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and under and including the rank of Lieutenant il
of the navy, will be allowed 10 vote, provided they
are not included in any of the fourteen excluded
classes Of The Presidents Amnesty Proclamation
and provided further, that they citizens of the
9ta'e IN accordance with iheterms prescribed in the
preceding paragraph.
No person will be allowed to vote who does not
exhibit to the inspectors copy Of the Amnesty
Oarh, contained in the Presidents Proclamation
OF May 29ih, 1865, signed by himself and certified
. by at least two Justices Of the Peace
The Shelitfa Of the respective counties shall fur
ns, as soon rs practicable certificates Of election to
/ those persons who may have received the highest
! number Of votes members of the Convention; and
the Sherlf shall also Immediately send the office
OF The Secretary of State, Raleigh, statement of
the vote IN their respective Counties for the mem
beFs aforesaid, and also statement of the said
sealed up directed TO the President Of the Conven-
ton, Raleigh, to be laid before the Convention.
The members Of the Convention thus chosen, will
assemble in the city Cf Raleigh, Monday, the
second day of October 1868
The attention of justices appointed to administer
the Amnesty Oath, is especially directed to the fol-
lowing fourteen excluded classes of the Presidents
Amnesty Proclamation of May goth, 1865:
" "First-All who are or shall have been pretended
civil or diplomatic officers otherwise, domestic or
foreign agents of the pretended Confederate govern
/ ment.
Second-Au who left judicial stations under the
United States to aid the rebellion.
Thrd-Ali who shall have been military naval
officers of said pretended Confederate government
above the rank of fCOlonel in the army LcGtenans
i'll the navy.
Fourth-All who left seats in the Congress Of the
United States aid the rtbeIlion.
Fifh-AlI who resigned rendered designations
of tt 2r commissions in the army navy of :he u IS
to evIde duty in resisting the rebellion.
SiXth-All who have engaged in any way in treat
ing otherwise than lawfully prisoners of war per-
found in the U. S. service, officers, soldiers
Seamen in other capacities.
Scventh-A1 persons who have been alb
senees from the T. S for the purpose of aiding the
rebellion.
Eighth-AIl military and naval officers in the
rebel service who educated by the government
in the Military Academy at West Point, or the l. S.
Naval academy.
Ninth--Au persons who held the pretended offices
of Governors Of States in insurrecion against the
United States.
Tenth-AlI persons who left their homes within
the Jurisdiction and protection of the United States,
and passed hey ond the federal military lines into
the socalled Confederate States for the purpose Of
aiding the rebellion
Elevcnth-.kIl persons who have been engaged in
the destruction of the commerce of the United States
upon the high seas, and persons who have made
raids into the United States from Canada, or been
engaged in destroying the commerce Of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that separate the
British provinces from the United States
Twclfth-All persons who, at the time when they
seek TO obtain the benefits hereof by taking he oath
herein prescribed, in military, naval or civil
confinement custody. or under bonds OF the civil,
military or naval authorities agents of the United
States, as prisoners Of war persons detained for
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''ispn1 ny at:,'.at1
PHitCli''teu III s"Iu ltoclil"ll' "Hu 'i' ,''''''0
value of whose taxable property is over twenty
thousand dollars.
Fourteentt-AI persons who have taken the oath
ol ".''Sry rs PItso'Iot,' , !" 'G D ;I.
nation OF December eIGht: A H. one 'nous'." e'Si
hundred and sXty-three, oath of allegiance to
the gOvernm Of the United States since the date
of said procamation and who have not thencefor-
-or1 Il I1JJ Qllf
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rroTided th"t specIai application may oe mace 70
'"e i'S''eut io' F"'"'h '3 any Pe'so" P:,I
the cAFeP'e" c'>seS' 'hu Sath cIeileHCl we "e Nv
orally cAteh4ca as may DC consiStcnl WIN 'hG le'
o. W 'ie Ei'SS anu t''e peace '''u '''a'ii'H - ' ~
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Under the first exception are included all persons
who have been civil or diplomatic othcer6 or agents
OF the pretended Confederate government, ellHer
within without the territorial limits OF the United
States
Under the seventh exception are included all Off
GERS, agents, private citizens who have been ab-
sent from the United States for the pnfpos" of and
ing the rebellion.
Under The thirteenth exception arc lncianel ali
who, dniing the rebellion, have heId any eilcc or
agency under the State or pretended Confederate
government; or have in any way voluntarily joined
in the rebellion as for example, by entering or
marching with armed forces hostile to the united
States; by sending or furnishing money, provisions
or arms to persons engaged IN the reoelon save IN
cases where money or provisions were lufnlsheu
from the promptings OF charity or humanity: oy
acting with assemblages Of persons, whether organ
lied nnorganszod, hostile to the United States;
in any other way giving voluntary AID, assistance
or encouragement to the rebellion; and whose tax
ed in value ihe SUM of tu cniy thousand dollars.
The other exceptions plain as not to require
explanation.
No certificate will be granted by the Jn5tlces to
,a,, od cIossos nnlocs on evhibtion by the