The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-10-25
NOTICE OF ELECTION.


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Comfy OF NUEWBERRY.
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 5, 1912, said
day being Tuesday following the first
Monday in November, as prescribed by
the State Constitution.
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 GER
tifcate 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, to wit: (D Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State
Officers; 60 Circuit Solicitor; (D
State Senator; (5) Members of House
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 vote is to be taken on
any special question Or questions a
box shall be provided, properly labeled
for that purpose, and the ballots there
for 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
Managers can administer the cath to
tn; other members and to the Clerk;
Notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Manag-
ers elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at Z o'clock am. and closed at
4 o'clock p. M, except in the City of
! Charleston, where they shall be open
ed at I a. m. and closed at p. m.
The Managers nave the power to fill
vacancy, and if none of the Manag-
ers atter1 the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters, the Man
ayers, who, after being sworn, can
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 deliver
to the Commissioners Of Election the
/ poll list, the boxes containing the bal
! lots and written statements Of the re-
suits Of the election.
At the said election separate boxes
will be provided at which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption
or rejection q All amendment to the
State Constitution, as provided in the
! following Joint Resolutions:
No. $50.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Sec
ton {, Article VIII of the Constitu-
ton, Relating to Municipal Bonded
Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso
Thereto as to the Town of Bishop
vile.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
. General Assembly Of the State OF South
, Carolina. That the following amend
:, ant % Section :, Article VII, of the
Constitution q re S,aze OF South