The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION

NOTICE OF ELECTION
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County OF Sumter.
Notice is hereby. given that the
General Election for State and
County Officers will be held at the
voting precincts prescribed by law
in said county, on Tuesday, No
ve1nber' 2. 1922. said day being
Tuesday following the first Monday
in November, as prescribed by the
State Constitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
Managers Of election require of
every elector offering to vote at
any election, before allowing him
to vote, the production Of his reg
istration certificate and proof of
the payment of all taxes, includ-
ing poll tax, assessed against him
and collectible during the previous
year. The production of a certifi-
cate or of the receipt Of the officer
authorized to collect such ta~
shall be conclusive proof Of the
payment thereof.
Section 2s7, Code Of 1912, as
amended by Act No. s, special
session of 1914.
Section 237. There shall be
three separate and distinct ballots,
as follows: One ballot for Rep
resentatives in Congress; and one
ballot for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, State officers, Circuit
Solicitors, members of the House
Of Representatives. State Senator,
county officers, and one ballot for
all Constitutional amendments and
special questions: each Of three said
boxes to be appropriately labelled; I;
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 questions
to be voted for or upon. clear and
even cut, without ornament, des-
ignation, mutilationS syn1bo! or
mark of any kind whatsoever,
except the name. or name; ef the
person or persons voted for and
the Office to which such person or
persons are intended to be chosen,
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 sich ballot shall be SO
folded as to conceal the name or
names, question or questions
thereon. and so folded, shall be de-
posted in a box to be constructed,
Kept ard disposed Of as herein
provided by law, and no ballot of
any other description found in
either Of said boxes shall be
counted 80
On all special questions the bal
lot shalt state the question, or
Questions. and shalt thereafter have
the words yes and "No" in
serted so that the voter may indi-
cate his vote by striking ont one
or the other of such words on said
ballot, the word not SO stricken out
to be counted. 81, 49,
Before the hour fixed for OPEN
ing the polls, Managers and Clerks
must take and subscribe the Con-
stitutional oath. The Chairman of
the Board Of Managers can ad-
minister the oath to the pther
members and to the Clerk; a Mo-
tary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Man
ayers elect their CT lirman and
Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must
be opened at O'clock a. m. and
closed at q O'clock p. m. except in
the City Of Charleston, where they
shall be opened at Z a. m. and clos
ed at 6 p. m.
The Managers have the power
to fill a vacancy, and if none Of the
Managers attend, the citizens can
appoint from among the Qualified
1oters, the Managers, who. after
being sworn, can conduct the elec-
ton.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes
and count the ballots therein. and
continue without adjournment until
the same is completed, and make
statement Of the result for each
Office and sign the same. Within
three days thereafter. the Chair
man of the Board, or some one des-
ignated by the Board, must de-
liver to the Commissioners OF. Elec-
ton the poll list, the boxes contain
ing the ballots and written state
ments of the results Of the elec-
ton
At the said election qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption
or rejection Of amendments to the
State Constitution. as provided in
the following Joint Resolutions:
a Joint Resolution to Amend
Article K Of the Constitution 50 as
to. Authorize the Town Of Greer
to Assess Abutting Property for
Permanent Improvements.
A Join. Resolution to Amend
Section 5 of Article XVII of the
Constitution Empowering the Cen
eral Assembly to Regulate the
Printing for the State.
A Joint Resolution to Amend