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Old Certificates Of Registration
are Void--Everybody Must Reg
lister Again.

lSJer 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,
1895, 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 nually for at least one week In each Of said
fore fore the: 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 elec.
tion shall have taken place. The offices and
books must be Kept open from O'clock IN the
The Board of Registration is the Judge OF
the qualifications Of all applicant for regis
tratlon up to January .1st, 1893. Up to Jan
aaG Of he e'I Tilted STATES years
OF age who is not an idiot, is not insane, is
not a pauper supported at the public expense,
and is not confined in any public prison, and
arson, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery, wife beating, house breaklng,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
Incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegt-
nation, larceny, or crimes against the eleotlon
laws, and who shall have been resident IN
this sae two years. except
public schools, and they after six months res
idence In the State,) resident IN the county
for six months, and in the polling precint fo9r
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 othcer or Of
fcers; shall be entitled to registration ana pc
come an elector upon application for such reg.
istration. II any person has been conVlcteo
of any Of the crimes above mentioned, par
don OF the Governor removes the dlsquannca'
ton.
In case any minor who will become TWEEN.
ty.one years OF age after the closing OF tne
Books OF Registration and before the eiecuon,
and is otherwise qualified to register, MAKES
fled to register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing Of the BOOKS.
Any person whose qualifications as an cleo
tor will be completed after the closing OF tne
ton, shall have the right to apply tor and Sc,
cure registration certificate al any Lne
within sixty days Immediately preceding tne
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under oath to the facts ehtltling
him to such registration. u
The registration OF voters must be by poll
Ing precincts. There must be BOOK OF reg.
Istraton for each polling precinct, tnat ls iot
less than 1--WE thousand Inhabitants, or ward
of cities of more than five thoussnd lnnaDl-
tants. Each elector must vote In the polllng
precinct in which he resides. II there ls
more than one voting place In the polnns
precinct, the elector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration certin-
cate. The Boards must designate In the regis
tration certificate the voting place III 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 py
the eector. ~
Old certificates of registration are void. EV.
cry man who may desire to exercise the rlgnt
to vote must apply for Registration.