The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-30

written statements of the results of
the election.
At the said election separate boy.
es VIII be provided at which uuaIi-
He'd electors will vote upon the adop-
ton or rejection Of an amendment
to the State Constitution, as pro.
vided In the following Joint Reso-
lutioRs:
A JOINT RESOLUTION to pronose
an Amendment to Article x of the
Constitution, by Adding Thereto
Section 16. to Empower the Cities
OF Sumter and Darlington and the
Towns OF Belton and Walhalla to
Assess Abutting Property for
permanent improvements.
section 1. Proposed Amendments
to Article x of Constitution.-Be It
resolved by the General Assembly of
the State OF South Carolina, That
the Following amendment to Article
x OF the State Constitution, to be
known as Section 16 Of said Article
x. be agreed to by two-thirds of the
members elected to each House and
entered on the Journals respectively
with yeas and nays taken thereon,
and be submitted to the qualified
electors OF the State at the next
general election thereafter for Rep
resentatives, to-wit: Add the fol-
lowing section to Article x of the
Constitution, to be, and be known
as Section 16.
Section 16. Sumter, Darlington,
Bolton and Walhalla to be permitted
to assess abutting property for per-
manent Improvement. The General
Assembly may authorize the cor.
porate authorities of the cities OF
Sumter and Darlington and the
towns Of Walhalla and Bolton to
levy an assessment upon abuttirg z
property for the purpose OF paying
for permanent improvements on the
streets and sidewalks or streets or
sidewalks Immediately abuttine
said property; Provided, That said
improvements shall be ordered only
upon the written consent of one-haIf
Of the owners Of the property abut-
ting upon the street, sidewalk, or
part OF either. proposed to he i'm
proved, and upon condition that eaid
assessment Of abutting property
owners shall not exceed one-halt Of
the cost OF such improvements. Tx
cept ir the city of Sumter, where the
SOApeAoeC pay al
least one-third Of the cost OF such
improve ments, and the abuttine
property owners not exceeding two
thirds (2-3) Of the cost theceo!.
=. Rallot.-Tnat the electors vot-
Ing at such general election in favor
OF the proposed amendment shall de-
posit a ballot with the following
words plainly written or printed
thereon: "Ameldmc. to Article
y OF the Constit 1t. Vi, ny add; Sec
tion 16, empowering the cities OF
Sumter and Darlington and the
towns Of Belton and Walhalla to as
sess abutting property for permanent
mprovement.-Ye And those
voting against said proposed amend
ment shall deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly written or
printed thereon: Amendment to
Article X Of the Constitution. by
adding Sechtion lie, empowering the
cities of Sumter and Darlington and
the towns OF Bolton and Walhalla to
assess abutting property for perma-
nent improvement.-No.
No. 542.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Section 8, Article III, of the Con
stitution, by Adding Thereto, on
Line Three, After the Word Col
lege' and Before the Word "ths,"
the Following: "South Carolina
School for the Deaf and Blind, Lo-
Gated at Cedar Springs"
Section /. South Carolina School
for Deaf and Blind-Amendment to
Constitution.-Be 1t resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina: That the following
amendment to Section 8, Artile II,
Of the Constitution of the State of
South Carolina, be agreed to by n
two-thirds vote Of the members elect
I'd to each House, and entered on the
Journals, respectively, with yeas and
nays taker thereon. and be submit
ted to the qualified electors OF the
State at the next general election
thereafter for Representatives, to-
wit Add the following words, to
Section 8, Article III, of the Constitu-
tion, after the word college" and
before the word "the," on line three
of said section, South Carolina
School for the Deaf and Blind, locat-
ed at Cedar Springs" so that said
section, when so amended, Is to be
and be known as Section 8, Article
III, and shall read as follows:
Section 8. The General Assembly
may provide for the maintenance
Of Clemson Agricultural College,
South Carolina School for the Deaf
and Blind. located at Cedar Springs,
the University of South Carolina,
and the Winthrop Normal and In
dustrial College, a branch thereof,
as now established by laws, and may
create scholarships therein; the pro-
ceeds realized from the landscript
given by the Act of Congress, passed
the second day of July. in the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for