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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
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OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS 1
TRATION, ABBEvILIE COUNTY.
Abbeviiie, y. C., March ., Is9a
Notice Ii 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 for 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 o. m.. and 3 o'clock p
H., 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 In 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 ID
not an idiot Ii not insane, is not q
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and is not confined In any pub
lie prison, and who has not been con-
victed Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pfeteBses
perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreaking,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent Intent, fOrnicatiOn,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent t.
ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes against the election laws. and
who shall have been q resident In this
State two years Except ministers In
charge of organized churches and
teachers of public schools. and these
after six months residence In the
State,) q resident in the County for
six months, and In polling precincy
four months. and who can read any
Sectiou 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 ON:
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
pardon OF tho
Governor removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
years Of age 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.
fled to register, the Boards shall regis.
ter such applicant before the closing OF
the books.
ANY person whose qualifications as
an eiect0r will be completed after the
closing Of the Registration Books bus
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure q regis
tration certificate ut any time within
sixty days Immediately preceding
the closing Of the Registration Books,
upon sn application under oath to the
facts emitting him to such registra-
ton.
The registration Of voters must he
by polling precincts. There must be .
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that IL for eacn township. or
Darish, or city, or town of less than
five thousand inhabitants, or ward Of
cities of more than five thousand
Each elector must vote
in the polling precinct in which he
resides. II there Ii more than one
voting place in the polling precinct,
the electOr may vote at any roling
place designated Oh the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
in the registration certificate the vot-
ng place in the polling precinct ut
which the elect0r IL to vote. III there
IS more than one voting place in the
polling precincts, the Boards shall
on the certificate the voting
place selected by the elector.
s. $. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G. II. MOORE.
Beard of Supervisors Of Registration