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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS.

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ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS.
TRATIoN, ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
Abbeville, S. 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-
ton in the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock a. 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, VINO ls
not an idiot is not insane, 1s 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, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreak1ng,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornlcatlon,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent ~
ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes against the election laws, ana
who shall have been a 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
State,) q 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
ton 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 for
such registration. If any person has
been convicted of any of the crimes
aforementioned, pardon or the
Governor removes the disqualification.
y 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 Is otherwise
qualified to register, makes appllca-
tfonunder oath showing he is quail
fed TO register, the Boards shall regis.
ter sneh applicant before the closing OF
the ooks.
sAny5person whose qualifications as
i lEhsal lector will be completed after the
5Closing Of the Registfatl0n Books but
3before the next election shall have the
aTiphS fo sappl y; for and secure regis
I4SSt Ion certi fcate at any time within
tSfxty Gsys Immediately preceding
|fths.c losing sof the Registration Books,
3npofi al application under oath to the
3fncts entitling him to such registra-
The registration of voters must be
fET polling precincts. There must be 8
IlBook or Registration for each polling
tHfeoinct, that Is for eacn township. or
Eparshs or city, or town OF less tnsn
Iiive thousand inhabitants, or ward OF
fcities Of more than five thousand
tfnhabitants. Each elector must vote
1fn the polling precinct in which he
Ifpsides. If there is more than one
,fgoting place in the polling precinct,
4 tie alector may vote at any voting
;lspSaee designated on the registration
Il 1certiffcate. The Boards must designate
Iansthe registration certificate the vot-
ling place in the polling precinct at
(which fhe elector is to vote. If there
y lis more than one voting place in the
LIDO ling precincts, the Boards shall
seEdesignata ON the certificate the voting
Il place selected by the elector.
Il Il III ssSSss y, j. D. CARWILE,
A q 8. s. BOLES,
II X y w. A. LANIER.
Board of Supervisors Of Registration