The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-11
zBALY, SCOTT & BRUINS.
Icndlq'rs Department OF the So,
ASSEMBLY ISIREET.

Hc"tlq'rs Department OF the South,
HILTON HEAD, S. c.. July %. 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9.
L is announced, for the information and
i government Of this command, that BEN
been appointed, by the President, Provi-
sional Governor of the. State of South Caro-
Ina, with authority and instructions, cat
the earliest practicable period, to pi&scribe
such rules and regulations as may be ncces-
composed of delegates to be chosen by that
portion of the people of said State who arc
loyal to the United States, and no others.
for the purpose Of altering or amending the
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within the limits of said State, all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people of the State of South
Carolina to restore said State to it's consti-
tutlonal relations to the Federal Govern
ment, and to present such a Republican
form OF State Government as will entitle the
State to the guarantee of the United States
therefor, and its people to protection by tho
United States against invasion. instruction
and domestic violence: PrOUlded That in
any election that may be held for choosing
delegates to any State Convention as atore-
tor, or shall be eligible as a member of such
convention, unless he shall have previously
taken and subsQEibcd the Oath of Amnesty.
rs set forth in th&Prcsidcnts proclamnticn
OF May ~, A. ID. 195, and is u voter quail
laws of the State of South Carolina in force
immediately before the seventeenth Q7th>
day OF November, A. u. 1860, the date Of
the so-called Ordinance of Secession: and
the said Convention, when convened, or the
LcSislatnre =, that may be thereafter assem-
bled, will prescribe the qualification of
electors and the eligibility Of persons to
hola office under the Constitution and Jaws
OF the State, a power the people of the
several States composing the Federal Union
nave riShtfully exercised from the origin of
the Government to the present time
1t is, therefore, ordered, that all officers
and other persons in the United States
military service, within the State Of South
Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
CARVING into effect the foregoing instruc-
from, in any way, hindering, impeding or
d'scouraSing the loyal people of the State
IRON the organization of State Govern
ment, as hereinabove authorized and di-
rectcd
All orders and instructions now in opera
ton throughout this department, whether
from these Headquarters or
from Headquarters Department of tho
South, that are not inconsistent with the
foregoing distinctly specified provisions Of
THIS order, will continue in force as hereto
tore, throughout the State OF South Caro-
lima.
Every necdful facility for taking the AM
ncsty Oath will be afforded by tue military
authorities, on forms heretofore supplied
for that purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant
Provost Marshals will constitute the onlv
military officers entitled to administer the
Amnesty Oath, a certified copy of which
will, in all cases, be furnished to the indivi-
dual taking it. The original oaths will be
scmi-monthly, by the officer
administering the same, to the Provost
Marshal General at these Headquarters, by
whom they will be recorded in a book kept
or that purpose, and then forwarded to tie
Secretary Of State.
Persons applying for Executive clemoncy
Will send their petition with certified
opy of the Amnesty Oath attachedO to the
PRESIDENT, through the Provisional Cover
or, at Grecnville, South Carolina BY COM
nand of Maj. Gen. Q. A. GILMORE.
W: L. NJ. BURGER, Asst Adj't Gen.
Official: T. D. HODGES, Capt. 35th u. S.
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