Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-17
Melp ga1rs nj the State.
THE PROVISION FOR THE RENEWAL OF
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.

THE PROVISION FOR THE RENEWAL OF
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.
! AN ACT to amend the law in regard to the regis
tration of electors so as to provide for the re-
! newal Of lost certificates
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the State OF South Car
olina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the same
| SECTION |. That section II of an Act en-
titled "An Act to amend Title II, entitled
Of elections, of Part entitled OF the IN
ternal administration of the government" "
of the General Statutes, the same now be-
ing Section SO of the General Statutes, be
amended by adding thereto the following
additional clause:
"In case of the loss of any certificate, the
elector losing the same shall be entitled to
a renewal thereof by the supervisor of reg
istration upon application and proof OF the
loss thereof, in the following manner, to-
wit: the elector losing his certificate shall,
at least thirty days before the next general
election, make application under oath, set
ting forth the fact of such loss and circum-
stances attending such, as near as may be,
and stating that he has not sold, bartered or
parted with the same for any pecuniarily
Valuable or other consideration, and has not
Willfully destroyed the same; which appll-
cation the supervisor shall examine and
consider, recurring the evidence under oath,
if in his Judgment necessary, to determl-
nation as to the loss thereof; and upon such
examination and consideration thereof, II
the supervisor shall be satisfied that the GER
tifcate has been actually lost, he shall issue
to the applicant a renewal thereof, marking
or stamping the same Renewal The de-
cision of the said supervisor shall be subject
to revision by the assistant supervisors, to-
i, &(o 70 a H.
plication is made, in all cases in which the
supervisor has refused to renew the said
certificate: provided, that from the decision
of the supervisor and assistant supervisor,
any applicant who has been refused re-
neWal of his certificate shall have the right
of review thereof by the Cicuit Courts in
which he was registered, provided he give
notice thereof to the supervisor and assistant
supervisor, and commence proceedings with
in ten days from the giving of said notice"
SEC. 3. That any registered elector, who
may reside nearer polling place in pre-,
cinct or township other than the precinct
or township of which he is registered cleo
tor, and who desires to vote at such nearer
polling place, shall, upon the surrender of
his certificate of registration to the super
visor on or before the first Monday of July
preceding the next general election, be en-
titled to new certificate permitting him to
vote at such nearer polling place, the old
certificate of registration to be destroyed by
the supervisor, and such changes made by
the supervisor in the registration books as
will conform to the general provisions of the
Act in regard to registration: Provided.
that the supervisor of registration may re-
quire of the applicant for such change an
affidavit or such other evidence as he may
deem necessary to determination of the
residence Of the applicant.