The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

foltng PROVISIONS OF tne new Law, Ap-
proved the Fifth Day of March, 1895.
THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL
i be opened by the Boards on the first
Monday In April, 1896, at the Court House IN
each County and Kept open i1r az AZ leass nanad sad
again at the Court House on the first Mondays
In June, July, August and September, A. D.,
1896, and kept open continually TOT AT least
one week In each OF said months. Iney snail
be closed thirty days before the general elec-
tion in 1896. After general election in 1895, the
Books OF Registration shall be opeued on the
first Monday OF each month at the Coort
House and kept open for three successive days
in each month until thirty days before the
election in 1895, when they shall be closed un-
til the said general election shall have taken
place. The offices and books must be kept
open from o'clock in the forenoon until D
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Board OF Registration ia the judge Of
the qualifications of all applicants for regis
tration up TO January lst, 1888. up 70 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
a pauper supported at 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, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery, wife beating, ,housebreaking, receiV-
Ing stolen goods, breach OF trust with iraudu'
lent, intent, sOrnication, sOdomy, incest, as
SAUL
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 teachers OF public
schools, and they after SIX months residence ace
In the State,) resident In the County for Six
months, and In the polling precinct four
months, and who can read any Section IN the
Constitution OF 1895, or can understand and
explain any section Of said Constitution
when read TO blm by the registration officer
or officers shall be entitled to registration and
become a elector upon application Tor sucn
registration. II any person has oeen convict
ed OF any pr the crimes above-mentl9ned, a
pardon Of the Governor removes the dlsqual-
iflcatlon.
In case any minor who will become twenty
one years of age after the closing OF the BOOKS
of Registratration and before the electlon,
and is OF herwise qualified to 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 as an elec-
tor will be com pleted after the closing of the
Registration Books but before the next elec-
ton, shall have the right TO apply Tor ana se-
cure a registration certificate at any time
within sixty days Immediately preceding Tue
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under oath TO the lncts entltllng
him to such registration. .
The registration OF voters must be by poll
Ing precincts. There must be BOOK OF Reg-
lsiration for each polling precinct, that Is for
each township, or parish. or city, or twon OF
less than fl We thousand Inhabitants, or ward
of cities OF more than five thousand inhaol-
tants. Each elector must 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 voting place In the polling pre-
cipct at which the elector 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-
ery man who may desire to exercise the right
to vote must apply for Registration.
I'D. CARWILE,
S. s. BOLES,
j. T. ELLIS.
Board OF Supervisors of Registration.