Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-10-26
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,
County OF Oconee. .


County Officers will be held at the
voting precincts prescribed by law In
said County, on Tuesday, November
8, 1910, said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in Noyem-
ber, as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrages
are as follows:
Residence In State for two years,
In the County one year, in the poll
Ing precinct in which the elector
offers to vote, four months, and the
payment six months before any cleo
ton 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 otherwise
qualified.
Managers Of election must require
Of each voter the production of q
registration certificate and the proof
of the payment of all taxes, including
poll tax assessed and collectible
during the previous year. The pro-
duction Of n certificate or the re-
ceipt 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 for the following officers, to
wit: CD Governor and Lieutenant-
Governor; (2) Other State OFF,
GERS; CD State Senator; ca Mem
bers Of House Of Representatives
60 County Officers. On which
shall be the name or 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 al-
minister 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 O'Clock p. NJ, except In the city
Of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at a. m. and closed at
6 p. m.
The Managers have the power to
fll vacancy, and If none Of the
Managers attend, the citizens can
appoint from among the qualified
voters, the Managers, who after
being sworn, can conduct the cleo
ton.
At the said election separate boxes
Will be provided at which qualified
electors will vote upon adoption or
rejt ton 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 a
ballot with the following words
plainly printed or written thereon:
Unconstitutional Amendment Of Sec
ton, Of Article. Of the Con-
stitution, relating to Yes"
Those opposed to said amendment
shall cast ballot with the follow
ing words plainly printed or written
thereon: Constitutional Amendment
of Section. :, Of Article :, of the
Constitution, relating to Mo-"
No. 500.
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing
to Amend Section 7. Article VIII,
Of the Constitution, Relating to
Municipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Section !. Be 1t resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to Section 7, Of Article
VIII, OF the Constitution be agreed
to: Add at the end thereof the
following words: "Provided, That
the limitation proposed by this Sec
tion, and by Section 5, A Gle X,
OF this Constitution, shall no. apply
to bonded Indebtedness incurred by
The town Of Darlington, where the
proceeds Of said bonds are applied
solely for the purpose Of drainage
of said town and street improve
ments, and where the question Of in
curing such Indebtedness is sub
mitted to the freeholders and quail
fed voters Of such municipality, as
provided in the Constitution, upon
the question Of other bonded indebt-
ednesS''
Approved the fourth day Of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1910.
No. $50.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Section 7, Article VIII, OF the
Constitution, Relating to Mun-
cipal Bonded Indebtedness, by
Adding Proviso Thereto as to
Certain Towns.
Section |. BE it resolved by the
General Assembly OF the State OF
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of
he State Of South Carolina be sub
United to the qualified electors Of tho
State at the next general election
for representatives, and If ma
jority Of the electors qualified to
vote for members Of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote in
favor Of such amendment, and a
majority of each branch of the
General Assembly shall after such
election, and before another ratifv