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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.

OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS
TRATIoN. ABBEvILI.E COUNTY.
Abbeville. g. c., March Q. lisa
Notice Is 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
at the Office Of Supervisors Of Registra-
,ion'in the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock q. M. and o'clock p
M. on the first Monday OF each
month, and kept open for three sue.
cessive days III each month unui
thirty days before the next general
election.
The Board of Registration is the
Judge OF the qualifications OF All
applicants for registration every male
citizen Of this State and Of the United
State, twenty-one years Of age, who 10
not an idiot Ii not insane, 10 not
pauper supported at the public ex'
pense, aud Ii not confined In any pub
lie prison, and who hiss not been con-
victed Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under false pretenses
perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery wife beating, housebreasing,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornication,
.odomy. incest, assault with intent u
rayish. miscegenation. larceny, or
crimes against the election lave. ana
who shall have been resident In tnis
State two years Except ministers ID
charge of organized churches ana
teachers of public schools. and these
after six months residence In the
State.) O resident In the County f"r
six months, and In polling precinty
four months, and who can read any
Section in the Constitution OF 1885, or
can understand and explain any sec
tion of said Constitution when read TO
him by the registration officer or ON:
cers 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
aforementioned, Q pardon OF tne
Governor removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
twenty-one years Of age after the clos.
ing of the Books Of Registration and
before the election, and is otherwise
qualified to register, makes applica-
tion under oath showing he Ii quail.
fed TO register, the Boards shall regis.
ter such applicant before the closing OF
the books.
Apy person whose qualifications as
an elector will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books put
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure o regis
trstion certificate at any time within
sixty days Immediately preGeoing
the closing of the Registration Books,
upon all application under oath 70 tne
facts emitting him to such reglstfs'
ton.
The registration Of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must ne Q
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that In for eacu township: or
parish. or city, or town Of less than
Ave Thousand inhabitants, or ward OF
cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each electOr must vote
in the polling precinct In which ne
resIdes. III there IL more than one
voting place in the polling precinct,
the eIector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
in the registration certificate the vot-
inc place in the polling precinct ut
which the elector Is 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. &. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G. II. MOORE.
BOARD of Supervisors OF Registration