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NOTICE or REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.


ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN, ABBEvILIE COUNTY.
Abbsyille, 8. C., March 9. issa
Notice Is hereby given that In accor.
dance with an Act Of the General
Assembly, and In conformity with the
requirements Of the State C0nssitu-
tion, the books for the registration OF
eli legally qualified voters, and for the
issuing Of transfers, ect., will be open
at the office Of Supervisors Of Regietra-
tion In the Court House, between the
hour Q O'Clock Q. m, and 3 o'clock p
M. ON the first Monday Of each
month, and kept open foE. three suc.
cessiye days In each month until
thirty days before the next general
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
,Stste, twenty-one years OF age, who ls
not an idiot is not insane, 10 not 9
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and % not confined in any pub
| lie prison, and who has not been con-
victed OF burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pgetenses
perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreaking,
receiving stolen goods, breach Of trust
with fraudulent intent, fornication,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent u
rayish, miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes against the election laws. and
who shall have been resident In this
State two years lexcept ministers IN
charge Of organized churches and
teachers Of public schools, and these
after Fix months residence In the
Stste.) q resident In the County for
six mouths, and In polling predncy
four months, and who can read any
Section In the Constitution OF 1895, or
can understand and explain any sec
tion of said Constitution when read TO
him by the registration officer or ofii-
cers sball be entitled to toreglstratlon.an
become an elector upon application for
such registration. II any person has
been convicted Of any Of the crimes
,sbove-mentioned, 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 is otherwise
lqualified TO register, makes applica-
ltion under oath showing he 10 quail
fled to register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant before the closing OF
the books.
ANY person whose qualifications as
Ian elector will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books but
before the next election shall have the
fright to apply for and secure o regis
Itrati0n 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
lby polling precincts. There must be q
Book Of Registration for each polling
precinct, that Ii for each township. OF
parish, or city, or town Of less than
1--we thousand inhabitants, or ward ol
cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each electOr must vote
lin the polling precinct in which he
resides. II 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 v0t
ing place in the polling precinct ai
5 which the electOr IL to vote. II 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. 8. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G. Fl. MOORE.
Board of Supervisors Of Registration