The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-10-24
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

general election for State and county
officers 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 pre-
scribed 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 reglstra-
tion certificate and proof of the pay
ment of all taxes, including poll tax,
assessed against him and collectible
during the previous year. The pro-
| duction of a certificate or OF the re-
ceipt of the officer authorized to col
| lect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
There shall be separate and DIS
tinct ballots at this election for the
! following officers, to-wit: CD Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor; CD
Other State Officers CD Circuit So
licitor; (4) State Senator; 60 Mem
bers of House of Representatives;
| (6) County Officers. On which shall
be the name or names OF the person
| or persons voted for as such offlcers,
respectively, and the Office for which
| they are voted. ....
There shall be separate boxes in
| which said ballots are to be deposit
ed and each ballot box shall be la
| beled 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
box shall be provided, properly label
ed for that purpose, and the ballots
| therefor on such question or ques-
tions 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;
a 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 4 o'clock p. M, except IN
the city of Charleston, where they
shall be opened at a. m. and closed
at 6 p. m.
The managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none Of the man
ayers attend, the citizens can ap-
point from among the qualified
voters, the managers, who, after be-
ing 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 con-
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make state
ment of the result for each ONCE 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
written statements of the results OF
the election.
At 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 sectlon
Z, article VIII of the constitution,
relating to municipal bonded in
debtedness, by adding a proviso as
to the town Of Bishopville.
Section l. 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
limitations imposed by this section
and by section of article K Of this
constitution, 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
Railway, or other railroad, or rail-
roads, under such restrictions and
limitations as the general assembly
may prescribe, and where the ques-
ton of incurring such Indebtedness
is submitted to the qualified elec-
tors of said municipality, as pro-
vided in the constitution, upon the
question of bonded Indebtedness
Section 2. That the question OF
adopting this amendment shall be
submitted at the next general elec-
tion for representatives to the elec-
tors as follows: Those in favor OF
the amendment will deposit ballot
with the following words plainly
written or printed thereon: "Constl-
tutional amendment to section Z, ar
ticle VIII of the constitution, relat-
ing to municipal bonded indebted
ness, as proposed by joint .resolu-
ton entitled "A joint resolution to
amend section 7, article VIII of the
constitution, relating to municipal
bonded Indebtedness, by adding
proviso thereto as to the town OF
Bishopville-Yes." Those opposed
to said amendment shall cast a bal
lot with the following words plainly
written or printed thereon: "Consti-
tutional amendment to section Z, ar
ticle VIII, of the constitution, relat-
ing to municipal bonded indebted
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