The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-15

The county of Wayne will choose two members.
The cSunty of Wilkes will choose two members.
The county of Yalkin will choose member.
| The counties of Iancey and Mitchell will choose
one member.
The Clerks and Sheriffs of the respective countie
will proceed once TO assemble the Justices of th
Peace majority of whom will select from thei
| number not less than six nor more than eighteer
Justices, men of intelligence, discretion, rmness
and approved loyalty, whose duty it shall be to ad
minister to those who may be entitled to receive it
the oath contained in the Presidents Amnesty Proc
lamation of May 29th, 1865 under such instructions
! as may be prescribed in this Proclamation. The
justices SHALL at the time, appoint inspectors
of the elections at the various precincts in their
spectVe counties, in accordance with the law in re
latlon thereto, Chapter 50, Revised Code of NORTH
Carolina. The elections for members of the Con
vention shall be conducted in the same manner a
elections for members of the House of Commons, il
accordance with the provisions of chapter 50, Re
Vised Code SO far saidsprovisions may be appli
cable; and the officers appointed to hold said eec
tons, aud to make returns thereof shall be liable t
the penalties for failure act or for neglec
of duty, as are prescribed in chapter 81, Revise'
Code.
| No person will be allowed to vote who is net
voter qualified prescribed by the Constitution an
laws of the State, in force Immediately before tn
goth day of May, 1861; except that the payment o
| a poll tax shall not be required.
All paroled soldiers of the army and navy Of tn
pretended Confederate States, of this State, an
all paroled officers of the army and navy of the pre-
| tended Confederate States, of this State, unde
and including the rank of Colonel, if of the army
| and under and including the rank of Lieutenant, i
of the navy will be allowed to vote, provided the
are not included in any of the fourteen exclude
classes of the Presidents Amnesty Proclamation
and, provided further, that they citizens Of tn
State in accordance with the terms prescribed in tn
| preceding paragraph.
No person will be allowed to vote who does no
|
| Oath, contained in the Presidents Procamatio
of May 29lh, 1866, signed by himself and certfe
| by at least two Justices of the Peace.
! The SherifS of the respective counties shall fur
nsh, as practicable, certificates ofelection
| those persons who may have received the highes
number of votes as members of the Conventions; an
the Sheriffs shall also Immediately send the ofc
of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, statement
| The vote their respective Counties for the mem
bers aforesaid, and also statement of the said vote
sealed up, directed to the President of the Conven
ton, Raleigh, to be laid before the Convention.
| The members Of the Convention thus chosen, wi
assemble in the city CT Raleigh on Monday, tb
| second day of October, 1865.
| The attention of Justices appointed to admlnlste
the Amnesty Oath, is especially directed to the to
lowing fourteen excluded classes of the President
Amnesty Proclamation of May goth, 1865:
| "First-All who are or shall have been pretende
civil diplomatic officers otherwise, domestic
foreign agents of the pretended Confederate govern
| ment.
| Second-Al who left judicial stations under th
United States to aid the rebellion.
! Third-All who shall have been military or naVi
| officers of said pretended Confederate governme1
above the rank of Colonel in the army or LieItenar
| in the navy.
| Fourth-All who left seats in the Congress of th
United States to aid the rebellion.
| Fifth-All who resigned or rendered resignation
of their commissions in the army or navy OF The u
| to evade duty in resisting the rebellion.
| Sixth-Al who have engaged in any way in trea
ing otherwise than lawfully prisoners of war pei
found in the U. S. service, as officers, soldier
| seamen, or in other capacities.
| Seventh-AH persons who have been or are at
sentees from the U. S. for the purpose of aiding th
| rebellion.
| Eighth-All military and naval officers in tn
rebel service who were educated by the governmeI
| in the Military Academy at West Point the U. {
| Naval Academy.
| Ninth-AH persons who held the pretended Office
of Governors of States in insurrection against th
| United States.
| Tenth-All persons who left their homes With
the jurisdiction and protection of the United State
and passed beyond the federal military lines int
| the so-caled Confederate States for the purpose
| aiding the rebellion
| Eleventh-All persons who have been engaged
the destruction Of the commerce Of the United State
upon the high seas, and persons who have mad
| raids into the United States from Canada, bee
| engaged in destroying the commerce of the Unite
States upon the lakes and rivers that separate th
| British provinces from the United States
Twelfth-All persons who, at the time when the
seek obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oat
| herein prescribed in military, naval or civ
confinement or custody. or under bonds of the civi
military naval authorities agents of the Unite
States, as prisoners of war persons detained fo
offences ofany Kind either before after conviction
| Thrteenth-All persons who have voluntaril
participated in said rebellion, and the estimate
| value of whose taxable property is over twent
| thousand dollars.
! Fourteenth-All persons who have taken the oat
of amnesty as prescribed in the Presidents procla
nation of December eight A. D. one thousand eigh
hundred and sxty-three or an oath of allegiance t
| the government of the United States since the dat
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