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At I stray
'Long the path of life »o weary,
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Shades the sunlight standing near me,
On my way.
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Peace to troubled spirits bringing,
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While each angol be a singer,
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Registration Order.
HXADRUSItTWBS, 3 and Militakt D|s’t, )
( Georgia, Florida and Alabama,) l
Atlanta, Ga., May 21, 1867* J
General Orders, I
No. 20. ;
In accordance with an act of Con*
gross, supplementary to an Act to pro
vide a more efficient Government for
the rebel States, Ac., dated March 2,
1867, the following arrangements are
herein made for the registration of vo
ters in the States oi Georgia and Ala
bama;
I. The States of Georgia and Alaba
ma, are divided into Registration Di
stricts, numbered and bounded, as here
inafter described.
11. A Board of Registration is herein
appointed for each District, as above
mentioned, to consist of two white Re
giiilera, and one colored Register. In
the State of Georgia, where only the
two white Registers are designated in
this Order, it is directed that these
white Registers in each District imme
diately select, and cause to be duly
qualified, a competent colored man to
complete the Board of Registration, and
report his name and I’ostolliee address,
without delay, to Col. C. 0. Sibley,
commanding District of Georgia, at
Macon, Georgia.
111. Each Register will be required
to take and subscribe to the oath pre
scribed by Congress, by an act dated
July 2, 1862, and an additional oath to
discharge faithfully the duty of Register
under the late Acts of Congress- It is
not believed that any of the appoint
ees, heretofore designated, will be
unable to take the test oath above
mentioned. Blank forms of these oaths
will be sent to the appointees at once,
and on being executed and returned to
the Superintendents of State Registra
tion, their Commissions as Registers
will be issued, and forwarded to them
immediately.
IV. In order to secure a full registra
tion of voters, it is determined to fix the
compensation of Registers according to
the general rules adopted in taking the
census. In the cities, the compensation
is fixed at fifteen cents for each recorded
voter j in the most sparsely settled
counties and districts, at forty cents per
voter. The compensation will be grad
uated between these limits, according
to the density of the population, and the
facilities of the communication. Ten
cents per mile will be allowed for trans
portation of Registers off the lines of
railroads or steamboats, and five cents
per mile, whett travel is done ou rail
roads and steamboats-
V. It is hereby trade the duty of all
Registers, and they will be expected to
perform it strictly, to explain to all
persons, who have not heretofore enjoyed
the right of suffrage, what are their
political rights and privileges, and the
necessity of exercising them upon all
proper occasions.
VI. The name of each voter shall
appear in the list of. voters, for the
precinct or ward in which he resides;
and in cases where voters have been
unable to register, whilst the Boards ol
Registration were iu the wards or pre
cincts, where such voters live, oppor
tunity will be given to register at the
county seats of their respective counties,
at a specified time, of which due notice
will be given; but the names of all
voters, thus registered, will be placed on
the lists of voters of their respective
precincts.
VII. The Boards of Registration will
give due notice, so that it may reach all
persons entitled to register, ol the date
when they will be in each election pro
ad; the time they will spend in it;
t ■ the place where the registration will
. made; and tipou the completion oi
die reeis-ration for each county, the
Board of Registration will give notice
that tiny will be present, for three suc
cessive days at the county seat ot such
county, to register such voters, as have
failed to register, or been prevented from
registering in their respective precincts,
and to hear evidence in the case of
voters, rejected by the Registers iu the
several precincts, who tnay desire to
present testimony in their own behalf.
VIII. Unless otherwise instructed
hereafter, Boards of Registration are
directed, in determining whether appli
cants to register are legally qualified, to
hold that the terms “Executive and
Judicial," in the Acts of Congress of
March 23, 1867, comprise all persons
whomsoever, who have held office under
the Executive, or Judicial Department
of the State, or National Government—
in other words, nil officers not Legisla
tive, which last are also excluded by
the Act. Persons who apply to register,
but who are considered disqualified by
the Boards, will be permitted to take
the required oath, which, with the
objections of the Board, will be held for
adjudication hereafter.
IX. The lists of registered voters, for
each of the precincts, will be exposed in
some public place in that precinct, for
ten consecutive days, at some time sub
sequent to the completion of the regi
stration for each county, and before any
election is held, in order that all sup
posed cases of fraudulent registration
may be thoroughly investigated. Due
notice will be given and provision made
for the time aud place for examination
and settlement of such cases.
X. Blank books of oaths, required to
be takeD by voters, and blank registra
tion lists, as also full and detailed in
structions for the performance of tbeir
duties, will be at once forwarded to the
Boards of Registration, appointed in
this Order; and it is enjoined upon these
Boards that they proceed to complete
the registration with all energy aud dis
patch.
XL The detailed instructions to Re
gisters will designate the member of
each Board who shall be its President,
XII. Violence, or threats of violence,
or uny other oppressive means to pie
vent any person from registering his
name, or cxurcising his political rights,
are positively prohibited 5 aud it is
distinctly announced that no contract or
agreement with laborers, which deprives
them of their wages for any longer time
than that actually consumed in register
ing or voting, will be permitted to be
enforced against them in this District ;
and this offense, or any previously
mentioned in this paragraph, will cause
the immediate arrest of the offender
and his trial before a Military Commis
sion-
XIII. The exercise of the right ol
every duly authorized voter, under the
Ute Acts of Congress, to register and
vote, is guaranteed by the Military
Authorities of this District; and all
persons whomsoever are warned against
any attempt to interfere to prevent and
man from exercising this right, under
any pretext whatsoever, other than
objection by the naual legal mode.
XIV. In case of any disturbance, or
violence at the places of registration, or
any molestation of Registers or of appli
cants to register, the Boards of Regis
tration will call upon the local civil
authorities for a police force, or a posse
to arrest the offenders and preserve
quiet, or, if necessary, upon the nearest
military authorities, who 1 are hereby
instructed to furnish the necessary aid.
Any civil officials who refuse, or who
fail In protect Registers, or applioant* to
register, will be reported to the head
quarters of the Officer Commanding iu
the State, wbo will arrest such delin
quent*, and send charges against them
to these headquarters, that they may be
brought before a Military Commiaaion.
• • « * •
By command of Brevet Major Gen.
PorE.
G. K. Sanderson,
CapL 33d Infantry A A A A G.
MILITARY DISTRICTS.
Hiunq'iis District or Georgia, )
Macon, Ga., April 19, 1867. j
General Orders, )
No. 5. J
I. The Military District of Georgia
is hereby divided into (8) eight Posts,
as follows :
Post or Savannah —To include the
counties of Chatham, Effingham, Bul
loch, Bryan, T’atnall, Liberty, Mcln
tosh, Glynn, Wayne, Appling, Pierce,
Ware, Coffee, Charleton, Camden,
Clinch, Robots, Lowndes, Brooks. Ber
rien, Colquitt, Thomas, Decatur,
Mitchell Miller, Baker, and Early.
Post of Auuusta —To include the
counties of Richmond, Columbia, War
ren, Glascock, Washington, Johnson,
Jefferson, Burke, Scriven, aud Eman
uel.
Post or Atlanta —To include the
counties of Cobb, Fulton, Campbell,
Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Fayette, Clay
lon, Spaulding, Henry, Newton, De-
Kalb, Milton, Gwinnett, and Butts.
Post of Dahloneca— To include
the counties of Fanuin, Union, Towns,
Rabun, Gilmer, Pickens, Cherokee,
Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Habersham,
Hart, Forsyth, Banks, Franklin, and
Hall.
Post of Rome —To include the coun
ties of Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whit
field, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd,
Polk, Paulding, Haralson, and Bartow,
(formerly Cass, recently changed by an
Act of the Legislature).
Post of Athens— To include the
counties of Clark, Jackson, Madison,
Elbert, Oglethorpe, Morgan, Walton,
Wilkes, Greene, Talialerro, Lincoln,
Jasper, Putnam, and Hancock.
Post ok Columbus— To include the
counties of Troup, Meriwether, Harris,
Talhot, Muscogee, Marion, Taylor,
Schley, Webster, Stewart, Tatnall, Quit
man, Randolph, Clay, Calhoun, and
Chattahoochee.
Post of Macon— To include the
counties of Bibb, Jones, Baldwin, Wil
kinson, Twiggs, Laurens, Pulaski,
Montgomery, Telfair, Wilcox, Irwin,
Worth, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Craw
ford, Upson, Monroe, Pike, Sumter. Lee,
and Dougherty.
By command of Col. Caleb C. Sib
ley, U. S. A.
(Signed) JOHN E. HOSMER,
Ist Lieut. 16th U. S. Infantry,
and A. A. A. Gen.
Official: O. C. Knapp.
Ist Lieut. 33d lusty., Brcv. Capt.
U. S. A. Post Adjutant.
THE MILITARY LAW.
The following is a correct copy of the
act “to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States
Whereas, no legal State government
or adequate protection for life or
properly now exist iu the rebel States
of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and
Arkansas ; and, whereas, it is necessary
that peace and good order should he
enforced in said States, until loyal and
republican Slate governments can be
legally established ; therefore,
. Be it enacted, etc., That said rebel
States shall be divided into military
districts and made subject to the
military authority of the United States,
as hereinafter prescribed, anil for that
purpose, Virginia shall constitute the
first district, North Carolina and South
Carolina the second district, Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida the third district,
Mississippi aud Arkansas the fourth
district, and Louisiana and Texas the
sis h district.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of
the President to assign to the command
of each of said districts an officer of
the army, not below the rank of briga
dier general, and to detail a sufficient
military force to enable such officer to
perform his duties and enforce his
authority within the district to which he
is assigned.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of
each officyr assigned as aforesaid to
protect all persons in their rights of
person and property, to suppress insur
rection, disorder, and violence, and to
punish, or cause to be punished, all
disturbers of the peace and criminals,
and, to this end, he mav allow local
civil tribunals for that purpose; and
all interference, under color of State
authority, with the exercise of military
authority, under this act, shall be null
and void.
Sbo. 4. That ail persons put under
military arrest by virtue of this act shall
be tried without unnecessary delay, and
no cruel or unusual punishment shall
be inflicted ; and no sentence of any
military commission or tribunal hereby
authorized, affecting the life or liberty
of any person, shall be executed until it
is approved by the officer in command
of the district; and the laws and regu
lations for the government of the army
shall not be affected by this act, except
in so far as they may conflict with its
provisions.
Seu. a. That when the people of any
one of the said rebel States shall have
formed a constitution of government in
conformity with the Constitution of the
United States in all respects, framed by
a convention of delegates elected by the
inale citizens of said States, twenty one
years old and upward, of whatever race,
color, or previous condition, who have
been residents in said State for one
year previous to the day of such election,
except such as may Ik- disfranchised for
participation in the rebellion, or for
felony at common law ; aud when Such
constitutions shall provide that the
elective franchise shall be enjoyed by
all such persons as have the qualifica
tions herein staled for election of dele
gates ; and when such constitution shall
be ratified by a majority of the persons
voting on the question of ratification
who are qualified as electors for dele
gates, and when such constitution shall
have been submitted to* Congress for
examination and approval, and Con
gress shall have approved the same;
aud when said State, by a vote of its
Legislature, elected under said consti
tution, shall have adopted the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States proposed by the Thirty ninth
Congress, and known as article 14, and
when such article shall have become a
part of the Constitution of the United
States, said .State shall be declared
eutitlcd to representation in Congress,
aud Senators and Representatives shall
be admitted therefrom on their taking
the oath prescribed by law. and then
and thereafter the preceding sections ot
this act shall bo imperative in said
Stale; ‘ 1
Provided, That no person excluded
from the privilege of holding office by
said proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States shall be
eligible to election as a member of the
convention to frame a constitution for
any of said rebel States, nor shall any
such person vote for members of said
convention.
Sec. 6. .And be it further enacted,
That until the people of said rebel
State* shall be by law admitted to
representation in the Congress of the
United States, any civil government
which.may exist therein shall be deemed
provisional only, and in all respects
subject, to the paramount authority of
the United States at anytime to abolish,
modify, control, or supercede the same ;
and in all elections to any office under
such provisional governments, all per
sons shall be entitled to vote tinder the
provisions of the fifth section of this act;
and no persons shall be eligible to any
office under any such provisional, gov
ernments who would he disqualified
from holding office uuiler the provisoes
of the third article of said Constitutional
Amendment.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The following is the “constitutional
amendment’' referred to in the proceed
ing bill.
Resolved, by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled (two
thirds of both houses concurring), That
the following article be proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, which, when ratified by
three fourths of said Legislatures shall
be valid as a part of the Constitution,
namely:
Article—Section 1. All persons
born or naturalized to the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United
States, and of the State wherein they
reside. No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the priv
ileges or immunities of citizens of the
United Slates. Nor shall any State
deprive any person ot fife, liberty, or
property without due process of law, nor
deny to any person within its jurisdic
tion the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be
apportioned among the several States
according to the respective numbers,
counting the whole number of persons
in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed : but whenever the right to vote
at any election for electors of President
and Vice President of the United States,
Representatives in Congress, executive
and judicial officers, or the members of
the Legislature thereof! is denied to any
of the male inhabitants of such States,
being twenty one years of age, and
citizens of the United States, or in any
way abridge, except for participation in
rebellion, or other crime, the basis of
representation therein shall be reduced
in the proportion which the number of
such male citizens shall bear to the
wholo number of male citizens twenty
one years of age iu that State.
Section 3. No person shall be a
Senator or Representative in Congress,
elector of President or Vice President,
or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or any State,
who, having previously taken an oath
as a member of Congress, or as an
officer of the United States, or as a
member of any State Legislature, or as
an executive or judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of the
United Stales, shall have engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the
satn6, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof; but Congress may by
a vote of two thirds of each House,
remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public
debt of the United States, authorized
by law, including debts incurred for the
payment of pensions and bounties for
service in suppressing insurrection or
rebellion, shall not be questioned, but
neither the United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt or obliga
tion incurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or
claim for the loss or emancipation ot
any slaves, but all such debts, obliga
tions, or claims shall be held illegal and
void.
Section o. The Congress of the
United States shall have power to
enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
provisions of this article.
MILITARY BILL.
HD’QTRS. 3d MILITARY DIST.,
Montgomery, Ala., April 8.
General Orders No. 5.
1. The following extract from the
recent Acts of Congress in relation to
Reconstruction in the Southern States,
is published for the information of all
concerned :
[Public No. 6 ]
An Act supplimentury to “An act en
titled an act to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel
States,” passed March 2, 1867, and
to facilitate restoration.
Be it enacted, etc., That betore the
first day of September, 18G7, the com
manding general in each’ district (de
fined by an act entitled “ An act to pro
vide for the more efficient government
of the rebel States,” passed March 2,
1867,) shall cause a registration to be
made of the male citizens of the United
States, twenty one years ol age, and
upwards, resident in each county or
parish in the State or States included
in his district, which registration shall
include only those persons who are
qualified to vote for delegates by the act
aforesaid, and who shall have taken and
subscribed the following oath or affirma
tion :
“ I, , do solemnly swear, or
affirm, in the presence of Almighty
Cod,that I inn a citizen of the State ot
——; that I have resided in said State
for —— months next preceeding this
day, and now reside in the county of
as the case may be; that I am 21
years old ; that I have not been disfran
chised for participation in any rebellion
or civil war against the United States,
nor for felony committed against the
laws of auv State or the United States;
that 1 have never been a member ot
any State Legislature, nor held any
executive or judicial office in any State,
and afterwards engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the United States,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof; that I have never taken an
oath as a member of Cong Jess of the
United States, or as ail officer of the
United States, or as a member ot any
Slate Legislature, or as as an executive
or judicial otlicer of any State, to sup
port the Constitution of the United
United States, anil afterwards engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, or given aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof ; t|iat 1 will
faithfully sopport the Constitution and
obey the laws of the United States, and
will, to the best of my ability, encour
age others so to do. So help me Cod
which oath or affirmation may be ad
ministered by any registering officer.
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Sec. 4. That the commanding general
ol each district shall appoint as many
Boards of Registration as may be neces
sary, consisting of three loyal officers or
persons, to make and complete the reg
istratioa. superintend the election, and
make return to him of the votes, list of
voters and of the persons elected as del
egates by a plurality of voles cast at
said election.
* * * *
11. In order to execute this provision
of the act referred to with as little delay
as possible, the commanding officers of
the Districts of Alabama, Georgia and
Florida, will proceed immediately to
divide those States into convenient Dis
tricts for Registration, aided by such
information on the subject as they have
or can obtain. It is suggested that the
election districts in each State which in
1860 sent a member to the most numer
ous branch ot the State Legislature, will
be found a convenient division for Reg
istration. It is desirable that in ail
cases the registers shall be civilians
where it is possible to obtain such as
come within the provisions of the Act,
and are otherwise suitable persons; and
that military officers shall not be used
for this purpose except in cases of
actual necessity. The compensation for
registers will be fixed hereafter, but the
general rule will be observed of gradua
ting the compensation by the number or
recorded voters. To each list of voters
shall be appended the oath of the regis
ter or registers that the names have
been faithfully recorded, and represent
actual legal voters, and that the same
man does not appear under different
names. The registers are specially in
structed to see that all information con
cerning their political rights is given to
persons entitled to vote under the Act of
Congress; and they are made responsi
ble that every such legal voter has the
opportunity to record his name.
111. As speedily as possible, tbe names
of persons chosen for registers shall be
communicated to these Headquarters
for the approval of the Commanding
General.
IV. The District Commander in each
of the States comprised in this Military
District is authorized to appoint one or
more general Supervisors of Registration
whose business it shall be to visit tbe
various points where registration is be
ing carried on ; to inspect the opera
tions of the registers; and to assure
themselves that every man entitled to
vote has the necessary information con
cerning his political rights, and the
opportunity to record his name.
V. A General Inspector, either an
officer of the army or a civilian, will be
appointed at these Headquarters, to see
that the provisions of this order are
fully and carefully executed.
VI. District Commanders may, at
their discretion, appoint the civil offi
cers of the United States as Registers,
with such additional compensation as
may seem reasonable and sufficient.
VII. The Commanding Officer o
each District will give public notice
when and where the Registers will
commence the Registration, which no
tice will be kept public by the Registers
in each District during the whole time
occupied in Registration.
VIII. Interference by violence, or
threats of violeuee, or other oppressive
means, to prevent the Registration of
any voter, is positively prohibited, aud
any person guilty of such interference
shall be arrested and tried by the rnili
tary authorities.
By com maud of Brevet Major Gene
ral Pope.
J. F. Conyngiiam,
Ist Lieut. 24th U. S. Infantry,
Act. Asst. Adjt. General.
Official: O. C. Knapp,
Ist Lieut. 33d Infantry, Brevet Captain
U. S. A., Post Adjutant.
SUPPLEMENTARY BILL.
The following is a eopy of the bill as
it finally passed both Houses :
An act supplemental to an act entitled
an act to provide for the more efficient
government of the Rebel States. passed
March 2, 1867, and to facilitate resto
ration :
Be it enacted , dre., That before the
first day of September, 1867, the com
manding General in each district de
fined by an act entitled an act to pro
vide for the more efficient government
of the rebel States, approved March 2,
1867, shall cause a registration to be
made ot the male citizens of the United
States, twenty one years of age and
upward, resident in each eounty or
parish in the State or States included
in his district, which registration will
include only those persons who are
qualified to vote for delegates by the
act aforesaid, and who shall have taken
and subscribed the following oath or
affirmation:
I, , do solemnly swear, or affirm,
in the presence of Almighty God, that
I am a citizen of the State of ;
that I have resided in the State for
months, next preceding this day,
and now reside in the county of ,
or parish, of , in said State, as the
case may be ; that I am twenty one
years old ; that I have not been dis
franchised for participation in any
rebellion or civil war against the
United States; nor for felony com
mitted against the laws of any State
or of the United States ; that I have
never been a member of any State
Legislature, nor held any executive or
judicial office in any State, and after
ward engaged in insurrection against
the United States, and given aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof; that I
have never taken an oath as a mem
ber of Congress of the United States,
or as an officer of the United States, or
as a member of any State Legislature,
or as an executive or judicial officer of
aiiy State, to support the Constitution
of the United states, r itnd afterward
engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or given aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof; that
I will faithfully support the Constitu
tion and obey the laws of the United
States; and will, to the best of my
ability, encourage others to do so—So
help me God. Which Oath or affirma
tion may be administered by any
registering officer.
Section 2 That after the comple
tion of tbe registration hereby provided
for in any State, at such time and
places therein as tbe commanding
General shall appoint, of which, at
least thirty days public notice shall bo
given, an election shall be held of
delegates to a Convention for the
purpose of establishing a Constitution
and civil government tor such State,
loyal to the Union. Said Convention
in each State, except Virginia, to cou
aist of the same number of members
as the most numerous branch of the
State Legislature of such State in the
year 1860, to be apportioned among
the several districts, counties, or par
ishes of the State, by the commanding
General, giving to each, representation
in the ratio of voters registered as
aforesaid, as nearly as may be. The
Convention in Virginia shall consist of
the same number of members as
represented the territory now consti
toting Virginia* ib the most numerous
branch of the Legislature of said
in the year 1860, to be apportioned as
aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That at said election, tbe
registered voters of each State shall
vote for or against a Convention to
form a Constitution thorefor, under this
act. Those voting in favor of *uch a
Convention shall have written or print
ed on their ballots by which they vote
for delegates as aforesaid, the words
“For a Convention.” Those voting
against such Convention, shall have
written or printed on such ballots tbe
words “Against a Convention.” Per
sons appointed to superintend said
election and to make return of voters
given thereat, as herein provided, shall
count and make return of the votes
given for and against a Convention,
and the commanding General to whom
the same shall have been returned
shall ascertain and declare the total
vote in each State, for and against a
Convention. If a majority of the votes
given on that question shall be for a
Convention, then such Convention shall
be held, as hereinafter provided ; but
if a majority of said votes shall be
against a Convention, then no such
Convention shall be held under this
act; provided that such Convention
shall not be held unless a majority of
all such registered voters Bhall have
voted on the question of holding such
Convention.
Sec. 4. That the commanding Gen
eral of each district shall appoint such
loyal officers or persons as may be
necessary, not exceeding three in
each election district in any State to
make and complete the registration,
superintend the election, and make
return to him of the votes, lists of
voters, and of the persons elected as
delegates by a plurality of the votes
cast at said election ; and upon receiv
ing said returns, he shall open the
samo, and ascertain the persons elected
as delegates, according to the returns
of the officers who conducted said
election and make proclamation there
of, and if a majority of the votes given
on that question shall be for a Con
vention, the commanding Geueral,
within sixty days from the date of
election, shall notify the delegates to
assemble in Convention at a time and
place to be mentioned in the notifica
tion ; and said Convention, when
organized, shall proceed to frame a
constitution and civil government, ac
cording to the provisions of this act,
and the act to which it is supple
mentary; and when the same shall
have been so framed, said constitution
shall be submitted by the Convention
for ratification to the persons registered
under the provisions of this act, at an
election to be conducted by the officers
or persons appointed by the command
ing General as hereinbefore provided
and to be held after the expiration of
thirty days from the date of notice
thereof, to be given by said Conven
tion ; and the returns thereof, shall be
made to the commanding General of
the district.
Sec. 5. That if, according to said
returns, the constitution shall be rati
fied by a majority of votes of the
registered electors qualified, as herein
specified, cast at said election—at least
one half of all the registered voters
voting upon the question of such rati
fication—the President of the Conven
tion shall transmit a copy of the same,
duly certified, to the President of the
United States, who shall forthwith
transmit the same to Congress, if then
in session, and if not in session, then
immediately upon its next assembling ;
and if it shall moreover appear to
Congress that the election was one at
which all the registered and qualified
electors in the Stale had an opportunity
to vote freely and without restraint,
fear, or the influence of fraud, and if
Congress shall be satisfied that such
constitution meets the approval of a
majority of the qualified electors in the
State, and if the constitution shall lie
declared by Congress to be in con
formity with the provisions of the aet
to which this is supplementary, and
the other provisions of said act shall
have been complied with, and the said
constitution shall be approved by Con
gress, the State shall be declared
entitled to representation, and Senators
and Representatives shall be admitted
therefrom, as herein provided.
Sec. 6. All elections in the States
mentioned in the said act to provide
for the more efficient government of
the rebel States shall, during the ope
ration of said act, be by ballot; and
all officers making said registration of
voters and conducting said elections,
shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, subscribe an
oath faithfully to perform the duties
of their said office, and the oath pre
scribed by the act approved July 2d,
1862, entitled “an act to prescribe an
oath of office.” Provided, That if any
person shall knowingly and falsely
take and subscribe any oath in this
act prescribed, suchperson so offend
ing, and being thereof duly convicted,
shall be subject to the pains and
penalties and disabilities which by
law are provided for tbe punishment
of the crime of wilful and corrupt
perjury.
Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred
by the several commanding Generals,
or by virtue of any orders issued or
appointments made by them, under or
by virtue of this act, shall be paid out
of any moneys in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. The Convention for each
State shall prescribe the fees, salary,
and compensation to be paid all dele
gates and other officers and agents
herein authorized, or necessary to carry
into effect, the purpose of tliis act not
herein otherwise provided for, and
shall provide for the levy and collection
of such taxes on the property in such
State as may bo necessary to pay the
same.
Sec. 7. The word “Article” in tbe
sixth Section of the act to which this
is supplementary shall be construed to
mean section.
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BUPERI()Fco tJRT
BUTE ridge CIRCCjj.
Cherokee Ist Mondavin V,,„i ' ,
Cobb —34 monday in March
day in October. ar, d
Uilton —lth monday in ,
day in August ° h and 3d
in in Vi> M „
D zr~ u moDdayiß Ai-a
teSESirgaSft
Towns —Thursday after tit/v,
and October, “but should h i" “
the Union Court require it, h To b ! ! " : '”»
may, by order of the
adjourned to Monday thereat'»^
BRUNSWICK CIRCCrr
Appling— \H monday i B M»,»h ,
Camden —Friday after 4th Mona St
and October. r «b M»»d»y m^
Carlton —Monday after 4th .
and October. Moßda J!*A M
Clinch —4th monday in Mmi
Coffee —2d monday in March and (S?
March and September Mo “daj «
SSSSSSBSKSct
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT
°2£ET-“ -“>*■»«*.,
Muscogee— 2d monday in .\| aT ,„ d }"■
Talbot Ad iD April aDd
Talbot- 3d monday m March and S, p £L
Taylor Ist monday in April and Ociebt,!
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
Bartow 2d monday iu March and Sent
rA .m*r , m .° Dday MayaDd
CtembTr “ Marct *'
Dade— 4th monday in May and Novemt-r
Gordon Ist monday in April and October’
Murray—U monday in April and October'
IFaM-er-—Monday before Ist Monday a
March and September.
Whitfield —4th monday in April and Or
COWETA CIRCUIT.
Clayton 1 stmonday in May andNovei,!*
DeKalb— 4th monday in April and OctoW
royette —2d monday in March and Sm
button— Ist monday in April and October
Merriteether —3d monday in February M i
August.
Troup 3d monday in May and November.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Bryan —4th menday in April, and 2d Mon
day after 4fh monday in November.
Bullock —Friday after 3d Monday in March,
and Friday after 4tb Monday in October!
Chatham —2d monday in January and Mr.
Effingham —Monday after 4th Monday in
March, and 2d monday after 4th Monday
in October.
Liberty —3d monday in April, and Monday
after 4th monday in November.
Mclntosh— Thursday after 2d Mondiy m
April, and Thursday after 4th Monday ia
November.
Montgomery —Thursday after 2d Monday in
March, aud 'ihursday after 3d Monday
in October.
Tatnall —3d monday in March and 4thii
October.
FLINT CIRCUIT.
Butts —2d J/onday in J/arch andSeptembu
llenry —3d monday in April and October.
Monroe —4th monday in February ad
August.
Newton —3d monday in Jfarch and Septem
ber.
Pike —lst monday in April and October,
Spaulding —lst monday iu February ad
August.
Upson —lst monday in J/ay and November.
MACON CIRCUIT.
Bibb —3d monday in May and November. :
Crawford —lst monday iu March aaij
September.
Dooly —lst monday in April and October
IJouhton —3d monday in February a: 1 .
August.
Macon —2d monday in March and Septet
bor.
Twiggs —4th monday in March and Sep
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Burke —3d monday in May aud Novcbm
Columbia —lst monday in March
September.
Emanuel —2d monday In April and October.
Jefferson —2d monday in May aDd Som
ber.
Johnson —4th monday in March and Set;
Richmond —2d monday in January and
Juno.
Scriven —lst monday in May and Noth
ber.
Washington —2d monday in March ie:
September.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Elbert— 2d monday in March and Sep-
Olasscock— 3d monday in February ai*j
August.
Hancock—2d monday in April and W
Hart —3d monday in March and September.
Lincoln —4th monday in April and W
Madison —lst monday in March and*[■ I
tcinber. .
Oglethorpe— 3d monday in April and Ud>
ber. , 1 1
Taliaferro —4th monday in February*-!
Auieu*t. . . ... I
H’arre.i—lst monday in April andOctoM
B ilkee- 4th oionday in Jlarch arnlse -
OCMULOKh CIRCUIT. J
Baldwin—Uh Monday in February « I
August. , s
Greene—2d monday in March and -epte I
.twiner —4th monday in April an<l llr, j- |
monday in April and Oc ofo
Morgan—lst monday in March and Jf- - I
rutnam —4th monday in inarch andM <* ||
Wilkinson —Ist mondavin April Mii "1
PATAU I.A CIRCUIT. [
Clay —4tb monday in February and .4 t ■ i
after tbe next Court. , \
Early —lst monday in April and j
Miller —2d monday in April “ N ' r(0 bff.
Quitman —3d monday to May and V() j
Randolph— lst monday ,D “ aJ a ,,, lc i,t.
Stewart- —3d monday in
Terrell —4th monday in May anh - J
Webster —2d mondavin March
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT-
Berrien —monday after Irw" 1^ 0
llrooke —monday after LowDd s
Colquitt —Wednesday after od
May and November. T . f ir Co«rt
Irwin —On Thursday after Telfair
Law cur—2d monday in April an
Lowndes —monday alter Cos q _ a October-
Pulaski—Ad monday in April an ;
Telfair —Friday alter 4th
and October. .
Thomas —monday after Brooß.
Wilcox —4tii monday in April ?
SOUTHWESTERN CIB«- ’ ~ j
Raker —3d monday in May and v |
Calhoun —lid monday in Mart
Decatur —4th monday m -vP w( j \ |
Dougherty - Ist monday •
Zee—4th monday in Ms~ h ,„' and 5
Mitchell— 2d monday iw*
Rumier —2d monday in P , q c ( U l*
H’ortA—3d monday in A rr'
tali-apoosa tfl
Campbell —3d monday » * cbru
August. Anril andW l^
Carroll —lst monday in * 1 . aC( j^
Csoweta— lst monday jn A * aD d Julf
Floyd— 2d monday in J *" ua
llarahon —3d monday in Ar j,
Heard —3d monday i» “ ebru ary *
Paulding—lst monday m
/Wit—4th monday in
WESTERN CIRCU 1T -
Ranks —lst monday m A P r ' . a nd ‘
Clarke —-Tit monday in February
Augoat. . .^iianilOrt 1 *
Franklin — 2d monday >« A P ' to i'J
Gwinnett- Ist monday m Marco
September. . _ april **.
Haber,ham-id monday in Ap*
Hall-id monday in Maren brusrJ *
Jackson — 4th monday m
August. , -i sn 4 P< to
Rabun —4 th monday ,n /' I p cbt0 ..ry #
Walton— Sd menday in *
J".—Monday after 4th April as* l