The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-06
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 al least six consecutive weeks.
They shall be opened again at the Court House
on the first Mondays M In June; July, August,
Iinually for at least one week In each OF said
months. They shall be closed thirty days be-
fore the general election In lS9G. Alter 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 Tor
three successive days In each month until
thirty days before the election In lSS, Wnen
they shall be closed until the said general elec,
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 lor regis
uary lst, 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
not a pauper supported at the public; ;sp expense
who has not been convicted Of burglary,
arson, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery; bribery,
|Iealtyry %eeeiviEe stole stolen goods breach Of trust
with fraudulent intent, fornicatlon, sodomy,
incest, assault with intent to ravish, NJ iscegi-
nation, larceny, or crimes against the eiectlon
laws, and who shall have been reside 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 StateD resident IN the county
for six months, and in the polling precint four
months, and who can read any Section IN the
Constitution of 1895, or can understand and
explain any section Of said Constitution when
read to him by the registration officer or or
II 4 kalf To nui lei o..
come an elector upon application for such reg.
istraton. If any person has been convicted
of any of the crimes above mentioned, par
don OF the Governor removes the dlsquahnca-
ton.
In case any minor who will become twen-
ty-one years OF age after the closing OF the
Books OF Registration and before the electlon, ,
and is otherwise qualified to register, makes
fled to register, the Boards shai! register such
applicant before the closing of the books,
Any person whose qualifications as an cleo
Tor VII be bn aSr 5ne he 9 eo
tion, shall have the right to apply Tor ana Sc
cure registration certificate NJ any tlme
within sixty days Immediately preceding the
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under oath TO the facts emitting
hl to such registration. ,
The registration of voters must be by poll
Ing precincts. There must be BOOK & or Reg g
less than five Thousand Inhabitants, or ward
of cities of more than five thouss nd inhabi-
tants. Each elector must vote In the polling
precinct In which he resides. II there is
nrecinct' the elector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration certlf-
cafe. The Boards must designate In the regis.
tration certificate the voting place III the poll
ing precinct at which the elector Is TO vote
n 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.
ery man who may desire to exercise the right
to vote must apply for Registration:
j. d. CARW1LE,
s. S. BOLES,
]. r. ELLIS,
Board of Supervisors of Registration.