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Notice Of
Election
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Abbev1lle

Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
ty Officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
County, on Tuesday, November 5,
1912, said day being Tuesday follow
ing 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 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 ? certificate or OF the re-
reipt 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; (2)
Other State Officers; 81 Circuit So
%licitor; "a State Senator; (5) Mem
bers OF House of Representatives; (6)
County Officers. On which shall be
the name or names or 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 ballots
therefor on such question or Ques-
tons 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.. N. and closed
at 1 O'Clock p. M, except In the City
Of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at I q. m. and closed at 3 p.
N.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none Of the Man
ayers attend, the citizens can APP
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-
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make a state
ment 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 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.
At the said election separate box
es will be provided at which quail
fed electors will vote upon the adop-
ton or rejection Of an amendment to
the State Constitution, as provided in
the following Joint Resolutions:
No. 5S2.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Section I, Article VIII Of the Con-
stitution, Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a
Proviso Thereto as to the Town OF
B~ishopville.
Section /. 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 limita-
tons imposed by this section and by
Section 5 Of Article x of this Consti-
tuition, 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 build
ing and purchase of rights OF way OF
the South Carolina Western Railway,
or other railroad or railroads, under
such restrictions and limitations as
the General Assembly may prescribe,
and where the question OF mourning
such indebtedness is submitted to
the qualified electors of said munich
pality, as provided in the Constitu-
ton, upon the question Of bonded in
~debtedness."
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
follows: Those in favor of the amend
ment will deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly written or
printed thereon: constitutional
amendment to Section 7, Article VIII
of the Constitution, relating to munic-
ipal bonded indebtedness, as propos-
ed by a Joint Resolution entitled A
Joint Resolution to amend Section T.,
Article VIII of the Constitution, re-
lating to municipal bonded indebted
ness by adding a poviso thereto as to
the town of Bishopville.'-Yes." Those
opposed to said amendment shall cast
a ballot with the following words
plainly written or printed thereon:
constitutional amendment to Sec
ton I, Article VIII, Of the
Constitution, relating to munich
pal bonded indebtedness as pro-
posed by a Joint Resolution en-
titled "A Joint Resolution to amend
Section 7, Article VIII, of the Consti-
tuition, relating to municipal bonded
indebtedness, by adding a proviso
thereto as to the town OF Bishopville'
No"