Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-03

of registration copy of the notice OF
intention to appeal, within 10 days af-
ter the decision of judge of the court
of commcu pleas, and the said board
may appear at the hearing.
5. In case any minor who will be-
come 21 years of age after the closing
of the hooks of registration and before
the election and is otherwise qualified
to register, makes application under
oath sh 5wieg he is qualified to register,
the boards shall register such applicant
before the closing of the books.
Any parson whose qualifications as
an electtr will be completed after the
closing CT the registration books but
before the next election, shall have
the right to apply for and secure a
registration. certificate any time within
so days Immediately preceding the
closing of the registration books, upon
AN application under oath to the facts
emitting him to such registration. The
same right of'appeal is allowed appel:
lants who are minors, or whose quail
fications shall be completed before the
election as in other cases, and the
same kind of notices must be served
upon members of the board.
6. All persons registered by the
board are entitled to registration GER.
tificates of the form prescribed in
section 13 of the act. The certificate
must be signed by at least two men,
bers of the board, and by all of them
if practicable.
7. In case of the removal of an elec-
tor from one county to another, Sec
tion IA provides the manner in which
the certificates can be changed. In
case of the loss or destruction of a GER
tificate of registration, of the mutila.
ton of the same, section Is prescribes
the manner in which other certificates
can be obtained.
8. The board Of registration shall
review the lists of registered electors
at least 10 days preceding each elec-
ton, and shall erase therefrom the
names of all registered electors who
may have become disqualified, or who
upon satisfactory evidence may appear
to have died or removed from their
respective counties, or who may have
been illegally or fraudently registered.
Persons whose names are thus erased
have the right of appeal to the court
of common pleas, or judge thereof,
as in case of persons denied registra-
ton. Records of conviction of persons
furnished by clerks of courts and mag
istrates shall be prima facie proof OF
disqualification, etc., to- authorize the
board to erase names. Parties whose
names have been thus erased shall
have the right to produce pardon
from the governor, or other proof, to
show that their names were improper
ly erased, and the board shall restore
the names.
9. Each township as now laid out,
and in those counties where there are
no such townships, the parish as form
erly known and defined, is a polling
precinct. In cities and towns contain
ing 5000 inhabitants or more, where
the same is divided into wards, each
ward is polling precinct, and in
cities or towns of less than 5000
inhabitants, the city or town is a
polling precinct. In the city Of
Charleston the polling precincts are
the same as the voting precincts as
now established by law. The terrific
ry in the township in which Columbia
is situated, in the county of Richland,
outside of the city of Columbia, is
declared polling precinct.
The registration of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be
book of registration for each polling
precinct, that is for each township, or
parish, or city, or town of less than
5000 inhabitants, or ward of cities of
more than 5000 inhabitants. Each
elector must vote in the polling precinct
in which he resides. If there is more
than one voting place in the polling
precinct, the elector may vote at any
voting place designated on the regis
tration certificate. The boards must
designate in the registration certificate
the voting place in the polling precinct
at which the elector is to vote. If there
is more than one voting place in the
polling precinct, the boards shall des-
ignate on the certificate the voting
place selected by the elector.
Section 20 prescribes the manner in
which an elector can have his voting
place, designated in his certificate,
changed.
10. The books and other records of
registration must be deposited by the
boards of registration in the office of
the clerk of court of common pleas.
They shall be kept in said office. except
when used by the board of registration
in the several polling precincts as re-
quired by law. They shall be public
records, open to the inspection of any
citizen, at all times.
II. Immediately preceding any gen.
eral or special election, the boards of
registration shall furnish the commits
sioners of election with two registra-
ton books for each voting place in
each polling precinct, containing in
each the names of all electors entitled
to vote at such voting place. The
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