The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-30
Notice Of Registration.
STATE SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LAURENs.
Office Of Supervisors of Registration, Lau-
rens County.
LAURENs, s. c., Ju

ren9 county.
LAURENS, s. c., July 8, 1902.
NOTICE is hereby given that in &C.
AN cordance with an Act or the Gen.
eral Assembly, and in conformity with
the requirements of the State Conatitu-
ton, the Books for the Registration OF
all legally qualified voters, and for the
the Office OF Supervisors of Registration
in the Court House, between the hour
of 8 O'Clock a. M, and 3 o'clock p: M,
on the first Monday Of each month, un-
til thirty days before the next general
election.
The Board of Registration is the Judge
of the qualifications of all applicants for
registration of every male citizen of the
State and OF the United States, twenty
one years of age, who is not IN idiot, is
not insane, is not a pauper supported at
the pubic expense, and is not confined
in any public prison, and who has not
been convicted of burglary, arson, OBJ
tanning goods or money under false pre-
lenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bri.
berry, adultery, wife beating, house
breaking, rece wing stolen goods, breach
of trust with fraudulent intent, fornica-
ton, sodomy, incest, assault with intent
to ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or
crimes againet the election laws, and
who shall have been resident in this
State two years Except ministers in
charge of organized churches and teach:
ere of public schools, and these alter six
months residence in the State resi-
dent in the County for six months, and
in polling precinct four months, and who
can read any Section in the Constitu-
tion of '95, shall be entitled to registra-
tion and become an elector upon appli-
cation for such registration. II any per.
son has been convicted of any of the
crimes above mentioned, a pardon of
the Governor removes the disqualifca-
ton.
In case any minor will become TWEEN
ty-one years of age after the closing of
the Books of Registration and before
the election, and is otherwise qualified
to register, makes application under oath
showing he is qualified to register, the
Board shall register such applicant be-
fore the closing of the books.
Any person whose qualifications as an
elector will be completed after the clos
ing OF the Registration Books but before
the next election shall have the right to
apply for and secure a registration GER
tiicate at any time within sixty days
Immediately preceding the closing of the
Registration Books, upon an applica-
tion under oath to the facts emitting
him to such regi. tration.
The registration of voters must be by
polling precincts. There must be a Book
Of Registration for each polling precinct,
that is for each 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. II there is more
than n voting place in the polling pre-
cinct, the elector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration GER
li6cate. The Boards must designate in
the registration certificate the voting
place in the polling precinct at which
the elector IL to vote. II there is more
than one voting place In the polling pre-.
cincts, the Boards shall designate on the
certificate the voting place selected by
the elector.
w. L. CUNNINGHAM,
n. o. HAIRST0N,
N. b. WOOD.
Board Supervisors Registration.