The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-11-02
NOTICE OF ELECTION

State of South Carolina.
County of Pickens.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and Coun-
! ty officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
county, On Tuesday November 7,
1922, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November,
as prescribed by the State Constitu-
ton.
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 registration
certificate and proof of the payment
of all taxes, including poll tax, as
sessed against him and corllect'ble
during the previous year. The pro-
duction of a certificate or of the re-
ccipt of the officer authorized to
collect such taxes, shall be conclu-
sive proof Of the payment thereof.
Section 237, Code of 1912, as
amended by Act. No. 6, special ses-
s:on Of 1914.
Section 237. There shall be three
separate and distinct ballots, as fol-
lows: One ballot for Representatives
in Congress; and one ballot for Gov
crnor, Lieutenant Governor, State
officers, Circuit Solicitors, members
of the House OF Representatives,
State Senator, county officers, and
enc ballot for all Constitutional
amendments and special questions
each Of three said boxes to- be ap-
propriatcly labelled VIII ballots
shall be Of plain white pa and Of
such width and length as to contain
the names OF the officer or officers
and question or questions to be vc-
ted fer or upon, clear and even cut
without ornament, designation, mutt
lation. symbol or mark Of any kind
Whatsoever, cXccrt the names OF
names CT the person or persons vo
ted for and the Office to which suci
pcrscn or persons are intended to bt
chosen, and all special questions
which names or names, office or Of
, fees. question OF questions shall be
. written or printed CT partly writer
CT partly prinJcd thereon in blacl
: ink; and such ballot shall be folded
1 as to conceal the name or nam s
| question or questions thereon, ant
: SO folded, shall be deposited il
. q box to be constructed KEEP
/ and disposed of as herein pro
), v'lcl by law, end no ballot of an,
4 othcr description found in either O
sai,! bcXcs shall be counted
Y On all special questions tn,
ballet shall state the question
{ or questions. and shall thereafter
have the words "Ycs" and "No" in
serted SO that the voter may ind.
cate his vote by striking out one o
the ether Of such words on sal;
ballot, the word not so stricken ou
to be counted
Before tn. hour fixed for opcninc
the rclls, Managers and Clerks mus
: take and subscribe the Constitutions
cath. The Chairman Of the Board o
Managers can administer the oati
to the other members and to tn,
, Clerk; Notary Public must admin
j. istc" tho cath to the Chairman. The
: Managers elect rhcir Chairman ant
: Clcrk.
I Fc!ls at each voting place mus
be opened at o'clock a. NJ and clos
:, cd at 4 O'Clock p. m. except in tn,
' city of Charleston, whore they shal
| be opened It a. IN. and close at {
p. m.
!, The Managers have the power t,
Q M a vacnancy, and if none of tn
Managers attend, the citizens ca,
appoint from among the qualified vo
. tcrs, the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close Of the election. tn,
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballet boxes ant
count the ballots therein, and con
tihuc without adjournment until tn,
same is completed, and make state
mcnt of the result for each Office
and sign the same. Within three
days thereafter, the Chairman of thu
Board, or some one designated By
the Board, must deliver to the Com
missioners of Election the poll list
the boxes containing the ballots ant
, written statements Of the results OF
the election.
At the said election qualified elec.
tors will vote upon the adoption on
rejection Of amendments to the State
Constitution, as provided in the fol
lowing JOINT resolutions:
A Joint Resolution to Amend Ar
ticle K of the Constitution so as to
Authorize the Town of Greer to AS
sess Abutting Property for Perma-
nent Improvements.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion Of Article XVII of the Const:.-
tuition Empowering the General AS
sembly to Regulate the Printing for
the State.
A joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5, 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. 38, Able
vile County.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec