he the name or names of
he person or persons voted for as such
officers, respectively, and the office for
which they are voted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
he polls, Managers and Clerks must
AXE and subscribe the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman of the Board of
can administer the oath to
he other members and to the Clerk
Notary Public must administer the
,ath to the Chairman. The Managers
,lect their chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. NJ, and closed at
O'Clock p. no. except in the City of
Charleston; where they shall be open
ID at 7 a. m. and clo' ed at 6 p. m.
: The Managers have the power to fill
! vacancy, and if none of the Manag-
'rs attend, the citizens a appoint
rom among the qualified voters, the
who, after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the Man.
gers and Clerk must proceed publicly
o open the ballot boxes and count the
therein, and continue without
djournment until the same is COM
and make q statement of the
esult for each office and sign the
anne. Within three days thereafter,
be Chairman of the Board, or some
ne designated by the Board, must de-
iver to the Commissioners of Election
be poll list, the boxes containing the
allots and written statements of the
of the election.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.