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NOTICE or REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.

OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN. ABBEyILLE COUNTY:
1 Abbeville, 9. c., March 9, 1874
Notice IL hereby given that In accor.
dance with an Act Of the General
Assembly, and In conformity with the
Requirements Of the Stnte Constitu-
ton. the books for the registration Of
all legally qualified voters, and for the
Issuing Of trznsfers, ect., will b. open
at the office Of Supervisors Of Registfa-
tion In the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock o. M, and 5 O'Clock p
lm., on the first Monday Of each
month, and kept, open for three sue
cessiye DAYS ia each month until
thirty days before the next general
The Board Of Registration Is tha
judge OF the qualifications Of all
applicants for registration every male
citizen Of this S.ate and Of the United
State, twenty-one years OF age, who u
not an idiot 10 not insane, is not Q
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and IL not confined In any pub
| lie prison, and who has not been con-
vicfed of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreakfng,
receiving stolen goods, breach Of trust
with fraudulent intent, fornicati0n,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent u
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 tho
State,l q resident In the County for
six mcnths, and In polling prectncy
four months. and who can read any
Section In the Constitution OF 1896, or
can understand and explain any sec
tion Of said Consultation when read 70
him by the registration officer or ON.
cers shall be entitled to registration and.
become IN elector upon application for
such registration. II any pers0n has
been convicted of any Of the crimes
aforementioned, . pardon OF the
Governor removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
twenty-one years Of age after the clos.
ing of the Books Of Registratton and
before the election. and 10 otherwise
auaiified to register, makes applica-
tion under oath showing he 10 quail
fed to register, the Boards shall regis.
ter such applicant before sne closing OF
the books. I
Any person whose qualifications %
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 Q 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 entitling him TO such Fegistra-
ton.
The registration of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must ne
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that 10 for each township. or
parish, or city, or town OF less than
i've thousand inhabitants, or ward OF
cities Of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each elector must vote
In 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 vot-
ing place in the polling precinct at
which the elector 10 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.
q. II. MOORE.
Board of Supervisors of Registration