The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-19
state Of South Carolina.
County Of Sumter.

" olficers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
County, on Tuesday, November 5.
1912, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November. as
prescribed by the state Constitution.
me qualification for suffrage:
Managers of election shall reouire
or every eleCtCr Offering to vote at
any election, before allowing him TO
No-e' the production cf his re yistra-
IN ccruhcatc and proof of the paw
"eht OF all taxes, including poll tax
assessed against him and collectible
curing the previous year The pro-
uucIlon OF certificate or of the re-
celpt CT the officer authorized to coll
lect such taxes shall be conclusive
PROOF OF the payment thereof
There shall be separate and distinct
pallots at this election for the follow
ing officers, to-wit: CD Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other
state Officers; CD Circuit Solicitor:
(4) State Senator; (5) Members of
House of Representatives.; co Coun-
ty Officers. On which Shall be the
name or names Of the person or per
sons voted for such officers. re-
spectively, and the office for which
they are voted.
Ihere 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
pox shall be provided, properly la
beled for that purpose, and the bal
lots 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
Managers can administer the oath to
the other members and to the Clerk:
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 Z o'clock a. m. and closed
at O'Clock p. m., except in the City
OF Charleston. where they shall be
opened at Z a. m. and closed at 6
p. m.
The Managers have the power to
fill vacancy, and IL none Of the
point from among the qualified vot-
ers, the Managers. who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election
At the close OF the election. the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein. and contin-
ue without adjournment until the
same Is completed, and make a state
ment 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 Commits
sioners Of Election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots and writ
ten statements OF the results Of the
election.
AT the oaid 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 following Joint Resolutions.
No. 582.
Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton Z, Article VIII OF the Consti-
tuition, Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness. by Adding a
Proviso Thereto as 70 the Town of
Bishopville.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That the following
amendment TO Section Z. Article VIII
OF the Constitution of the State of
South Carolina. be agreed to: Add at
the end thereof the following words:
provided, further, That the limita-
tions imposed by this section and by
Section of Article Y Of this Constitu-
ton, shall not apply to the bonded
Indebtedness incurred 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 Rail-
way, or other railroad or railroads,
under such restrictions and limitations
as the General Assembly may pre-
scribe, and where the question Of incur
ring such Indebtedness is submitted
to the qualified electors of said NUM-
cipality, as provided in the Constitu-
ton, upon the question Of bonded in
debtedness.'
ing this amendment shall be submit
ted to the next general election for
Representatives to the electors as fol-
lows: Those in favor of, the amend
ment will deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly written or
printed thereon: constitutional
amendment to Section Z, Article
VIII Of the Constitution. relating to
municipal bonded Indebtedness, as
proposed by a Joint Resolution en-
titled a Joint Resolution to amend
Section Z, Article VIII of the COnsti-
tuition relating to municipal bonded
indebtedness, by adding a proviso
thereto as TO the town OF Bishopville'
Yes" Those opposed to said
amendment shall cast a ballot with
the following words plainly written
or printed thereon: Unconstitutional