Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
NOTICE OF ELECTION

State of South carolina-county Of
York.
M Office is hereby given that the
| ~ General Election for State and
County Officers will be held at the
voting precincts prescribed by law in
| said County, on TUESDAY, NOVEM-
| BER 5, 1912. said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in Novem-
| ber, as prescribed by the State Con-
stitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
Managers of election shall require Of
| every elector offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him to vote,
| the production Of his registration cer-
| tificate and proof of the payment of all
taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during the
previous year. The production of a
certificate or Of the receipt Of the Of
| ficer authorized to collect such taxes
shall be conclusive proof of the pay
| ment thereof.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots at this election for the follow
ing officers, towit: G) Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State
Officers; CO Circuit Solicitor; (D
of Representatives; (6) County OFF,
GERS. 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.
There shall be separate boxes in
| which said ballots are to be deposited
and each ballot box shall be labeled in
plain Roman letters with the office or
| officers voted for.
| Whenever a vote is to be taken on
any special question or questions a box
shall be provided, properly labeled for
| that purpose, and the ballots therefor
on such question or questions shall be
| deposited therein.
Before the hour fixed for opening the
polls Managers and Clerks must take
and subscribe the Constitutional OATH
| The Chairman of the Board Of Man
ayers 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. m, and closed at
4 o'clock p. m, except in the City of
| Charleston, where they shall be opened
at a. m. and closed at p. m.
| The Managers have the power to fill
vacancy, and If none Of the Mana
gers attend, the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters, the
i NIdlldSeTS, "IlO, alter DeluB SWOIIl, CdH
conduct the election.
| At the close Of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerk must proceed publicly
| to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is COM
pleted, and make a statement Of the
result for each office and sign the
same Within three days thereafter,
the Chairman of the Board, or some
one designated by the Board, must de-
liver to the Commissioners of Election
the poll list, the boxes containing the
| ballots and written statemnts of the
results of the election.
| At the said election separate boxes
will be provided at which qualified
| electors will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of an amendment to the State
| Constitution, as provided in the follow
ing Joint Resolutions:
| No. 582
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
| Section Z Article VIII of the Con-
| stitution, Relating to Municipal
/ Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a
i Proviso Thereto as to the Town Of
/ Bishopville.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of South
i Carolina, That the following amend
ment to Section Z, Article VIII Of the
i Constitution of the State of South
Il Carolina, be agreed to: Add at the
end thereof the following words: "Pro-
vided, further, That the limitations i'm
posed by this section and by Section S
! of Article X of this Constitution, shall