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Notice of Election. State of South Carolina, ) County of Edgetield. > Notice is hereby given that ? General Election for State an County Officers will be held at tl voting precincts prescribed by la in said county, Tuesday, Novernb< 3, 1914, said day being Tuesda following the first Monday in N vember, as prescribed by the Sta Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall r quire of every elector offering I vote at any election, before allov ing him to vote, the production < his registration certificate and proc of the payment of all taxes, inclu< ing poll tax assessed against hil collectible during the previous yea The production of a certificate ? the receipt of the officer authorize to collect such taxes shall be coi elusive proof of the payment thereo There shall be separate and di tinct ballots at this election for tb following officers, to-wit: (l) Go^ ernor and Lieutenant Governor; (: Other State Officers; (3) Circuit Si licitor; (4) State Senator; (5) Men bers of House of Representative; (6) County Officers. On whic shall be the name or names of th person or persons voted for as sue officers, respectively, and the offic for which they are voted. There shall be separate boxes i which said ballots are to be deposit ed and each ballot box shall be la beled in plain Roman letters wit! the office or officers voled for. Whenever a vote is to be takei on special question or questions box shall be provided, properly la beled for that purpose, and the bal lots therefor on such question . 0 questions shall be deposited there in. Before the hour fixed for open ing the polls Managers and Clerk) must take and subscribe to the Con stitutional oath. The Chairman 0. the Board of Managers can admin ister the oath to the other member) and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to thc Chairman. The Managers eleel their Chairman and Clerk. Polis at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m., and closed a 6 p. m. ? The Managers have the power ic fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who al ter be ing sworn, can conduct lue election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots theiein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of ihe result for each office and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designa ted by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. At the said election separate boxes will be provided at which qualified electors will vote upon the adop tion or rejection of an amendment to the Stale Constitution, as provi ded in the following Joint Resolu tion. No. 542. A Joint Resolution to amend Sec tion 8, Article II, ot the Consti tution, by adding thereto on line three, after the word "College" and before the word. "The," the following: South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Cedar Springs." Section 1. South Carolina School for Deaf and Blind-Amendment to the Constitution.-Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Sooth Carolina, That the following amendment of Section 8, Article ,11, of the Constitution of the Stale of South Carolina, be agreed to by a two-third vote of ihr members elected to each House and entered on the Journals, respective ly with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted lo the qualified electors of the State at the next general election thereafter for Rep resentatives, to-wit: Add the fol lowing words to Section 8, Article II, ol the Constitution, after the word "college" and before the word "the," on line three of said section, "South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Cedar Springs," so that said ?section, when so amended, is to be and be known as Section S, Article II, and shall read as follows: Section 8. The General Assembly may provide for the maintenance of Clemson Agricultural College, Souih Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Cedar Springs, the University of South Carolina and the Winthrop Normal and Indus trial College, a branch thereof, as now established by law. and may create scholarships therein; the pro ceeds realized from the landscript given by the Act of Congress, p ed the second day of Jaly, in year eighteen hundred and si; two, for the support of an agri< tural college and any lands or fu which have heretofore been or c hereafter be given or appropria for educational purposes by Congress of the United States, si be applied as directed in the A appropriating the same: Provid That the General Assembly sh as ?oon as practicable, wholly se rate Claflin College from Claflin 1 iversity and provide for a separ corps of professors and instruct therein, representation to be gi' to man and women of the ne race, and it shall be the Colo Normal, Industrial, Agricuiti and Mechanical College of t State. Sec. 2. That the electors vot at such general election in favor the proposed amendment shall posit a ballot with the follow: words plainly written or prin thereon: "Amendment in Sectior Article II, of the Constitution, inserting the words''South Carol School for the Deaf and Blind, cated at Cedar Springs, on the 1 three of said section. For araei ment, Yes." Those voting agai; said proposed amendment shall* posit a ballot with the folio wi words plainly written or print thereon: "Amendment to Section Article II, of the Constitution, inserting the words South Caroli School for the Deaf and Blind, cated at Cedar Springs, on line thr of said section. Against amet ment, No." Sec. 3. The managers of electi shall canvass said vote, and certi the result as now prescribed law, and shall provide a separa box for said ballot. No. 543. A Joint Resolution to amend Se tion 7, Article VIII, of the Co stitutioD, relating to Municip Bonded Indebtedness, by addii a proviso thereto, relating to tl School District of Yorkville. Section 1. Constitutional i debtedness, Yorkville school di trict.-Be it resolved by Gener Assembly of the state of Soul Carolina, 1 bat the following amen ment to section 7, article VIII, i the constitution of the state < South Carolina be agreed to: Ad at the end thereof the followiii words: Provided further, that tt limitations imposed by this sectic and bv section 5 of article X c this constitution shall not apply t the bonded indebtedness incurre by the school district of Yorkvilli in the county of York, when th proceeds of said bonds are applic exclusively to erecting, or makin additions to, school buildings i the said district, md where th question of incurring such indebted ness is submitted to the qnalitie electors of said district, as provide in the constitution upon the que* tion of bonded ii.debtedness. Sec. -J. That the question o adopting this amendment shall b submitted at the next general ele-e lion for Representatives to the elec tors as follows: Those in favor o the amendment will deposit a hallo with the following words plainly written or printed thereon, "Con stitutional amendment to section 7 article VIII, of the constitution, re lating to municipal bonded indebt edness. as proposed by a joint reso lution entitled a joint resolution t( amend section 7, article VIII, o the constitution, relating to muni cipal bonded indebtedness, by add ?rig a proviso thereto, relating t< the school district of Yorkville Yes." Those opposed to said amend merit shall cast a ballot with tin following words plainly written oi printed thereon: "Constitutiona amendment to section 7, article Viii of the constitution, relating to mu mieipal bonded indebtedness, as pro posed by a joint resolution to amend section 7, Article VIII of the con stitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness by adding a proviso thereto, relating to the school district of Yorkville-No." No. 54 4. A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Article X ot the Constitution, by adding there to Section to empower the Cities of Florence and Orangeburg arid the Town of Larulrurn to assess ahutting property for permanent improvements. Section 1. Constitutional amend ment Allowing Certain Cities and Towns to Assess Abutting Proper ty. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amend ment to Article X of the State Con stitution to be known as Section IC, be agreed upon by two-thirds of the members elected to each House and entered on the Journals respec tively, with yeas and nays, and ta ken thereon, and to be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next generel e"ection there after for Representatives, to wit: Add the following sectiou to Arti cle X of the Constitution, to be and known as Section lo. Section 16. The Geueral Asse bly may authorize the corporate a thorities of the Cities of Floren and Orangeburg aud the Town Landrum to levy an assessme upon abutting property for the pt pose of paying for permanent i provements on streets immediate abutting such property, Provide That the said improvements be e dered only on the written conse of majority of the owners of t property abutting upon the stre' sidewalk, or part of either, propos to be improved, and upon the cc dition that said corporate autho ties shall pajr at leasl one-third the costs of said improvements. Sec. 2. That those electors, said election, voting in favor of sa amendment, shall deposit a ball with the following words plain written or printed thereon: ''Amen meut to Article X of the State Co stitotion by adding Section le, ei powering the Cities of Florence ai Orangeburg and the Town of La drum to asaess abutting property f permanent improvements-Yes And those voting against the sa amendment shall deposit a ball with the following words plain written or printed thereon: "Amen ment to Article X of the State Co stitution by adding Section 1 empowering the Cities of Florent and Orangeburg and the Town < Landrum to assess the abuttir property for permanent itnprov ments-No." No. 547. A Joint Resolution to amend Se tiou 20, Article III, of the Coi stitution, by adding thereto tl following: "Except where thei is only one Candidate Nominate for the Place to be Filled at sue Election shall be Viva Voe Without any Roll Call." Section 1. Constitutional Amern ment Relating to Election; Be it resolved by the General A sembly of the State of South Can lina. That the following am?ne" ment to Section 20, Article III, o the Constitution of the State c South Carolina, be agreed to by two-thirds vote of the member elected to each House, and entere^ on the Jo wt: als respectively, witl the yeas and nays taken thereon and be submitted to the qualitie< electors of the State at the next gen eral election thereafter for Repre sentatives, to wit: Add the follow ing words to Section 2U, Artic! III, of the Constitution: ' Excep where therj is only one candidate nominated for the place to be lillee at such election, ii which case tl? election shall be viva voce withoul any roll call,'* and that said sectioi when so amended, is to be and Ix known as Section 2U, Article III, and shall read as follows: Section 20. In all elections by the General Assembly or eithei House thereof, the members shall vote viva voce and their voles, thun iiiven, shall be entered apon th?; Journal of the House, to which they respectively belong, except where there is only one candidate nominated for the place to be lilied at such election, in which case the election sha'1 be viva voce without any roll call." Sec. 2. Ballots.-That the elec tors voting ?t such general election in favor of the proposed amendment shall deposita ballot with the fol lowing words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Section 2U, Article III, of the Con stitution, relating to elections viva voce by the General Assembly "Yes." And those voting against the said proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following I words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Section 20, Article III, of the Constitution, relating to elections viva voce by the General Assembly.-No." Sec. :'. The Managers of the Election shall canvass said vote and certify the result as now proviJed by law, and shall provide a separate box said ballot. No. 550. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section?, Article VIII, of the Constitution, Relating io Municipal Bonded In debtedness by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the City of Florence. Section 1. Constitutional Amend ment Relating to Bonded Indebtedness City of Florence -Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the limitations imposed by this section and Section 5, Article X, of the Constitution, shall not apply to the bonded indebtedness incurred by the City of Florence, in the County of Florence, when the pro ceeds of said bonds are applied exclu sively for the building, erecting, estab lishing and maintaining of streets, wa terworks, lighting plants and sewerage system or for the payment of debts al ready incurred, exclusively for any of said purposes; and when the question of incurring such indebtedness is sub mitted to the qualified electors of said municipality, as provided in the Consti tution upon the question ot* bonded in debtedness. Src. 2. 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