Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-10-23
NOTICE OF
state of South Carolina,
COuNty of OcOncc.

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Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
ty Officers will be held at the voting
County, on Tuesday, November 5,
1912, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday 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 registra-
ton 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 Cover
nor and Lieutenant Governor; GU
Other State Officers; CD Circuit So
l%icitor; ca State Senator; 60 Mem
bers Of House Of Representatives;
co County 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 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 la
beled for that purpose, and the bal
lots 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 admin
lister the oath to the Chairman. The
Managers elect their Chairman and
Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed
at 4 o'clock D.. m, except in the city
Of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6
p. m.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and If mono of the
Managers attend, the citizens can ap-
point from among the qualified vot-
ers, the Managers, who, after being
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-
{ Iue without adjournment until the
same Is com he 'i, ana mar. 5-..a.
ment Of th> result Tor each y.E-.
and sign thu ans WI-gtw ca r.
days thereafror, the NhNirG... -. ZOE
Board, or so ouc dos. .nttot b.'hg
Board, must deliver 10 ,ilv .y..A..a-
sioners Of Election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots and writ
ten 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 Section
:, Article VIII OF the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal Bonded In
debtrdncss, by Adding IL Proviso
Thereto as to the Town of Bishop
Vile.
Section l.. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to Section 7, 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 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 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 electors
Of said municipality, as provided in
the Constitution, upon the question
of bonded Indebtedness"
Sec. Q. That the question of adopt
ing this amendment shall be submit
ted at the next general election for
Representatives to the electors as
follows: Those in favor OF the amend
mcnt will deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly written or
printed thereon: constitutional
amendment to Section Z, Article
VIII Of the Constitution, relating to
municipal bonded Indebtedness, as
proposed by a Joint Resolution enti-
tied "A Joint Resolution to amend
Section Z, Article VIII of the Consti-
tuition, relating to municipal bonded
Indebtedness, by adding a proviso