The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-10-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ARREVIILE.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE.
Notice is hereby given that the Gen
eral Election for State and County OF.
fcers will be held at the voting pre-.
cincts prescribed by law In said coun'
ty. on Tuesday, November 3, 1914, sate
day being Tuesday following the first
Monday In November, as prescribed by
the State Constitution.
The qualification 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 Ger
tificate and proof Of the payment Of al
taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and %collectible during thu
previous year. The production Of
certificate or Of the receipt Of the Of.
fcer authorized to collect such taxes
shall be conclusive proof of the pay,
mens thereof. 49,
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots at this election for the follow
ing officers, to-wit: % Governor and
Lieutenant-G Governor; .(2) Other State
Ofaeers; 60 Circuit Solicitor; "a
State Senator; t5) Members Of Eouse
of Representatives; (6) County ONO
ers. On which shall be the name or
names of the person or persons voted
for as such officers, respectively, and
the ONCE for which they are voted.
There shall be separate boxes In
which said ballots are to be deposited
. and each ballot box shall be labeled
in plain Roman letters with the Office
or officers voted for.
Whenever q vote Is to be taken on
any special question or questions a
box shall be provided, properly label
ed for that purpose, and the ballots
therefor on such question or ques-
tions shall be deposited therein.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
tate and subscribe the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman of the Board OF
Managers can administer the oath to
the other members and to the Clerk;
a Notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must ne
opened at z O'Clock a. m. and closed at
4 o'clock D. m, except in the City of
Charleston, where they shall be open
ed at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p: m.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and II none OF the Man
ayers attend, the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters, the
Managers, who, after being sworn, can
conduct the election. ..,. IT,.
At the close Of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes ana
count the ballots therein, and con-
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make a state
ment of the result for each office and
sign the same. Within three days
thereafter, the Chairman Of the Bdaro,
Or some one designated by the Board,
must deliver to the Commissioners OF
Election the poll list, the boxes con
tanning the ballots and written state
ments 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. 542.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Section 8, Article II, Of the Consti-
tuition, By Adding Thereto, on Line
Three, After the Word college" and
Before the Word 'The", the Follow
ing: "South Carolina School for the
Deaf and Blind, Located at Cedar
Springs" ......
SECTION 1. South Carolina School
for Deaf and Blind-Amendment 10
constitution.-Be It resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to Section 8, Article H. OF
the Constitution Of the State Of South
Carolina, be agreed to by a two-thirds
vote of the members elected to each
House, and entered on the Journals
respectively, with yeas and nays taken
thereon, and be submitted to the quail
fled electors Of the State at the next
general election thereafter for Repre-
sentatives, to-wit: Add the following
words to Section 8, Article II, OF the
CONSTITUTION after the word college"