The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Executive Department.

I WHEREAS, petition, signed by
more than one-third of the quail
fed electors of that portion of Clar-
endon County proposed to be cut
off and annexed to Williamsburg
County, in this State, therein set
out, was filed in this Office on the
10th day of August, 1913, which
proposed cutoff embraces the fol-
lowing lines. to wit:
''All that portion Of the County of
Clarendon, known as the Southeast
ern portion of Midway township, and
the southeastern section OF Sandy
Grove township, beginning at a cy-
press On Black River, aud running
nineteen degrees and two minutes
west for one hundred and ten and
thirty-seven one hundreds chains to
stake; thence, North. nineteen de
gIees and seventeen minutes west
for one hundred and fifty-nine and
eighty-fve one hundreds chains to a
stake; thence, North forty-six de-
grees east for three hundred and
thirty and thirty one-hundreds chains
to a poiut where the Cade Road III
tersects the Lyuchburg Road; thence
along the Cade Road, which has the
bearing of North eighty-eight de-
grees and thirty-five minutes east
for forty nine and fifteen one-hun-
dreds chains; thence along the said
Cade Road which has the bearing Of
North sixty. three degrees and fifteen
minutes east for thirty seven and
seventy-fve one hundreds chains at
which said point it leaves the said
CaGe koud and continues with the
last bearing mentioned, for a dis
tance of sixty and tweuty-four one
hundreds chaius to an iron axle.
which is placed on the intersection
of this line and the old Williamsburg
County line; thence along the old
Williamsburg and Clarendon Coun
ty line TO the point from which the
description began. which has the
following distances and courses:
South tweuty-four degrees ami
| fourteen minutes west for ninety
seven and sixty five one-hundreds
|
twenty three degrees and twenty
eight minutes west for four hundred
and seventv-six and twenty FIVE one
hundreds chains to d Cypress ON
Black River;th nee up Black River
| for adistance of about sixty chains
to cypress, this being the one at
which the description began it also
being on the old Williamsburg and
| Clarendon County line"
That the territory contained in
the area sought to be taken 5rom
the County OF Clarendon and added
to and incorporated into the County
of Williamsburg, lies on the north
west side of the Williamsburg Coun-
ty line. aud the said area as therein
proposed to be taken from the Coun
ty of Clarendon and added to the
County of Williamsburg, CONTAINS
by actual survey made thereof.
twelve and ninety-six one hundreds
square miles, as is represented on a
survey or plat of the same, made BY
& T Floyd. Surveyor and CIVIL En-
gineer. in the month of May, A. D
1918"
AND WHEREAS, the boundaries
of that portion of Clarendon County
sought to be cutoff and annexed to
Williamsburg County are fully set
out in said petition as we'll as the
other facts necessary to be stated
under the laws OF this State.
AND WHEREAS, the report Of
the Commissioners appointed to as
certain the facts as provided tor by
law az to whether the provisions OF
the Constitution and Laws Of this
Stat, as to population, area. wealth
distance from the courthouse, ETC.,
have been complied with, was filed
in this office on the Goth day of
August. 1918, which report states
that the law has been complied with
leaving less than five hundred square
miles Clarendon County. and not
less than two million dollars of taxa.
BILE property and that the population
of the said County Of Clarendon will
not he reduced to less than fifteen
thousand Inhabitants and that the
proposed line does not run nearer
than eight miles TO the courthouse
of said Clarendon County.
NOW, THEREFORE. I. COLE.
L. BLEASE, as Governor. of the
State OF South carolina, by virtne
of the power conferred upor me by
the constitution and laws of this
State. do hereby order:
FIRST: That an election be held
in the territory embraced within the
proposed lines aforesaid on the 4th
day Of November A. D. 1918. upon
the question of annexiug said terri
tory to the County Of Williamsburg
and that at said election the quail
fed electors within the proposed
area shall be allowed to vote upon
said question, those favoring the
proposed annexation to vote "Y ES''
and those opposing it to vote "NO".
SECOND: That the Commission
ers of Election for State ard County
Offices for Clarendon County shall
make all necessary arrangements
for holding said election; shal! ap
point Managers and do all other
things necessary for the holding OF
said election, that the County Sup
ervisor of Clarendon County shall
have prepared printed tickets and
furnish same to the commissioners
of Election to be sent out TO the
managers of election for the use Of
the voters.
THIRD: That the said territory
proposed to be cutoff from Claren-
don County and added to Williams
burg County, containing no polling !
or voting place. as now prescribed
by law. the store of R G. Burgess,
who lives and resides within the
territory sought to be cut off from
Clarendon County and added and
incorporated into Williamsburg
County. is hereby designated and
named as voting or polling place
for the purpose Of holding said cleo
tion.
FOURTH: That said election shall
be held under the same rules and
regulations as are provided by law
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