The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
TING PROPERTY FOR PERMANENT

IMPROVEMENT.
SECTION. l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly OF the State of South
Carolina. That the following. amend
ment to the Constitution, Article K, to
be known as Section Is of said article,
be agreed to by two-thirds of the men,
bers elected to each house, and entered
on the Journals respectively, with yeas
and nays taken thereon, and be submit
ted to the qualified electors OF the State
at the next general election thereafter
for Representatives, to-wit: Add the
following section to Article < OF the
Constitution, to be and be. known as
Section Is:
Section Is. The General Assembly
may authorize the corporate authorities
of the towns of Gafney and Woodruff
and the cities of Chester and George
town to levy an assessment upon abutt-
ing property for the purpose of paying
for permanent Improvements on streets
and sidewalks, or streets or sidewalks,
Immediately abutting such property:
Provided, That such Improvements be
ordered only upon the written consent
OF majority OF the ownere of the prop
erty abutting upon the streets or side
walks, or part of either proposed to be
improved, and upon the condition that
the corporate authorities shall pay at
least one-half of the costs of such i'm
provements.
SEC. 2. That the electors voting at
such general election in favor of thes
proposed amendment shall deposit a.
ballot with the following words plainly
written o.. printed or printed thereon:
|"Amend ment to Article < of the Con-
slitution, by adding Section Is. eupow-
ering the towns OF GafTuey aud Wood
ruff and the cities of CHESTER and
Georgetown TO assess abuttipg properly
for permanent ilnprovement-Yes."
And those voting against said proposed
amendment shall deposit d ballot with
the following words plainly written or
printed thereon: "Section Is, empow-
ering the towns Of Gaffney and Wood
ruff and the cities OF Chester and
Georgetown to assess abutting property
for permanent improvements-No.
SEC. 3. The Managers of Election
shall canvass said vote and certify the
result as nowproyided by law, &no shall
provide separate box for said ballots.
At said election the qualified electors
shall also vote upon the question OF IS
suing bonds not exceeding one million
(S1, ,0O0, ,000,) dollars to carry ont plans
to relieve the congested condition OF
the State Hospital for the Insane. as
provided by Joint Resolution No. 576.
Acts and Joint Resolutions of-l9l2.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The following Managers of Election
have been appointed to hold the cleo
ton at the various precincts in the said
County:
STATE.
Fulton at Pinewood.-Harrey Bar
wick, James Lawrence. Rollin Kolb.
Calvary at Hodges Corner.-F. j.
Hodge. B. D!GrlEin, B. W.DeSchamps.
Friendship at Panola.-J. NJ. Rich
ardson. Al. Geddings, J. A. Way.
St. Paul at St. Paul.-Julius King,
Clark Fielder, E. B. Kennedy.
Santee at Jordan.-P. Nd. Mitchum,
John June, John W. Clark.
St. James at Davis K Roads.-Geo. It
Lesesne, Frank Mcknight, J.. Elliot.
Rowe.
St. Marks at Dufy's store.-I. N. To-
bias. G. G. Thames, G. G. Frierson. .
Concord at Summerton.-S. A. Brun-
son, c. B. Aycock, q. b. Windham.
Sammy Swamp at Paxville.-T. T.
Brown, c. N. Thigpen, P. A. Hodge.
Manning at Manning.-J. B. Hudnal,
A. C. Davis, J. S. Davis.
Mt. Zion at Wilson,. J. Haley, w.
C. White, Hubert White. 4
Brewington at Foreston.-J. Colum-
bus johnson, Billy Blackwell, j. a..
Caulder.
Plowdens Mill at Alcolu:-W.7 w.
johnson. W. NJ. Davis, W. P. Gardner
Harmony at Chandlers.-J. b. With
erspoon, j. D. Alsbrook, a. NJ. White.s
Midway at Barrows Mill.-H. NJ. Nc
Intosh,R. 2. Morris, j. r. Barrow.
New. Zion at Boykins.-J. q. Hardy,
P. NJ. Gibbon, James Gardner.
Douglass at Coles Mill.-W. j. Bud
din, F. N Thomas, T. NJ. Baird, Jr.
Sandy Grove at :McFa Faddin's store j.
h. Baker, Charlie Mckenzie, r. E.
Burgess.
The Managers at each precinct nam
ed above are requested to delegate one
of their number to secure boxes and
blanks for the election from the Com
missioners at the court house in Man
ming, S. c., Saturday November 2, 1912.
r. 81. DAVIS,
JNO. R. DINGLE,
S. W. MCINTOSH,
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for Clarendon county, S. G.
October 10th, 1912.