The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-23
CIRCULATION 2.3O0.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

na-al Election for State and County OFF,
GERS will be held at the voting precincts
,prescribed by law il said County, on
Tuesday, November 5, 1912, said day
being Tuesday following the tlrst Mon
day 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.
tihcate and proof of the payment OF al,
taxes, including poll tax. assessed
against him and collectible during the
.DTeyious year. The production OF a
certificate or of the receipt OF the OIL
6cer authorized to collect such taxes
shall be conclusive proof Of the pay
inent thereof. :.
There shall be separate and diStlne1
ballots at this election tor the 1olio",
ing officers, to wit: CD Governor ana
Lieutenant Governor; (2l other state
officers; Cd Circuit Solicitor (4}
State Senator; 60 members OF House
OF Representatives (6) county ottlcers.
On which shall be the name or names
of the person or persons voted 1or as
such officers, respectively, and the OIL
fee for which they are voted. -
There shall be separate boxes III
which said ballots are to be deposlteq'
and each ballot box shall be labeled III
nlain Roman letters with the ottlce or
officers voted for.
Whenever vote is to be. taken on
any special question or questions boH
shall be provided, properly labeled to1
that purpose, and the, ballots therefor
on such question or questions shall De
deposited therein 80,
Before the hour fixed for opening the
POLLS Managers and Clerks must take
and subscribe the Constitutional oath
The Chairman Of the Board of Mana
gers can admin, :ster the oath to the
other members ald to the Clerk; NO
tarv Public must admln':-er the oati'
TO the Chairman. The ianagers elect
their Chairman and Clerk:
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed a!
4 o'clock D. m, e-:cept in the City OF
Charleston, whe-" hey snaii De opelieo
at 7 a. m. and = i at 6 p. m. -,
The Manage: ave the power to MI
vacancy. none of the Man,
ayers atte,-d citizens can appolns
from anon ::e qualified voters, the
Managers ,'- after being sworn, can
condrc. + :ction
At the = of the election the Man
ayers arc Clerk must proceed publicly
to open he ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is compiet-
ed. and make statement Of the result
for each Office and sign the same. Within
three days thereafter the Chairman OF
the Board, or some one deslgnated by
the Board, must deliver to the CON-
missioners of Election the poll list. the
boxes containing the ballots and writ
ten statements of the results Of the cleo
ton.
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. 582.
a Joint Resolution to Amend Section
?. Article VIII of the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal Bonded In
debtedness, by Adding a Provlso
Thereto as to the Town Of Bishop
vile.
Section I. Be it resolved by the Cen
esral Assembly of the State Of South
carolina, That the following amend
rnent to Section 7, Article VIII OF the
Constitution of the State of South Gar.
.oiina, be agreed to: Add at the end
thereof the following words: PRO
yided, further, That the limitations I'M
nosed by this section and by Section 5
of Article x of this Constitution, shall
not apply to the bonded Indebtedness
incurred by the town: of Bishopvllle, IN
the county of Lee, when the proceeds
,of said bonds are applied exclusively to
aid in the building and purchase. OF
rlphts-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 mourning such Indebtedness IS sub.
1nitted to the qualified electors OF SAID
municipality, as provided in the Con,
;stitution, upon the question OF bondeo
indebtedness.
Sec. 2. That the question of adopting
this amendment shall be submitted at
the next general election for Represeil-
fatives to the electors as follows: hose
IN favor of the amendment will deposit
a.ballot with the following words PLAIN
ly written or printed thereon: "Consti-
tutional amendment to Section /, Artl-
,elc VIII of the Constitution. relating TO
municipal bonded indebtedness, as pro-
posed bv Joint Resolution entitled A
Ioint Resolution to amend Sectlon, I,
Article VIII of the Constitution, irelat-
ing to municipal bonded Indebtedness
by adding a 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: "Consttn-
t;onal amendment to Section !, Article
VIII of the Constitution, relating TO
municipal bonded Indebtedness, as pro-
posed by Joint Resolution entitled 4
Toint Resolution to amend Section, j.
Article VIII of the Constitution, relat-
ing to municipal bonded indebtedness
bv adding a proviso thereto as to the