The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,

State Of South Carolina,
County Of AbbsvIlle.
Notice is hereby given that the Gen
eral Election for State and County Or
ficers will be held at the voting pre-
cincls prescribed by law in said County,
on Tuesday, November 8, 1910, said day
beng Tuesday following the first Mon
day in November, as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suftrages 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 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 for
the following officers, to wit: W
Governor and observation-disclosures ;
~ Other State Officerg; (3) 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 az 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 |;
q 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 o'clock a. NJ. and closed at
4 o'clock D. NJ, except In the city of
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at 7 O'Clock a. 10. 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 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 for 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 amend
ment shall deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly printed or
written thereon: Constitutional
of Section -, of Article
-. of the Constitution, relating to-.
Those opposed to
said amendment shall cast 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-
nicipaI Bonded Indebtedness.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amend
ment to Section 7, of Article VIII, Of
the Constitution be agreed to: Add at
the end thereof the following words ::
That the Limitation pro-
posed by this Section, and by Section
5. Article X, of this Constitution,
shall not apply to bonded indebted
ness incurred by the town of Darling
ton, where the proceeds of said bonds
are applied solely for the purpose of
drainage of said town and street i'm.
provements, and where the question
of incurring such Indebtedness is sub
mitted to the freeholders and qualified
voters of such mu icipality, as provid-
ed in the Constitution, upon the ques-
tion of other bonded Indebtedness"
Approved the fourth day of Febru.
ary, A. D. 1910.
No. $50.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Section
7, Article VIII, of the Constitu-
\lion, Relating to Municipal Bond
ed Indebtedness, by Adding Pro-
viso Thefelo as to Certain Towns.
Section l. Be 1t resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment 10 the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina he submitted
to the qualified electors of the State at
the next general election for Repre-
sentatives, and if majority of the
electors qualified 10 vote for members
of the General Assembly voting there
on shall vote in favor OF such amend
ment, and majority of each branch
of the General Assembly shall, after
such election, and before another, rat
ify said amendment by yeas and nays,
that Section Z, Article VIII, relating
to bonded indebtedness, be amended
by adding at the end thereof the fol-
low ing words: Provided, That the
Limitations imposed by this Section
and by Section 5, of Article x, Of this
Constitution, shall not apply to bond
ed Indebtedness incurred by the towns
of Aiken, in the County of Aiken
Camden, in The County of Kershaw
Cheraw, in the County of Chesterfield
Clinton, in the County of Laurens
Edgefield, in The County of Edgefield
and st. Matthews in the County Of
Calhoun, when the proceeds of said
bonds are applied solely and exclu'
sively for the building, erecting, estab'