The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-24
NOTICE
Old Certificates Of Registration
are Void--Everybody Must Reg
lister Again.

The County Board Of Registration has been
organized and the office OF Registration Is
now open in accordance with law, the main
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 County, and
kept open for at least six consecutive weeks.
They shall be opened again at the Court House
on the first Mondays In June. July, August,
and September, A. D. 1896, and kept open con-
tin ually for at least one week In each Of said
months. They shall be closed thirty days be-
fore the general election in 1896. After gen.
eral election In 1896, the Books Of Registration
shall be opened on the first Monday Of each
month at the Court House and kept open for
three successive days In each month until
thirty days before the election In 1888, when
they shall be closed until the said general cleo.
tion shall have taken place. The offices and
books must be kept open from o'clock In the
forenoon until o'clock In the afternoon:
The Board of Registration is the judge OF
the qualifications Of all applicant for regis
tratlon up TO January 1st, 1898. UP to jan
uary LIST, 1898. every male citizen OF this State
and Of the United States. twenty-one years
OF age. who is not an idiot, is not insane, Is
nota pauper supported at the public expense,
and is not confined in any public prison, and
who has not been convicted OF burglary,
pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy,
luCeSl, d5sdulI Win W EdNicus iooSsA0
nation, larceny, or crimes against the election
laws, and who shall have been resident In
this State two years, except ministers IN
charge OF organized churches and teachers OF
public schools, and they after six months res
idence In the State,)a resident In the County
for six months, and In the polling preclnt Iopr
months, and who can read any Section In the
Constitution Of 1895, or can understand anu
explain any section Of said Constitution when
read to him by the registration officer or Of
ticers shall be entitled 10 registration ana De-
come an elector upon application FOR sucn reg,
istration. II any person has been conVlcteo
of any of the crimes above mentioned, q par
don OF the Governor removes the disqualified
tion.
In case any minor who will become TWEEN.
ty.one years OF age after the closing OF the
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 qualifications as an eiec-
tor Will be completed after the closing OF the
Registration Books but before the next elec-
cure registration certificate at any time
within sixty days Immediately preceding the
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under oath TO the facts entltllng
him TO such registration.
The registration Of voters must be by poll
ing precincts. There must be Book OF Reg
istration for each polling precinct, that ls LOT
each township, or parish, or city. or town OF
of cities of more than five thousand inhabi-
tants. Each elector must vote in the polllng
precinct in which he resides. If there Is
more than one voting place in the polling
precinct, the elector may vote at any Young
place designated on the registration certln-
cate. The Boards must designate IN the regis
tration certificate the voting place IL the poll
ing precinct at which the elector Is 10 Vote
II there Is more than one voting place IN the
polling precinct, the Boards shall designate
on the certificate the voting place selected by
the elector.
Old certificates of registration are void. Ev-
cry man who may desire to exercise the right
TO vote must apply for Registration.