The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
REGISTRATION BILL.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. |

the commissioners within three days
after such election. The commission
ers of election shall return such books
to the registration officer or officers
within twenty days after such election:
| Section "a. Every male citizen OF
this State and of the United States OF
the age of 81 years, or upwards, hay-
ing all the qualifications mentioned In
the first section of this Act, and who
has resided within the corporate limits
of any incorporated city or town in
this State previous to any municipal
election, and has paid all taxes due
and collectable for the precedingfscal
year, and who has been registered as
hereinbefore required, shall be entitled
to vote atan municipal elections in the
State after the general election in the
year 1896.
Section 25. Thirty days before the
holding of. an election in any incorpo-
rated city, town or village in this State
after the general election of 1896, the
mayor or intendent thereof shall ap-
point one discreet individual, who is
an elector of such municipality, as
supervisor of registration, whose duty
it shall be to register all qualified cleo
tors within the limits of the incorpo-
rated city, town or village. The
names of all qualified electors of such
municipality shall be entered in a
book of registration which, after the
holding of the election, shall be filed
in the Office of town clerk or recorder
and shall be a public record; open to
the inspection of any citizen at all
times. III.
Section 26. 1t shall be the duty of
the mayor or intendant of Incorporate
ed cities or towns to cause to be pre-
pared and furnished to the supervisor
of registration suitable books of reg
istration and. all stationery and blanks
necessary for the registration OF elec-
tors. ........ !
Section 81. The supervisor of regis.
tration shall Judge of the qualification
of all applicants for registration. The
production of a certificate of registra-
ton from the registration officer OF
the county emitting the applicant to
vote at precinct within the incorpo-
rated city or town in which the appi-
cant desires to vote shall be a condition
precedent to the applicants obtaining
a certificate of registration; and the
production of such a certificate and
proof Of his residence within the limits
of the municipality for four months
preceding such election, and the pay
ment of all taxes assessed against him,
due and collectable, for the previous
year, shall entitle the applicant to reg
istration. From the decision of the
municipal supervisor any applicant
may appeal to the Court of Common
Pleas or a judge thereof, and from
thence to the Supreme Court and the
mode OF appeal shall be the same as
provided herein in cases appealed from
the officers of registration. -.
Section %. In incorporated cities
in which there are more than one vot-
ing place every elector shall vote at the
precinct for which he is registered. :.
Section 20. Each elector registered
by the municipal officer shall be fur
nished by such officer with certificate
which shall be of the following form:
Registration certificate for municip..
al election o., city or town of
election precinct, ward.
The bearer, is qualified voter in
the town or city of - ant resides
/ in ward -he is - years of age,
and entitled to vote in the municipal
election on the - day of -, 18'-.
Registered on'the day of--ls :.