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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ARREYILLE COUNTY. ~

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ABBEvILLE COUNTY. Si
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATION, ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
Abbeville, 8. c., March @, 1895. q
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.s
ton, the books for the registrations of.
all legally qualified voters, and for the,
issuing of transfers, ect., will be open
at the office of Supervisors of Regisira-
ton in the Court House, between the
hour 8 O'Clock a. No.. and 8 o'clock p.
m, on the first Monday Iof each
month, and kept open for three sUc-5
cessive days In. each month until
thirty days before the next general
election. a Il, f
The Board of Registration Ia the
Judge of the qualifications Of all
applicants for registration every male,
citizen of this State and of the United.
Stale. twenty-one years Of age, who rs
not an idiot is not insane, 10 not q
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and is not confined In any pub
lie prison, and who has not been cons
victed of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, forgery, 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 resident in this
State two years Except ministers in
charge of organized churches and
teachers Of public schools. and these
after Elk months residence in the
State0 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 seq
ton of said Constitution when read to,
him by the registration officer ior off,
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 of the
Governor removes the isqualification.
In case any minor who will become;
twenty-one years of ageNafter the clos-
ing Of the Books of Registration and
before the election, and is otherwise
qualified to register, makes applica-s
ton under oath showing he is quali-
fled to register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant beforethe closing Of
the books. 2, .5si
Any person whose qualifications ss
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-
ton. ~
The registration of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be q
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that is for eacG township. or
parish, or city, or town of less than
ive 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
W. ch 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.
IS. s. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G. H. MOORE.
Board of Supervisors Of Registration