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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, d,
V ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
gTRATIoN. ABBEyILLE COUNTY. 49,
Abbeyille, 8. c., March 8. 1899. Z.

Abbeyille, 8. c., March 8. 1899. j..
Notice Is hereby given that In accor-.
dance with an Act of the GenerSl.
|lAsSembIy, and in conformity with the;
|red1 1fsenlents of the State Constitns
Flor, the books for the registr ION Of
I'm legaIlY qualified voters, and for the
[isell lhGsoff ftransfers, ect., will be open
E6t Apf1ce Of 81 supervisors Of Regtstfav
Etf0n ih The Court House, between The
Hour sa AZ block g. M, and 3 O'clock
6R The frst- Monday of f
mont and kept open L.
/ Ecsssix DAYS slin each month until
bsfere the next general
ssf Ths 81 Hds Is I'd 81 Registration Is the
fjudes thss quali leations of all
lappi icantS for fegistratidn every male
icitizen 0Gthis State and of the United
fStafe, ts3Bnty.one years of age, who ls
mot, an IDIOT is not insane, is not a
I;pauperS supported at the public ex:
pense, SndIfeSnOt confined in any pub
ffic prisons &fdswho has not been con-
gicted 0f hdayglary, arson, obtaining
goods f5is lily under false pretenses
iDeriuf ~ kgery, robbery, bribery,
tadsIf Ib beating, housebreaking,
fe a}olen goods, breach of trust
d1lent intent, fornication,
III 615y! incest, assault with intent to
Bfavish miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes against the election laws. and
EWhO shall have been resident in this
|6fate two years Except ministers IN
6harge of organized churches and
1f cnh nA
EaHer six months residence in the
[Etale,J a resident in the County for
|H |slH Months, and in polling precincy
M0uf months, and who can read any
EGSotiou in the Constitution of 1895, or
lean understand and explain any Sec
Ition of said Constitution when read to
/! him by the registration officer or Off
GERS shall be entitled to registration and
become an eleetor upon application for
such registration. If any person has
been convicted of any of the crimes
aforementioned, pardon of the
Governor removes the disqualification. (.
In case any minor who will become
| twenty-one years of age after the clos
ling of the Books of Registration and
before the election, and ois otherwise
qualified to register, makes applica-
| ton under oath showing be is quail
| fled to register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant before the closing Of
the ooks.
Any person whose qualifications as
an elector will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books but
before The next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure regis
tration certificate at any time within
sixty days Immediately preceding
the closing of the Registration Books,
upon an application under oath to the
facts emitting him to such registra-
tiOn.
The registration of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be a
Book Of Registration for each polling
precinct, that is for eacn township. or.
parish. or city, or town of less than
five thousand inhabitants, or ward of
cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. 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 at any voting
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must 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