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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AggEyILLE COUNTY.

STATE Of SOUIH SAtbol<iNA ~
AgBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATlON, ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
AbbcvilIe. 8. C., March q. 1899.
Notice IL hereby given that In accor.
dance with an Act Of the General
Assembly, and In conformity with the
req uirements of the State Constitu-
ton, the books for the registration OF
ali legally qualified voters, and for the
issuing Of transfers, ect., will be open
at the Office Of Supervisors Of Registra-
ton in the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock q. NJ, and 3 o'clock p
m., 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 Repatriation Ii the
Judge of the qualifications Of all
applicants for registration every male
citizen Of this Safe and Of the United
State, twenty-one years Of age, who ID
not an idiot Is not insane, is not o
pauper supported ut the public ex-
pense, and 10 not confined In any pub
lie prison, and who has not been con-
victed OF burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, forgery, robbery. bribery,
adultery wife beating, hOusebreaking,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fOrnicatiOn,
.odomy, incest, assault with intent to
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 Fix months residence In the
State,) q resident in the County for
six months, and In polling precincy
four months. and who can read any
Section in the Constitution OF 1885, or
can understand and explain any Sec
ton of said Constitution when read TO
him by the registration officer or OIL
GERS shall be entitled to reglstration aud
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.
In ease any minor who will become
twenty.one years OF age after the clos
ing of the Books Of Registration ana
before the election, and Is otherwise
qualified TO register, makes appiica-
ton under oath showing he Is quail
fled to register, the Boards shall rrgis-
ter such applicant before the closing OF
the books. go
ANY person whose qualifications as
an elector will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books but
be !ore the next election shall rave the
right to apply for and secure a regis
tratiou certificate ut any time within
sixty DAYS Immediately preceding
the closing of the Registration Books,
upon ali application under oath to the
facts emitting him 10 such registra-
tion.
The registration Of voters must he
by nlliny precincts. There must be
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that is for eacn township: or
parish. or city, or town oi less tnan
five thousand inhabitants, or ward OF
cities Of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each elector must vote
in the polling precinct in which ne
resides. II there is more than one
voting place in the polling precinct,
the electOr may vote at any votihg
place designated Oh the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
i'm the registration certificate the vot-
ing place in the polling precinct at
which the elector is to vote. IL 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.
=. :. BOLES,
W. A. LANIER.
q. II. MOORE.
Board of Supervisors Of Registration