The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 2
COUNTY OF CLARENDON. (

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Tuesday, November 5, 1912. said day
being Tuesday following the first Mon.
day in November, as prescribed by the
State Constitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
| Managers OF election shall require oi
every of eleetor offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him to vote,
the production of his registration Ger.
ltifcate and proof OF the payment of al
taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during the
previous year. The production of a Ger
tifcate or of the receipt of the officer
authorized to collect such taxes shall be
conclusive proof of the payment thereof
! There shall be separate ana distinct
ballots at this election for the following
officers, to-wit: ~ Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor; ~ Other State Othc'
ers; (3) Circuit Solicitor; (4 Members
of House of Representatives; Isl County
Officers. On which shall be the name
or names of the person or persons voted
for as such officers, respectively, ano
the Office for which they are voted.
There shall be separate boxes lr
which said ballots are to be deposited
and each ballot box shall be labeled il
plain Roman letters with the Office or
officers voted for.
Whenever a vote is TO be taken or
any special question or questionsa 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 constitutions
oath. The chairman OF the board oil
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. M, and closed at
4 o'clock p. m.
The managers have the, power to fill
q vacancy, and if none of the managers
attend, the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters, the manag-
ers, who, after being sworn; can con-
duct 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 complet-
ed, and make statement of the result
for each Office and sign the same. With
in three days thereafter, the chairman
of the board, or some one designated by
the board, must deliver to the commis-
sioners of election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots and written
statements of the results of the election.
At the said election separate boxes
will be provided at which qualified cleo
tors will vote upon the adoption or re-
lection of an amendment to the State
Constitution, as provided in the follow
ing Joint Resolutions:
No. 5S2.
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND
SEcIIoN::7, ARTICLE VIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO ,MU-
NICIPAL BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY
ADDING A PRovISo THERETO AS; TO
THE Town OF BISHoPvILLE.
SECTION l. Re it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State Of f.South
Carolina, That the following amend
1ent TO Section I. Article VIII of the
constitution Of the State of South, Caro-
lima, ee agreed to: Add at the end there
of tue following words: provided.
further, That the limitations lmposed
by this section and by Section O. Ar
ticle K of this Constitution, shall not
apply to the bonded Indebtedness in
CURED by the town OF, Bishopville, in
the county OF Lee. when the proceeds Of
said bonds are applied exclusively to aid
in the building and purchase OF rights
of way of the South Carolina Western
Railway, or other railroad or railroads,
under such restrictions and limitations
as the General Assembly may prescribe.
and where the question of incurring
such Indebtedness is submitted to the
qualified electors of said municipality,
as provided in the constitution, upon
the question of bonded Indebtedness"
SEC. 2. That the question OF adopting
this amendment shall be submitted at
the next general election for Represen-
tatives to the electors as follows: Those
in favor Of the amendment will deposit
q ballot with the following words plain
ly written or printed thereon: "Consti-
tutional amendment to Section 2, Article
VIII of the Constitution, relating to
municipal bonded Indebtedness, as pro-
posed BY Joint Resolution entitled "A
Joint Resolution to amend Section I.
Article VIII of the Constitution, relat-
ing to municipal bonded indebtedness,
by adding proviso thereto as to the
town of Bishopville'-Yes." Those op-
posed to said amendment shall cast a
ballot with the following words plainly
written or printed thereon: ''Constltu.
tional amendment to Section I, Article
VIII, of the Constitution, relating to
municipal bonded Indebtedness, as pro-
posed BIZ a Joint Resolution entitled "A
Joint Resolution to amend Section 7,
Article VIII, of the Constitution, relat-
ing to municipal bonded Indebtedness,
by adding a proviso thereto as TO the
town of Bishop ville'-No." /"
No. 583.
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING
AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE x OF
THE CONSTITUTION, BY ADDING
THERETO SECTION 14A, TO EMPOWER
THE CITIES OF CHARLESTON AND
BEAUFORT TO ASSESS AUDITING
PROPERTY FOR PERMANENT I'M
PROvEMENTS.
SECTION !. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amend
ment to Article x of the State Consti-
tuition, 70 be known as Section l4a OF
said Article Y, be agreed to by two
thirds OF the members elected to each
house, and entered on the Journals re-
spectively, with yeas and nays taken
thereon, and be submitted to the quail
fed electors of the State at the next
general election theaeafter for Repre-
sentatiyes, to-wit: Add the following
section to Article x OF the Constitution,
to be and be known as Section i4a.
Section Ia The General Assembly
may authorize the corporate authorities
of the cities of Charleston and Beaufort
to levy an assessment upon abutting