The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-30
AnalyIls on me snnrara ict.

I 49, -c-4@FAAH 3nd4f Sic u btlAh very
inartiEc;sliy drawn up act is given for
the convenience of all whom it may
concern. L is promised that, ia order
70 obtain certificate of registration, a
person must be included in section l,
and not in section 2 To place him in
section l, the following requisites must
combine in his Gaze.
HE must be white.
> A citizen Of the United States.
"A resident Of The county wherehe
offers to vote, (unless he has served in
the o. S. army and been honorsbly dis
charged in which case this waived.
And then, in addition to this, some
one Of the following requisites must
exist in combination with these three
4th. j, He must be publicly known
to have been an unconditional Union
man all throughout the rebellion Or.
2 He must have become twenty>one
years Of age since March 4, 1865. and
not have been voluntarily engaged in
armed rebellion. O., 8. He must have
come from another State, and must
prove his loyalty. o., 4 He must have
served in the army and been honcrabIy
discharged, Q Gin which case the six
months residence in the county Is
waived Or, 5. Having been con-
scripted, he must prove his loyalty by
two voters. o., 6. He must have voted
in November, 1864, or in February or
Match, 1865. Or, I. Having taken the
oath Of allegiance, he must be known
to be loyal man, who would have voted
if he had had chance. -
Every man who, being white, 21 years
OF age or over, citizen of the United
States, and a resident Of. the county
Elk months before the election, (except
as above1 is to be found in any one of
the predicaments above stated, disiunc-
lively, is entitled to vote, unless special
~ excluded by being found in some
one Of the categories specified in sec
ton two, which are the following, viz:
lst Civil or diplomatic officers Or
agents Of the Confederate States.
I'd. Those having left Federal or
state Judicial stations TO aid in the re-
bellion. = syl7
Sd Militaryaor naval officers of the
Confederate States, above the rank of
Captain in the army, or Lieutenant in
the navy. s z
4th. Those who left seats in the Ma
tiOnal or State Legislatures to aid in
the rebellion.
9TH. Those who. resigned comnisz
siOns in the United States army or
navy, and afterwards voluntarily aided
in the rebellion. a
9th. Those who have mal-treated nr;s-
oners Of war. -
9TH Absentees from the United
States to aid the rebellion b
sth- Persons holding State Offices m
der the rebel regime.
9TH. Persons who left homes in The
national lines and went into the Con.
iederacy for the purpose Of aiding in
the rebellion; or who, for that purnoss
ned before the expansion of the pa.
tionalliDes.
10 reoapitulate, everybody in the lst
section and not in the ID, is entitled 70.
vote. And every white citizen Of the
United States twenty-one years old
ana SIX months resident in the couns
ty Except in case of a soldier as aboval
VINO is IN any one Of the seven predica.
ments above mentioned is included -
sechon 1. Persons not included in the
LIST section Of this act are denied suf-
frage for ire years, and those ;sclras5
IN section I'd are excluded from voting
Tor .fteen years, after which tl.ev NAV
De permitted to vote by the Circuit or
Chancery Court on petition and proof
by two loyal citizens of loyalty.
so long as persons entitled to vote
are in the army or the militia in aotral
service, elections are held for them bv
their commanding officers wherever
they may be located.
The County Court Clerk is to keen a
registration book, and every one not
publicly known to be loyal man must
prove himself under oath within sec |
ton LIST, whereupon he is Registered |
and obtsirs a certificate, on presepts. |
ton Of which he is to be Admitted to |
vote He however, may be CHALLENGED |
at the polls, whereupOn an oath pre-
scribed in the act is to be administered |
to him, and if he swears falsely he com
mits perjury, and subjects himself 10 |
Its pains and penalties.
The set took effect from and after its !
passage and may be altered blythe
same Legislature at their next session.
when it is to be hoped they win get Il
up in a more creditable style, for az il
stands the expression and form of it /
are anything buta credit to them
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