The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina-County o
Bamberg.


Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
ty officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
County, on Tuesday, November 8,
1910, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November, as
prescribed by law.
The qualification for suffrages are
as follows:
Residence in State for two years,
in the County one year, in the polling
precinct in which the elector offers
| to vote, four months, and the pay
ment six months before any election
of any poll tax then due and payable:
Provided, That ministers in charge
of an organized church and teachers
of public schools shall be entitled to
lvote after six months residence in the
State if otherwise qualified.
Managers of elections must require
of each voter the production of a
registration certificate and the proof
of the payment of all taxes, includ-
| ing poll tax, assessed and cOllectible
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duction of a certificate or the receipt
of the officer authorized to collect
collect sush o-gdeo dn shrdlu .shr
such taxes shall be conclusive proof
of the payment thereof.
There shall be separate and dis
tinct ballots and boxes at this elec-
ton for the following officers, to wit:
| Cd Governor and Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor; CD Other State Officers; (3)
State Senator; (4) Members of House
| of Representatives; go County Off,
GERS. On which shall be the name Of
names of the person or persons voted
for as such officers, respectively, and
the office for which they are voted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
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; !;
Notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at Z o'clock a. m. and closed
at 4 o'clock p. M, except in the city
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at Z a. m. and closed at 6
p. m.
The Managers have the power to
| fill vacancy, and if none of the Man
ayers attend the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters, the
Managers, who, after being sworn,
can conduct the election.
At the said election separate boxes
will be provided at which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption
or rejection Of amendments to the
State Constitution, as provided in the
following Joint Resolutions:
The question Of adopting each
amendment shall be submitted at the
next general election to the electors
as follows: Those in favor of the
amendment shall deposit ballot with
the following words plainly printed
or written thereon: constitutional
Amendment Of Section, of Article
-....:.., of the Constitution, relating
to ............-Yes." Those opposed
| to said amendment shall cast a bal
lot with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon: Con
stitutional Amendment of Section
.-....-, of Article, of the Consti-
tuition, relating to ..----..----No."
| No. 566.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section z, Article VIII, OF
the Constitution, Relating to NUM-
cipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section L. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
South Carolina that the following
amendment to Section Z, of Article
VIII, of the Constitution be agreed
to: Add at the end thereof the fol-
lowing words: provided, That the
limitation proposed by this Section,
and by Section 5, Article x, of this
Constitution shall not apply to bond
ed Indebtedness incurred by the town
of Darlington, where the proceeds of
said bonds are applied solely for the
tpurpose of drainage of said town and
street improvements, and where the
question of incurring such indebted
ness is submitted to the freeholders
and qualified voters of such NUM-
cipality, as provided in the Constitu-
tion, upon the question of other bond
ed Indebtedness.
Approved the fourth day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1910.
No. $50.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Section
Z, Article VIII, of the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal Bonded In
debtedness, by adding Proviso
Thereto as to Certain Towns.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
South Carolina that the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
State at the next general election for
Representatives, and if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly
voting thereon shall vote in favor OF
such amendment. and majority OF
each branch of the General Assembly
shall, after such election, and before
another, ratify said amendment by
yeas and nays, that Section 7, Article
VIII, relating to bonded Indebtedness,
be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following words: Pro-