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NOTICE OF REGISTRAFION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ABBEvILLE COUNTY. -

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ABBEvILLE COUNTY.
OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF EEGIs
TBATION, ABBEviLLE COUNTY.
Abbsvilie. 3. G.. March Q. ieoa
Noti$e Is hereby given that In accor.
dance with an Act Of the General
Assembly, and in conformity with the
requirements of the State Constitu-
tion, the books for the registration Of
ali legally. qualified voters, and for the
issuing Of transfers, ect-, Will DC open
at the Office Of Supervisors OF Regissra-
ton In the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock q. M, and 3 o'clock 2
M. on tho first Monday OF each
month, and Kept open for three sue.
cessiye days IN each month until
thirty days before the next general
The Board of Registration is the
Judge of the kqualifications Of all
applicants for registration every male
citizen of this S.aie and Of the United
State. twenty-onet years Of age, who Is
not an idiot Is NOT insane, is not o
nanper supported lat the public ex-
pense. and is not confined In any pub
lie prison, and who has not been con-
vicied Of burglary, arson, obtaining
goods or money under faise pretenses
perjury, forgery, rPbbery, bribery,
adultery wife beatings houscbreaRtng,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, forDication,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent to
rayish, miscegenation, larceny, or
cri,,es against the election laws. and
who shall have heen a resident In this
State two years Except ministers ia
charge or. organized churches ana
teachers Of public schools. and these'
after six mouths reo!deRce IN tne
State,) q resident In the &ounty Tor
six months, and in polling precincy'
four months. and who can Read any
Section in the Constitution OF iSSo, or
can understand and explain any Sec
ton OF said Constitution when r6ad 20
him by the registration officer or ON.
GERS shall be entitled to registration Ano
become an eIector upon application N1
such registration. II any person ha\
been convicted OF any Of the crimeA(
aforementioned, q. pardon Of the
Governor removes the disqualification.
In case any minor who will become
twenty-one years Of age after the clos-
inc of the Books of Registration and
before the election, and Is otherwise
qualified to register, makes applica-
ton under oath showing he Ii quail.
fed 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 . regis-
tration certificate at 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 registrar
ton.
The registration of voters must be
by poliing 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
In habitants. Each elector must vote
In the polling precinct in which he
resides. II there Is more than one
voting place I'm 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-
ing place in the polling precinct at
which the elect0r Is to vote. III 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.
:. 5. BOLES,
w. 4. LANIER.
q. II. MOORE. p,
Board Of Supervisors Of Registration