The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-28


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 Resolutions:
No. 712.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section 7, Article VIII, OF
the Constitution, Relating to NUM-
cipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State Of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to the Constitution OF the
State at the next general election for
Representatives, and if a majority OF
the,electors qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly voting
thereon shall vote in favor of such
amendment, and a majority of each
branch of the General Assembly shall,
after such election, and before anoth-
er, ratify said amendment by yeas
and nays, that Section 7, Article VIII,
relating to bonded indebtedness, De
amended by adding at the end thereof
the following words: PROVIDED, Ina1
the limitations imposed by this Sec
ton and by Section 5, of Article K,
of this Constitution, shall not apply
to bonded Indebtedness incurred by
the town of Gaffney, in the County of
Cherokee, when the proceeds OF said
bonds are applied solely and exclu-
sively for the building, erecting, es-
tablishing, and maintenance of water
works, electric light plants or sewer
age system, and where the question
of incurring such Indebtedness is sub
mitted to the qualified electors of
said municipality, as provided in the
Constitution, upon the question OF
bonded Indebtedness.
Approved the 9th dav of February,
A. D. 1908.
No. 7O3.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section of Article XIII Of
the. Constitution of the State of
South Carolina, Relating to the Of
fee of Adjutant and Inspector Gen.
eral.
Section 1. 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 Rep
resentatives, and if majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly voting there
on, shall vote in favor of said amend
ment, and q majority of each branch
of the General Assembly shall after
such election, and tefore another,
ratify the same amendment by yeas
and NAYS, Section 4, of Article XIII,
of the Constitution of the State OF
South Carolina, relating to MILITIA"
be amended by striking out in the
first line the words "and Inspector;;"
80 that the said Section, as amended.
shall read as follows:
There shall be an Adjutant General
elected by the qualified electors of
the State at the same time, and in the
same manner, as other State officers,
who shall rank as Brigadier General,
and whose duties and compensations
shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. That the question of adopt
ing the amendment proposed in the
foregoing Section shall be submitted
to the electors as follows: Those in
favor of the amendment shall deposit
ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon:
constitutional Amendment to Sec
ton { of Article XIII, Yes;" and
those opposed to said amendment
shall cast ballot with the following
words plainly printed or written
thereon: constitutional Amend
ment to Section Of Article XIII,
No.n
Approved the 26th day of February,
A. B., 1908.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots and boxes at this election for
the following officers, to wit: QGov-
ernor and Lieutenant Governor; (2)
Other State Officers; (3) State Sena-
tor; ~ Members of House of Repre-
sentative; (5) County Officers. On
which shall be the name or names OF
the person or persons voted for as
such officers, respectively, and the Of
flee 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 4 o'clock p. M, except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at a. M, and closed at 6
p. M.
The Managers have the power to
fill vacancy, and if none of the Man
ayers attend, 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
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and contin-
ne 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