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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.


OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN. ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
Abbcville. g. G.. March Q. is9a.
Notice In 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., vii! be open
ut the Office OF Supervisors OF Registra-
ton In the Court House, between the
hour 8 O'Clock q. M, and 8 O'Clock p
m, on the first Monday OF each
month, aud kept open for three sue.
cessive days in each month until
thirty days before the next general
election.
The Board OF Registration In tha
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 is
not an idiot is not insane, 10 not o
pauper supported ut the public ex-
peuse, and Ii not confined In any pub
| lie prison, and who has not been con-
vicied of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
periury, fcrcery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreaking,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornication,
sOd0my, incest, assault with intent u
ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes against tie 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 Fix months residence In the
State.) a resident In the County for
six months, and In 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 OH.
GERS shall be entitled to registration and
become an elector upon application for
such registration. II any person has
been convicted Of any Of the crimes
pardon OF the
Governor removes the disqualification.
twenty.oue years Of age after the clos
ing Of the Books Of Registration aud
before the election, and Is otherwise
qualified to register, makes appIica-
ton under oath showing he Is quail
fied to register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant before the closing OF
the books.
Any person whose qualifications as
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 ut 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 registrs-
ton.
The registration Of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be q
Book OF Registration for each polling
precinct, that Is for eacn township. or
parish, or city, or town OF less than
five thousand Inhabitants, or ward OF
cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each elector must vote
in the polling precinct in which he
resides. If 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 Mt
which the elector IL to vote. II 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.
s. ). BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G.. II. MOORE.
Board OF Supervisors OF Registration