The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-10-22
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.

General Election for State and Coun-
tv Officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescY.Deu b. law in said
county on Tuesday, November 3,
1911, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November,
as prescribed by the State Constltu-
ton.
The qualifications for suffrage:
Managers of election shall require
of every elector offering to vote al
any election, before allowing him to
vote, the production of his registra-
ton certificate and proof of the pay
ment of all taxes, including poll tax,
assessed against him and collectible
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 utenant-Governor; W
Other State Officers; 81 Circuit So
licitor; (4) State Senator; (5) Mem
bers OF liouse 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
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 hoard
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 z 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
appoint from among the qualified
voters the managers, who, after be-
ing 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
board, 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 542.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend sec
ton s. Article II, of the Constitution
bv adding thereto, on line three, after
the word college" and before the
word .'the'', the following: South
Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind,
located at Cedar Springs"
L.
Deaf and Blind-Amendment to Consti-
tuition. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of South Carroll
ma, That the following amendment: to
section 8, article II, of the Constitution
of the State of South Carolina, be agreed
to bv 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 submit
ted to the qualified electors of the State
at the next general election thereafter
for Representatives, to-wit: Acd the
following words to section 8, article II,
OF the Constitution, after the word .'col-
lepe' and before the word "the, /" on
line three of said section, South Caro-
line School for the Deaf and Blind. To-
Gated at Cedar Springs so that said
section, when so amended, is to be and
be known as section 8, article II, and
shall read as follows:
Section s. The General Assembly
may provide for the maintenance OF
Clemson Agricultural College, South
Norol;oo Ccbool for tho Deaf and RllnQ