The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-28
Notice of Election.
8T.ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Sumter.

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officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
county,, on Tuesday, November Z
| 1915 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
elections before allowing him to vote,
the production of his registration GER
tificate and proof Of the payment of
all taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during the
previous year. The production of a
certthcate or of the receipt Of the Of
hcer authorized to collect such taxes,
shall be conclusive proof of the
payment thereof.
Section 237, Code of 1912, as
amended by Act No. 6, special session
Of 1914.
Section 237. There shall be three
separate and distinct ballots, as fol-
lows: One ballot for United States
Senator. Representatives in Congress
and President electors; and one ball
lot for Governor, Lieutenant Govern
or. State officers. Circuit Solicitors.
members of the House of Representa-
tives. State Senator, county officers.
and one ballot for all Constitutional
amendments and special questions,
each of three said boxes to be ap-
propriately labelled; which ballots
shall be, of plain white paper and of
such width and length as to contain
the names Of the officer or officers and
question or questions to be voted for
Or upens clear and even cut. without
ornament, designation, mutilation,
symbol or mark Of any kind whatso-
evera except the name or names of
the person or persons voted for and
the office to which such person or
persons; are intended to be chos-
en-. and all special questions
which name or names, office or Offices,
question or questions shall be writ
ten or printed or partly written or
partly printed thereon in black ink /;
and Ruch. ballot shall be so folded as
to conceal the name or names, aues-
ton or questions thereon. and so fold
ed, -ahaN be deposited in box to be
constructed. kept and disposed of as
herein provided by law, and no hal
lot OF ANY other description found, In
either, Of said boxes shall be counted.
DH. Al special questions the ballot
|68 1te the question. aor queattens.
and Mall thereafter have the words
"Yes and mo" inserted SO that the
voter may indicate his vote by stirling
out one or the other of such words
on said ballot, the word not SO strick-
en- 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;
Notary Public must administer 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 a. m. and closed at 6 D.
m.
The Managers have the power to
fill q vacancy, and il none of the Man
agers attend. the citizens can appoint
from among the qualiefid voters, 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-
unue without adjournment until the
same is completed. and make a state
mept Of the result for each Office and
sign the same. Within three days
thereafter, the Chairman of the
Board. or some one designatsa by the
Board, must deliver to the 6ommis-
sioners OF Election the poll list, ne
boxes containing the ballets and :.
ten statements of the results of the
election.
At the said election qualified cleo
tors will vote upon the adoption OF
rejection of amendments to the State
Constitution, as provided in the fol-
lowing Joint Resolutions:
A., Joint Resolution to Amend Sec.
tion T., Article VIII Of the Constitu-
tion, Relating to Municipal Bonded
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