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When, with spirits light as the evening
breexo,
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When we carod not for the morrow,
Hut thought only of to-day;
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Not known to mortals here.
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Studio at Dr A. F. RIONON’S OFFICE,
opposite Augusta ilotul. jolS-tf
Registration Ordsr.
Hxadquaiitkkh,, S'u Military Pis’t, 1
( (iconjia, Fioruhi tiiul Alabama,) >
Atlanta, G** Ms, 21, 1807- )
GtCNtRAt. OIUMiUK, I
No. 20. J
In accordance with an act of Con
gress, supplementary to an Aot to pro
vidu a more efficient Government for
the rebel States, Ac., dated March 2,
1867, the following arrangements are
herein made for the registration ot vo
ters in the States of 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
gilders, and one colored Register. In
the State of Georgia, where only the
turo 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 hit name and Postoffiee address,
without delay, to Col. C. C. Sibley,
commanding District of Georgia, at
Macon, Georgia.
111. Each Register will ho required
to take and subscribe to tbe 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
tipu, their Commissions as Registers
will be issued, and forwarded to them
immediately.
IV. In order to secure a full registra
tiph 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; in the most sparsely settled
counties and districts, at forty cents pet
voter. The compensation will lie 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, when travel is done on rail
roads and steamboats.
V. It is hereby made 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 oi 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 of
Registration were iu the wards or rre
ci nets, 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, thns registered, will be placed oil
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, ot the date
when they will be in each election pre
-0 act; the time they will spend in it;
'in 5 the place where the registration will
imade; and upon the completion oi
die registration for each county, the
Board of Registration will give notice
that they will be present, for three suc
cessive days at the county seat of 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 tbe case of
voters, rejected by the Registers in the
several precincts, who may 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
J udicial,” 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, all officers not Legisla
tive, which last are also excluded by
the Act. Persons who apply to register,
hut who are considered disqualified by
the Boards, will be permitted to take
the required oath, which, with the
objections ot 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 timp sub
sequent to the completion of tbe regi
stration for each county, and before any
election is held, iu order that all sup
posed cases of fraudulent registration
may be thoroughly investigated. Due
notice will be given and provision made
for the time and place for examination
and settlement of such case3.
X. Blank books of oaths, required to
be taken by voters, and blank registra
tion lists, as also full and detailed in
structions for the performance of their
duties, will bo at once forwarded to the
Boards of Registration, appointed iu
this Order; and it is enjoined upon these
Boards that they proceed to complete
the registration with all energy and dis
patch.
XI. The detailed instructions to Re
gisters will designate the member of
each Board who shall bo its President,
XII. Violence, or threats of violence,
or any other oppressive means to pre
vent any person from registering his
name, or exercising his political rights,
are positively prohibited; and it is
distinctly announced that no contract or
agreement with laborers, which deprives
them of their wages for any longer lime
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 bis trial before a Military Commis
sion.
XIII. The exercise of the right ot
every duly authorized voter, under the
late 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 usual logal inode.
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 ot 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
inilitary authorities, who are hereby
instructed to furnish the necessary aid.
Any civil officials who refuse, or who
| fail to protect Registers, or applicants to
roister, will be reported to the head
quarters of the Officer Commanding iu
the State, who will arrest such delin
quents, and scud charges against them
to these headquarters, that they may be
brought before a Military Commission.
• » * * «
By command of Brevet Major Gen.
Poric.
G. K. Rsxoicksox,
Capt. 33d Infantry & A A A G.
MILITARY DISTRICTS.
llkadq’ks District ofGborou, 1
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 ok Savannah. —To include the
counties of Chatham, Effingham, Bul
loch, Bryan, Tatnall, Liberty, Mcln
tosh, Glynn, Wayne, Appling, Pierce,
Ware, Coffee, Charleton, Camden,
Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Brooks, Ber
rien, Colquitt, Thomas, Decatur,
Mitchell Miller, Baker, and Early.
Post of Augusta —To include the
counties of Richmond, Columbia, War
ren, Glascock, Washington, Johnson,
Jefferson, Burke, Striven, and Eman
uel.
Post of Atlanta —To include the
counties ot Cobli, Fulton, Campbell,
Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Fayette, Clay
ton, Spaulding, Henry, Newton, De-
Kalb, Milton, Gwinnett, and Butts.
Post of Dahi.onega— To include
the counties of Fannin, 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, receutly changed by an
Act of the Legislature).
Post of Athens —To include the
counties of Clark, Jackson, Madison,
Elbert, Oglethorpe, Morgan, Walton,
Wilkes, Greene, Taliaferro, Lincoln,
Jasper, Putnarh, and Hancock.
Post of Columbus —To include the
counties of Troup, Meriwether, Harris,
Talbot, 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 Infty., Brev. Capt.
U. S. A. Post Adjutant.
THE MILITARY LAW.
The following is a correct copy of the
act “to provide tor the more efficient
government of the rebel States
Whereas, nojpgal State government
or adequate protection for life or
property now exist in the rebel States
of Virginia, Norta Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and
Arkansas ; and, whereas, it is necessary
that peace and good order should be
enforced in said States, until loyal and
republican State 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 bnited States,
as hereinafter prescribed, and ’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 and Arkansas tue fourth
district, and Louisiana and Texas the
fifth district.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of
the President to assign to tho 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 officer 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 may 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.
Sec. 4. That all 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 he 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 he affected by this act, except
in so far ns they may conflict with its
provisions.
Sec. o. 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 iu all respects, framed by
a convention of delegates elected by the
male citizens of said States, twenty one
years old and upward, of whatever race,
color, or previous condition, who have
residents in said State for one
year previous to the day of such election,
except such as may be disfranchised for
participation iu the rebellion, or for
felony at common law ; and when such
constitutions shall provide that the
oloclive franchise shall be enjoyed by
all such persons as have the qualifica
tions herein stated for election of dole
gates ; and when such constitution shall
lie 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;
and when said Stale, 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 ot the Constitution of the United
States, said State shall be declared
entitled to representation in Congress,
and 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 he imperative in said
State;
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 us a member of the
convention to frame a constitution for
any of said rebel States, nor shall any
such person vote for members of suid
convention.
•Sue. 6. And be it further enacted,
That until tbe people of said rebel
States shall be by law admitted to
representation in the Congress of the
United States, any civil govertament
which may exist therein shall he deemed
provisional only, and in all respects
subject to the paramount authority of
the United States at any time 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 under 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 under the provisoes
of the third article of said Constitutional
Amendment.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The following is the “constitutional
amendment” referred to in the preceed
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 tbe priv
ileges or immunities of Citizens of the
United States. Nor shall any State
deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property without due process of law, nor
deny Iu any person within its jurisdic
tion the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall he
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
she 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 iu
rebellion, or other crime, the basis of
representation therein shall be reduced
in the proportion which the number of
such male citizens shall hear to the
whole number ot male citizens twenty
one years of age iu that State.
Sectiox 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 Stale,
who, having previously taken an oath
as a member of Congress, or as an
officer of tie 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 States, shall have engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the
same, 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 th
payment of pensions and bounties so
service in suppressing insurrection
rebellion, shall not be questioned, bu
neither the United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt or obliga- j
lion incurred in aid of insurrection r
rebellion against the United States, ot
claim for the loss or emancipation of ’
any slaves, but all such debts, obliga
tions, or claims shall be held illegal and
void.
Section 5. The Congress of the
United States shall have power to
enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
provisions of this article.
MILITARY BILL.
IID'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. C ]
An Act supplimentary to “An act en
titled an act to provide for tho more
efficient government of the rebel
States,' 5 passed March 2, 1867, and
to facilitate restoration.
Be it enacted, etc., That before the
first day of September, 1807, the com
manding general in each district (de
fined by an act entitled “ An act Jo 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
God, that I am a citizen of the State ot
lor months next proceeding this
day, and now reside in the county of
,or parish of , iu said State,
as the ease maybe; that 1 am 21
years old ; that 1 have not been disfran
chised lor participation in any rebellion
or civil war against the United States,
nor for felony committed against the
laws of any State or the United States;
that I have never been a member ol
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 an officer of the
United States, or as a member of any
State Legislature, or as as an executive
or judicial officer of any State, to sup
port the Constitution of the United
United States, and afterwards engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, or given aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof; that I wdl
faithfully support the Constitution and
obey the laws of the United States, and
will, to thd best of my ability, encour
age others so to do. So help me God ;”
which oath or affirmation may be ad
ministered by any registering officer.
* * “ * * * *
Sec. 4. That the commanding general
of 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
istration. superintend the election, and
make return to him of tho votes, list of
voters and of the persons elected as del
egates by a plurality of votes cast at
said election.
* * * *
11. In order to execute this provision
of the aet 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 Slate which iu
1860 sent a member to the most numer
ous branch ot the Slate Legislature, will
he found a convenient division for Reg
istration. It is desirable that in all
cases the registers shajl 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 he used
for this purpose except in cases of
actual necessity. The compensation for
registers will he fixed hereafter, but the
general rule will be observed of gradua
ting the compensation by the number oi
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, the 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 tbe States comprised in this Military
District is authorized to appoint one or
more general Supervisors of Registration
whose business it shall be to visit the
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 ccessary 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 theseJlleadquarters, 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 violence, or other oppressive
means, to prevent the Registration of
any voter, is positively prohibited, and
any person guilty of such interference
shall be arrested and tried by the mili
tary authorities.
By command of Brevet Major Gene
ral Pope.
J. F. Conyngiiam,
Ist Lieut.. 24th U. S. Infantry,
Act. Asst. Adjt. General.
Official: 0. C. Knapp,
Ist Lieut. 33d Infantry, Brevet Captain
U. S. A., Post Adjutant.
SUPPLEMENTARY BILL.
The following is a copy of the bill as
it finally passed both Houses :
An act supplemental to an ad entitled
an act to provide for the mure efficient
yovcr'nmSil of the Rebel States, passed
March 2, 1867, and to facilitate resto
ration :
Re it enacted, rs-c., 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,
1807, 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 county 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 tho
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 ant a citizen of the State of ;
that I have resided in the State for
months, next preceding this day,
and now reside in tho county of—,
or parish, of , in said State, as the
case may be ; that I am twenty ono
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 bold 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 art 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
any State, to support the Constitution
of the United States, and 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 bo administered by any
registering officer.
Section 2. That after the comple
tion of the registration hereby provided
for in any State, at such time and
places therein as the commanding
General shall appoint, of which, at
least thirty days public notice shall be
given, an election shall be hold of
delegates to a Convention for the
purpose of establishing a Constitution
and civil government for such State,
loyal to tho Union. Said Convention
in each State, except Virginia, to con
sist 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 tbe State, by the commanding
General, giving to each, representation
in tho ratio of voters registered as
aforesaid, as nearly as may bo. The
Convention in Virginia shall consist of
tbe same number of members as
represented tho territory now consti
tuting Virginia, in tbe most numerous
branch of the Legislature of said State
in tbe year 1860, to be apportioned as
aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That at said election, the
registered voters of each State shall
vote for or against a Convention to
form a Constitution therefor, under this
act. Those voting in favor of such 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 the
■words “Against a Convention.” Per
sons appointed to superintend said
election and to make return of voters
given thereat, as herein provided, shall
coant and make return of the votes
given for and against a Convention,
and the commanding General to whom
tbe 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
aet; provided that such Convention
shall not be held unless a majority of
all such registered voters shall 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
same, 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 General,
within sixty days from the date of
election, shall notify the delegates to
assemble in Convention at a time and
place to be mentioned iu the notifiea
tion ; and said Convention, ■when
organized, shall proceed to frame a
constitution and civil government, ac
cording to the provisions of this aet,
and the act to which it is supple
mentary; and when the same shall
have beeu so framed, said constitution
shall be submitted by tbe 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 bo rati
fied by a majority of votes of tiie
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 State 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 be
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. AH elections in the States
mentioned in the said act to provide
for the more efficient government of
the rebel States shall, during the ppe
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 aet to prescribe an
oath of office.” Provided, That if any
person shall knowingly and falsely
take and subscribe any oath in this
aot 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 the 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 uot
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. Tho 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 this aet not
herein otherwise provided for, and
shall provide for the levy and collection
of such taxes on the property in such
State as may be necessary to pay the
same.
Sec- 7. The word “Article” in the
sixth Section of the aot to which this
is supplementary shall be construed to
mean section.
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COURT
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SUPERIOR COURTS
BLUK RIDGE CIRCUIT,
Cherokee Ist Monday in March and An,.- .
Cobb — 3d monday in March and iLu *'
day in October. 1 ***•
J/ diT^ 4 A«g“u day " MarCh “ 4 « Mon.
in August *“
Lumpkin— 2d monday in April and 1 vt
day September. ‘’t-Mon
/).uc.o»-3d monday in April and S ept .
Pickens —4th monday in April and a„. ,
Gilmer 2d monday In
Aanmn—-3u monday in May and October
Union 4th monday ,n May and Octobe,
Potcns— Thursday after4th Monday in v,
and October, “ but rhoutd the baiinea',7
the Lnion Conn require it, Towns (W
may, by order of the presiding Judge,
adjourned to Monday thereafter." °
BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT.
Appling -Ist monday in March and Sent
Camden Friday after 4th Monday in An, i
and October. * ni
Carlton Monday after 4th Monday in April
and October.. | U
Clinch —4th monday in March and Sent
Marcb and September
Echols Monday after 4th Monday in March
and September.
Glynn 3d monday in April and October
/Wee—-Ihursd.y before Ist Monday ia
March and September.
Ware 3d Monday in March and September.
Wayne 4th Monday in April and October
CHATTAHOOCHEF, CIRCUIT.
Chattahoochee —4th monday in March and
September.
Harris— 2d monday in April and October
Marion 3d monday in April and October
Muscogee 2d monday in May and Nov'
Schley— 2d monday in April and October ‘
Talbot— 3d monday in March and September
Taylor Ist monday in April and October.
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
Bartow —2d monday in March and Sept.
Catoosa 2d monday in May and November.
Chattooga— lst monday in March and
September.
Dade —4th monday in May and November.
Gordon —lst monday in April and October!
Murray—M monday in April and Octobor!
Walker —Monday before Ist Monday in
March and September.
Whitfield— 4th monday in April and Oct.
COWETA CIRCUIT.
Clayton —lst monday in May and November.
DeKalb —4th monday in April and October!
Fayette— 2d monday in March ami Sept!
Fulton —lst monday in April and October.
J/erritcether —3d monday iu February and
August.
Troup—‘id monday in May and November.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Bryan —4th mc.nday in April, and 2d Mon
day after 4rh monday in November.
Bullock —Friday after 31 Monday in March,
aud Friday after 4th Monday in October.
Chatham —2d monday in January and May.
Effinghbm —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 Monday in
April, and Thursday after 4th Monday in
November.
Montgomery —Thursday after 2d Monday in
March, and Thursday after 3d Monday
in October.
Tatnall —3d monday in March and 4th in
October.
FLINT CIRCUIT.
Butte —2d J/onday in J/arch and September.
Henry —3d monday in April and October.
Monroe —4th monday in February and
August.
Newton— 3d monday in JRfarch and Septem
ber.
Pike —lst monday in April and Octobor*
Spaulding —lst monday iu February and
August.
Upßon-rlst monday in J/ay and November.
MACON CIRCUIT.
Bibb —3d monday in May and November.
Crawford —Ist monday in March and
September.
Dooly —lst mnndav in April and Octnher
Houston —3d monday in February and
August.
Macon —2d monday in March and Septem
ber.
Twiggs —4th monday in March and Sept.
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Burke —3d monday in May aud November.
Columbia —lst monday in March and
September.
Emanuel— 2d monday in April and October.
Jefferson —2d monday iu May and Novem
ber.
Johnson —4th monday in March and Sept.
Richmond —2d monday in January and
June.
Svriven —Ist monday iu May and Novem
ber.
Washington —2d monday in March and
September.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Elbert— 2d monday in March and Sept.
Glasscock— 3d monday in February and
August.
Hancock —2d monday in April and Oct.
Hart —3d monday in March and September.
Lincoln —4th monday in April aud Oct.
Madison —lst monday iu March and Sep
tember.
Oglethorpe —3d monday in April aud Octo
bor.
Taliaferro —4th monday in February and
August.
Wtirren —lst monday in April aud October.
Wilkes— 4th monday March aud Sept.
OCMULGKK CIRCUIT.
Baldwin —4th Monday in f efirnary and
August.
Greene —2d monday in March ami Septem
ber.
Jasper —4th monday in April and October.
J-atvs 3d monday in Apiii and October.
Morgan— Ist Utonday iu March and Septem
ber.
Putnam —lth monday in march andSeptera
ber. _ f
irtY&tftcon—lst monday in April and Oct.
PATAU LA CIRCUIT.
Clay —-4th monday in February and August#
after the next Court.
Early —lst monday in April and October.
Miller —2d monday in April and October*
Quitman —3d monday in May and November.
Randolph— lst monday in may and M'V.
Ftewart —3d monday in April ami October.
Terrell —4th monday in May and November.
Webster —2d monday in March and
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
Berrien —monday after Irwin Court.
Brooks —monday after Lowndes Court.
Colquitt —Wednesday after 3d niouday m
May and November.
Irwin —On Thursday after Telfair Court.
Laurens —2d monday in April and Goto c.
Lowndes —monday after Colquitt Court-
Pulaski —3d monday in April and Octo e •
Telfair —Friday alter 4th monday in Ap
and October.
Thomas —monday after Brooks Court.
Wilcox —4th monday in April and Octo c.
SOUTHWESTERN CIRCNIT.
Baker — 3d monday iu May aud November*
Calhoun —3d monday in March and ‘•«P 1
Decatur —4tli monday in April and *
Dougherty— Ist monday in Judc am •
Lee—4th monday in March and SeptcnJ*'-
Mitchell —2d monday in May »“<* '
Sumter— 2d monday in April au ”J c , u !
Worth —3d monday in April and October-
TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT- ,
Campbell —3d monday in February
Carroll —lst monday in April and October
Coweta —lst monday in March an
Floyd —2d monday in January and /•
Haralton —3d monday in April ana
Heard —3d monday in March an ‘ ,
Paulding —lst monday in February
August. .
Polk-Mi monday in January and Juiy
WKSTKRN CIRCUIT.
Banks — lst monday in April and c o
Clarke — lst monday in February an
Franklin— 2d monday in April anil
Oicinnett — lst monday in Marcb and
September. .ndOct-
Habersham — 3d monday in April * .
Ball—'id monday in March Sep j
Jackson — 4th monday in February
August. , n-tober.
Babun— 4th mnnday in April and .
Walton-3d monday in February
White— Monday after 4th April and octub#r