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Registration Order.
Blt APQf ARTURS, 3’D MILITARY DlsV, 1
( Udortfim, Hernia and Alabama, ) V
Atlanta, Ga., May 21, 1867* j
General Orprrs, )
No. 20. j
In accordance with an act of Con
gress, supplementary to an Act to pro
vide a more efficient Government for
the rebel Stntes, &c., dated March 2,
1567, the following arrangements are
herein made for the registration of vo
ters in the States ol Georgia and Ala
bama .
I. The States of Georgia and Alaba
ma, are divided into Registration Di
stricts, numbered nml bounded, as beye
inaftcr described.
11. A Hoard of Registration is herein
appointed for each District, as above
mentioned, to consist of two white He
gisters, and one colored Register. In
the State of Georgia, where only the
two while 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 tuan to
complete the Board of Registration, and
report his name and Postoffice address,
without delay, to Col. C. C. Sibley,
commanding District of Georgia, at
Macon, Georgia.
111. Each Register will he reauired
to take ami subscribe to the oath pre
scribed by Congress, by an act dated
July 2, 1862, and atf additional oath to
discharge faithfully the duty of Register
under the late Acts of Congress. It is
not believed that any ol 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 he issued, and forwarded to them
immediately.
IV. Iu order to secure a full registra
tion of voters, it is determined to fix the
compensation ol 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 per
voter. The compensation will he grad
uated between these limits, according
to the density of the population, and the
facilities of the communication. Ten
cents per mile will he allowed lor trans
portation ol 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 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, tor the
precinct or ward in which he resides;
and in cases where voters have been
unable to register, whilst the Hoards of
Registration were iu the wards or pre
eincts, 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, ot the date
when they will be in each election pre-
O.ict; the time they will spend in it;
Mid the place where the registration will
.made; and upon the completion ot
die registration for each county, the
Hoard of Registration will give notice
that they will be present, for three suc
cessive days at the county seat ol 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 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
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, all officers not Legisla
tive, which last are also excluded by
tlie 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 iu that precinct, for
ten consecutive days, at some time sub
sequent to the completion of the regi
stration tor 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 and place for examination
and settlement of such cases.
X. Blank books of oaths, required to
be taken by voters, and blank legist ta
tion lists, as also full and detailed in
structions for the performance of their
duties, will be 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.
XL The detailed instructions to Re
gisters will designate the member of
eae.h Board who shall be its President.
XII., Violence, or threats of violence,
or any other oppressive means to pie
vent any person from registering Iris
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 time
than that actually consumed in register
ing or voting, will be permitted to he
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
late Acts of Congress, to register and
vote, is guaranteed by the Military
Authorities of this District; and all
[■ersons w homsoever are warned against
any attempt to interfere to prevent and
man from exercising this right, under
anv pretext whatsoever, other tbau
objection by the usual 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 ot Regis
tration will call upon the local civil
authorities for a police three, or a posse
to arrest the offenders and preserve
quiet, or, if necessary, upon the nearest
military authorities, who are hereby
instructed to furnish the necessary aid.
Any civil officials who refuse, or who
fail to protect Registers, or applicants to
register, will be reported to the head
quarters of the Officer Commanding in
tho State, who will arrest such delin
quents, mid send charges against them
to these headquarters, that they may he
brought before a Military Commission.
• * A * •
By command of Brevet Major Gen.
Popk.
0, K. Sardrrsox,
Capt. 33d In fau try A AA A G.
MILITARY DISTRICTS.
Hkadq’rs District of Georcia, 1
Macon, Ga., April 1!), 1867. J
General Orders, 1
No. 5. j
1. The Military District of Georgia
is hereby divided into (8) eight Posts,
as follows ;
Post op Savannah —To inclttdo the
counties of Chatham, Effingham. Bul
locl), 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 ok Augusta —To include the
counties»of Richmond, Columbia, War
ren, Glascock, Washington, Johnson,
Jefferson, Barke, Scriven, and Eman
uel.
Post op Atlanta—To include the
counties ot Cobh, Fulton, Campbell,
Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Fayette, Clay
ton, Spaulding, Henry, Newton, De-
Kalb, Milton, Gwinnett, and Butts.
Post op Dahlonkga— To include
the counties of Fanuin, Union, Towns,
Rabun, Gilmer, Pickens, Cherokee,
Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Habersham,
Hart, Forsyth, Hanks, 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 op Athens— To include the
counties of Clark, Jackson, Madison,
Elbert, Oglethorpe, Morgan, Walton,
Wilkes, Greene, Taliaferro, Lincoln,
Jasper, Putnam, and Hancock.
Post op 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 op 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.
Ui S. A. Post Adjutant.
THE MILITARY LAW-
The following is a correct copy of the
act “to provide lor the more efficient
government of the rebel States
Whereas, no legal State government
or adequate protection for life or
property now exist iu the rebel States
of Virginia, Nortu Carolina, South
Carolina, Ueorgia, 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 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, and for that
purpose, Virginia shall constitute the
first district, North Carolina and South
Carolina the second district, Georgia,
Alabama, aud Florida the third district,
Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth
district, and Louisiana and Texas the
tif.h district.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of
the President to assign to the command
of each ot said districts an officer ol
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, aud to
punish, or cause to bo punished, all
disturbers of the peace and criminals,
aud, to this end, he may allow local
civil tribunals for that purpose; and
all interference, under color ot 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
he inflicted ; and no sentence ot any
military commission or tribuual 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 tor the government of the army
shall not be affected by this act. except
in so far as they may conflict with its
provisions.
Sue. 5. That when the people of any
one of the said rebel States shall have
formed a constitution ot government in
conformity with the Constitution of the
United States in all respects, framed by
a convention of delegates elected by the
male citizens of said States, twenty one
years oid and upward, of whatever race,
coior, or previous condition, who have
been residents in said State for one
year previous to the day of such electiou,
except such as may be disfranchised for
participation in the rebellion, or for
icionv at common law; and when such
constitutions shall provide that the
elective franchise shall be enjoyed bv
all such persons as have the qualifica
tions herein stated for election of dele
gates ; and when such constitution shall
be ratified by a majority of the persous
voting on the question of ratification
who are qualified as electors tor 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 saitl State, by a vote of its
Legislature, elected under said consti
tution, shall have adopted the amend
no nt to the Constitution of the United
States proposed by the Thirty ninth
Congress, and known as article 14, anti
when such article shall have become a
part of the Constitution of tlie United
Slates, said State shall be declared
entitled to representation iu Congress,
and Senators and Representatives shall
be admitted therefrom on their taking
the oatlt prescribed by law, aud then
and thereafter the preceding sections ot
this act shall be 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 as a member of th»
convention to frame a constitution for
any of said rebel States, nor shall any
sneh person vote for members of said
convention.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That untH the people of said rebel
States shall be by law admitted to
representation in the Congress of tbe
United States, any civil government
which may exist therein shall he deemed
provisional only, and in all respects
subject to the paramount authority of
the United Stntes at any time to abolish,
modify, control, or nupercede the same ;
and in all elections to any office under
such provisional govern iiieuts, 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 be disqualified
from holding office under the provisoes
of the third article of Baid Constitutional
Amendment.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
’ The following is the “constitutional
amendment” referred to in the proceed
ing hill.
Resolved, by the Senato and House
of Representatives of the United States
ol 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
he 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 ol 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 States. Nor shall any State
deprive any person of life, 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 ol 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
wav abridge, except for participation in
rebellion, or other crime, the basis of
representation therein shall be reduced
in the proponion which the number of
such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens twenty
one years ol 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 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 ol 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 pettsious and bounties for
service iu 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 iueurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or
claim tor the loss or emancipation ot
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.
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 supplimeutary to “An act en
titled an act to provide for the more
efficient government of tlie rebel
States,” passed March 2, 1867, and
to facilitate restoration.
Be it enacted, etc., 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
ot the rebel States,” passed March 2,
1867,) shall cause a registration to be
made of tlie male citizens of tbe United
States, twenty one years o! age, and
upwards; resident iu eaeh county or
parish in*the State or States included
in his district, w hich registration shall
include ouly 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
for months next proceeding this
day, and now reside in the county ot
as the ease maybe; that I am 21
years old; that I have not been disfran
chised lor participation in any rebellion
or against, the United States,
nor for felony committed against the
laws of any State or the United States;
that 1 Ifeve never been a member ot
any State Legislature, nor held any
executive or judicial office in any State,
aud 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 ol Congress 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, aud afterwards engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against the
United Stales, or given aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof; that I will
faithfully support 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 mo God ;”
which oath or affirmation may be ad
ministered by any registering officer.
******
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
istration. superintend the election, and
muke return to him of the votes, list of
voters and of the persons elected as del
egates by a plurality of votes cost at
said election.
* * * #
11. In order to execute this provision
of the act referred to with as little delay
as possible, tbe 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 ol the State Legislature, will
be found a convenient division for Reg
istration. It is desirable that in all
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 ot
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, aud 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 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 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 ecessary information con
cerning his political rights, and the
opportunity to record his name.
V. A General Inspector, either an
officer of the array or a civilian, will be
appointed at these j; 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 ol 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. CoNYNGHAM,
Ist Lient. 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 copy of the bill as
it finally passed both Houses :
An act supplemental to an act entitled
an act to provide Jbr the more efficient
government of the Hebei Slades, passed
March 2, 1867, and to facilitate resto
ration :
lie it enacted, 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 tor the more efficient government
of the rebel States, approved March 2,
1867, shall cause a registration to be
made ol the male citizens of the United
States, twenty one years of age and
upward, resident in eaeh 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 the
aet 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,
ami 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 tlie United States,
or as an officer of tbe 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 be 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 held of
delegates to a Convention for tbe
purpose of establishing a Constitution
and civil government for such State,
loyal to the Union. Said Convention
in eaeh State, except Virginia, to con
sist of the same number of members
as tbe 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 i’ue commanding
General, giving to each, representation
in the ratio of voters registered as
aforesaid, as nearly as may be. The
Convention iu Virginia shall consist of
tho same number of members as
represented the territory now consti
tuting Virginia, in the most numerous
bnuioh of the Legislature of said State
iu 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 ou their ballots by which they vote
for delegates as aforesaid, the words
“For a Convention.” Those voting
against such Convention, sball 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
giveu 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 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 ot
election, shall notify the delegates to
assemble in Convention at a time and
place to be mentioned in the notifiea
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 aet 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 tbe 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 act
to which this is supplementary, and
the other provisions of said act shall
have been complied with, and the said
constitution sin.ll 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 Sfates 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 tbe dis
charge of their duties, subscribe au
oath faithfully to perform the duties
of their said office, and the oath pre
scribed by the aet 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 arty 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 the punishment
of the crime of wiliul 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 he paid out
of any moneys in tbe Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. The Convention for each
State shall prescribe the fees, salary,
aud compensation to lie paid all dele
gates and other officers and agents
herein authorized, or necessary to carry
into effect, the purpose of this act not
herein otherwise provided for, and
sball 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 net to which this
is supplementary shall be construed to
mean section.
Text of the New Bill-
Washington, July 13.—The follow
ing is a text of the bill as it passed
both Houses:
lie it enacted, by the Senate and
House of llej resentafives of the Unite l
States of America, in Congress assem
bled, That it is hereby declared to have
been the true intent and meaning of
the act of the 2d day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven,
entitled “an act to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel Sta'es,”
and of the aet supplementary thereto,
passed on the 23d day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven,
that the governments then existing in
the rebel States ol Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas,
and Arkansas, were not legal State
governments, and that thereafter said
governments, if continued, were con
tinued subject iu all respects to the
military commanders of the respective
districts, and to the paramount authority
of Congress.
Sec. 2. That the Commander of any
District named in said Act shall have
power, subject to the disapproval of
the General of the Army of the United
States, to have effect till disapproved.
Whenever in the opinion of such com
mander the proper administration of
said act shall require it to suspend or
remove from office or from the perform
ance of official duties amt tbe exercise
of official powers, any officer or person
holding, or exercising, or professing to
hold or exercise any civil or military
office or duty in such District, under
any power, election, appointment, or
authority derived from, or granted by,
or claimed under any so called State or
Government thereof; or any municipal
or other division thereof, and upon such
suspension or removal, such comman
der, subject to the disapproval of the
General as aforesaid, shall have power
to provide from time to time for the
performance of the said duties of such
officers or persons so suspended or
removed, by the detail of some compe
tent officer or soldier of the army, or by
the appointment of some other person
to perform the same, and to fill vacan
cies occasioned by death, resignation
or otherwise.
Sec. 3. That the general of the army
of the United States shall be invested
with all the powers of suspension, re
moval, appointment, and detail granted
in the preceding section to district com
manders-
Sec- 4. And be it further enacted,
That the acts of the officers of the
army already done, in removing in said
districts persons exercising the func
tions of civil officers, and appointing
others in their stead, are hereby con
firmed; Provided, That any person
heretofore or hereafter appointed by any
district commander to exercise’ the
functions of any civil office, may be
removed, either by the military officers
in command of the district, or by the
general of the army; and it shall be
the duty of such commanders to remove
from office, as aioresaid, all persons
who are disloyal to the Government ot
the United States, or who use their
influence in any manner to hinder,
delay, prevent, or obstruct the due ami
proper administration of this act and
the acts to which it is supplementary.
Sec. 5. '/ hat the Boards of Registra
tion provided for by the act entitled an
Act Supplementary to an Act entitled
an Act to provide for the more efficient
government of Hie rebel States, passed
March 23d. 186i, shall have power, and
it shall he their duty,before allowing the
registration of any person, to ascertain,
upon such facts or information as they
can obtain, whether such person is
to be registered under said act, and the
oath required by said act shall not be
conclusive on such question ; and no
person shall be registered unless such
board shall decide that he is entitled
thereto, and such board shall also have
power to examiue under oath, to be
administered by any member of such
board, any one touching the qualifi
cation of any person claiming registra
tion. Bat in every case of a refusal by
the board to register an applicant, and
in every case of striking his name from
the list as hereinafter provided, the
board shall make a note or memoran
dum, winch shall be returned with the
registration list to the commanding
general of the district, setting forth the
grounds of such refusal or such striking
from the list- Provided that no person
shall be disqualified as member of any
board of registration by reason ol race
or color.
Bec. 6. That the true intent and
meaning of the oath prescribed in said
supplementary act is, among other
things, that no person who has been a
member of the Legislature of any
State, or who has held any executive or
judicial office in any State, whether he
has taken an oath to support the Con
stitution ot tlie United Slates or not,
and whether he was holding such office
at the commencement of the rebellion,
or had held it before, and was afterward
engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or giving aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof, is
entitled to be registered or vote, and
the words “ executive or judicial office
in any State,” in said oath mentioned,
shall be construed to include all civil
offices created by law for the adminis
tration of any general law of a Stale, or
tor the administration of justice.
Sec. 7. That the time for completing
the original registration provided tor in
said act may, in the discretion of the
commander ot anv district, be extended
to the first day of October, 1867, and
the boards of registration shall have
power, and it shall be their duty, com
mencing fourteen days prior to any
election under said act, and upon
reasonable public notice of the time
and place thereof, to revise for a period
of five days the registration lists, and
upon being satisfied that any person
not entitled thereto has been registered,
to strike the name of such person from
the list; and such board sball also,
during the same period, add to such
registry the names of all persous who
at that time possess the qualifications
required by said act. who have not been
already registered, and no person shall,
at any time, be entitled to be registered
or to vote by reason of any executive
pardon or amnesty for any act or thing
which, without such pardon or amnesty,
would disqualify him from registration
or voting.
Sec. 8. That section four of said last
named act shall be construed to author
ize the Commanding General named
therein, whenever he shall deem it need
ful, to remove any member of a board
of registration, and to appoint another
in bis stead, and to fill any vacancy in
such board.
Sec. 9. That all members of said
boards ot registration, and all persons
hereafter elected or appointed to office,
in said military districts, under any
so called state or municipal authority,
or by detail or appointment of the
district commanders shall be required
to take and subscribe the oath of office
prescribed by law for officers of the
United States.
Sec. 10. That no district commander
or member of the board of registration,
or any of tbe officers, or appointees
acting under them, shall be bound to
his action by anv opinion of any civil
utlieer of the United States.
Sec. 11. That all the provisions of
this act and the acts to which this is
supplementary shall be construed liber
ally, to the end that all the intents
thereof may be fully and perfectly
carried out.
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