Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-10-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY
OF YORK.


ficers will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law in said county,
on Tuesday, November 3, 1914, said day
being Tuesday following the first Mon
day 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 registration cer-
tifcate and proof of the payment of all
taxes, inclucing 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 such 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, to wit: a. Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State
Officers; (3) Circuit Solicitor; (4) State
Senator; (5l Members 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 Of
flee for which they are voted.
said ballots are to be deposited and
each ballot box shall be labelled 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 labelled 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 to the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman of the Board Of
Managers can administer the oath to
the other members and to the Clerk:
Notary Public must administer the oath
to the Chairman. The Managers elect
their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls Mt each voting place must be
opened at z O'Clock 4. IN. and closed at
4 o'clock p. m, except in the city of
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at Z. a. m. and closed 6 p. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
vacancy, and if none of the managers
attend, the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters, the man.
ayers, who. after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the man.
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to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is COM
pleted. and make statement of the
resi-, for each Office and sign the same.
Wi,hin three days thereafter, the chair
man of the board, or someone desig
mated by the board, must deliver to the
commissioners of election the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots and
written statements of the result 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. 243.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Propose an
Amendment to Article X of the Con-
stitution, by Adding Thereto Section
is. to Empower the Cities of Sumter
and Darlington and the Towns of
Beiton and Walhalla to Assess Adult
ting Property for Permanent I'm
provements.
Section |. Proposed Amendment to
Article Y of the CONSTITUTIONS Be it re-
solved by 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
tion rs of said Article X, be agreed to
by two-thirds of the members elected
to each House and entered on the Jour
nails, respectively, with yeas and nays
taken thereon, and be submitted to the
qualified electors of the state at the
next general election thereafter for
Representatives, to wit Add the fol-
lowing section to Article X of the Con-
stitution, to be, and be known as, Sec
ton I6.
Sec. Is. Sumter, Darlington, Belton
and Walhalla to be Permitted to Assess
Ahutting Property for Permanent I'M
prOvement - The General Assembly
may authorize the corporate authori-
ties of the cities of Sumter and Dar-
lington and the towns of Walhalla and
beiton TO levy an assessment upon abut-
ting pro .oerty for the purpose of paying
tor permanent improvements on streets
and sidewalks Immediately abutting
said property: Provided, That said inn
provements shall be ordered only upon
the written consent of one-half of the
owners of property abutting upon the
street. sidewalk, or part of either. pro-
posed TO be improved, and upon cOndi-
tion that sand assessment of abuttiDG
property owners not exceeding two
thirds (2-3) of the cost thereof.
Sec. =. Ballot-That the electors vot-
lnG at such general election in favor of
the proposed amendment shall deposit
ballot with the following words plain
~ written or printed thereon: Amend
mefit to Article X of the Constitution
by adding Section 16. empowering the
cities of Sumter and Darlington and the
towns of Belton and Walhalla to assess
abutting property for permanent I'M
provement- Yes. And those voting
against proposed amendment shall de-
posit ballot with the following words
plainly written or printed thereon:
Amendment to Article X of the Con-