The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-08-04

I:, a!,s. regulations lis may be necessary and
;roN, 81 c:.,.r"niLa Convention otthe State,
cor;!osa' Il vF:;e:e;atcs to b. chosen by that
;r...:.,o o. i5e people Of said State who are
Ityal TO he United States, ,sor tie purpose Of
altering or a,n,n:t9g. :1e Constitution thereof;
and with authority t. exercise within the linn
is Of tc State all the powers necessary and
proper to enaEic such loyal people to restore
said State to its constitutional relations to the
Federal Government, and to present such
Republican form of State Government as will
entitlc the State to the guarantee of the United
States therefor, and its people to protection by
the United States against invasion, insurrec-
ton and domestic violence:
Now, therefore, in obedience to the procla-
nation OF his Exccllcrcy Andrew Johnson,
President Of the United States, I, BENJAMIN
F. PERRY, Provisiona! Governor Of the State
of South Carolina, for the purpose Of organ
izng Provisional Government in South
Carolina, reforming the State Constitution and
restoring civil authority in said State, under
the Constitution and laws of the United States,
do hereby proclaim and declare that all civil
officers in South Carolina, who were in office
when the Civil Cove ihment Of the State was
suspended, i'll May last (cxccpt those arrested
or under prosecution for treasury shall, on ia
king the oath Of allegiance prescribed in the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation of the 29th
day of May, 1865, resume the dnties Of their
Offices and continue to discharge them under
the Provisional Government till further ap-
pointments are made.
And | do further proclaim, declare and
mae known, that it is the duty of all loyal
citizens Of the State Of South Carolina to
promptly 60 forward and take the oath Of al
legiance to the United States, before some
magistrate Or military officer of the Federal
Government who may be qualified for admin
istering oat1s; aud such are hereby authorized
to give certified copies thereof to the persons
respectively by whom they were made. And
such Magistrates or officers arc hereby required
to transmit the originals of such oatbs, at as
early day as may be convenient, to the De-
partmeut Of State, ia the city of Washington,
D. G.
And do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that the Managers OF Elections
throughout tue State Of South Carolina will
hold an election for members Of State Cons
vention, at their respective precincts, on the
FIRST MONnAY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT,
according to the laws Of South Carolina ip
force before tae secession Of the State; and
that each Election District in the State shall
elect as many members Of the Convention as
the said District has members of the House Of
Representativcs-th basis CT the representa-
ton being population and taxation. This will
give one hundred and twenty four members to
the Conventional number sufficiently large
to represent every portion Of the State most
fully.
Every loyal citizen who has taken the AM
nesty oath and not within the excepted classes
of the Presidents Proclamation, will be cnti-
tied to vote, provided he was a legal voter un-
der the Constitution as it stood prior to the
secessio>' of South Carolina. And all who are
within the excepted classes must take the oath
and apply for pardon, in order to cutitle 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 the city of
Columbia on WEDNESDAY, the 18th day
of September, 1865, for thc purpose Of altering