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proved Uue Udy VI mdICu, 1000.
THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL
i be opened by the Boards on the first
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 Septem ber, 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-
ton in 1896. After general election in 1895. 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 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, 1895. Up to Janu-
AIRY LIST, lS9S, 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
II pauper supported at the public expense,
aud is not confined In any PUBLIC prison, and
who has not been convicted of burglary. ar.
son, obtaining goods or money unde" false
pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery.
adultery, W ife beating, ,hOuSebreaking, receiv-
! ing stolen goods, breach Of trust with fraudu-
| lent, intent sornication, sodomy, incest, as
sault with intent 10 ravish, miScegenation,
| larceny, or crimes against the election laws,
State two years except ministers in charge
| yf organized churches and teachers of public
schools, and they after SIX months residence
| in the State,) Il resident in the County tor six
months, and in the polling precinct four
months, and who can read any Section in the
Constitution OF 1875, 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 elector upon application Tor such
| req istration. If any person has been convict
ed of any pf the crimes aforementioned, a
pardon OF the Governor removes the disqual-
| ificatiOn.
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, max es
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 be com peted 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
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 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 NJ 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 ut 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.
ery man who may desire to exercise the right
TO vote must apply for Registration.
J. d. CARWILE,
S. S. BOLES,
| J. II. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.