The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-10-21
Notice of Election.

Pursuant 10 the provisions of an act
Of the General Assembly of the Stale
of South Carolina. approved the 3rd dat
of March, A ID 1909, an election IS
hereby ordered to be held on the Bird
DIV of November, 1909, on the question
of WHITTIER or not the following terrific
ry inWilliam>bure: county. described IN
said act, shall be exempted from the
operation of Chapter NNEll OF the
General Statutes. commonly known as
the General Stock Law, 10 wit:
"All that section of Williamsburg
county now set off by a fence running
from a point on Black river known as
the corher pot near Sims Reach bridge
on Black river. through the lands Of es-
tate of ID l. Martin. estate of Thomas
Met rae, OF G. III Brown. estate OF Eliz-
abeth lantley. estate of Sydney Mitch
um, estate OF J II Tisdalt, OF II + Tis-
dale. of J S Mccullough. OF 5 y Ti>-
dale, Of NJ L Mccullough, Of VI J Tis-
dale and ) V Mccullough. said fence
forming the Western boundary Of SAID
exemption; and thence from point on
the landS Of the Atlantic Coast Lumber
Company to the fence "f + Rhem u
Sons, the said fence forming the North
ern boundary of said exemption; and
thence flom Il point on the lands of j )
Graham along the line between the
lands of Hemingway and Goodwin,
through the lands of F \ Hadlock, Of
the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company,
of F. Rhem & Sons to Black Mingo
bridge on Black Mingo creek. said
fence being the Eastern boundary OF
said exemption: and thence from Black
Mingo bridge TO corner post IN BACK
river. the run of Black river forming
the Southern boundary of said exempt.
ed territory"
All persons who are qualified electors
and resident freeholders of sail terri
tory shall be qualified to vote 1T said
election, which shall be conducted in
the same manner as provided for gener-.
al elections, except that no special
size or form of ballot shall 5e required,
but each ballot shall have plainly writ
ten or printed thereon the words For
Exemption" or Against Exemption: "
For the purpose of conducting said
election there shall be three voting
placesin said territory, as follows: One
at MoffiSyille, at which r B Marshall,
J ohm S Graham and w A Marshall are
hereby appointed managers; one at
Guerry's store, at which NJ Is Mitch
um, 5 S Mitchum and Sam Brown are
hereby appointed managers: one at
Bloomingvae. at which Il S Smith,
John NJ Mcconnell and w 0 Camlln
are hereby appointed managers.
Said managers shall serve without
compensation, shall take the oath re-
uuired of managers of general elections
shall open the polls at the said voting
places at seven O'Clock in the forenoon
and close them at four o'clock in the
afternoon of the day of the election:
keeping them open during these hours
without intermiSsion or adjournment.
At the close of the election the man.
ayers shall Immediately proceed pub
iiclv to open the ballot boxes and count
the ballots therein. and continue such
count without adjournment or inter
ruption until the same is completed,
and make such statement OF the result
thereof and sign the same. as the nature
of the election shall require, returning
the same to the Auditing Board OF Will
liamsburg county within three days af-
| ter said election has been held.
PM BRocKINToN,
JJB MONTGOMERY,
| J n HAMMEr,
Auditing Board of Williamsburg coun'
ty. a
October 5, 1909. 1o-l4-st