The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-24
NOTICE OF ELECTION
State Of South Carolina.
County of NeWberrN.

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County of Newberry.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Lection 20: 49, a. coI:..-
ty Officers will be held at the voting
precincts prescribed by law in said
county, on Tuesday, November 4,
1922, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Nor day in November, as
prescribed by the State Constitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
Managers Of election require of ev-
cry elector offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him to vote,
the production of his registration GER
tfcate &nd proof CT the payment of
all taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during the
previous year. The production of 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 237. 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 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 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-
ing out one or the other Of such
words on said ballot. the word no. So
stricken ont to be counted.
Before the hour liked Tor opening
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 to the Clerk
a 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. m. and closed
at o'clock p. m. except in the City
of Charleston. where they shall be
be opened at a. NJ. and closed at 6
p. m.
The Managers have the power to
fill a 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
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and con-
tinue without adjournment until the