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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN, ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
Abbeville. 8. c., March 8. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that In accor.
dance with an Act Of the General
Assembly, and in conformity with the
requirements of the State Constitu-
ton, the books for the registration OF
all legally qualified voters, and for the
issuing Of transfers, ect., will be open
at the office of Supervisors of Registra-
tion in the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock q. m., and o'clock p.
M, on the first Monday of each
month, until thirty days before the
next general election.
The Board of Registration is the
Judge of the qualifications of all
applicants for registration every male
citizen Of this State and of the United
State, twenty-one years Of age, who ls
not an idiot Is not insane, is not
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and is not confined in any pub
lie prison, and who has not been con-
victed Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, ferpery, robbery. bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreaking,
receiving stolen goods, breach Of trust
with fraudulent intent, fornication,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent to
ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes against the election laws. and
who shall have been a resident In this
State two years Except ministers In
charge of organized churches and
teachers Of public schools, ami these
after ak months residence in the
State,) resident in the County for
six months, and in polling precincy
four months, and who can read any
Section in the Constitution OF 1895, or
can understand and explain any Sec
tion of said Constitution when read TO
him by the registration officer or OIL
GERS shall be entitled to registration and
become an elector upon application for
such registration. If any person has
been II convicted of any of the crimes
Ebove-mentioned, q pardon OF the
E60yern0r removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
twenty ysone Years of age after the clos
fine of the Books of Registration and
|beIUre the election, and Is otherwise
|analffied to register, makes applica-
|flon under oath showing he ts quail
| He'd dto register, the Boards shall regis
ersueh applicant before the closing OF
|fhs books. d; b
81 person whose qualifications as
an eiector will be completed after the
closing of the Repatriation Books but
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure regis
|tration certff icate at any time within
|ejxtyf days irnmediately preceding
|tii6 closing Of the Registration Books,
upon an application under oath to the
facts emitting him to such registra-
The registration of voters must be
|by polling precincts. There must be q
Book OF Registration for each polling
|precinct; that is for eacn township. or
parish, or city, or town Of less than
1--WE thousand inhabitants, or ward OF
|eities of more than five thousand
Hiihabitants. Each elector must Vote
|8n, The polling precinct in which he
EYeStdes. If there Is more than one
voting place in the polling precinct,
stfie slector may vote at any voting
Ebiace designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
I'M the registration certificate the vot-
dng place in the polling precinct at
sWhfchithe elector Is to vote. If there
Sisimore than one voting place in the
EpolllDg precincts, the Boards shall
Sdesignate on the certificate the voting
|bi6ce selected by the elector.
y; J., D. CARWILE,
4 IS. s. BOLES,
|3E.2; sSss w. A! LANIER.
Il df Supsrylso of Registration