The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24

the county seat thereof open his
books of registration and shall mold
the same open for ten consecutive
calendar days thereafter, except Sun
days, between the hours of 10
o'clock in the forenoon and 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon, except Charleston,
Beaufort and RichIand counties,
where the said books shall be kept
open from 10 o'clock in the forenoon
TO 6 O'Clock in the afternoon, during
which time any elector then or there
tofore at any time entitled to register
as a qualified voter, or who has be-
come a citizen Of this State, shall be,
during the time herein fixed by law,
for registration: entitled to register
as such as hereinafter provided ; and
any elector having been Heretofore
duly registered or having since
changed his residence, or having lost
his certificate, shall he entitled to
have the same transferred or renewed
as now provided by law" And your
orator further AYERS that by section
seven CD of last named act it is pro-
vided "Any elector who shall have
been entitled to register at the gen.
eral registration in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.two, or at any time subse-
quent 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
Attorney General, setting forth in
each case the fact, to wit the full
name, age occupation and residence
of the applicant at the time of the
said general registration, or at any
time thereafter, when the said appll.
cant became entitled to register, and
the place or places Of his residence
since the time be became entitled to
register, which affidavit shall be sup
ported by the ahidavits of two
reputable citizens who were each OF
the age of twenty.one years on the
thirteenth day OF June ammo Domlnl
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or
at any time the said applicant became
entitled thereafter to register, or any
~elector who has become a c%itizenn OF
this State, by moving into the same
and his place of residence since liv-
ing 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 lly'
ing in the State, which application
shall be supported by the affidavit O
two reputable citizens who were
twenty-one years Of age at the time
the applicant became a resident o
this State, such applicant shall be
allowed to register as a voter and t6
have issued to him a certificate as
duly qualified elector in the manne'
and form now provided by law ant
be entitled to vote at said election o
delegates to said convention.
And your orator ayers and he 81
charges that the time allowed il
section six (e) of the act last nance
is u%nreasonably short for the purpos'
for which it purports to be INTENDED
land that the provisions of section
eight (S) are burdensome and harass
ing to:the electors, and are unreason
able and unnecessary-and the sam
so limit, abridge and qualify tn
privilege of registration that the.
result in q practical. denial of tn
right to vote of those electors who
by the operation of the unconstitr
tioal provisions of the General Stat
{ utes of 1882, and Revised Statute
of 1893 are now unregistered.
;. And your orator further AYERS the
t the sections above quoted from aud re
f ferred to as contained in said Gener'
Statutes of 1882 and Revised Statute
of 1898 and act of 1894 are so inie1
woven, With, and are such lntegr'
f parts Of, the whole alleger registratio
laws of the State of South Carolina th'
if the same be declared uucons'itutlon'
and void, as herein prayed, the who
i. euactmects in regard to registration a
like wise void.
That your orator is advised and |
so charges that all of the sections her
i inbefore quoted from and referred to
contained in the General Statutes
1882 and Revised Statutes of 1882 al
e the act of 1894 are 10 violation of Sc
e ton thirty-one .(31) of Article ooe q
section two CO of Article eight g
and section eight 60 of Article elg
n (8), and divers other sections of Il
Constitution of the State of South Gar
lima, in this that they add to the 0
binary qualifications of electors pr