The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
REGISTRATION NOTICE
Old. Certificates Of Registration
are Void Everybody Must
Register.

The Books of Registration will be Opened
on the First Monday In December next
and kept Open for Three Successive
Days for the Registration of Voters
Entitled to Registration unter the Con-;
stitution-For the Information of the
People Attention is Called to the Poll
foling Provisions of the New Law, Ap-:
proved the Fifth Day of March, 1895.
THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL.
! be opened by the Boards on the nrst
Monday In April, 1886, 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; u.
1896, and kept open continually 10r az ieass
one week In each OF said months. They shall
be closed thirty days before the general elec-
tion In 1895. After general election In 1885, the
Books OF Registration shall be opened on the
first Monday of each month at the Court
House and kept open for three successive Gays
in each month until thirty days before the
election in 1896, when they shall be closed nm
til the said general election shall nave taKen
pIace. 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 applicants for regis
ary ' ist, isss. 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
O pauper supported at the public expense,
who has not been convicted OF burglary. ar.
son, obtaining goods or money under raise z
pretenses, perjury, forgery. ROBBERY, orlpefy,
adultery, wife beating, ,houseoreaking, receiv-
ing stolen goods, breach Of trust with frauou-
lent, intent, sornication, sodomy, incest, as.
sault with intent to ravish, miscegenation,
larceny, or crimes against the election laws,
and who shall have been resident a LEU IN .as ms
Vt organized churches and teachers OF pubic
schools, and they after six months residence
In the State0 resident in the County TOR six
months, and in the polling precinct fopr
Constitution OF 1885, or can understano ana
explain any section Of said Constitatlon
when read to him by the reglstratlon oHce5
become q elector upon application for s9en
registration. If any person has been conVlct-
ed OF any pf the crimes above-mentloned, q
pardon OF the Governor removes Inc alsquai'
itication.
I'm case any minor who will become twenty
one wears of age after the closing OF the Books
Of Registratration and before the eiectlon,
and Is otherwise qualifed TO register, makes
application under oath showing he 1s quail
tied TO gister, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing of the books.
ANY person whose qualifications as an elec.
tor Will De COnDleleu dlIeI luC CiooiaS VI ea0
Registration Books but before the next cleo.
ton, shall have the right TO apply for and Sc
cure a registration certificate at any time
within sixty days Immediately preceding the
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 be Book OF Reg
istration for each polling precinct that Is Tor
each township. or parish. or city, or twon OF
less than five thousand Inhabitants, or ward
of cities of more than five thousand inhabl-
tapts. Each elector must vote in the polling
precinct in which he resides. II there is more
than one voting place in the polling precinct,
the elector may vote at any voting place Gee-
ignated on the registration certificate. Ihe
Boards must designate In the registration
certificate the voting place In the polling pre-
cinct at which the elector is TO vote. II there
Is more than one voting place In the polling
precincts, the Boards shall designate on tne
certificate the voting place selected py tne
elector. r.
Old certificates Of registration are void. Ev-
cry man who may desire TO exercise Inc rlgnS
to vote must apply for Registration.
j. D. CARWILE,
S. S. BOLES,
]. T. ELLIS.
Ionrd of Supervisors of Registration.