The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-10-24
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
ty Officers will be held at the vot-
ing precincts prescribed by law in
SAID county, on Tueeday, November
D, 1918, said day being Tuesday fol-
lowing the first Monday in November.
as prescribed by the State Consti-
| tuition.
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 regis
tration certificate and proof of the
payment of all taxes, including poll
tax, assessed against him and col
lectible during the previous year.
The production of certificate or of
the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes, shall be con-
elusive proof Of the payemnt there
of.
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 Congress
md Presidential electors; and one
| ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Gov
crnor, State officers, Circuit Solici-
| tors, mcmbcrs of the House of Rep
1csantativc, State Senator, county
| officers, and one ballot for all Con-
| Stitutionai amendments and special
| questions, each Of three said boxes
10 be appropriately labelled; which
ha!iots shall be Of plain white paper
| md of such width and length as to
| contain the names of the officer or
officers and question or questions to
! ne voted for or upon, clear and even
I cut, without ornament, designation,
| nutllatiOn, symbol or mark of any
Emd whatsoever, except the name
| or names Of the person or persons
yotcd for and the Office to which
such person or persons are intended
20 be chosen, and all special ques-
| lions which name or names, Office or
Offices, questions or questions shall
DC written or printed or partly writ
ten or partly printed thereon in
| black ink; and usch ballot shall be
SO folded rs to conceal the name or
names, question or questions there
| IN, and so folded, shall be deposited
Il Il bO" to be constructed, kept and
| L nf
.aw, and no ballot of any other de-
;cription 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 "Ycs" 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 so stricken out to be counted.
=, Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls, Managers and Clerk must
take and subscribe the Constitutions
oath. The Chairman of the Board
of Managers can administer the
, oath to the other members and tc
the Clerk; Il Notary Public must ad
minister the oath to the Chairman
The Managers elect their Chairman
and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must b,
opened at z o'clock a. m. and closct
1T o'clock p. m., except in the Cit,
. Of Charleston, where they shall b,
=. opened at Z am. and closed at D. m
, The Managers have the power t,
fill vacancy, and if none of tn,
Managers attend, the citizens can ap
, point from among the qualified vot
: crs, the Managers, who, after bein,
. sworn, can conduct the election.
, At the close of the election, tn
Managers and Clerk must procee,
publicly to open the ballot boxes an,
count the ballots therein, and con
oinue without adjournment until tn
same is completed, and make state
mcnt Of the result for each Office an<
5lgn the same. Within three day
thereafter, the Chairman of tn
, Board, or some one designated by tn
Board, mua. deliver to the Commits
sioners of Election the poll list, tn
-. boxes containing the ballots ant
written statements Of the results o
ne election.
At tn said election qualified elec
,ors will vote upon the adoption o
. rejection of amendments TO the Stat
Constitution, as provided in the fol
lowing Joint Resolutions:
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
Cion 7 of Article VIII of the Con
Stitution, Relating to Bonded Indcb
tcdncss by Adding Proviso Thcret,
as to the City Of Abbcvlllc.
A Joint Resolution Proposing al
Amendment to Section 14a of Ar
ticle X of the Constitution by Allow
ing the City of Charleston Through
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