Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-29
State Of South caroIina-county o
York

State Of South caroIina-county Of
York.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the
IN General Election for State and
County Officers will be held at the
voting precincts prescribed by law In
said County, on TUESDAY, NOVEM-
BER 5. 1912. said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in Novem-
Der, as prescribed by the State Con-
stitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
Managers Of election shall require Of
every elector offering to vote at any
the production Of his registration cer-
tificate and proof Of the payment of all
taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during the
previous year. The production Of a
certificate or Of the receipt Of the Of
ficer authorized to collect sucn 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, towit: Q) Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State
Officers; (3) Circuit Solicitor; a.
State Senator; (5) Members Of House
Of Representatives.; (6) County OFF,
GERS. 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.
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 q 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 Man
ayers 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 p. m, except in the City Of
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at a. m. and closed at p. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
vacancy, and II none Of the Mana
gers 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 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 a statement Of the
result for each Office and sign the
same. Within three days thereafter,
the Chairman Of the Board, or some
one designated by the Board, must de-
liver to the Commissioners Of Election
the poll list, the boxes containing the
ballots and written statemnts 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 follow
ing Joint Resolutions:
No. $50.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Section 7, Article VIII of the Con-
stitution, Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a
Proviso Thereto as to the Town of
Bishopville.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of South
That the following amend
ment to Section T. Article VIII Of the |
Of the State Of South |
Carolina, be agreed to: Add at the |
end thereof the following words: "Pro-
vided, further, That the limitations i'm |
posed by this section and by Section |
Of Article x Of this Constitution, shall