The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-10-17
!. Legal Notices
Notice of Election.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
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Notice is hereby given that the gen
eral election for State and county otfl
GERS will be held at the voting precincts
prescribed by law in said county on Tues
dav. November 5, 1872, said day being
Tuesday following the first Monday in
November, as prescribed by the State
Constitution.
The qualifications 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
tificate and proof OF the payment of all
taxes, including p Il tax, assessed against
him and collectible during the previous
year. The production Of certificate
or of the receipt of the officer author
lied to collect such taxes shall be con-
elusive proof of the payment thereof.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots at this election for the following
officers, to wit: ~ Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor; (2) other State ottl-
GERS; (3) ircuit Solicitor; (4) members
of House of Representatives; (5) coun
ty officers. On which shall be the name
or names of the person or persons voted
for 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 Ro-
man letters with the Office or offices
voted for.
Whenever a vote is to be taken on
any special question or questions a box
shall be provided, properly labeled for
that purpose, and the ballots 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; 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 o'clock a. m. and closed at
4 O. clock o. 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 managers
attend. the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters the manag-
ers, who, after being sworn, can conduct
the election.
At the close of the election the man.
ayers and clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is COM
pleted. and make statement of the re-
suit for each office and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter the chair
man of the board, or some one deslg-
mated by the board, must deliver to the
Commissioners 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 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 5S2.
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND
SECTION 7,ARTICLE VnI,oF THE Con-
STITUTIoN, RELATING TO MUNICIPAL
BONDED INDEBTNESS, By ADDING A
PRoVISo THERETO AS To THE Town
OF BISHoPvILLE.
SECTION l. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina That the following amendment
to Section Z, Article VIII, of the Consti-
tuition of the ~tate of South Carolina
be agreed to: Add at the end thereof
the following words: Provided, fur
ther, That the limitations imposed 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 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 railroads under such
restrictions and limitations as the Cen
eral Assembly may prescribe and where
the question of mourning such lndebt-
edness is submitted to the qualified cleo
tors of said municipality, as provided in
the Constitution, upon the question of
bonded Indebtedness.
SEC 2. That the question OF adopting
this amendment shall be submitted at
the next general election for Represent
atives to the electors as follows: Those
in favor of the amendment will deposit
a ballot with the following words plain
ly written or printed thereon: '.Consti.
tutional amendment to Section Z, Arti-
Gle VIII, of the Constitution, relating to
municipal bonded Indebtedness, as pro-
posed by Joint Resolution entitled A
Joint Resolution to amend Section 7,
Ar ticle VIII, of the Constitution, ,relat-
ing to municipal bonded Indebtedness,
by adding proviso thereto as to the
town of Bishopville Those op-
posed to said amendment shall cast
ballot with the following words plainly
written or printed thereon: "Constitu-
tional amendment to Section Z, Article
VIII, of the Constitution, relating to mu-
nicipal bonded Indebtedness, as proposed
BY Joint Resolution entitled "A Joint
Resolution to amend Section Z, Article
VIII, of the Constitution, relating to
municipal bonded indebtedness, by add
ing a proviso thereto as to the town of
Bishopville'-No."