The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-03 00:00:00

*THE NEW RECONSTRUCTION BILL.

The bill alluded to is of so important a nature
lot we give its provisions in full :

The House Reconstruction Committee held a long meet-
ing on Saturday morning, and after some discussion it was
agreed to report the following bill, which will probably be
laid before the House to-day :
Be it enacted, &c., That in Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas, Florida, and Arkansas, that the civil State Go-
vernments, in said States respectively, shall not be recog-
nised as valid or legal State Governments either by
Executive or judicial power or authority of the United
States.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That for speedy enforce-
ment of the act entitled "An act to provide for more effi-
cient government of Rebel States, passed March 2, 1867,
and the several acts supplementary thereto," the
General of the army of the United States is hereby
authorised and required to enjoin by special orders
upon all officers in command within the several
military departments within the said States per-
formance of all acts authorized by said several laws above
recited, and to remove by his order from command any or
all of said commanders, and detail other offices of the
United States army, not below the rank of colonel to per-
form all duties and exercise all powers authorised by said
several acts, to the end that the people of said several
States may speedily reorganize civil governments Repub-
lican in form in said several States, and be restored to
political power in the Union.
Sec. 3. Be it farther enacted, That the General of the
army is authorised to remove any or all civil officers now
acting under the several Provisional Governments within
said several disorganized States, and appoint others to dis-
charge the duties pertaining to their respective offices, and
may do any or all acts which by said several laws above
mentioned are authorized to be done by the several com-
manders of military departments within said States;
and so much of said act or of any act as authorizes the
President to detail military commanders to said military
departments, or to remove any officers which may bo de-
tailed as herein provided, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlaw-
ful for the President of the United States to order any part
of the army or navy of the United States to assert by force
pf arms the authority of either of said Provisional Govern-
ments in said disorganized States to oppose or obstruct the
authority of the United States, as provided in this Act, and
the Acts to which this is supplementary.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That any interference by
any person, with intent to prevent by force the execution
of the orders of the General of the army, made in pur-
suance of this Act and the Acts aforesaid, shall bo held to
be a high misdemeanour, and the party guilty thereof shall,
upon conviction, be fined not exceeding five thousand
dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding two years.
Sec. 6. Bo it further enacted. That so much of all Acts
and parts of Acts as conflict or are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.