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

1pVOl ASoAA'
The County Board of Registration has been
Organized and the office OF Registration Is
now open IN aecordance VIII iaw' Tue inaii'
The Books of Registration shall be opened
by the Boards on the first Monday In April.
1896, at the Court House In each county, ano
kept open for at least six consecutive weeks.
They shall be opened again atthe Court House
on the first Mondays In June: Jul y, August
and September, A. d. 1896. and kept open con,
tinually for at least one week ln eacn OF salu
months. They sha u be closed thirty Gays oe'
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 ior
three successive days In each mondn uhlii
they shall be closed uutll 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 OIL
the qualifications Of all applicant for regis
tration up to January list. 1898. UP to Jan
uary lst, 1893. every male citizen OF THIS STATE
and of the United States, tWenty-one years
not a pauper supported at the public expense,
and Is not confined In any public prison, and
who has not been convicted OF burglary,
arson, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses perjury, iorgery' bonSe breaRInyy Ry
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudule intent, fornication, sodomy,
incest, assault with Intent to raVlsh, mlscegl-
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 OIL
public schools, and they ai.er SIX montns @ reg.
for six months and In the polling precint four
months, and who can read any Section In the
Constitution of 1895, or can understand anu
explain any section Of said Constitution when
tIn anto or n
ficers shall be entitled to registration and be.
come an elector upon application for such reg
istratIon. II any person has been convicted
of any Of the crimes above mentioned, par
don Of the Governor removes the dlsquaHnca'
tion.
ty.oue 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 be Is quail
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 aitsr tne GosIng OF ,eu tne
ton, shall have the right to apply for and Sc
cure a registration certificate at any Time
Within sixty days Immediately preceding tne
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under oath TO the facts emitting
him to such registration.
The registration OF voters must be by poll
ing precincts. There must De BOOK OF reg
istrstion for each polling precinct, that is for
each township, or parish, or city, or town OF
less than five thousand inhabitants, or ward
of cities of more than five thoussnd lnnaol-
tants. Each elector must vote IN tne polllng
nreclnct in which he resides. If there Is
more than one voting place In the polling
precinct, the elector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration certlh-
cate. The Boards must designate IN tne regis
tration certificate the voting place IN the poll
Ing precinct at which the elector Is TO vote.
II There is more than one voting place IN the
polling precinct, the Boards shall designate
on the certificate the voting place seiecteo oy
the elector. .,,, ~.
old certificates of registration are void. Ev-
ery man who may desire to exercise the right
to vote must apply for Registration,
]. d. CARW1LE,
s. s. BOLES,
j. T. ELLIS,
Board of Supervisors of Registration.