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certificate or of the receipt of the Of
cer authorized TO collect such taxes,
shall be conclusive proof of the pay
mcnt thereof.
Section 237, Code of 1917, as amend
Cd by Act. No. g. special session Of
1911
Section 237. There shall be three
separate and distinct ballots, as fol-
lows: One ballot for United States Sen
ator, Representatives in Congress and
Presidential electors; and one ballot
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
State officers, Circuit Solicitors, mCnl-
bers Of the House of Representatives,
State Senator, county officers and one
ballot for all Constitutional amend
mcnts and special questions, each of
'hrc" said boxes to be appropriately
."i eHcd: which ballots shall be OF
plain white paper and Of such width
and length as to contain the names of
the officer or O!hcers and questions or
questions to be voted for or upon, clear
and even cut, without ornament, dcsis-
nation, mutilation, 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
| person or persons arc intended to be
chosen, and all special questions which
name or names, Office or Offices, qucS-
ton 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 QuCS-
tons theron. and so folded Shall be
deposited in a box to be constructed.
| kept and disposed Of us herein pro-
vdcd by law, and no ballot Of any 9th
or description found in either Of said
boxes Shall be counted.
! On all special questions Tho ballot
shall state tn" question, or questions.
and shall thereafter have tIc words
"lcs' and "No" inserted so that tho
voter may Indicate his vote b. striking
out one or the other OF such words or
said ballot, the word not so stricken
Out TO be counted
Before the hour fixed for opening the
polls, Managers and Clerks must take
and subscribe tho Constitutional oath.
The Chairman Of the Board of Mana
gers can administer the oath to the
other members and to the Clerk; a No
tary Public must administer 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 O'Clock p. m, except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be op-
encd at Z a. m. and closed at y. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
q vacancy, and if none Of the Mana
gers attend, the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters, the
Managers, who, after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
AT the close Of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count thc
ballots therein, and continue without
Adjournment until the same IS com
| plctcd, and make statement 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 Commissioners of Election thc
poll list, the boxes containing the bal
lois and written statements Of the re-
suits Of tho election.
AT the said election Qualified electors
VIII vote upon the adoption or rcicc-
tlon OF amendments to the State Con
Stitnlion, as provided in the following
Joint Resolutions:
y Joint Resolution TO Amend Sec
ton Of Article VIII Of the Constitu-
ton, Relating to Bonded Indebtedness
by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to The
City Of Abbcville.
Joint Resolution Proposing an
Amendment TO Section lla. Of Article
or the Constitution by Allowing fhc
CITY OF Charleston Through the Civ
conhcll, to Assess Admitting Property
FOR Permanent Improvement ana to
l'3v FOR tho Dprp,nnn,,t
or the intersection of Streets for
Curbing and the Laying Of Drains
without the Consent of the Propcrtv
Owners
Joint Resolution to Amend Soc
ton >, Article NJ Of the CONSTITUTION
relating to School Districts. by Add
ing Special Proviso as TO Grccnvillc
County
Joint Resolution TO Amend Sec
.ion 20, Article III of The Constitu-
non, by Inserting after The Words
viva Nocc', the Words "Exccpt bv
Unanimous Consent"
Joint Resolution Proposinp an
Amendment TO Article Y OF the Consti-
tuition by Adding Thereto Section 10
10 Empower the City of Abbcvillc 10
Assess Ahutting Property for Per
mancnt improvements.
y Joint Resolution to Amend Ar
ucIe C'V) OF the Constitution by Add
ing Thereto a Section II to Empowcr
ANY or All Incorporated Cities ana
owns to Assess Abutting propcrtv
Tor fcrman"nt improvements.
JOINT Resolution TO Amcnd Soc
,ioh :, Article VIII of The Constiu-
,ln'l' h"Iatng 10 Municipal Bonded m
ocptcdncSs, by Adding a Proviso There
10 as 10 lE ('iiI .