The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
THE LEGAL Voters.

derstand all of its provisions.
THE LEGAL Voters.
SECTION !. Be 1t enacted 5yr The rGeagal
I Assembly Of tie State Of Tennessee, That
! the following persons, to wit:
1st. Every white man twenty one years
Of age, a citizen of the United States, and
a citizen of the county wherein he may offer
/ his vote, six months next preceding the day
! Of election, and pupliely known to have ep-
tertained unconditional Union sentiments
from the outbreak of the rebellion to the
/ present time5 and, E HIoTT
/ I'd Every white man, citizen Of the
/ United States, and a citizen of the county
wherein he may offer his vote, six months
next preceding the day of election, having
arrived at the age of tyEeRtY-One years since
March ,4th, 1855; proUided thathe has not
been engaged in armed rebellion against the
authority of the United States, voluntarily;
and
+ r Sd. Every white man Of lawful age, COM
ing from another State, end being a citizen
of the United States, on proof of loyalty to
the United States, and being a citizen of the
county wherein he may offer his vote, six
months nextspreceding the day Of election );
and,
4th Every white man; citizen of the
United States, and a citizen of this State,
who has served as a soldier in the army of
the United States, and has been, or may be,
hereafter, hOnorably discharged therefrom
and 49, rs
9Th. Every white man of lawful age,
citizen of the United States, and a citizen
of the county wherein he may offer his vote,
six months next preceding the day of cleo
tionywho was censcripted by force into the
sO-ealled Confederate army and was known
to be Union man. on proof of loyalty to
the United States, established 5byathe testi-
mOny Of two voters Hnderthe previous claus
es of this section and, ~. -.s,-.f,-T
9th. Every white man Who voted in this
State at the Presidential election IN NuVem-
ber 1864, or voted on the =22d of February,
1865, or voted on the 4th of March, lS651ih
this State, and all others who had taken the
"Oath of allegiance to the United States,
and may be known by the judges of cleo
ton to have been true friends to the Gov
ernment of the United States, and would.
have voted ia said previously mentioned
elections, if the same had been holden with
IN their reach, shall be entitled to the priv
iIeges of the elective franchise.
THE DIsFRANCuIsED
Sec . Be 1T further enacted That all
persons who are or shall have been civitOr
diplomatic officers or agents of the sO-called
Confederate States of America, or who have
left Judicial stations under the United States
or the State of Tennessee, to aid In any way
the existing or late rebellion against the au-
thority Of the United States, or. who are or
shall have been military or naval officers of
the so-called Confederate States, above the
rank Of Captain in the army or lieutenant
in the navy; or who have left seats in the
United States Congress or seats in the Leg
islature of the State Of Tennessee to aid in
said rebellions or have resigned commissions
IN the army or navy Of the United States,
and afterwards have volHntarialy given aid
to said rebellion and persons who have en-
gagged IN treating otherwise than lawfully as
prisoners Of war, persons found in the Uni-
ted States service as officers, soldiers, sea-
men, or IN any other capacity or persons
who have been or are abseutees from the
cGuited States for the purpose Of aiding the
rebellion, or persons who held pretended Of
fees under the Government of States in in
surrectiOu against the United States or per-
sons who left their homes within the juris-
diction and protection of the United States,
or fed before the approach of the National
forces and passed beyond the Federal mill
tarY lines into the so-called Confederate
States, for the purpose of aiding the rebel
lion shall be denied and refused the privi-
lege of the elective franchise in this State,
for the term of fifteen years from and after
the passage Of this act.
SEC 3. Be 1t further enacted, That all
other persons, excepting those mentioned in
Section l of this Act are hereby and hence
forth excluded and denied the exercise of
the privilege Of the elective franchise in this
State for the term of FIVE years, from and af-
ter the passage of this Act.
SEC. Belt further enacted, That all
persons embraced in Section 8 of this Act,
after the expiration Of said five years may
be re-admitted TO the privilege of the elect
i've franchise, by petition to the Circuit or
Chancery Court, on proof of loyalty to the
United States in open court, upon the testi-
mOny Of two or more loyal citizens Of the
United States.
SOLDIERS. $50
SEC. s. Be 1t further enacted, That so
long as any of the white citizens Of the State
of Tennessee, who by this Act are entitled
to exercise the elective franchise, shall be
| CONNECTED with the army of the Uuited
States, or with themilitary force Of the State
| in actual service the Governor shall issue
writs of election to the commanding officers
/ of such brigades, regiments or detachments
/ of Tennessee soldiers, wherever located,
/ who shall open and hold the election, and
| receive the votes of their respective com
mands, and return the same to the Secretary
/ of State, and which shall be counted in the
same way ana manner as ii SalQ votes hld
/ been cast in any Of the counties of the State
| to which the soldiers belonged.
| REGISTRATION.
SEC. G. BE 1t further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the County Court Clerk, in
each county to open and keep registration
Of voters, and before whom proof under
oath that the voter falls within the provis-
ions of articles Of this Act shall be made
Procided, No man of publicly known Union
sentiments shall be required to make oath
| in doing the same; and said clerk shall re-
ceive such compensation as the County
Court in each county may deem proper and
also said clerk shall issue to all such per
sons n certificate of registration, and no one
shall be permitted by the Judges Of election
to vote unless so registered
CHALLENGE.
SEC l. Be &c further enacted, That qns