Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-16
CLA MA ION.
The State of South Carolina,
Executive DcDnrtmeuS.

tlioil ohS-Ihtlu vi lHS olCCs
tors Of that portion Of Oconee county
proposed to be cut off and annexed
to Anderson county, in this State,
was filed in my Office on tho ninth
day Of November, 1909, which pro-
posed cut off embraces the following
lines, to wit:
"Beginning on the Northern boun-
dary line Of Anderson county where
Oconee and Pickens counties corner
and following the public road, the
dividing line between Pickens and
OcOnce counties to Raveneps Bridge
over Seneca River; thence down said
river to the point where the North
crn boundary line of Anderson coun-
ty crosses said river; thence along
said Northern boundary line Of An
derson county to the beginning
point"
And whereas, the boundaries of
the portion Of Oconee county sought
to be cut off and annexed to Ander
son county are therein fully set out,
end the other facts necessary to be
stated under the law being therein
also stated;
And whereas, the report Of the
Commissioners appointed by me to
ascertain the facts as provided for by
law as to whether the provisions Of
the Constitution and laws Of the
State as to population, area, wealth,
distance from the Court House IN
OConee county, ct cetera, have been
complied with, was filed in my Office
on the second day Of July, 1910.
which report states that the law has
been complied with, leaving not less
than five hundred square miles in
Oconee county and not less than two
Ipll, >c l>1a
and that the population Of said coun-
~ Of Oconce will not be reduced to
less than fifteen thousand inhabi-
tants, and that the proposed line does
not run nearer than eight miles to
the Court House Of Oconee county;
And whereas, an election was or
dcred by me to take place on the
fifteenth Of September, 1910, but
which was not held
Now, therefore, |, NJ. f. Ansel, as
Governor Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, by virtue OF the power conferred
upon me by the Constitution and laws
Of this State, do hereby order:
First: That an election be held in
the territory embraced within the
proposed lines aforesaid on the 22d
day Of November, A. d. 1910. upon
the question Of anneXing said terri
tory to the county Of Anderson, and
that at said election the qualified
electors within the proposed area
shall be allowed to vote upol said
question, those favoring the proposed
annexation to vote Eyes" and those
opposing to vote NO"
Second: That the Commis sioners
Of Election for State and County Or
tees Of Oconec County shall make all
necessary arrangements for holding
said election, shall appoint managers
and do all other things necessary for
the holding Of said election; that
the County Supervisor for Oconee
County Shall have prepared printed
tickets and furnish same TO the Com
miSsioners Of Election to be sent ont
TO the managers of election for the
use of the voters.
Third: That said election shall be
held under the same rules. and rcgu-
lations as are provided by law for
regular county elections; that the
managers shall be sworn before en-
tcring upon the discharge of their
duties, and open the polls at seven
O'Clock in the morning and keep same
open until foul o'clock in the after
noon, when the polls shall be closed,
the votes counted, return of the
number OF votes pOlled for and
against, signed and certified to by
the managers Of election, which, to-
Gcthcr with the ballot box. ballots
and Poll lists, shall be turned over
to the commissioners of Election as
required by law, that the Commits
sioners Of Election shall then, as now
required by law, tabulate the vote
and make return thereof to the Gov
crnor Of the State and to the Secre-
tnry OF State and file a copy Of same
with the Clerk Of the Court OF Com
mon Pleas for Oconcc County.
In testimony whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal OF State to be
lSiiAL.) be affixed at Columbia,
South Carolina, this 9th
day Of October, A. ID. 1910, and the
independence OF the United States of
America the one hundred and thirty
hith. NJ. b. ANSEL.
Governor.
BY the Governor:
II. NJ. McCOWN,
Secretary Of State
The following have been appoint
eN managers TO conduct said Special
Elcction:
Clemson College,. B. Whittcn,
>. i. GOODMAN, w. T.. billiard.
The managers at this precinct arc
requested to delegate one Of their
number to secure the box and tickets
ior the election, at the Court House,
at Walhalla, on Saturday, November
10, 1910.
j. Il. KELLEY,
G. A. NORMAN,
j. NJ. BARRON,
commissioners nr State onI ronpt,
Elections for Oconcc County, S. G..
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