The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Whereas. petitions signed by more
than one-thi-d Of the qualified cleo,
tors Of those portions OF Williams
burg, Clarendon and Florence coun-
ties proposed to be cut Off TO form :
new county commonly known as
RutledSe county, and embracing the
territory therein described were filed
with me. as Governor OF the State.
asking that said portion OF said
counties be permitted TO vote on the
esta ablishEent OF a new county. and;
Whereas, subsequent thereto an
amendment was allowed by me elm
mating from the proposed new coun-
tv that portion OF Florence county
which was set out il the petition,
and adding small portion OF Will
liamsburg county, aud;
Whereas, ] appointed commIs
sioners as repaired by the Act OF
1905 to ascertain and report rpon the
allegations of the petition and to
employ surveyors to make survey
and map OF the proposed new county,
which survey and map embraces the
following lines and territory. to wit:
Beginning at q point where the
Clarendon and Williamsburg county
line :aterseccs Pudding Swamp;
thence up said Pudding swamp 20
the mouth OF Douglas swamp; thence
mp said Douglas swamp to the C!ar.
endon and Florence county line at
Hudson's Mill; thence running said
Clarendon and Florence county line
in an easeerly direction tthe Centen-
nial Road being said county lioe) to
the Williamsburg and Florence
county line On said road; thence run
ming said Williamsburg ane Flor.
ence county line TO the juncture OF
Lynches River and Great Pee Dee
River: thence down said Great Pee
Dee River to the williamsburg and
Georgetown county line near Smiths
Mil; thence down the Williamsburg
and Georgetown count: line 20 Black
Mingo Creek; thence mp said Back
Mingo Creek 70 Black Mingo SwaEp;
thence up the channel OF said Black
Minso Swamp TO Paisley Swamp; up
thence mp channel OF said Paisley
swamp to White Oak swamp; thence
I'D the channel Of said White Oak
swamp to a point where the old rail-
road grade Of the projected railroad
from Cades 20 Georgetown crosses
said swamp; thence runninS the
center Of said cid railroad grade to a
point where the center OF said Old
railroad grade intersects with line
running at right angles with the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad, said
line crossing said railroad at a point
fortv-two Thousand three hundred
and forty feet l42. .3340) from the court
house building Of Williamsburg
corrty ioc .red at kiDsstTee, S. c.;
continuing from said intersection OF
said old railroad grade and said line
a straight liae at right angles TO said
railroad, crossing the same forty-two
Thousand three hundred and forty
feet t42s, 3340) from said court house
building, and continuing thence to
its intersection with a straight line
connecting the corner stake, X 3 y.
nine thousand six hundred and ten
feet g, 9,610 ft.). located n Il degrees
:3S minutes w, from the intersection
of the 4. c.. Z. z. R. with the south
ern boundarwof the town OF Cades,
and a point on the public highway
leading from Spring Bank Road 20
Kinsstree, S. C. forty three thons-
and feet (s3,000 It, from Williams
burg court house building; thence a
straight line TO its intersection with
said public highway leading tokins-
stree, S. c.; at a point forty-three
thousand feet (43,000 IT, from the
court house b1ilding OF Williams
burg county located in the town o!
K;uestree. S. c.; thence straight
line to the said intersection OF the
said Clarendon and Williamsburg
county line and Pudding swamp,
the beginning point.
And whereas, the boundaries o!
the proposed new county, the NUN.
Der OF inhabitapts, the taxable prop
erty. as shown by the last tax re-
turns, and that the proposed lines
do not run nearer than eight miles
to any court house building now
established, are also set forth in said
petition.
Ard whereas. the report Of the
| coInnissiol appointed by me 20 as,
| certain the facts provided for in the
Acts OF 1905 as to whether the re-
Iouirenents OF the Constitution as to
area, distance, wealth, population,
ct ceteEa, have been complied with.
has been filed, stating that the law
has been fully complied with. and
the number OF square miles Ia the
| proposed new county tco,ninoaly
known as Rutiedse county, is four
hundred and four and 94-l00 (40t.34)
square miles, leaving to the county
| of williamsburg more than Eve hun
dred (5eO) square miles and to the
county OF Clarendon more than Eve
hundred $500 square miles.
Now, therefore, I, III. +. AnSe!. as
Governor OF the State of South Car
olina, by yi,tue OF the power confer
red upon me by the Constitution
and laws OF this State, do hereby
torder that an election be held in the
territory embraced within the pro-
posed new comfy on the 18th day OF
August, a. D. 1909, upon the Ques-
ton OF creating the said new county
and that at sach election the quail.
fed electors within the proposed
area shall be allowed to vote upon
said question, those favoring the
proposed new county to vote yes
and those opposed to vote no"
| That the Commissioners OF State
and County elections of the counties
OF Williamsburg and Clarendon re
spective!y shall make all necessary
arrangements for holding said elec,
ton; shall appoin1 managers and Go
all other things necessary for the
holding OF said election: that the
county supervisors Of the said coun.
ties respectively shall have prepared
printed tickets and furnish same to
the commissioners Of election to be
sent out 10 the managers OF election
for the use Of :he voters.
That at the said election the queS'
Jion Of a name and L county seat to'
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