The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-08-22
By the PROVISIONAL Governor of the
State of South Carolina.

w dent Johnson, has issued his pro
clamation, appointing me (Benjamin F.
Perry) Provisional Governor in aud for tho
State of South Carolina, with power to pre-
scribe suof rules and regulations as,may DO
necessary and proper for convening Con-
vention of the State, composed Of delegates
| to be chosen by that portion Of the people Of
said State who are loyal to the United
States, for the purpose Of altering or amend
ing the Constitution thereof; and with au-
thority to exercise within the limits Of the
State all tho powers necessary and proper
to enable such loyal people to restore said
State to it's constitutional relations TO the
Federal Government, and to present such
Republican form of State Government rs
win cntitle the State to the guarantee of the
United States therefor, and its people to
protection by the United States against in-
vasion, jnsurrection and domestic violence
Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro-
-olamaton Of His Excellency, Andrew John
son, President Of the United States, l, BEN
JAMIN F.. PERRY, Provisional Governor of
the State Of South Caroline. for tho purpose
of organizing u Provisional Government in
South Carolina, 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 tho Civil
Government of the State was suspended, in
May last, (eXcept those avrested or under
prosecution for treason,) shall, or taking
the oath of allegiance prescribed in the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation Of tho
their offices and continue 10 discharge them
under the Provisional Government till fur
| ther appointments are made
AndI do further proclaim, declare and
| make known, that it is the duty of oil loyal
| citizens of the State of South Carolina to
promptly go forward and take tho oath of
allegiance to the United States, before some
magistrate or military officer Of the Federal
| Government, who may be qualified for Gd :
ministering oaths and such are hereby au-
| thorized to give certified copies thereof to
the persons respectively by whom they
were made. And such magistrates or off,
GERS are hereby required to transmit the
originals of such oaths, ut as early day rs
may be convenient, to the Department of
State, in The city of ofWashington, D. c..
And do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that the Managers of Eleo-
tions throughout tho State of South Caro-
lima will hold nm election for members Of "a
State Convention, at their respective pre-
cincts, on the FIRST MONDAY IN SEP.
TENDER NEXT, according to the laws of
South Carolina i'll force before the secession
Of the State, and that each Election District
in the State shall elect as many nlcmbcrs
of the Convention as tho said District has
| members OF the House of Representatives.
| the basis of representation being population
| md taxation. This will give one hundred
and twenty-four members TO the Convention
IA number sufficiently large to represent
every portion Of the State most fully.
Every loyal citizen who had taken tho
Amnesty oatn, and not wi. hin the excepted
classes in the Presidents proclamation,
will be entitled to vote, provided he was q
legal voter under the Constitution as it stood
prior to the secessionof South Carolina.
And all who are within the excepted classes
must take the oath and apply for pardon,
| in order to entitle them to vote or become
members Of the Convention. %Hta.St!
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, 1866, for the pur-
pose Of altering and amending the present
Constitution Of South Caroline, or'rcmodei-
J Ing and making o new one, which will con-
form to the great changes which have taken
place in the State, and be more in 1accord-
anoe with Republican principles and equality
Of representation. q fs " 8s6 ts,t3 va
And do further proclaim and make
known. that the Constitution and all laws
Of force in South Carolina prior to the
secession ofthe State, are hereby made OF
force under the Provisional Government,
except wherein they may conflict with the
PROVISIONS Of this proclamation. And the
| Judges and Cbancellors Of the State are
hereby required TO exercise all the powers
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