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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEvILLE COUNTY.

TRACION, ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
AbbevIiie, =. e., March O. 1899.
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
ut the office Of supervisors Of Regislra.
ton in the, Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock a. m, 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 Registration IL 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 Is
not an idiot 10 not insane. IL not q
pauper supported at the public ex.
pense, and Is 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, h0usebreakipg,
receiving stolen goods, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent, fornication,
sodomy, incest, assault with intent t.
ravish, miscegenation, larceny, OF
crimes against the election laws. and
who shall have been a 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 fol
six months, and In polling precincy
four months. and who can read any
Section In the Constitution Of 1895, OF
IAN understand and explain any rec
ton Of said Constitution when read to
him by the registration officer or Off.
GERS shall be entitled to registration and
become an elector upon application fol
such registration. II any person has
been convicted Of any Of the crimes
aforementioned, . pardon Of. the
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 IL otherwise
Qualified to register, makes applica'
ton under oath showing he IL quail
fed to register, the Boards shall regis
ter such applicant before the closing o.
the books.
Any person whose qualifications q.
an elector will be completed after thu
closing Of the Registration Books bul
before the next election shaIl have thu
right to apply for and secure o regis
tration certificate at any time within
sixty days Immediately preceding
the closing Of the Registration Books
upon an application under oath to thu
facts emitting him TO such registra
ton.
The registration of voters must b.
by polling precincts. There must be
Book OF Registration for each polling
precinct, that is for eacn township.
parish, or city, or town Of less thar
i've thousand Inhabitants. or ward o
cities Of more than five thousanC
inhabitants. Each elector must vOt,
In the polling precinct In which b
resides. II there il more than on,
voting place in the polling precinct
the elector may vote at any votinf
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must designatl
In the registration certificate the vot
Ing place in the polling precinct q
which the elector Ia to vote. II Their,
is more than one voting place In tn,
, polling precincts, the Boards shall
designate on the certificate the votini
place selected by the elector.
8. 8. BOLES,
w. A. LANIER.
G.. II. MOORE.
Board Of Supervisors Of Registration