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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEyILLE COUNTY.


OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN. ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
Abbevil!e. g. C.. March 0, 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 Tor the
issuing Of transfers, ect., Will be open
ut the Office Of Supervisors of Registra'
ton in the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock II. ~, and O'CLOCK
M, on the first Monday OF each
month, and kept open for three sue,
cessiye days in each month until
thirty days before the next general
election.
The Board Of Registration is the
,udpe of the qualifications Of all
applicants for registration every male
citizen of this State aud Of the United
Stale, twenty-oue years Of age, who Il
not an idiot IL not insane, IL not u
pauper supported at the public ex'
nense. and IL not confined in any pup
| lie prison, and VINO has not been con-
yic!ej Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretrnses
6eriury. frpery, robbery. bribery,
adultery wife b.atinr, housebreaRing,
receiving stolen goods. breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, t"rnica,ioh,
sodomy, incest, assault With intent 10
ravish, miscsgenatiOn. larceny, OF
crimes against the election laws. ana
who shall have been u resident IN tnis
State two years Except ministers I'D
charge Of organized churches ana
teachers Of public schools. aud these
after six months residence In the
atateO a resident In the County for
ak months, and in polling precincy
four months. and who can read any
Section In the Constitution OF lS!,o, or
can understand and explain any Sec
tion of said Constitution when read 10
him by the registration officer or OH.
Gers shall be entitled to registration and
become AN elector upon application Tor
such registration. II any person has
been convicted Of any of the crimes
aforementioned, pardon OF the
Governor removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who Will become
! twenty-0ne years Of age after the clos
i ing of the Books of Registration and
before the election, and Is otherwise
oualified to register, makes applica!-
ton under oath showing he Is quail
fled 10 register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant before the closing Of
| the books.
Any person whose qualifications H.
an elector will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books out
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure regis
tration certificate ut any time within
sixty DAYS Immediately preceding
the closing of the Registration Books
unon an application under oath tn the
facts emitting him TO such registra'
ton.
The registration OF v"ters must DE
| by polling precincts. There must Ue
Book OF Registration for each pollihe
precinct, that IL for eacn township: or
parish, or city, or town 0i less tnal
five thousand Inhabitants, or ward OF
cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each elector must vote
In the polling precinct in which ne
resi,ie.. II there is more than one
voting place in the polling precinct
the eIector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
in the registration certificate the vpt-
ing place in the polling precinct al
which the elector IL To vote. II There
| i. more than one voting place IN The
pollipg precincts, the Boards siiai'
designate on the certificate the voting
olace selected by the elcctor.
:. =. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
q. II. MOORE.
Board Of Supervisors of Registration