The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-08-17
BY the Provisional Governor Of the
State of South Carolina.

NM I1HhDhO, Ills HACeHSilcY, TTBSl-
Wv dent Johnson, has issued his pro-
clamation, appointing mo (Benjamin f..
Perry) Provisional Governor in and for the
State of South Carolina, with power to pre-
scribe such rules and regulations as may DO
necessary and proper for convening q Con-
vention Of the State, composed of delegates
to be chosen by that portion Of the people of
said State who are loyal to the United
States, for the purpose Of altering or amend
ing the Constitution thereof; and with au-
thority to exercise within the limits Of the
State NIL the powers necessary and proper
to enable such loyal people to restore said
State to its constitutional relations TO the
Federal Government, and to present such
Republican form Of State Government rs
will entitle the State to the guarantee of the
United States therefor, and its people to
protection by the United States against in
vasion, insurrection and domestic violence
Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro-
clamation of His Excellency, Andrew john
son, President of the United States, i, BEN
JAMIN F. PERRY, Provisional Governor Of
the State Of South Carolina, for the purpose
of organizing o Provisional Government in
South Carolina, restoring civil authority in
said State, under the Constitution and laws
Of the United Stntes, do hereby proclaim
and declare that oil civil officers in South
Carolina, who were in offce when the Civil
Government of the State was suspended, in
May last, ieXcept those arrested or under
prosecution for treason shall, on taking
the oath of allegiance prescribed in the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation of the
10Th aS;y; OF May, 1865, resume the duties of
thcir offices and continue to discharge them
under the Provisional Goyernment till fur
ther appointments are made.
And I do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that il is the duty Of all loyal
citizens Of the State Of South Carolina to
promptly 20 forward md take the oath of
allegiance 10 the United States, before some
magistrate or military officer of the Federal
Government, who may be qualified for ad.
ministcring oaths; and such ore hereby au-
thorized to give certified copies thereof to
the persons respectively by whom they
were made. And such magistrates or Off
GERS are hereby required to transmit tho
originals of such oaths, Mt as early a day as
may be convenient, to The Department of
State, in the city Of Washington. D. O..
And do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that the Managers of Elec-
tions throughout the State Of South Caro-
lima will hold an election for members of a
State Convention. ut their respective pre-
TENDER NEXT, according to the laws Of
South Carolina in force before the secession
of the State, aid that each Election District
in the State shall elect as many members
of the Convention as tho snid District has
members of the House Of Representatives.
the basis OF representation being populatfes
and taxation. This will give one huhafea
and twenty-four members to the ConYeaGIN INsE
IA number sufficiently large to req. es (
every portion of the State most fully. ~
Every loyal citizen who had taken the
Amnesty oath, and not within the excepted
classes in the Presidents proclamation,
will be entitled to vote, provided he was o
legal voterunder the Constitution as it stood
prior to the secession Of South Carolina.
And all who are within the excepted CLASSES
must take the oath and apply for pardon,
in order TO entitle them to vote or become
members of the Convention.
The members Of the Convention thus;
elected on the first Monday in September
next, are hereby required TO convene in tho
city Of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY,, the
18th day of September, 1865, for the pur-
pose of altering and amending the present
Constitution Of South Carolina, or remodel
ing and makinga new one, which will con-.
form to the great changes which have taken,
place in the State, and be more in accord
ance with Republican principles aud equality
Of representation ess Is ~ b . g. w. s, y
And I do further proclaim and make
known. that the Constitution aud all laws
of force in South Carolina prior to the
secession Of ths State, are hereby made Of
force under tho Provisional Government,
except wherein they may conflict with the
Iproyisions Of this proclamation, And the
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