The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-17
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 Fol-
foling Provisions of the New Law, APP
proved the Fifth Day of March, 1896.
THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL
i be opened bv the Boards on the first
Monday In April 1885, At the Court House In
each County, and kent open for al least SIX
consecutive weeks. They shall he opened
again at the Court House on the first Mondays
in June. July, August and September, A. d..
1896, and kept open continually for AT least
one week in each of said months. They shall
be closed thirty days before the general elec-
tion In 1896. After general election in 1896 the
Books OF Registration shall be opeued on the
first Monday OF each month at The Court
House and kept open for three successive days
in each month unit! thirty days before the
election In 1896, when they shall be closed nn-
I'll the said general election shall have taken
place. The offices and books must be kept
open from O'clock in the forenoon until 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Board OF Registration Is the judge OF
the qualifications Of all applicants Tor regis
tration up to January LIST. 1895 Up to Janu
ary lst, lS9S. every male citizen of this State
and Of the United States. twtnty-one 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 puolc prison, and
who has not been convicted OF burglary. ar
son, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery. robbery, bribery.
adultery, wife heating, ,uOuSebrcaking, rec"iv-
ing stolen goods, breach OF trGSt with fraudu-
lent, intent, sornication, sodony, incest, as
Sault with intent to ravish. miScegenatiOn,
larceny, or crimes against the election laws,
and who shall have been Il resident in this
State two years except ministers N charge
yf organized churches and teachers of public
schools, and they after slH months residence
IN the State,) resident in the County FOR Fix
months, and In the polling precinct four
vnoDlhs aud who can read any section in the
Constitution OF 1898. or can understand d and
explain any section of said Constitution
when read TO him by the registration officer
or officers shall be entitled TO registration and
become elector upon application Tor such
registration. II any person has been convict
ed Of any pr the crimes aforementioned n
pardon of the Governor removes the disqual-
ificatiop.
IN case any minor who will become twenty
one years of age after the closing OF the Books
of Registratration and before the election,
and is otherwise qualified To register, makes
application under oath showing he is quail
fed 10 register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing of the books.
Any person whose qualifications as an elec-
tor will be COMPLETED after the closing Of the
Registration Books but before the next elec-
ton, shall have the right to apply for and Sc
cure a registration certificate at any time
within sixty days Immediately preceding the
coSing of the Registration Books, upon an
application under oa,h TO tue facts emitting
him tohucb registration.
The registration OF voters must he by poll
1ng precincts. There must he Book OF Reg
istration for each polling precinct, that is tor
each township, or parish. or city, or twon OF
less than II We thousand Inhabitants, or ward
OF cities OF more than i've thousand inhabi-
saptS. Each elector mast 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 des-
ignated on the registration certificate. The
Boards must designate IN the registration
certificate the votiDg place in the polling pre-
cinct at which the eector Is to vote. If there
IS more than one voting place in the polling
precincts, the Boards shall designate on the
certifcate the voting place selected by the
eleetor.
Old certificates of registration are void. Ev-
cry man who may desire TO exercise the right
TO vote must apply for Registration.
j. ID. CARWILE,
S. S. BOLES,
j. T. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.