The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-24
.4Notice of Election
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Lancaster.

In said county, on Tuesday, Novem-
ber z, 1915, said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in Novem-
Der. as prescribed by the State Con-
stitution.
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-
tion certificate and proof Of the pay
ment OF all taxes, including poll tax,
assessed against him and and col
lectible during the previous year
The production of a certificate or of
the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes, shall be con-
elusive 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 fol-
lows: One ballot for United States
Senator, Representatives in Con-
gress and Presidential electors; and
one ballot for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, State officers, Circuit So
licitors, members of the House of
representatives, State Senator
county officers, and one ballot for all
Constitutional amendments and spe-
cial questions, each of three said
boxes to be appropriately labelled;
which ballots shall be, Of plain white
paper and of such width and length
as to contain the names Of the Off
Ger or officers and question or ques-
tions to be voted for or upon, clear
and even cut, without ornament.
designation, mutilation, symbol or
mark of any kind whatsoever, ex-
cept the name or names of the person
or persons voted for and the office
to which such person or persons are
intended to be chosen, and all special
Rauestions which name or names, Of
efce or offices, question or questions
shall be written or printed or partly
written or partly printed thereon in
black ink; and such ballot shall be
so folded as to conceal the name or
names, question or questions there
on, and so folded, shall be deposited
In box to be constructed, kept and
disposed OF as herein provided by
law, and no ballot of any other de.
scription found in either of said
boxes shall be counted.
On all special questions the ballot
shall state the question, or ques>
tions, and shall thereafter have the
words Yes" and mo" 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 so tricken out to be counted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls, Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe the Constitu-
tional 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 Chair
man. 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 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
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 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 n
statement of the result for each Of
flee 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 ana
written statements of the results OF
the election.
b At the said election qualified cleo
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 Sec
ton z. Article VIII of the Constitu-
ton. Relating to Municipal Bonded
Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso
Thereto, Relating to School District
No. 1, of Kershaw County.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Article X of the Constitution
by Adding Thereto Section 15, to
Empower the Town of Mullins to
Assess Abutting Property for Per-
manent Improvement.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Ar
ticle X of the Constitution so as to
Authorize the Town of Clinton and
the City of Easley to Assess Adult
ting Property for Permanent I'm
provements.
A Joint Resolution Proposing an
Amendment to Article XII, Section
of the Constitution, by Striking
Out the Whole of Said Section 2.
Article XII, and Substituting There
for New Section Providing for the
Appointment Of Board of Regents