The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-15
NOTICE
Old Certificates Of Registration
are Void--Everybody Must Beg
lister Again.

The County Board OF Registration has been
organized and the office OF Registration "a, ~
now open in accordance with law the main
nrovisfons of which are as follows:
The Books of Registration shal be opened
by the Boards on The first Monday In april;
1885, at the Court House I IN enseeuiys eaes Weeks.
They shall be opened again at the Court House
on the first Mondays In June; July, august
and September, A. D. 1886, and kept open COZ; COLI
tinually for at least one week IN eacn OF saio
months. They shall be closed thirty Gays pc
fore tue general election IN 1895; Alter gen
eral election In 1895, the Books OF Registration
month at the Court House and kept open ior
three successive days In each mont9 until
thirty days before the election IN 1855, Wnen
they shall be closed until the said general eiec
forenoon enS or until O'CLOCK in the afternoon.
The Board Of Registration is the Judge OF
tration up TO January 1st: 1888. UP TO Jan
uary Ist, 1893 every male citizen OF this State
and Of the United States twenty-one years
not pauper supported at the public expense,
and is NOT confined in any public prison. ana
who has not been convicted OF burglary,
or Srbery
adultery, vile beating, house breaking.
receiving stolen goods. breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornlcauoh' soHOmy, soaay,
nation, larceny, or crimes against the electlon
laws, and who shall have been resident In
this State two years, except ministers IN
public schools, and they after six months res
idence In the State,)a resident In the County
for six months. and In the polling precint four
months, and who can read any SecLlon 10 nS enS
Constitution of 1895, or can understand ana
| ex plain any section OF said Constitution When
| read to him by the registration off1cer or Of
| fcers: shall be entitled 10 registration ana pc
come an eector upon application Tor sucn reg,
istratiop. II any person has been con nVicted
| OF any OF the crimes above mentioned, q par
don OF the Governor removes the disquailncar
tion.
ty.one wears Of age after the closing OF the
Books or Registration and before the election.
| and is otherwise qualified to register, MAKES
ied 10 register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing OF the BOOKS.
| Any person whose qualifications as an eiec-
tor will be completed after the G.osng & OF sIac tne
| tion, shall have the right to apply 1or ana 80
cure q registration certificate at any time
Within sixty days Immediately preceding tne
closing OF the Registration BOOKS. oPo,n, P,,,,a. an
application under oath TO the Iacs entiliins
| him TO such registration.
Tne registration OF voters must be by poll
ing precincts. There must be BOOK OF reg
for each pong ctW ar rnns Town OF
less than five thousand inhao1tans, or WaIa
of cities of more than five thoussnd inhaol-
ltants. Each elecfOr must vote IN LUG PoIiue
| preclnct In which he resides. II there is
more than one voting place In the poling
precinct, the elector may vote at any Young
i place designated on the registration certln-
cate. The Boards must designate IN the regis
tration certificate the voting place III the poll
ling precinct at which the elector ls 70 VoLe.
r. ihere is more than one voting place IN the
boiling precinct, the Boards shall designate
on the certificate the voting place selected by
| the elector. T.,
ery man who may desire to exercise the rlgnt
TO vote must apply for Registratiop:
W J. D. CARW1LE,
| 8. 8. BOLES,
II 1T. ELLIS,
Board of Supervisors OF Registration.