The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-23
THE REGISTRATION LAW.
Enjoined by the Federal Court.
Judge GoR Orders the Questions In
voived 90 be Heard Next Month In
Columbia.

Columbia.
Judge Goff, of the United States Cir
cult Court. has granted restrainin,
order on w. Briggs Green, Supervise
OF Registration of Richland County
which will have a far-reaching effec
upon the constitutional convention ant
upon our election laws in the future a,
we'll as the past If the order should bt
made permanent.
Obear 81 Douglass, formerly of this
State, but now of Washington, have
had in course OF preparation o case
testing the validity of tine State regis
tration laws, and last week they ap
peared before Judge Gotf, at Clarks
burg, West Virginia. and secured the
restraining order.
The following is Judge Goff's order,
1t being verified copy of tbc proceed
ings:
United States OF America, South Caro-
lima District-In the Circuit Court,
Fourth Circuit-In Equity.
Lawrence p. Mills VIZ. w. Briggs Green
Bill for Injunction.
On hearing the bill in the above en-
titled cause, and on motion OF Messrs.
Obear & Douglass, complainant's solic-
itors:
1t is ordered, That the defendant,
w. Briggs Green, both Individually,
ana as Supervisor of Registration for
Richland County in the State OF South
Carolina, be eDjOined and restrained
until the further order of this court,
from the commission of any of the acts
complained of in the above entitled
bill-a copy of which must bo served
upon him with this order.
1t is further ordered, That the said
lntsr ri
me, at Columbia, South Carolina, on
Thursday, the I'd day OF May next, why
this order should not be continued or
some ordor of like purport and effect
be then granted, cnjoinipg and re.
straining him, both individually and as
such Supervisor OF Registration, from
the commission OF any of the acts com
planned OF in said bill until The final
hearing and determination of this
cause.
This hearing shah b, mithe United
States Circuit Court room, Columbia,
South Carolina This 10Th day OF
April, 1895.
(Signed) NATHAN GOFF,
u. S. Circuit Judge, Fourth Circuit.
GROUNDS FOR THE INJUNCTION.
The bill for injunction Is IL long one,
full of legal phrases and liberal quota
tions from the registration laws Of the
State, but for proper understanding
of the situation and upon what grounds
the injunction is asked the bill must
be read carefully. The following is
tho bill in full
To the Judges of the Circuit Court of
the United States fer lc District
OF South Carolina:
Lawrence +. Mills, q citizen of the
State of South Carolina and of the
United States, brings this his bill
against w. Briggs Green, citizen OF
said State and United States. And
thereupon your orator complains, and
says
half OF your orator, and of all others,
citizens OF the County OF Richland in
the State of South Carolina, and United
States aforesaid, circumstanced like
your orator in this behalf and who are
too numerous to be made parties here
to.
III. That your orator was twenty.six
years of age on the 4th day of February,
1895; that he is q resident of the pre-
cipct OF the County ISichland in the
State CT South Carolina; that he is u
male citizen of the United States, that
he has resided in the State OF South
Carolina for more than one year pre-
ceding the last election; and he has
resided in the said County of Richland
for more than sixty days prior to said
general election.
III. That your orator is an elcctOr of
the said State OF South Carolina, pos
sessing all of the qualifications OF an
elector of the most numerous branch of
the State Legislature, provided by the
Constitution of the said State ana that
he is subject to none of the disquulffica-
tions set forth in the said Constitution;
nd ha il, fnt nd
laws of the United States, duly quail
fled to vote at all Federal and State
elections held in the said precinct of
Richland County in the State of South
Carolina.
Nv. That In n section known as sec
tiOn 80 OF the General Statutes of South
Carolina of 1882 is set forth the follow
ng; "All electors OF the State shall
be registered as hereinafter provided; ;
and no person shall be allowed to vote
at any election hereafter to be held un-
less registered as hereinafter requir-
ed"; and that section ono hundred and
thirty two (l32) OF the Revised Statutes
of South Carolina of 1893 is to the same
effect and in the following w, fds: "All
electors of this State shall be register
ed and no person shall be allowed to
vote at any election thereafter to be
held, unless he shall have therefore,
registered in conformity with the re-
.quirements of Chapter VII of the Gen
eral Statutes of 1882, and acts amend
atory thereof, Or shall be registered as
herein required"
v. That by section know as sec
tion Ninety-four (94) OF the said General
Statutes OF 1882 is provided "When
the said registration lin certain books
to be provided him and made in the
manner provided for in section 93) shall
have been completed, the books shall
be closed, and not ro-opened for regis
tration, except for the purposes and as
hereinafter mentioned until alter the
next general election for State Cfllcers
After the said next general election,
the books shall be opened, for reg gistra.
tiOn of such persons as shall thereafter
become entitled toregister, on the first
Monday in each month, TO and until the
first Monday in July, inclusive, are ced
ing the following general electit n
upon which last named day the same
snail be closed ana not reopened foi
registration until after. the said gener
nj election and ever after, the sait
books shall be opened for the registra
tion of such electors, on the day abov,
mentioned, until the frat day OF Jul,
preceding q general election, when tn,
same shall be closed as aforesaid unit
the said general election shall hav,
taken place !" and in section one hun
dred an thirty-seven (l37) Of the sui,
Revised Statutes of 1893 it IL provided
After every general election, the reg