The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-24

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said certificate has been mislaid or los
and that the same has not been wilful
ly or Intentionally disposed of. You
orator further alleges that by pre-
vious requirement Of said enactment
the elector failing for any reason t.
comply with any Of zhe provision
aforesaid IS denied right of sutfrag
both in Federal and State elections
And your orator further alleges tha
the provisions of the said enactmen
fixing the time for registration ant
the closing Of the books for that pur
pose on the first day of July preceding
every election, and the many diver:
provisions, requirements and condi
tons set out in the various and sun
dry sections Of said alleged act were
intended, and that they in effect did
abridge, impede and destroy the suf
frage Of the citizen both of the State
and Of the United States.
S. And your orator further AYERS
that on the 24th day of December,
1894, an alleged act was passed by the
government of the State of South
Carolina entitled ''An act to provide
for calling Constitutional Conven.
ton, to provide the number and quail
ification of members of the conven,
ton, their conversations, etc., and to
provide for the election of the same,
and to define and prescribe the quail
fcations of the electors, and the man
ner Of the elections and of declaring
the result. That by section four (4
of the said act it is declared who shall
be entitled to vote for delegates to
said Constitutional Convention, and
in addition to the qualifications pre-
scribed for electors by the constitu-
ton Of the State of South Carolina is
provid@ further qualification, to
wit: that the elector be duly regis
tered as now required by law or who
having been entitled to register as a
voter at the time of the general regis
tration OF electors in the State which
took place in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty
two, or at any time subsequent there
to, failed to register at such time re-
quired by law, or who has become a
citizen Of this State and who shall
register as hereinafter provided III such
cases" And your orator further AYERS
that by section six CO. of the last men
toned act it is provided: That on the
first Monday in March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-five, the supervisor Of reg
iStration Of each county shall, at the
county seat thereof open his books of
registration, and shall hold the same
open for ten consecutive calendar days
thereafter, except Sundays, between
the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon
and 4 o'clock in afternoon, except
Charleston, Beaufort and Richland
counties, where the said books shall be
kept open from 10 o'clock in the fore
noon to 6oclcck 6 in the afternoon,
during which time any elector then or
Heretofore at any time entitled to
register as qualified voter, or who
has become a citizen of this State,
shall be, during the time herein fixed
by law, for registration, entitled to
register IS such as hereinafter provid-
ed; anu i.ny elector having been
Heretofore duly registered or hay
ing since changed his residence, or
having lost his certificate, Shall
be entitled to have the same trans
ferred Or renewed as now provided
by law" And your orator further
ayers that by section seven C) of last
named act it is provided: ANY elector
who shall have been entitled to regis
ter at the general registration in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two, oratany time
subsequent thereto, and who failed to
register at such time as required by
law and who shall make application
under oath, in accordance with a
printed form to be prepared by the At
torney General, setting forth in each
case the fact, to wit: the full name,
age, occupation and residence of the
at the time of the said gener-
al registration or at any time thereaf-
ter, when the said applicant became en-
titled to register, and the place or
places of his residence since the time
he became entitled to register, which
affidavit shall be supported by the af
fidavits of two reputable citizens who
were each of the age of twenty-one
years on the thirteenth day of June,
Ammo Domini eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, or at the time the said ap-
plicant became entitled thereafter to
register, or any elector who has be-
come citizen of this State, by moving
into thes same and his place of residence
since living in the State, and who shall
make application under oath stating
the time of his moving into the State
and his place of residence since living
in the State, which application shall
be supported by the affidavit of two
citizens who were twenty-one
years of age at the time the applicant
became resident Of this State, such
applicant shall be allowed to register
as voter and to have issued to him
a certificate as a duly qualified electol
in the manner and form now provided
by law and be entitled to vote at said
election of delegates to said Conven-
ton.
And your orator ayers and he so
charges that the time allowedin section
SIX g. Of the act last named is unrea-
short for thepurpose for which
It tpurports to be intcnded-and that the
provisions Of section eight (S) are bur-
lensome ard harassing to the electors.
and are unreasonable and unnecessary
and the same 50 limit, a5ridge and
qualify the privilege of registration
hat they result u a political denial of
he right to vote Of those electors who,
~ the operation of the unconstitution-
Il provisions Of the General Statutes
of 1882. and Revised Statutes Of 1898
src now unregistered.
Ard your orator further ayers that
he sections above quoted from andre
erred 10 as contained in said General
Statutes of 1882 and Revised Statutes
If 1898 and act of 1894 are so inter
woven with. anda such integral parts
If, the whole alleger registration laws