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

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OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATION, ABBEvILl.E COUNTY.
Ab6eville, =. c., March q. Issa
Notice IL hereby given that In accor.
dance with an Act of the Gen"rHi
Assembly, and in conformity with the
REQUIREMENTS of the State Constitu.
ton, the books for the registration Of
all legslly qualified voters, aud for the
issuing Of transfers, ect., will he Op !
at the Office of Supervisors of Registra.
ton In the Court HOUSE, between the
hour 3 o'clock q. m., and 3 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 il tn.
Judge of the qualifications ri all
applicants for registration every male
citizen of this State and Of The United
Stale, twenty-One years Of age, who II
not an idiot is not insane, is not a
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and is not confined in any pub
| lie prison, and who has not been con-
vicied Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, Il rrery, robbery. bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreaRing,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudu' ut iJtent, fornication,
.odomy, inc Il, assault with intent to
ravish, mi. egenation, larceny, or
crimes ayains, III" election laws. and
who shall have been q resident In this
,..~A iSfo a
charge Of organized churches and
teachers of public schools, and these
after Fix months residence In the
State,) a resident In the County for
six months, and i'm 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 OIL
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 ...e disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
twenty-one yean of aye after the clos
ing Of the Books of Registration and
before the election, and is otherwise
qualified to register, makes applica-
ton under oath showing he Is quail.
fed to register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant before the closing ol
the books.
Any person whose qualifications a.
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 j 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
ttion.
, The registration OF voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be 9
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that il for eacn township. ol
parish, or city, or town Of less thai
five thousand Inhabitants, or ward o.
. cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each elector must vote
in the polling precinct in which hs
resides. II 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
IL more than one voting place In the
polling precincts, the Boards shall
designate on the certificate the voting
place selected by the elector.
Il s. s, BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
! G. II. MOORE.
Board of Supervisors of Registration