The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-21
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,


Notice is hereby given that the Gen.
eral Election for State and County Of
fcers will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law in said Coun-
ty, on Tuesday, November 8, 1910, said
cay being Tuesday following the first
Monday in November, as prescrib ed
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 election of any
poll tax then due and payable: Pro-
vided, 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 a
registration certificate and the proof
of the payment Of all taxes, including
poll tax, assessed and collectible dur
ing the previous year. The produc-
ton Of 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: (D
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor;
{2) Other State officers; (3) State
Senator; (4) Members of House OF
Representatives; (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 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; 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 o'clock a. n. and closed
at 4 o'clock p. M, except in the city
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at a. N. and closed at s
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: Unconstitutional
Amendment Of Section -, Of Article
-, 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 Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness.
Section l. Be it 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 limita-
ton proposed by this Section, and by
Section 5, Article x, OF this Constitu-
tion, shall not apply to bonded in
debtedness incurred by the town OF
Darlington, where the proceeds of said
bonds are applied solely for the pur-
pose 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 munich
pality, as provided in the Constitu
tion, upon the question of other bond