The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-26
Headq'rs Dept Of South Carolina

kC 49, ~.
GENERAL Orders W. 9.
1s announced, for the information and
4 Eovernment OF this command, that BEN
JAMIN F. PERRY, Of South Carolina, has
been appointed, BY the President, Provi-
sional Governor of the State Of South Caro-.
lima, With authority and instructions, sat
the earliest practicable period, to prescribe
such rifles and regulations as may be pecex-
sary improper for con9Sning Convention,
composed OF dolegntes to be chosen BY that
portion ot the people Of said State whu ere
toya! to the CMtsd States, and no others,
for the purpose OF s!torioE or aueu1tp9 tie
Constitution thereof; and witA authorityte,
exercise, within the limits OF said State, all
tho powers necessa-y and propsr to enable
suclf loyal psopic OF the State Of South Ca-
rolina to restore said state to its oonstitu-
tiona! relations to the Federal Government,
slnd to present sucn Il Republican form Of
State Government as will eutitls the Stats
to the guarantee Of She United States there
United States against invasion, instruction
ana domestic violence; provided, that in
any ELECTION that may hereafter he Leld for
choosing de!es..es to any State Convention
as aforesaid, Eo person shall be qualified 40
an elector, Oh si,au be eligible as a ,rernbar
OF such Conv el.tlon, unless he shall have
preT1ouslE t"kc-, and subscribed tho uatn Of
amnesty, as set foith IL the Presidents
proclanlntion 81 Ma 90, A. D. 1855, and il
d voter quaiiccr - prescribed by tho Con
stlruIlon and laws cf the State o. South
Carolina in force Immediately before the
sevon.centa 9th, DAY OF November, A. ..
1850, the dstc q tbs .sO-callcG Ordinance Of
SecessIon: and :hc SAID Convention, wheh
convened, or the legislature that NAV bo
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the
quahhcatlon OF electors, and the eligibility
of persons to hoad Office under the Consti-
tuition and laws OF the State, o power the
people of The several Stat& com posine thu
Federal Union have rgntfully exercised
from the origin OF the Govsrllment to the
present time"
1t AS, therefore, ordered, Cha. AL officers
and other persons IN the United States
military sery;cc, within the State Of South
Carolina, aiu anG assist Governor Perry il
carrying into effect the foregoing .instruc-
ticns, and they arc epioined to abstain
from, III any way, hinslcrng, impeding or
discouraSing the loyal people OF the State
troln the Organization OF q State Govern
ment,. as li:rctaabo"e authorized and d.
rrcttd.
All srtlcrs aud instructions now in opera.
tion throughout this Department, whether
emanatiuS from :hesv'Aeadquarters, or from
Headquarters Department of Che South.
that arc not inconsistent with the foroeoin.,
distinctly specified provisions Of this order,
will continue in force rs here etoforc. through.
out the State OF South Carolina.
Every noelful facility for taking tho nm
ucsty cath VIII be afforded by the military
authorities, on fOrn)Y heretofore srn,,!;eS
for THAT purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshsls and Anista mt
Provost Aiarshals will constitute the onIv
military officers entitled to administer til.
amnesty oath, certified copy Of which
will, in Ill cases; be furnished to the ,inGi.
vidual taking it. Phe original oaths viii be
transmitted. seIni-lnonthIy, ny thc officer
y administering the same, to the Provost
Marshal Genctal at these Headquarters, iy'
Wnom they will be recorded in book Se;;t
far 5xl -
Secretary Of SSals
Persons applying for Executive clrn.on:v
Will eend their petition with 9 corti.ioJ
copy 9f tho ANN atty Oath attachs II, tha
PRESIDENT, through the Provision: Cover
nor at Grsenvllle, South Carolina.
BY command of
Maj. Gen. @. A. GILMORE.
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