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

first Monday in July, inclusive, pre-
ceding the following general election
upon which last named day the same
shall be closed and not reopened for
registration until after the said gen.
eral election, and ever after the said
books shall be opened for the regis
tration of such electon on the days
above mentioned, until the first day
of July preceding a general election,
when the same shall be closed as
aforesaid until the said general cleo,
ton shall have taken place. and
section one hundred and thirty-seven
$50 Of the said Revised Statutes OF
1898 it is provided: "After every
general election the registration
books shall be opened for registration
of such persons as shall thereafter
become entitled to register, on the
first Monday in each month until the
first day of July preceding a genera!
election, when the same shall be
closed until such election shall have
taken place."
6 That the section known as sec
ton ninety.seven (e7) of the said
General Statutes of 1882 is in the
following words: "Any person be-
coming of age, and becoming quail
fed as an elector, may appear before
the supervisor of registration on any
day on which the books are opened
as aforesaid, and take oath as to his
age and qualifications, as hereinbe-
fore provided, and if the supervisor
find him qualified he shall enter his
name upon the registration book of
the precinct wherein he resides
I. And your orator further alleges
that IN and by the requirements of
said registration enactments of the
government of the State of South
Carolina. it is provided that the
respective supervisors of registration
in the several counties shall issue to
the voter, when registered, a certi6-
cate of registration, and that said
voter shall present the same at the
polls to the managers Of election,
and that no one shall be allowed to
vote at any election to be held in the
State unless his certificate of regis
ton as aforesaid IL exhibited at the
time and in the manner aforesaid.
And it is further required in and by
the said alleged enactments that In
case a voter or elector shall remove
from one county to another in said
State, or from one precinct to another
in the same county, or from n resi-
dence to another in the same precinct,
that he shall obtain a transfer and a
renewal certificate.
And it is further provided in said
enactments that in the event an
elector shall lose his said certificate
of registration, he must obtain a re-
newal thereof. upon furnishing evil
dence satisfactory to the registrar O.
the said county wherein he resides.
that his said certificate has been mis-
laid or lost and that the same has MOI
been wilfully or Intentionally dispos-
ed of. Your orator further alleges
that by q previous requirement o
said enactments the elector failing
for any reason to comply with an!
of the provisions aforesaid is denied
a right of suffrage both in Fedora
and State elections And your ora
tor further alleges that the provision
of the said enactment fixing the time
for registration and the closing of tn
books for that purpose on the frs
f day of July preceding every cleo
ton, and the many divers provisions
requirements and conditions set on
in the various and sundry sections 0
said alleged act were intended. AM
i that they in effect did, abridge
impede and destroy the suffrage Q
the citizen both of the State and c
e the United States.
/ s. And your orator further aver
that on the Oath day of December
n 1894, an alleged act was passed b
the government of the State of Sout
Carolina entitled: can act to pro
: vide for calling a constitutional cor
vention, to provide the number an
e qualification of members of the con
e vention, their corapensations, etc
and to provide for the election of tn
same, and to define and prescribe tn
n qualifications of the electors, and tn
d manner of the elections and of d.
It claring the result" That by sectio
four a. of the said act it is declare
h who shall be entitled to vote for del
It gates to the said constitutional COZ
vention, and in addition to the quail
fcations prescribed for electors b
d the constitution of the State of Sout
n N.ro1;ro 20 prov;do6 . further nuali