The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
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
i be- opened by the Boards on the first
Monday in April. 1896, at the Court House ~
each County, and Kept open inr al least s,S
consecutive weeks. They shall he opened
again ut the Court House on the first Mo!liayS
in June, July, August and September, A: D.,
1886, and kept open continually iLr "t iclsi
one week in each of said months. they snail
be closed thirty days before the general elec-
tion in 1896. Alter general election in lssH. tue
Books OF Registration shall be opened on 'he
first Monday of each month at Inc Court
House and kept open for three successive Gays
in each month until thirty days before the
election in 1896 when they shall be closed un-
Ill the said general election shall have taken
place. The Offices and books must he kept
open from O'Clock in the forenoon uutll D
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The Board OF Registration is the judge OF
the qualifications of all applicants for regis
AIRY LIST, ls9S. every maze citizen of this state
and CT the United States. twenty-One years Oh
age, who is not all idiot. IL not insane. is mol
a pauper supported at the public expense,
and Is not confined In any puolic prison, ard
VINO has not been convicted of burglary. ar
son, obtaining goods or money under false
pretenses, pei jury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery, " lie heating, hnnscbrcak ing, rrceif-
ing stolen goods, bI each Of trust with irauuu-
lent, intent, sOrnicatlOn, Solomy, incest. as
Sault with intent TO ravish. nj mlscegeuhtion,
larceny. or crimes against the election laws,
and who shall have been resident IN tn!s
State TWO years. iexcept ministers in charge
VI organic churches and teachers OF publlc
schools, and they after six months reSidence
in the State) resident in the COUNTY i"I SIX
months, and in the polling precinct iour
moDths, and who can read any section IN the
Constitution OF 1895, or can understand and
explain aUy section of SAID Constitution
when read to him by the registration officer
or officers shall be entitled 10 registration ard
become Il eiector upon application Tor such
registration. II any person has been convict
ed Of any pf the crimes aforementioned, Il
pardon Of the Governor removes the dlsquai-
iticalion.
In case any minor who will become twenty.
one years OF age after the closing OF the Books
of RegiStratratiOn AMI before the election,
and rs otherwise qualified To register, makes
application under oath showing he Is quail
fed TO reg lister, the Boards shall register such
applicant before the closing of the books.
ANY person whose qualifications as an elec'
cor will be competed after the closing Of the
ReSiStration Books but before the next eec-
tion, shall have the right to apply for and Ne
cure registration certificate at any time
within sixty days Immediately preceding the
closing OF the Registration Books, upon an
application under Oath 10 the facts emitting
him tosuch registration.
The registration Of voters must be by poll
kpy precincts. There must be Book OF Reg
iStta atiOn for each polling precinct, that Is ioi
each township, or parish. or city, or Lwon O
less than five thousand Inhabitants, or warC
of cities ot more than five thousand inhabi
!ants. Each electOI must vote in the polling
precinct il which he resides. II there Is more
than one voting place in the polling precinct
the elector may vote AT any voting place des
fgnated on the registration certificate. The
Boards must designate III the registration
certificate the voting place in the polling pre-
cincL at which the eiertor Is TO vote. If there
is more than one voting place in the polling
precincts. the Boards shall designate ON tht
certificate the voting place selected by TIT
elector.
Old certificates OF registration are void. Ev
cry man who may desire 10 exercise the righ
10 vote must apply for Registration.
j. d. CARWILE,
s. S. BOLES,
il. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.