The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-23

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VII. And your orator further allege
that in and by the requirements of sail
registration enactments of the COY
J ernment OF the State OF South Caro-
lima, it isprOvided thatstha rc. rcc
tive supervisors of registration in tn,
several counties shall issue to the voter
when registered, a certificate of regis
traiion, and that said voter shall pre-
sent the same at The polls to the mana
gers of election and that no one shall
be allowed to vote at any election 70 be
beld in the State unless his certificate
OF registration a. aforesaid is exhibited
at tho time and i'm the manner afore-
said.
And 1T Is further required in and by
tho said alleged epactmeDts that in
case voter or elector shall remove
from one county to another in said
State, or from one precinct to another
in tho same county, or from one resi-.
donce to another in the same precinct,
that he EAall obtain a transfer and
renewalcertifcateg CD
| And it Is further provided in said
enactments that in the event an elcctor
shall lose his said certificate of regis
trdtiOn he must obtain u renewal there
| OF. upon furnishing evidence satisfac-
| tory to the Registrar of the said county
wherein he resides that his said certi-
| ficate has been mislaid or lost, and that
the same has not been wilfully or inten-
tionally disposed of. Your orator
further alleges that by the provisions
and requirement OF said enactments the
electOr failing for any reason to comply
with any OF the provisions aforesaid, is
denied right of suffrage both in Fed
eral and State elections. And your
orator further alleges that the prOvis-
ions of the said enactment fixing the
time for registration and the closing
OF the books for that purpose on the
first day OF July preceding every cleo
tion, and the many divers provisions,
requirements and conditions set out ia
the various and sundry sections of said
alleged Act, were intended. and that
they in effect do, abridge, impede and
destory the suffrage of the citizen both
OF the State and of tho United States.
VIII. And your orator further
AYERS that on the oath day of Decem-
ber 1894, and alleged Act was passed
by the government. .of the State of
South Carolina entitled: can Act
To provide. for calling a constitutional
convention, TO provide the numbers
and qualifications OF members nf the
convention, their compensation, ETC.,
and to provide for the election of the
same, and TO define and prescribe the
qualifications of the electors, and the
manner of the election and of declar-
ing the result" That by section
-Four (4) OF the said act it is declared
who shall bo entitled to vote for dele
gates to said constitutional convention;
and in addition to qualification pre-
scribe d for electors by the COnstitu-
tuition of the State of South Carolina
Is provided Il further qualification, to
wit: that the elector be duly re-
istered as now required by law or
who having been jentitled to register
as u voter at tho time of the general
registration 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
tn reto, failed to register at such
become n citizen OF this State and who
shall register as hereinafter provided
in such cases." And your orator
further AYERS that by section Six (6)
of the last mentioned Act it is pro-
vided: That OF the first Monday of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five, the supervisor of registration of
each county shall, at the county seat
thereof, open his books of registration,
and shall hold the same open for ten
consecutive canlendar days thereafter
except Sundays, between the hours OF
ten o'clock in the forenoon and four
o'clock in the afternoon except
Charleston, Beaufort and Richland
Counties, where the said books shall
be kept open from ten o'clock in the
forenoon to six o'clock in the after
noon, during which time any elcctor
then or heretofore at any time en-
titled to register as II qualified voter,
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State, shall be, during the time herein
fixed by law, for registration, entitled
to register rs such as hereinafter
provided and any electOr having been
heretofore duly registered or having
lost his certificate, shall be entitled to
have the same transferred or renewed
as now provided by law" And your
orator fun ther AYERS that by section
seven ~ of last named Act it ia pro.
vided: Amy clector who shall have
been entitled to register at the gene.
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two, or at any 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 printed form to
be prepared by the Attorney General,
setting forth in each case the fact,
TO wit: the Iuil name, age, occupation
and residence OF the applicant at the,
time of the said registration, or at any
time thereafter, when the SAID appli-
cant became entitled to register, and
the place or places OF his residence
siLce tho time he became entitled to
register, which affidavit shall be sup
ported by the aIldavits 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 applicant became
! entitled thereafter to register, or any
! elector who has become a citizen OF
this State, by moving into the same
and his place of residence since living
in the State, and who shall make APP
| plicatiOn under oath stating the time Oi
his moving into the State and his place
OF residence since living in tho State,
which application shall be supported
by the affidavit of two reputable citi-
zens who were twenty-one years O
I age at the time the applicant became
@ resident of this State, such applicant
shall BE- allowed to register as q voter
and to have issned to him ~ certificate
as IL duly qualified elector in the man
ner and form now provided by law and
be entitled to vote at said election fo
delegates to said convention"
And your orator AYERS and he 81
charges that the time allowed in sec
tlOn six (6) Of the Act last named Ii
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