The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-19
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,

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County of Abbeville.
Notice is hereby given that the Cen
eral Election for State and County Of
ficers will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law in saidCounty,
on Tuesday, November s, 1910, said day
being Tuesday following the first Mon
day in November, as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrages are
as follows:
Residencein State for two years, in the
County one year, in the polling precinct
in which the elector offers to vote, four
months, and the payment 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 vote after six
months residence in the State, if 9th
erwise qualified.
Managers of election must require OF
each voter the production of d regis
tration certificate and the proof of the
payment Of all taxes, including poll
tax, assessed and collectible during the
previous year. The production Of q
certificate or the receipt of the officer
authorized to collect such taxes shall
be conclusive proof of the payment
thereof.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots and boxes at this election fol
the following officers, to wit: o.
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
(2) Other State Officers; 81 State Sen
ator (4) Members of House of Repre-
sentatives (5) County Officers. On
which shall be the name or names OF
the person or persons voted for as such
officers, respectively, and the office fol
which they are voted.
, Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe the CONSTITUTIONS
oath. The Chairman of the Board Of
Managers can administer the oath tc
the other members and to the Clerk
a 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 I o'clock a. m. and closed al
4 O'Clock p. H., except in the city OF
Charleston, where they shall he opened
at 7 O'Clock a. no. and closed at 6 p. m
The Managers have the power to fill
a vacancy, and if none of the Man
ayers attend, the citizeus car 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 ol
rejection of amendments to the State
Constitution, as provided for in the
following Joint Resolutions:
The question Of adopting each
amendment shall be submitted at the
next general elt ctIon 10 the electors as
follows: Those in favor of the amend,
ment shall deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly printed or
written thereon: Constitutional
Amendment of Section =. of Article
90, of the Constitution, relating to......
............-Yes." Those opposed to
said amendment shall cast a ballot
with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon "Consti-
tutional Amendment of Section-....,
of Article. ...., Of the Constitution,
relating to....-.......-No."
No. 566.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section 7, Article VIII, Of
the Constitution, Relating to Mu-
nicipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section l. Be it resolved by the