The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-05
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Old Certificates Of Registration
are Void Everybody Must
Register.

Tie 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, Ap-
proved the Fifth Day of March, 1896.
THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL
i be opened by the Boards on the first
Monday In April. 1896, at the Court House In
each C9pny and kept 0pen, for at Least SIX
again at the Court House on tho 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 1885, After general election In 1896, 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
election In 1896, when they shall be closed un-
Til the said general election shall have taken
place. The offices and books must be kept
open from 9 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
tratiOn up to January 1st, 1898 Up TO Janu.
ary LIST, 1898. every male citizen of this State
and Of the United States. twenty-one years OF
age, who is not an idiot, is not insane. IL not
a pauper supported al the public expense,
and is not confined In any public prison, and
who has not been convicted of burglary. ar.
son, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forg cry, robbery, bribery.
adultery, wife beating, ,housebreaking, receiv-
lent, intent, sornication, sodomy, incest, as
sault with intent to rlvish, miscegenation,
larceny, or crimes against the election laws,
and who shall have been resident IN this
State two years, except ministers In charge
Vt organized churches and teachers of public
schools, and they after SIX months residence
In the StateD resident In the County Tor six
months, aud In the polling precinct four
months, and who can read any Section In the
Constitution OF lS05, or can understand and
explain any section Of said Constitution
when read to him by the registration officer
or officers shall be entitled to registration and
become a eleetor upon application Tor such
registration. If any person has been conyic
ed OF any pf the crimes aforementioned, q
pardon of the Governor removes the disqual-
ihcation.
In case any minor who will become twenty
one years of age after the closing II the Books
Of REORGANIZATION and before the election,
and Is otherwise qualified to register, makes
application under oath showing he is quail
fled to register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing OF the books.
Any person whose qualifications as an eec-
tOr Will D6 COTDDlCleu dILeT Lie CIOSluB Vi Iuc
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
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 parrish. or city, or twnn of
less than five thousand Inhabitants, or ward
of cities OF more than five thousand inhabi-
tants. Each elector must vote in the polling
precinct In which he resides. If there is more
than one voting place in the polling precinct,
the electOr may vote aL any voting place QeH-
ignated on the registration certificate. The
Boards must designate in the registration
certificate the voting place In the polling pre-
cinct at which the eIector Is TO 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
eIector.
Old certificates of registration are void. Ev-
cry man who may desire TO exercise the right
10 vote must apply for Registration.
]. D. CARWILE,
S. s. BOLES,
j.. T. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.