The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-08-31
By the Provisional Governor of the
State of South Carolina.

! w dent johnson, has issued his pro-
clamation, appointing me (Bcnjamin T.
Perry Provisional Governor in and for the
State of South Carolina, with power to pre-
scribe such rules and regulations rs may DO
necessary and proper for convening Con-
vcntion 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 ofaltering or amend
ing the Constitution thereof: and with au-
thority to exercise within the limits of tho
State all the powers necessary and proper
| to enable such loyal people to restore said
1 State to its constitutional relations 10 the
| Federal Government, and to present such
! Republican form of State Government MS
| will entitc the State to the guarantee of the
| United States therefor, and its people to
| protection by the United States against in
Vasion, insurrecton and domestic violence
Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro.
| clamation of His Exccllency, Andrew John
| son, President of the United States, |, BEN
| JAMlN L. PERRY, Provisional Governor of
| the State of South Carolina, for the purpose
of organizing a 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 the Civil
Government of tho State was suspended, in
May last (eXcept those arrested OF under
| prosecution for trcason,) shall, on taking
the oath of allegiance prescribed in tho
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation of the
18th day OF May, 1866, resume the duties of
| their offices and continue to discharge them
| under the Provisional Government till fur
| thcr appointments are made.
And | do further proclaim. declare and
make known, that it is the duty of all loyal
citizens Of the State of South Carolina to
promptly go forward and take the oath of
allegiance to the United States, before some
magistrate or military officer of the Federal
| Government, who may be qualified for ad-
| ministering oaths; and such are hereby au-
thordzed 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, at rs early day as
may be convenient, to the Department of
State, in the city of Washington, D. C.
And do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that the Managers of Elcc-
lions throughout the State of South Caro-
4ina will hold an election for members of
State Convention. Mt their respective pre-
cincis, on tho 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 members
of the Convention rs the snid District has
members the House of Representatives
the basis Of representation being population
J and taxation. This will give one hundred
and twenty members to the Convention
"A number sufficiently large to represent
| every portion of the State most fully.
| Every loyal citizen who had taken the
Amnesty oath, and not within the excepted
classes in the Presidents proclamation,
will be entitled to vote, provided he was
legal voterunder the Constitution as it stood
prior to the secession of 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.
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, 1865, for the pur-
pose of altering and amending the present
Constitution of South Caroline, or remodel
| ing ard makinga new one, which will con-
] form to the grent changes which have taken
| place in the State, and be more in accord
"hOe WIN RcPupiioah PiihOipieS anu equnlily
of representation.
And / do further proclaim and make
known, that the Constitution and all laws
of force in South Carolina prior to the
secession of the 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 Clancellors of the State are
hereby required to exercise all the powers
and perform all ,tlic duties which appertain
to their respective Offices, and especially in
criminsl cases. twill be expected ofthe
Federal military authorities now in Sonth
Carolina, to lend their authority to the civil
officers of the Provisional Government, for
the purpose of enforcing the laws and
preserving thepeace and good order ofthe
State. 8NS{ IS elit *
And / do further command and enjoin all
good and lawful citizens Of the State to
unto in enforcing tho laws and bringing to
justice all disorderly persons, all pfunderers
robbers and mayalslers, all Migrants and |
idle persons who are wandering about yitliss,.
out employment or any, yisible means Of