The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-23
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,
County of Laurens

county OF Laurens
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
ty Omcers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law In said
County, on Tuesday, November 8, 1912,
said day being Tuesday following the
first Monday in November, as prescrib-
ed 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
certificate and proof OF the payment
of all taxes including poll tax, assess
ed against him and collectible during
the previous year. The production of
certificate or Of the receipt OF the
ofl1cer 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: CD Governor and
Lieutenant Governor (2) Other State
officers; CD Circuit Solicitors (4)
State Senator; (5) Members of House
OF Representatives.; (6) County Officers
On which shall be the name or names
OF the person or persons voted foI
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 letter with the Office or
| officers voted for.
Whenever vote is to be taken on
any special question or questions n
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 mana
gers can administer the oath to the
other members and to the Clerk: a
Notary Public must administer the
oath to the C.n man. The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at o'clock a. IN. and closed at
| 4 O'Clock p. M. except in the City of
Charleston, where they shall be op-
encd at I a. IN. and closed at & u. m
| The Managers have the power to
| fill a vacancy, and if none of the Man
ayers attend, the citizens can appoint
| from among the qualified voters, the
Managers, who, after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
AT the close of the election. the
Managers and Clerk must proceed pub
| licly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein and contin-
ue without adjournment Hntil the same
is completed, and make statement
of the result for each Office and sign
the same. Within three days thereaf-
ter, the Chairman of the Board, or
some one designated by the Board,
must deliver to the Commissioners of
Election the poll list the boxes CON
tanning the ballots and written state
ments of the results OF the election
Al the said 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. 5S2.
a Joint Resolution TO amend Section
4, Article VIII of the Constitution.
| Relating to Municipal Bonded In
debtedness, by Adding Proviso
Thereto as to the Town of Bishop
Vile.
Section 1, BE it resolved by the Cen
era, Assembly of the State of South
ment to Section Z, Article VIII of the
Constitution of the State of South Car
olina, be agreed to: Add at the end
thereof the following words: "Provid-
further, That the limitations i'm
posed by this section and by Section
| D of Article X of this Constitution.
shall not apply to the bonded indebted
ness incurred by the town of Bishop
! vile, in the county OF Lee, when the
! proceeds OF said bonds are applied ex-
,lusively to aid in the building and
purchase of right of way Of the South
Carolina Western Railway, or other
railroad or railroads. under such re-
strictions and limitations as the Gen
eral Assembly may prescribe, and
where the question of incurring such
Indebtedness is submitted to the quail
fed electors of said municipality, as
provided in the Constitution, upon the
question of bonded Indebtedness"
Sec. 2.-That the question of adopt
ing this amendment shall be submit
ted at the next general election for
Representatives to the electors as fol-
lows Those in favor of the amendment
Will deposit a ballot with the follow
Ing words plainly written or printed
thereon: constitutional amendment to
Section Z, Article VIII of the Consti-
tuition, relating to municipal bonded
| Indebtedness, as proposed by a Joint
Resolution entitled a Joint Resolution
to amend Section :, Article VIII of
the Constitution, relating to municipal
bonded indebtedness, by adding a pro
| Vlso thereto as to the town of Bishop
ville'-Yes." Those opposed to said
amendment shall cast a ballot with