The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina-County O.
Bamberg.

Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
ty Officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
county, on Tuesday, November 1,
1916, said day being Tuesday follow
ing 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 registra-
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 re-
ceipt of the officer authorized to COL
lect such taxes, shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
Section 237, Code Of 1912, as
amended by Act No. 6, special ses-
sion of 1914.
Section 237. There shall be three
separate and distinct ballots, as 1ol-
lows: One ballot for United States
Senator, Representatives in Congress,
and Presidential electors; and one
ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, State officers, Circuit Solici-
tors, members of the House Of Rep
resentatives, State Senator, county
officers, and one ballot for all Con-
stitutional amendments and special
questions, each of three said boxes to
be appropriately labelled; which bal
lots shall be Of plain white paper and
of such width and length as tocontaln
the names of the officer or officers
and question or questions to be vot-
ed for or upon, clear and even cut,
without ornament, designation, mutt
lation, symbol or mark OF any KIND
whatsoever, except the name or
names of the person or persons voted
for and the office to which such per-
son or persons voted for and the Of
flee to which such person or persons
are intended to be chosen, and all
special questions which name or
names, office or offices, question or
questions shall be written or printed
or partly written or partly printed
thereon in black ink; aid such ballot
shall be so folded as to conceal the
name or names, question or questions
thereon, and so folded, shall be de-
posted in a box to be constructed,
kept and disposed of as herein pro-
vided by law, and no ballot of any
other description found in either OF
said boxes shall be counted.
On all special questions the bal
lot shall state the question, or ques-
tions, and shall thereafter have the
words "Yes" and No inserted so
that the voter may indicate his vote
by striking out one or the other OF
such words on said ballot, the word
not stricken out to be counted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls, Managers and Clerks must
take 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 admin
lister the oath to the Chairman. The
managers elect their Chairman and
Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 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 a. M, and closed at 6
p. m. -,
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none Of the
Managers attend, the citizens can ap-
point from among the qualified vot-
ers, the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk 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 F1eotion the poll list,
the boxes continuing tho ballots and
written statements of the results of
the election.
At tie said election qualified elec-
tors will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of amendments to the State
Constitution, as provided in the fol-
lowing JOINT RESOLUTIONS:
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Section Z, Article VIII of the Consti-
tuition, Relating to Municipal Bond
ed Indebtedness, by Adding a Pro-
viso Thereto, Relating to School, Dis
trict No. 1, of Kershaw County.
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing
to Amend Article K of the Constitu-
tion by Adding Thereto Section Is,
to Empower the Town of Mullins to
Assess Abutting Property for Perma-
nent Improvement.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
Article x of the Constitution so as to
Authorize the Town of Clinton and
the City Of Easley to Assess Abutting
Property for Permanent Improve
ments.
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing
an Amendment to Article XII, Sec
tion of the Constitution, by Strik-
ing Out the Whole of Said Section 2,
Article XII, and Substituting There
for a New Section Providing for the
Appointment of Board Of Regents