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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvII,LE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATION, ABBEYILLE COUNTY.
Abbeville, 8. O., March 9, 1899.

Abbeville, 8. O., March 9, 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.a will be open
at the Office of Supervis0rso Of Registra-
tion In the Court Honse, between the
hour 8 o'clocA q. M, aad8 o'clock p.
m., on the first Mondey of each
month, and kept open for three sue.
cessive days In 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 Unft6a
State, twenty-one years Of age, WHO p
not an idiot Is not insane, is not "a
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and Is not confined lin any pub
lie prison, and who has notbeen con-
victed of burglary, arsons obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreaking,
receiviDg stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornlcatlon,
sodomy, incest, assault 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 of organized churches and
teachers of public schools, and these
after six months residence in the
lState,) a r. ident in the County for
|six montl =, and in polling precincy
four months, and who can read any
tSection in the Constitution OF 1895, or
Icant understand and explain any sec
[tion of said Constitution when read to
thim by the registration officer or Off
Ecers shall be entitled to registration and
tbecoIne an elector upon apple Tor
fsuch registration. If any person has.
lbeen convicted of any Of the S1nes
aforementioned, pardon The
tGovernor removes the disqualification.
tf In case any minor who will Become
ttwenty.one years of age after the clos
ling of the Books Of Registration and
ibelOre the election, and is otherwise
taualihed to- register, makes applica-
lion under oath showing he is quail
Ind to register, the Boards shall regis
Efsf3Such applicant before the closing of
Eth4 0oks. "
ffs &ny person whose qualifications as
hector will be completed after the
{Eldsihg of the Registration Books but
f6a16 16re tbs next election shall have the
{ff6lt to apply for and secure regis
t{r7ffon cafti ificate at any time within
tS{xEY days Immediately preceding
kfh3s soIoeiIg of the Registration Books,
Ehb8n an application under oath to the
cts eptitling him to such registra-
The registration of voters must be
Rbyp0lling precincts. There must be o
[Bp6k or Registration for eoch- eoch-s,sseApG,
Ebfdoinet that is for each township. or
Eb89isii; or city, or town of less than
Hive fbUlsand inhabitants, or ward of
Eoitiesgof more than five thousand
Eflhabitants. Each elector must vote
lin the polling precinct in which he
resides. If there is more than one
voting place in the polling precinct,
the elector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boardsamust designate
in the registration certificate the vot-
ing place in the polling precinct at
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.
s. s. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G. H. MOORE.
Board of Supervisors Of Registration