Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-11-01
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,
County Of Oeonee.

| Genefai ELECTION FOR State and COuI-
ty Officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
county, on Tuesday, November 9TH,
1922, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November, as
prescribed by The State Constitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
Managers Of election rejuire of
every elector Offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him TO vote.
the production Of his registration GER
titicate and proof Of the payment Of
all taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during
the previous year. The production
of certificate or Of the receipt Of
the officer authorized to collect such
taxes, shall be conclusive proof Of the
payment thereof.
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 Representatives
in Congress; one ballot for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, State Officers.
Circuit Solicitors, Members Of the
House OF Representatives, State Sem
ator, County Officers; and one ballot
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and Special Questions, each Of three
Of said boxes to be appropriately la
belled; 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 question or
questions to be voted for or upon
clear and even cut, without orna-
! ment, designation, mutilation, SYM
hol or mark Of any kind whatsoever,
except the name or names Of the per-
son or persons voted for and the Of
flee 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 or partly printed
thereon in black ink; and such bal
lot shall be so folded as to conceal
the name or names, question or
questions thereon, and so folded,
shall be deposited in a box. to be con-
structed, kept and disposed Of as
herein provided by law, and no bal
lot Of any other description found in
either Of said boxes shall be counted
On all special questions the ballot
shall state the question, or questions,
d and shall thereafter have the words
Yes" and "No" inserted so that the
voter may indicate his vote by strk-
Ing 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 Constitutions
al oath. The Chairman Of the Board
of Managers can administer the oath
to the other members and to the
IL
ister the oath to the Chairman. The
Managers elect stheir Chairman and
Clerk
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at o'clock A M. and closed
at 4 O'Clock p. NJ, except in the City
OF Charleston, where they shall be
opened at A. NJ and closed at 6 p.
NJ.
The Managers have the power to
fiji 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 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.
missioners OF Election the poll list
the boxes containing the ballots and
written statements Of tho results oi
the election.
At the said election qualified elec
tors will vote upon the adoption OF
! rejection OF Amendments to the State
Constitution, as provided in the fol
lowing Joint Resolutions:
n Joint Resolution to Amend Arti
Gle x Of the Constitution so as &C
Authorize the Town of Greer to AS.
sess Abutting Property for Perma
ncnt Improvements.
\ Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton . OF Article XVII of the Consii
tuition Empowering the General AS
sembly to Regulate the Printing fol-
the State
\ Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
ton ), Article X, Of The Constitution
Relating to the Limit Of the Bonded
Debt Of school Districts, by Adding
a Proviso Thereto as to the Due West
School District, No. 3S, Abbeyillt
County.
\ Joino Resolution TO Amend Sec.
ton 7, Of Article VIII and Section
OF Article \ Of tho Constitution, sc
,, as TO Exempt the City OF Bcaufor,
. from the Provisions Thereof.
Joint Resolution to Amend Par
agraph ,, Article X, Of the Constitu.
: ton Relating to Bonded Indebted
| ness OF Counties, Townships, School
Districts, Etc, by Adding a ProvsC
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