The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-10-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,


NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,
| County Of Pickens.
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!. ty Officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
county, on Tuesday, November s,
1918, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November,
as prescribed by the Constitution.
The qualification fQr. 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 collectible
during the previous year. The pro-
duction Of a certificate or of the re-
ceipt of the officer authorized to coz
lect such taxes, shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
Section 237, Code of 1912, as
amended by Act No. 6, special sess-
ion 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 Presidential electors; and one
ballot for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor State officers, Circuit Solic-
itor, county officers, and one ballot
for all Constitutional amendments
and special questions, each Of three.
said boxes to be appropriately la
belled; which ballots shall be Of
plain white paper of such width and
length as to contain the names of the
officer or officers and question or
questions to be voted for or upon,
clear and even cut, without ornament
designation, mutilation, symbol or
mark of any kind whatsoever, exs
cept the name or names of the per-
son or persons voted for and the Of
are intended to be chosen, and all
special questions which name or
names, office or offices, question or
questions shall be written or printed
or partly written or partly printed
thereon in black ink; and such ball
lot shall be SO folded as to conceal
the name or names, question or ques-
tlons thereon, and SO folded, shall be
deposited in q box to be constructed,
kept and disposed of as herein pro-
vided by law, and no ballot of any
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 eyes" 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 striken out to be counted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls, Managers and Clerks must
, take and subscribe the Constitutions
al oath. The Chairman of the Board
of Managers can administer the oath
to the other members and to the
Clerk; Notary Public must admins
ter 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 o'clock p. M, except in the City
/ of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at Z a. m., and closed at p.
The Managers have the power to
NJ yasaneH send and if # none .zeo of the
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 a state
ment 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 Com
the boxes containing the ballots and
written statements of the results of
the election.
At the said election qualified ell
ectors will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of amendments to the
State Constitution, as provided in
the following JOINT RESOLU-
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton z of Article VIII of the Consti-
tuition, Relating to Bonded Indebted
ness by Adding Proviso Thereto as
to the City of Abbeville.
A Joint Resolution Proposing an
Amendment to Section 14a. of Ar
ticle K of the Constitution by Allow
ing the City of Charleston Through
the City Council, to Assess Abuting
Property for Permanent Improve
ment and to Pay for the Permanent
Improvement of the Intersection of
Streets for Curbing and the Laying
Of Drains without the Consent of the
Property Owners.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion s, Article XII Of the Constitu-
ton, Relating to School Districts, by
Adding a special Proviso as to Green
vile County.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton 20, Article III of the Constitu-
ton, by Inserting after the Words
Viva Voice." the Words Except by
Unanimous Consent"