The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

the. person Or ptISoI1S NoIOu AOi ~~AtO
the office to which such person or
persons are intended to be chosen,
and all special questions which name
or names, office or offices, ques,
questions shall be written or prln.ed
or partly written or partly printed
thereon in black ink; and such bal
lotsshall be so folded as tosconceal 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 provid-
ed by law, and no ballot of any 9TH
er description found in either OF
said boxes shall be counted.
On al, special questions the ballot
shall state the question. or eues-
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 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 I o'clock a. m. and closed
at@4 o'clock o. M, except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at z a. III. and closed at p.
No..
The Managers have the power to.
| ill: 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
4 same is completed, and make a state
] ment of the result for eac'.. office and
sign the same within; three days
thereafter, the Chairman Of the
Board, or some one designated by
the Beard, must: deliver to the Com
missioners of Election the poll list,
4 the: boxes containing the ballots and
! written Statements of the results Of
the election.
1 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-
flowing Joint Resolutions:
"A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton 7aof Article VIII of the Con
lstitution, Relating TO Bonded Indebt-
edness by Adding Proviso Thereto
lass5to the City Of Abbeville.
a Joint Resolution Proposing ar
tAn3endment to Section la Of Article
TX Of the Constitution by Allowing the
city of Charleston Through the City
lCouneH, to Assess Abutting Property
Ifor Permanent improvement and tc
/ Pay for the Permanent SImprovemen1
of the Intersection Of Streets fol
Curbing and the Laying of Drain:
! without the Consent Of the Property
Owners.
a Joint Resolution to Amend Sec:
ton 5, Article XI of the Constitu
ton, Relating to School Districts, b,
Adding a Special Proviso as tt
Greenville County.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec.
ton 20, Article III Of the Constitu
ton, by Inserting after the Word:
t''viva voce," the Words Except b,
Unanimous Consent"
| = A. Toint pnco1ptior PronoSfpo ar
Amendment to Article x Of the Con
| stitution by Adding Thereto Section
t19, to Empower the City of Abbeville
to Assess Abutting Property for Per.
fmanent Improvements
A Joint Resolution to Amend Ar.
ticle x (10) Of the Constitution BY
Adding Thereto Section II to En-.
power Any or All Incorporated Cite:
and Towns to Assess Abuttfng Prop
erty for Permanent Improvements.
! A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton 2 Article VIII Of the Constitu
ton, Relating to Municipal Bondet
Indebtedness, by Adding a Provise
Thereto as to the City Of Orangeburg
A Joint Resolution Proposing tc
Amend Section II of Article VIII OF
the Constitution Relating to Mu-
Inicipal Bonded Indebtedness.
I A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec.
| ton 7ssof Article VIII and Section
Of Article x, Of the Constitution, sc
as to Exempt the Cities Of Rock Hill
and Florence, from the Provisions
Thereof.
| A Joint Resolution Proposing ar
Amendment to Article x Of the Con.
stitution by Adding Thereto Section
le,: to Empower the Town of Pen.
dleton to Assess Abutting Proper3
for Permanent Improvements.
Election Managers.
The following Managers of Election
have been appointed to hold the cleo
tion at the various precincts. in the
said County:
| Sumter, Ward 1-B. D. Mitchell
L. w. Jenkins, E. D. Hodge.
Sumter, Ward t2.-W. Y. L. Mars