The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-10-28

Eiection 'or State and County Officers will
oe held at the voting precincts prescribed
Dy law In said County, on Tuesday. Nov
., 1915. said day being Tuesday following
the hrst Monday in November, as prescrib
At the said election seperate boxes will
be provided at which qualified electors
VIII vote upon the adoption or rejection of
ah amen dment to the State Constitution
as provided in the following Joint Reso.
lutions:
NO. 7I2.
"A JOINT Resolution PROPOSING to Amend
section 2, Article VlII of the Constitu-
uon. Relating to Municipal Bonded In
debtedness.
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of South Carolina
That the following amendment to the Con
stitutlon OF the State of South Carolina he
submitted to the qualified electors of the
state Mt the next general election for Re-
presentatlves, and if majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of
the General sembly voting thereon shall
vote IN faVor OF such amendment, and a
majority of each branch of the General
Assembly shall. after such election ond
before another, ratify said amendment by
yeas and nays, that Section z, Article VIII
relating to bonded indebtedness be
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following words: Provided, That the linn
tations Imposed by this Section ard bv
Section b. of Article Y, of this Constitution
snail 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. |
slvely for the building. erecting, establi n
ihg and maintenance of waterworks. cleo |
tric hight plants or sewerage system and |
where the question of iDcurring such in |
deotedness 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
ID. 1908 a.
JOINT Resolution Proposing to Amend |
section of article XIII of the Consti. |
tuition of the state of South Carolino |
Relating to the Office of Adiutant and |
inspector General.
Section /. BE it resolved by the General |
Assembly of the State of South Carolina
lhat the following amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the state of South Carolina.
be submitted to the qualified electors of
the State at the next general election tor |
Representatives, and If majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members nj
the General Assembly voting thereon
shall vote in favor of said amendment
aud maj Jority of each branch of the Gen.
eral Assembly shall after such election.
aLd before another. ratify the same amend |
ment by yeas and nays. Section of Arti- |
cie Ali OF the Constitution of the State of |
south Carolina. relating to militia. y he |
amended by striking out in the first line |
the words ''and Inspector; so that the |
said Section, as amended, shall read as
follows: "'
There shall be an Ajutant General elect |
ed by the qualified electors of the State at |
the same time. and in the same manner
as other State officers who shall rank MS
Brlgadler General. and whose duties and |
com pensatlon shall be prescribed by law.
Sec 2. That question of adopting the |
amendment proposed in the FOREGOING |
Section shall be submitted to the electors
as follows: Those in favor of the amend |
ment shall deposit ballot with the fol- |
lowing words plainly printed or written |
thereon: constitutional Amendment to |
Section of Article XIII, Yes"; and those |
opposed to said amendment shall cast n |
ballot with the following words plainly |
printed or written thereon: "Constitn- |
tional Amendment to Section 4 of Article |
XIII, No."
Approved the 26th day of February A |
ID 1898. ~
There shall be seperate and distinct bal |
lots and boxes at this election for the fol- |
lowing officers. to wit: Q) Governor and |
Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State Off |
GERS (3) State Senator; a. Members of
House OF Representatives.; (5) Comfy |
Officers. On which shall be the name or
names of the person or persons voted Tor
as such officers. respectively. and the Office |
for which they are voted
Before the hour fixed for opepinp 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; IA Notary Public must
administer the oath to the Chairman. The
Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk
Polls at each voting place must be open
ed at o'clock II. IN. and closed at o'clock
p m. except in the City of Charleston.
where they shall be opened at "a IN aud |
closed at 6 p. m
The Managers have She power to fill n |
vacancy. aud If none of the Managers at
tend. the citizens can appoint from anon O
the qualified voters, the Man ayers. who
after being sworn, can con duct the cleo
ton.
At the close of the election, the Mana
gers and Clerk must proceed publicly to
open the ballot boxes and count the ballots