The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-13
NOTICE.
Old Certificates Of Registration
are Void--Everybody Must Reg
lister Again.

lSbol oSoAn'
The County Board of Registration has been
organized and the office OF Regstraoon IL u
provisions of which are as follows:
The Books of Registration shall be opened
by the Boards on the first MONDAY IN april,
1896, at the Court House IN each Couhty, y,.es auu
kept open for at least six consecutive weeks.
They shall be opened again at the Court House
on ihe first Mondays in June. July, August,
and September, A. D. 1896, and Kept open con,
months. They shall be closed thirty days be-
fore the general election In 1896: After gen
eral election in 1896, the Books OF Reglstratlop
shall be opened on the first Monday OF eacn On
month at the Court House and kept open lor
three successive days In each month 'unIll
thirty days before the election IN 1898, Wnen
they shall be closed until the said general eiec;
BOOKS boo s must be kept open from O'Clock In the
forenoon unit o'clock in the afternoon.
The Bonrd Of Registration is the Judge OF
the qualifications Of all applicant ior regis %
narv lat isSS. every male citizen OF this State
and of the United States. tWenty-one years
OF age, who is not an idiot, is not insane, 10
and and is t not copfned in any public prison, and
who has not been convicted OF burglary,
arson. obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery; or,PGepy' Pr
adateTy Te Stnen s1ods breaeh Of tfus;
with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy'
incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegl.
ma tion larceny, or crimes against tne eiectlon
laws, and who ehall nave oeen fesa1en' a.,
charge OF organized churches ana teachers OF
public schools, and they after Six months res
idence In the Statep resident IN tne 10y
for six months, and in the polling preclnt fonr
months, and who can read any Section ln tne
Constitution Of 1895, or can understand and
ex plain any section OF said Constitution Wnen
read to him by the registration 1mcer nS OF Ss O
come an elector upon application lot SUCH Ieg,
istratIon. II any person has been conv vlcteo
of any OF the crimes above mentioned, par
don OF the Governor removes Inc oisqualinsa''
tiou. ..,
ty.one wears OF age after the closing or tne
Books OF Registration and before the election
and is otherwise qualified to register, MAKES
application under oath showing he is quail
fled TO register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing of the books.
Any person whose qualihcatlons as an e,ec, y
tor will be completed after the closing OF the
Registration Books but before the next cleo
tion, shall have the right TO apply ior ana se
cure registration certificate at any Time
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under oath to the facts enttllng
him to such registration.
The registration OF voters must pc oy poll
| Ing precincts. There must be BOOK or reg
istration for each polling precinct, that ls lor
each township, or parish, or city, or town OF
less than five thousand Inhabitants, or ward
Of cities of more than five thoussnd lnhaol.
tants Each elecror must vote In the polllng
precinct In which he resides. II thefe is
more than one voting place In the polling
precinct, the elector may vote at any voting
place designated ON the registration ceftln-
cate The Boards must designate IN the regis'
tration certificate the voting place IN the poll
ing precinct at which the elector Is TO vote
If there Is more than one voting place 10 the
polling precinct, the Boards shall designate
on The certificate the voting place selected by
Old certificates of registration are void. Ev.
cry man who may desire 10 exercise Inc rignt
to vote must apply for Registration.