The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-22
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Clarendon.

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s.. i'll proclamation. To wit:-The store
of K. G. Burgess, within the terrific
ry hereinafter described, Oh Tuesday,
the 4rh, day of November \. ID ISL;
MS prescribed By the said prorlana
tion The qualification for Suffrage
is as follows:
Managers of election shall require
of every elector Offering TO vote, aud
before allowing uim to vote. the
production Of his registration certlt
cate and proof Of the payment OF ali
taxes including poll tax assessed
against him aud coIlectable during
the proceeding year The prodnc-
ton of the certificate or of the re
ceipts, of the officer authorized to
cn!lec, such takes shall br conclusive
proof of The pay 'u-nt thereof.
That in the said election, two bal
lots shall be used on one OF which
shall be printed the words Yes for
the use Of those voting in favor Of
such annexation. and on the other
shall be printed the words mo- for
the use Of those voting against such
annexation. Both of the sal'i bal
lots shall be deposited in on and the
same box, which shall be labeled in
plain Roman Letters: "ELECTION
on QUESTION OF ANN~& ,TlON
OF A PART OF CLARENDON
COUNTY TO WlLLlAMSBU Rs
CrUNTY". Before the hour fixed
for opening the poll, the MANAGERS
aud clerks must take and Subscribe
the Constitutional Oath The Chair
man Of the Board Of managers can
administer the Oath to the other
members; g. Notary Public must ad-
minister the Oath to the Chairman
and the Clerk.
Poll ut the said voting place must
be opened at seven o'clock III the
morning and shall be kept open un.
Til four O'Clock in the afternoon.
The managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none OF the
managers attend. the citizens can
appoint from among the Qua!!hed
voters, the managers. who after be-
ing Sworn. can conduct the election.
At the close of the election the
managers shall count the votes and
shall make q return of the number OF
votes polled for and against the said
annexation, signed and certified to
bv the managers of the election.
which, together wi+h the ballot boxes
ballots and poll list, shall be turned
over to the Commissioners OF election
as required by law; and that the
of election shall then.
as now required by law, tabulate the
votes aud make returns thereof TO
the Governor nf the State, and to
the Secretary Of the State. and file
Il COPY of the same with the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for
the County Of Clarendon
The following managers of election
have been appointed to hold the
election herein referred to. at the
voting precinct or voting place des-
iSuated in the said proclamation, to
witt The Store Of r. &. Burgess,
which is situated in the territory
W lIich is h-reiua ter described, a"n
which is sought to be annexed toI
the County OF Williamsburg.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION:
J. NJ. WINGATE.
j. r BARROW
D l. BURGESS
The following is description of
that portion of Clarendon County
which is sought to be annexed TO the
County of Williamsburg. as Is de-
scrined in the Proclamation OF his
Excelleucv Cole L Blease, Governor
of the State of South Carolina. which
said Proclamation bears date Septen-
Der the 9Th. 4. D. 1918
"All that portion Of the County OF
known as the Southeast
ern portion of Midway township. and
the Southeastern portion of Sandy
Grove township, beginning at cy
press Oh Black River, and running
pineteen degrees and two minutes
West for One Hundred and Ten and
Thirty seven One Hundreds chains
TO 4 stake; thence. North. Nineteen
degrees and seventeen minutes West
for one hundred and fifty-nine and
eighty FIVE one hundreds chains to
stake; thence, North Forty-slX de
yrees East for Three Hundred and
Thirty and Thirty One hundreds
chains to a point where the Cade
road intersects the LyuchburS road,
thence along the Cade road. which
has the bearing of North Eighty
eight degrees and Thirty-tive minutes
East for Forty.ni and Fifteen One
Hundreds chains; thence along the
said Cade road which has the bear.
ing Of North SiXty-three degrees and
fifteen minutes East for Thirty-seven
and Seyenty-five One-H u II d red S
chains at which said point it leaves
the Cade road and continues with
the last bearing mentioned tor ols
rance of Sixty and Twenty four One
chains to an iron axle,
which is placed on the intersection
of this line and the old Williams
burg County line; thence along the
and Clarendon County
line to point from which the de-
scription began, which has the fol-
lowing distances and courses:
South Twenty-four degrees and
fourteen minutes West for Ninety
seven and twenty-five One.
chains to a pine stump; thence South
degrees ana twenty
eight minutes West for -Four Hun
dred and Seventy six and twenty
five ,ne Hundreds chains to a Cy
press on Black river; thence up Black
river for distance OF about sixty
chains to a Cypress, this being the
one at which the description began,
it also being on the old Williams
burg and Clarendon County line:
That the territory contained III
the area sought to be taken from the
County of clarendon aud added 20
and Incorporated into the Honn-
ty of Williamsburg. Iiss on the North
west side Of the Williamsburg Coun-
tv line aud the said area as therein
proposed to be taken from the Coun'
" of Clarendon and added to the
County of Williamsburg, contains
bvactual survey made thereof twelve
and ninety six one hnpdreds square
miles, as is represented on Il surv"y
or ulat OF rh. same. made by Il. L.
Floyd, surveyor and civil engineer
in the month Of May, a. ID: 1913,
The managers appointed to hold
the said election as above referred 10
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