The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-13

THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL
= be opened by the Boards on the tirs
Monday In April. 1896, at the Court House II
each County, and Kept open for at least BIZ
consecutive weeks. They shall be opened
again at the Court House on the first Mondays
In June, July, August and September, A: D.
issS and kept open eonIinuaEly f3, st at isas
be closed thirty days before the general elec
tion In 1895. After general election In 1896, the
Books OF Registration shall be opened on the
| first Monday OF each month at the Cour
In each month until thirty days before the
election in 1895, when they shall be closed un
| Til thesaid general election 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 ia the Judge o
the qualifications OF all applicants for regis
tratlon up to January 1st, 1888. Up to Janu.
and Of Of the sI Unitea States twentyone Years O
age, who is not an idiot. is not insane, is moi
pauper supported at the public expense
and is not confined in any public prison, and
son, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery
adultery, wife beating, housebreak Ing, receiv'
Ing stolen goods, breach Of trust with fraudu'
sault with intent to ravish, miscegenation,
larceny, or crimes against the election laws,
and who shall have been resident in this
State two years, Except ministers in charge
schools, and they after six months residence
In the State,) a resident In the County Tor six
months, and in the polling precinct four
months, and who can read any Section In the
explain any section of said Constitution
when read to him by the registration officer
or officers shall be entitled to registration an
become a elector upon application for such
ed OF any pr the crimes aforementioned, q
pardon Of the Governor removes the disqual.
ifcation.
IN case any minor who will become twenty.
one years Of age after the closing OF the Books
Of of/Registratration and before the election,
application under oath showing he is quail.
ied TO register, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing of the books.
Any person whose qualifications as an elec.
Registration Books but before the next elec-
tion, shall have the right to apply for and Sc
cure registration certificate at any time
within sixty days Immediately preceding the
application under oath to the facts emitting
him tosuch 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 five thousand Inhabitants, or ward
Of cities OF more than five thousand inhabi-
tants. Each elector must vote In the polling
precinct In " hich 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 voting place In the polling pre-
cinct al which the elector 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
elector.
Old certificates OF registration are void. Ev-
cry man who may desire TO exercise the right
70 vote must apply for Registration.
j. D. CARWILE,
S. s. BOLEs,
]. T. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.