The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-03
NOTICE OF ELECTION
State of South Carolina,
County Of Newberry.

jty Officers viii be ncId at the voting
precinc.s prescribed by law ii said
county. on Tuesday. November :.
1922, said day oeing Tuesday follow
! ing the first Mc:day IN November. as
prescribed by the State Constitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
! Managers Of election require of ev-
cry ele2tor Offering to vote at any
! election. before allowing him 10 vote.
the production Of his registration GER
tfcate and proof Of the payment of
all taxes. including poll tax. assessed
against him and collectib!e durin" the
previous year. The productic >f a
! certificate or of the receipt Of the OF
fcer authorized to collect such taxes.
shall be conclusive proof OF the pay
ment thereof.
Section 237. Code of 1912, as
amended by ACT No. 6, special ses-
sion of 1914.
Section 23-. There shall be three
! separate and distinct ballots, as fol
lows: One ballot for Representatives
in Congress; and one ballot for Gov
ernor. 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 appro-
priately labelled; which ballots shall
| be Of plain white paper and OF such
width and length As to contain the
names Of the officer or &hicers and
question or questions to be voted for
or upon. clear and even cut. without
ornament, designation, mutllatlon,
symbol or mark Of any kind whatso-
ever. except the name or names OF
! 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 written or printed
or partly written and partly printed
thereon in black ink; and such ballot
shall be folded as to conceal the name
or names, question or questions
thereon. and so folded, shall be de-
posted in box to be constructed,
/ kept and disposed of as herein pro-
vided by law, and no ballot Of any
! description found in either Of these
boxes shall be counted.
On all special questions the ballot
shall state the question, or questions,
! and shall thereafter have the words
eyes" and "No" inserted SO that the
voter may indicate his vote by strik-
Il ing out one or the other Of such
words on said ballot, the word not 50
stricken out to be counted.
Before the hour 1ixed FOR opening
i 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 20 the Clerk;
: Notary Public must administer 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. N. and closed
lat 4 o'clock p. n. except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
! be opened at Z a. N. and closed at 6
p. NJ.
The Managers have the power to
! fill vacancy, and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can ap-
point from among the qualified voters
! the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerks must proceed
nubEclv to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein. and con
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make 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 Commis-
sioners of Election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots and
written statements of the results OF
the election.
/ At the sald election qualified elec,
tors will vote upon the adoption OF
! rejection of amendments to the State
Constitution, as provided in the fol
i lowing Joint Resolutions:
A joint Resolution to Amend
i Article X Of the Constitution so as tc
Authorize the Town of Greer to AS
sess Abutting Property for Perman,
/ ent Improvements.
A Joint Resolution to Amend
/ Section 5 of Article XVII of the Con.
/ stitution Empowering the Genera
Assembly to Regulate the Printing
I for the State.
A joint Resolution to Amend
Section 5, Article X, Of the Constitu'
ton Relating to the Limit Of the
i Bonded debt Of school districts, by
Adding Proviso Thereto as to the
! Due West School District No. So
/ Abbeville County.
4 joint Resolution to AmenC
Section T, of Article VIII and Sec
ton 5, of Article x of the Constitu,
ton, so as to Exempt the City OF
Beaufort From the Provisions There
Of.
A joint Resolution to AMEND
Paragraph 5, Article x Of the Con
st;tut;on Relating to Bonded lndebt
edness Of Counties, Townships
School Districts. Etc, by Adding ;
Proyiso as to the County of Beaufort