The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-10-29
NoticeofElection
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.

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precincts prescribed by law in said
county or Tuesday, November 3,
1911, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November,
as prescribed by the State Constitu-
ton.
The qualifications for suffrage:
Managers of election shall require
of every elector offering to vote a.
any election, before allowing him to
vote, the production of his reglstra-
ton certificate and proof of the pay
ment of all taxes, including poll tax,
assessed against him and collectlble
during the previous year. The pro-
duction of a certificate or of the
receipt of the officer authorized to
collect 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: ID Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor; ~
Other State Officers; 81 Circuit So
licitor; (4D State Senator; (5) Mem
bers of House of Representatives;
(6) 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 deposit
ed and each ballot box shall be Ia
beled in plain Roman letters with
the office or officers voted for.
Whenever vote is to be taken on
any special question or questions a
box shall be provided, properly Ia
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 Constitution
al oath. The chairman of the board
of managers can administer the oath
to the other members and to the
clerk: 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 p. m., except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at Z am. and closed at 6 pm.
The managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none OF the
managers attend, the citizens can
anpoint from among the qualified
voters the managers, who, after be-
inc sworn. can conduct the election.
At the close of the election the
managers and clerks 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 state
ment of the result for each office
and sign the same. Within three
DAYS thereafter the chairman OF the
hoard. or some one designated by
the board, must deliver to the Com
missioners of Election the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots and
written 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 249.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose
an amendment to article X OF the
Constitution, by adding thereto sec.
tion l6. to empower the cities OF
Sumter and Darlington and the towns
of Bolton and Walhalla to assess
abutting property Tor permanent I'M
provements.
Section l. Proposed amendment to
article X of Constitution. Be it resolv-
ed bv the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the fol-
lowing amendment to article X of the
State Constitution, to be known as sec
ton 16 of said article X, be agreed to
by two-thirds of the members elected
to each House and entered on the Jour-
mails respectively, with yeas and nays
taken thereon, and be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State at the
next general election thereafter tor
REPRESENTATIVES to wit: Add the fol-
lowing section to article Y of the Con-
stitution, to be, and be known, as sec
tion l6: n
Sec 16. Sumter, Darlington, Bolton
and Walhalla to be permitted to assess
abutting property for permanent I'M
provement. The General Assembly may
authorize the corporate authorities OF
the cities of Sumter and Darlington and
the towns of Walhalla and Beiton to
lew an assessment upon abutting prop
ertv for the purpose of paying for per,
manent improvements on streets ana
sidewalks or streets or sidewalks I'M
mediately abutting said property: Pro
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