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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.

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ABBEyILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN, ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
Abbevlle, s. c., March g. 1899
Notice is hereby given that in accor,,
dance with an Act of the GeneTal
Assembly, and in conformity with the
requirements of the State Constitu.,
ton, the books for the registration, OF
all legally qualified voters, and Tor the
issuing of transfers, ect., will be open
at the office of Supervisors of ReglstIa-
ton i'm the Court House, between the
hour g o'clock q. M, and o'clock p.
M. on the first Monday 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 United
State, twenty-one years Of age, who Is
not an idiot is not insane, is not
pauper supported at the public ex-
nense. and is not confined in any pub
| tic prison, and who has not been con-
victed Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
Seriury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
IadiItery! wife beating, housebreaRing,
J receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornicatlon,
sodomy, Incest, assault with intent t.
Erayish, miscegenation, larceny, OF
tcrimes against the election laws. and
who shall have been q resident IN this
fState, two years Except ministers ~
jcharge Of organized Y churches .a4d
teachers of public schools and these
latter six months residence in the
IState.) a resident In the County fol
lsix months, and In polling precincy
-four months, and who can read any
.lSection;in the Constitution Of 1895, OF
4 can understand, and explain any sec.
ttion Of said Constitution when read to
him by the registration officer or OH.
GERS shall be- entitled to registration and
become an elector upon application FOL
such registration. IF any person has
BEEN convicted Of any Of the crimes
laboye ye.mentioned sa ! pardon OF the
f3overnor removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
Itwenty.one years ofage after the clos.
ing lof the Books Of Registration and
before the election lind Is otherwise
faaaIif fief Ito register makes applica,
'fion under oath shoWtng The is quail.
\ fed to register, the R0Afas shall regis.
ter such applieapt 1fe The closing q
"A Any person whSee 5aalt tfcati toni as
an elector wiiISbe c6Mp pieted after the
closing of tho Regis istratfona Books but
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure 8 regis
tratioui 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
ton.
The registration of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be 6
Book of Registration for each polling
} precinct, that is for eacn township. OF
parish, or city, or town of less thar
five thousand Inhabitants, or ward o
cities of more than five Thousand
inhabitants. Each elector must vote
in the polling precinct in which he
resides. If there is more than ont
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 a
which the elector is to vote. If there
lis more than one voting place in tht
polling precincts, the Boards shal
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