The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-29
several wards of the city.

| August and September, 1896, and kept
open continuously for one week in
each of the said months, and the same
shall be closed thirty days before the
general election of 1895, until such
general election shall have taken place
Provided that persons who shall be
come of age during that period shall
be entitled to registration before the
books are closed if otherwise qualified
After the general election in 1895 the
books of registration shall be open fol
the registration of such persons as shall
be entitled to register under the Con
stitution on the first Mondays in each
month, and kept open for three sue
cessive days each month until thirty
days before the general election OF
1896, when they shall be- closed until
the general election shall have taken
place: Provided, that such persons as
shall become of agein the meantime
shall be entitled to registration before
the closing of the books if otherwise
qualified. After each succeeding gem
eral election the registration books
shall be opened for the registration OF
electors entitled to registration, under
the Constitution on the first Monday
in each month and for three successive
days thereafter until thirty days pre-
ceding any general election, when the
same shall be closed until such general
election shall have taken place: Pro
vided, that such persons as may come
of age between the closing of the books
and the elections shall be enstitled to
registration before the closing of the
books if otherwise qualified. -
Section 9. The board of supervisors
of registration created under Section 8
shall Judge of the qualifications of all
applicants for registration. Any ap.
pficant who is rejected may appeal
from the decision of the borrd to the
Court of Common Pleas or judge
thereof and thence to the Supreme
Court and on such appeal the hearing
shall be do move. The, applicant re-
jected must within FIVE days after the
decision of the board is made file with
the board written notice of his inten-
ton to appeal. After the expiration
of five days from the fling of the mo-
tice of appeal the board of supervisors
shall file with the clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for such county the
notice of intention to appeal and any
papers in their possession relating to
the same, and report of the case II
they deem proper. The clerk OF the
Court shall file the same and enter the
case on docket No. 2, if the case is to
be heard in term time. If the appli-
cant desires the appeal to be heard by
a Judge at Chambers he shall give the
board of supervisors four days written
notice of the time and place of hear
ing. From the decision Of the Court
of Common Pleas or a Judge thereof
the applicant may appeal to the Su-
preme Court by fling written notice
of such intention toappeal in the office
of the clerk of Common Pleas within
ten days after such decision, and with.
in said time serving a copy of such
notice on the board of supervisors.
Thereupon the clerk of the Court OF
Common Pleas shall certify all the pa
pers in the case to the clerk of the Su-
preme Court within ten days after the
filing of notice with intention to ap-
peal. The clerk of the Supreme Court
shall place the case on the proper
docket and shall come up for hearing
upon the call thereof.
Section 10. All persons registered
up to January 1, 1898, shall remain
during life qualified electors unless aft
forwards disqualified. The certificate
of the clerk of the Court or Of the Sec:
retary of State that the name OF an
elector appears on the records herein.
before required to be filed in their re-
spective Offices by the board of super
visors shall be sufficient evidence to
establish the right of such elector to
be registered at any future registration
and to exercise the franchise under
the limitations imposed in the Consl-
tuition. " ..
Section II. After the first of Febru-
ary, 1893, the supervisor of registration
shall Judge of the legal qualifications
of all applicants for registration. From
his decision an appeal may be taken to
the Court of Common Pleas or a
Judge thereof, and from thence to the
Supreme Court and the mode of ap-
peal shall be the same as prescribed In
Section above. .,..
Section IL. An enrolment of persons
not previously registered and entitled
to registration shall be made annually
by the supervisor of registration, until
the year 1908, when an enrolment of
all electors shall be made, and thereaf-
ter there shall be the same annual en-.
rolment of electors and the came gen.
eral enrolment of electors every tenth
year as above provided. =
Section 13. In case any person shall
not have attained the age of 81 years
before the closing of the books preced-
ing any general election, and shall at.
tain such age before such general cleo
ton, and shall appear before the board
of registration, or the supervisor as the
case may be, and shall make applics.
ton under oath tc the facts above
stated, emitting him to registration,
and if he be otherwise duly qualified,
the board Of registration or the super.
visor shall register such applicant !:
From the decision of the board of
registration or the supervisor the like
appeals may be taken as in other cases
and in like manner.
Section IA. Each elector registered
as aforesaid shall thereupon be furn.
ished by the board Of registration if
registered before the first day of Jan
uary, 1898, or by the supervisor of reg
istration, if registered after the first