The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
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
L be opened by the Boards on the first
Monday In April. 1886, at the Court House IN
each County, and kept open for a. least II \
consecutive weeks. They shall be opened
again at the Court House on the first Mondays
In June. July, August and September, a: d.,
one week In each Of said months. They shall
be closed thirty days before the general cleo
tion in 1896. After general election In ls96. 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 1896, when they shall be closed un-
til the said general election shall nave 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 or
the qualifications of all applicants for regis
tration up TO January lst, lS9S Up TO Janu
airy lst, 1895 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
pauper supported ut the public expense,
and Is not confined In any public prison, ard
who has not been convicted of burglary. ar.
sou, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery. robbery, bribery.
adultery, " ife reatin hOusebreaking, recelv-
ing stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudu-
lent, intent, sornication, sodomy, incest, as
, Rault with intent to raviSh, miScegenation,
larceny, or crimes against the election laws.
and who shall have been a resident In this
State two years, except ministers In charge
yf organized churches and tenchers OF pubic
schools, and they after SIX months residence
in The State,) Il resident in The County Tor SIX
months, and 10 the polling precinct four
months, and who can read any Section In the
Constitution OF lSS5. Jr can understand and
explain any section OF said Constitution
when read to him By the registration officer
or officers shall be entitled to registration aud
become a eleclor upon application TOR such
registration. If any person has been convict
eH OF any pr the crimes aforementioned, q
pardon OF the Governor removes the disquai-
4fication.
In case any minor who will become twenty
bne years of age after the closing o { the Books
fof REORGANIZATION and before the election,
and Is otherwise qualified tn register, makes
application under oath showing he Is quail
fed to register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing of the books.
Any person whose qualifications rs an cleo
tor Will be com oleted after the closing OF the
tion, shall have the right TO apply for and Sc
cure 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 for
each township, or parish. or city, or twOn of
less than We thousand Inhabitants, or ward
of cities OF more than five thousand inhab-
taDts. Each eector must vote In the polling
precinct in which he resides. II there is more
than one voting place IN the polling precinct
the eiector may vote Al any vo'1ng place des-
ignated on the registration certificate, The
Boards must designate in the registration
certificate the voting place In the polling pre-
cinct at " hich the eiec,or is 10 vote. If there
is more than one voting place In the polling
precincts, the Boards shall designate on the
certificate the voting place selected by the
elector.
Old certificates OF registration are void. Ev-
cry man who may desire 10 exercise the right
TO vote must apply for Registration.
J. D. CARWILE,
S. s. BOLES,
J. r. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.