The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

10 the Provisional Government hereby es-
tablished, and such laws rs Congress may
from time to time prescribe; and until the
! people Of such Districts shall be willing Il
form State Government in conformity
with the provisions of this act, it shall bt
lawful for, and the duty of the President
whenever he shall be satisfied that the low.
| al electors Of said District number ten pc,
cent OF the entire voting population OF 1850
and that they are willing to form such q
state Government, to direct the Provision.
~ Governor to order another election, as
prescribed in this act, for delegates to 8
constitutional Convention; and said Con
venticn. when So elected and convened
shall proceed as hereinbeiore provided to
form Constitution o; State Government
SEC. .. ind be Z farther enacted, Tha,
the District Courts of the United States, in
the several districts wherein n Provision
! Military Governor is authorized by this
act to be appointed, shall have general
/ jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, Sc
| long as the Provisional Governor ccntin-
Hes in Office. Of all cases whereof the State
courts OF such States had cogniZance, ac-
cording 20 the laws in force therein on In.
day when such state renounced its cbedi-
ence 10 the Constitution OF the United
States; and said laws, and the laws
! OF the United States not inconsistent
with the provisions OF this act, shall
continue to be rules Of Judgment by the
courts in said districts, until n State gov
eminent tie formed and recognized as pre-
scribed by this act j; Prou,ded, that all laws,
Judicial decisions, or usages Of said States,
which recognize or sustain Slavery, or
| which exclude the testimony of colOred
| persons, or which deny them the right OF
trial by jury. or punish persons who may
teach them 10 read and write, or which au-
thorize the ritiing OF the United States
hr,.f
of the press, shall be utterly void in the
courts of the United States within said
districts; IrociGed, further, that all loyal
electors who vote II the first election for
| delegates to the aforesaid Convention shall
pe qualified 10 serve as grand or petit jul
rc &C the district III which they reside,
| '.fisl none other.
| >ic. 10. -i,,d IL Il FARTHER eauctcd, That
all persons held 20 service or labor in he
States declared by the preamble to be in
rehelllon shall te, and they are hereby,
discharged from such service or labor, and
they and their prosperity shall be forever
free, and If any such persons, shall be de-
prived Of their freedom under pretense OF
any claim to service or labor, the Courts
or Judges of the United States shall, ON
hd6eas corpus, discharge such person.
| SEC. III. ind DC tt further enacted, That
II any person, or the posterty Of any such
persons, as have been or may be freed by
any act of Congress or proclamation of the
President, shall be deprived Of liberty I'm
der any claim to the service or labor OF
such person, or shall be sued and arrested
on a claim Of indebtedness in the nature OF
peonage, the person Sc attempting to de-
prive of their freedom any such liberated
slave, or their posterity, shall be guilty OF
| mlscemeanor, and on conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction,
be fined in any sum not less than fifteen
hundred dollars, nor more than five thou
sand dollars, and be imprisoned in the pen
itentiary not less than five nor more than
twenty years.
SEC. i. and be ii further enacted, That
the President may, bv proclamation, until
Congress shall otherwise direct, establish
or discontinue such ports of entry or deliv-
cry as he may deem necessary, within the
jurisdiction OF any Provisional Govern
ment authorized by this act, and appoint
Collectors and all other needed officers now
for other ports in like manner appointed.
He may also appoint, or authorize the APP
pOlntment, of such other officers rs are us
ual in such ports; and all such officers
shall have the same power, and discharge
such duties as like officers in other ports Of
the United States. The Collector for each
port, and all subordinate officers, shall re-
ceive the same compensation heretofore al
lowed such officers within said districts
prior 10 the Rebellion, and all provisions
of law relating to other ports of entry in
the United States shall be applied, so far as
practicable, to the ports hereby authorized.
SEC. ID. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
all acts, and parts Of acts. inconsistent with
the provisions Of this act, within the dis
tricts ofcountry hereby organized into Pro-
visional Governments, be and the same are
hereby repealed.