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Notice of Election. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Notice* is hereby given that the General Election for State and t.'ounty Officers will be held at the voting precincts presci.ocu by law in said county or Tuesday, November 3, 191 b said day being Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage: Managers of election shall 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, assessed against him and collectible 1 * ????? TKo ni>A. during me previous /cm. o.n^ duction of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. There shall be separate and distinct ballots at this election for the following officers, to-wit: (1) Governor and Lieutenant-Governor; (2) Other State Officers; (3) Circuit Solicitor; (4) State Senator; (5) Members of xlouse of Representatives; (6) County Officers. On which shall be the name or names of the person ! or persons voted for as such officers, respectively, and the office for which ! they are voted. There shall be separate boxes in which said ballots are to be deposited and each ballot box shall be labeled in plain Roman letters with the office or officers voted for. Whenever a vote is to be taken on any special question or questions a krt nvAtriHor) nrnruiflu ]fl. OUA 5(1011 UC Jjiuv iuv-U, yjx vj^v *.J .M | beled for that purpose, and the ballots therefor on such question or questions shall be deposited therein. Before the hour fixed for 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 I clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. 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 at 6 p.m. The managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the managers attend, the citizens can appoint 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 continue without adjournment until the same is completed,and make a.statement 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 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 adoption or rejection of an amendment to the State Constitution,as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: No 542. A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section 8, Article II, of the Constitution 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 Constitution ?Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to section 8, article II, of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, be agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each House, and entered on the Journals, respectively, with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election thereafter for Representatives, to-wit: Add the following words to section 8, article II, of the Constitution, after the word "college" and before the word "the," on lino throe of s?id section. "South Caro fline 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 8, article II, and shall read as follows: Section 8, The General Assembly may provide for the maintenance of Clemson Agricultural College, South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Cedar Springs, the University of South Carolina and the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College,a branch thereof, as now established by law, and may create scholarships therein; the proceeds realized from the landscript given by the act of Congress, passed the second day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two.for the support of an agricultural college, and any lands or funds which have Heretofore been or may hereafter be given or appropriated for educational purposes Sfi bv the Congress of the United States, shall be applied as directed in the acts appropriating the same: Provided, That the General Assembly shall, as soon as practicable,wholly separate Claflin College from Claflin University and provide for a separate corps of professors and instructors therein, representation to be given to men and women of the negro race, and it shall be the Colored 1 Normal, Industrial. Agricultural and! Mechanical College of this State. Sec 2. That the electors voting at I such general election in favor of the proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to section 8.article II. of the Constitution. by inserting the words 'South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Cedar Springs,' line three i of said section. For amendment. Yes." , '1 hose voting against said proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or .printed thereon: "Amendment to secj tion 8,article II, of the Constitution, by i inserting the words 'South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Cedar Springs,' on line three of said section. Against amendment No." I Sec 3. The managers of election shall I canvass said vote,and certify the result as now provided by law, and shall proI coir] KoliAtc 1 ViUC ct sepal aic uu.v iui juiu No 543. A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section 7. article VIII, of the Constitution relating to municipal bonded indebtedness.by adding a proviso thereto. relating to the school district of Yorkville. Section 1. Constitutional amendment relating to bonded indebtedness. Yorkville school district. ?Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to section 7, article VIII,of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina be agreed to: Add at the 'end thereof the following words: Proi vided. further. That the limitations imposed by this section and by section 5 of article X of this Constitution shall not apply to the bonded indebtedness incurred by the school district of Yorkville, in the county of York, when the proceeds of said bonds are applied ex- . clusively to erecting, or making additions to, school buildings in the said district, and where the question of incurring such indebtedness is submitted to j the qualified electors of said district, as provided in the Constitution, upon the question of bonded indebtedness. Sec 2. That the question of adopting this amendment shall be submitted at the next general election for Representatives to the electors as follows: Those in favor of the amendment will deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Constitutional amendment to section 7, article VIII, of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, as proposed by a joint resolution entitled, 'A joint resolution to amend section 7, article VIII, of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, by adding a proviso thereto, relating to the school district of Yorkvi lie'?Yes." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Constitutions'amendment to section 7, article VIII, of the Constitution relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, as proposed by a joint resolution entitled, 'A joint resolution to amend section 7, article VIII, of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, by adding a proviso thereto, relating to the school dis tnct ox lorKvuie ?xno. No 544. A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to article X of the Constitution by adding thereto section 16, to empower the cities of Florence and Orangeburg and the town of Landrum to assess abutting property for permanent improvements. Section 1. ? Constitutional amendment allowing certain cities and towns to assess abutting property.?Be itresolv- = ed by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following ? amendment to article X of the State v Constitution, to be known as section 16 * of said article X, be agreed upon by ? two-thirds of the members elected to * each House, and entered on the Journals, ? respectively, with yeas and nays taken ? thereon, and be submitted to the quali- Y fied electors of the State at the next ? general election thereafter for Repre- J sentatives, to-wit: Add the following V ' section to Article X of the Constitution, f to be and known as section 16: i Section 16. The General Assembly V may authorize the corporate authorities * of the cities of Florence and Orangeburg i and the town of Landrum to levy an Y assessment upon abutting property for f the purpose of paying for permanent 5 improvements on streets immediately Y abutting such property: Provided, That f the said improvements be ordered only $ on the written consent of majority of the owners of the property abutting r upon the street, sidewalk, or part of ei- ? ther, proposed to be improved, and upon ? the condition that said corporate au- C thorities shall pay at least one-third of the costs of said improvements. Sec 2. That those electors, at said C election, voting in favor of said amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed C thereon: "Amendment to article X of v the State Constitution by adding section ? 16, empowering the cities of Florence and Orangeburg and the town of Landrum to assess abutting property for permanent improvements?Yes." And those voting against the said amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to article X of the State Constitution by adding section 16, empowering the cities of Florence and Orangeburg and the town of Landrum to assess abutting property for permanent impi >vements?No." ; No 547. A JU1NT K?S>UL.Utiuin 10amena section 20, article III,of the Constitution, by adding thereto the following: "Except where there is only one candidate nominated for the place to be filled at such election, in which case the election shall be viva voce without any roll call." Section 1. Constitutional amendment relating to elections.? Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to section 20, article III, of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina be agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each House, and entered on the journals, respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election thereafter for Repre sentatives, to-wit: Add the following words to section 20, article III, of the Constitution: "Except where there is only one candidate nominated for the I place to be filled at such election, in I which case the election shall be viva voce without any roll call," and that = said section, when so amended, is to be j ? Continued on page 7 I Come the Q Try a glass of WELC1 quickly soothes the parche ating vim into the spring here "straight" or in the Ripkpv ?J * The quality fountain is everything. Our motto: Q Our fountain specials, made our service famous. 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