The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-12-07
PROCLAMATION

PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, petitioned signed by
more than one-third OF the qualified
electors OF that portion Of Lexington
County, known as the Dutch Fork
petition, which proposed to cut off and
annexed to Riohlsnd County, in this
State, was filed in my Office on the 18th
day Of July. A. D., 1910. and which
proposed cut of with the amendments
made thereto embraces the following
! mes to wit;
beginning at . point whore the
Saluda and Broad rivers u4ite 20 form
the Congaree River; thence up the
medisn line of the Saluda Rivers with
its various courses and distances to 3
point eight miles from Lexington
court house; thense line describing
the arc Of . circle of eight miles radius
with Lexington court house as the
centre thirty.one thousand eight
hundred feet to its intersection with
with the eastern boundary OF the
town of Irmo, marked by stake x3N;
thence n. along the eastern boundary
of Lmo one thousand and forty feet
to q stake xSN (said stake indicating
the northeast corner Of the said town
of Irmo); thence west $3.50 feet along
the northern boundary Of the town OF
Irmo to q stake x3N; thence q line
describing the arc of circle of eight
mile radius with Lexington cour.
house as the centre 1880 feet to a
stake xSN 300 feet west of branch;
thence n. 1880 west 10370 feet to a
stake x3N; thence n. SO SOW 11100
feet to q stake x3N near the corporate
limits of the town of White Rock;
thence S. SO. 10 w. 1900 feet to stake
x3N; thence n. degrees w. 1920 feeG
to . stake x3N on the centre line of
the O. N. & L. r. R. near the ewestern
corporate limits Of the town Of White
Rock; thence n. 81. 40 w. 6750 feet to
q stake x3N on the Gilbert Hollow
Road; thence tho said Gilbert Hollow
Road 1866 feet to Wateree Greek; thence
the center line of said Wateree Creek
with it's various courses and distances
to Broad River; thence down the
median line OF said Broad River with
its variuos courses and distance to the
beginning point in Congaree River".
AND WHEREAS, the boundaries
as above set off from Lexington County
are sought to be annexed to Richland
County and the other facts require to
be stated by the constitution and laws
are set out in the petition.
AND WHEREAS, the report Of the
commissioners appointed by me to
ascertain the fats 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 Lexington
County ct cetera have been complied
with, was filed in my Office on the 10Th
day of October, 1910. which report
states that the law has been com piled
with, leaving not less than five hund-
red square miles in Lexington County
and not less than two million dollars
Of taxable property and that the popr-
lation Of the said County of Lexington
will not be reduced to less than fifteen
thousand inhabitants and that the
proposed line does not run nearer than
eight miles to the court house of Lex
lngton County.
NOW, THEREFORE, I. M. F. An
sci, as Governor of the State of South
Caralina, by virtue of the power con-
ferred 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 Oh 18th DAY
of December, A. D. 1910, upon the
question of annexing said territory to
to the County OF Richlan1 and that at
said election the qualified electors
within the proposed area shall be al
lowed to vote upon said question,
those favoring the proposed annexa-
tion to vote "Yes', and those opposing
to vote "No'.
Second: That the commissioners
of election for State and county Of
fcers of Lexington County shall make
all necessary arrangements for hold
ing said election, shall appoint mana
gers and do all other things necessary
for the holding of said election; that
the county supervisor of Lexington
county shall have prepared prinved
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 regula-
tions as are provided by law for regu-
lar county elections; that the mana
gers shall be sworn before entering
upon the discharge Of their duties and
open the polls at 2 O'Clock in the
morning and keep same open until 4
o'clock in the afternoon when the
polls shall be closed. the votes count
ed, return cf the number of votes
polled for and against signed and GER
tiled to by the managers OF election
which together with the ballot box,
ballots aud poll lists shall be turned
over to the commissioners of election
as required by law; that the commits
sioners of election shall then as re-
quired by law tabulate the vote and
make return thereof to the Governor
of the State and to the Secretary of
State and file copy Of same with the
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for
Lexington County.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I