The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-25
REORGANIZATION.

american Union. He stated that he did so at the
-o,uest of several gentlemen from North Caro-
,ins Read twice, referred to the Committee on
territories, and ordered to be printed.
The following is the bill:
nil to establish civil government In
North- Carolina, and enable it to resume
;ts former relations as one of the con-
.,;tuent States of the American Union.
I,rrpr,s On the Goth day of Nav, 1861 the
..;nns of North Carolina, one of the United
Statcs of America, did rebel against the Govern
St g., Of the United States, and on the said 10th
Snr of Nav and thereafter, did violently set aside
Guy destroy the organized Constitutional Govern
an ot the said State and did engage with Others
Il, armed hostility and warfare TO maintain their
said action; 'no
WHEREAS, After the lapse of more than four
" +hn United States by force of arms, having
Snondrd in auelling said rebellion and disarm-
S'r mch insurgent citizens, did find in said dis
trict formerly comprising the State OF North
Go,ino no government organized officers
III" aii5nd according to the requirements of the
3Tnnstituton of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The President of the United States
nv virtue of his power as Commander. Chief of
- Army and Navy under the operation of mar
al law for the purpose OF preserving peace and
nrier and of relieving his subordinate military Off
caTs from executing the details of civil regulations
IN fine several and widely separated localities in
+hn district did, under forms and rules by him
prescribed, authorize certain citizens of the dis
trirt to assume the execution of said purpose of
1rpSp
and sanction of the military authority; and
WHEREAS 1t is the duty of the Congress of
tba United States TO preserve the said district,
and the loyal citizens thereof, as one OF the Uni
fed States of America, and by law to cause to be
orpanized therein government republican in
form based on the civil and law making power
OF the nation; therefore,
Be it enacted ETC., That on the Goth day of May,
1867 at the hour of Il O'Clock, meridian, there
shall be assembled at the State House in the city of
Raleigh, Convention of the loyal citizens of the
district formerly comprising the State Of North
Carolina, composed of 120 delegates, to be chosen
by voters qualified as hereinafter provided and
each county i'll said district shall be entitled to
send to said Convention the same number of del
erates that it was entitled to send members to the
House of Commons of the State of North Carroll
ma prior TO the Both day of May, 1861; and ma
1orty of the delegates elected to said Convention
Shall constitute 4 quorum, and be invested with
the sovereign power of the people of the district
TO frame a State Constitution, which shall be
submitted to the Congress of the United States
for approval, modification or rejection, prepare
tory to the establishment of the said State, and
the reinvesting its loyal citizens with all of the
rights privileges and immunities appertainng to
the citizens of the other States OF the Union
and the said Convention shall have power and au
thoritv to do all other acts which by the recog
nized principles of republican government SOW
creign Conventions of the people of the States !
NAV of right do: provided that i'll case no quorum
shall assemble on the said Goth day of May, any
less number of delegates assembled may adjourn
from dav to day until such time as quorum may |
assemble for the transaction of business.
Second That in the election Of delegates to |
said Convention there shall be allowed to vote all
male resident citizens of the district formerly |
the State of North Carolina, OF the |
aye of twenty-one years, without distinction of |
race or color who can read or write, or may own
in fee real estate of the assessed value OF S0O or
more: Provided, That no one who has heretofore
exercised the right of suffrage in said district
shall be disqualified from voting in said election.
Third: That the qualifications for the dele
gates to the said Convention shall be the same as
nf hn n
mons of the State of North Carolina, immediate
ly previous the 10th of May, 1861, upon the
taking and subscribing, before the Judge OF the
District Court of the United States for the Dis
trct of North Carolina or some other officer of
the United States authorized to administer oaths,
the following oath, to wit:
l do solemnly swear on the Holy Evangcists of
Almighty God Tor affirm as the case may be- that
on the fourth day of March. 1864 and at all times
would willingly have complied with
the requirements of the Proclamation OF the Pre-
day of December, 1863 had safe opportunity of
doing so been afforded me- That on the said |
fourth day of March, 1864, and at all times there
after l was opposed to the continuance of the |
and to the establishment of the SOCIAL |
led Confederate Government, and voluntarily gave
no aid or encouragement thereto, but earnestly |
desired the success of the Union and the sukpres |
sion OF all armed resistance to the Government OF
the United States and that will hcnceforth faith
fully support the Constitution of the United |
States, and the Union of the States Hereunder.
And no person shall be allowed to sit or act as
delegate in said Convention, or hold any office |
or appointment Hereunder, until he shall |
have taken and subscribed the above oath in the !
manner and form as above provided.
Fourth: That it shall be the duty of the Judge /
of the District Court, or other officer before whom
such oath is proposed to be taken, whenever he |
may suspect it is about to be taken falsely by any
person, to put to such person any question under
oath, and to hear any other evidence that may
tend TO satisfy him as to the proprety of admin
istering it. And if, in his judgment, the person
cannot truthfullv take the oath, he may refuse to
administer it, And should any person falsely take
said oath, he shall be indicted and prosecuted in
the Circuit Court of the United States held in the
district in which the Utfense may be committed,
Tor the crime of perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall be sentenced to and receive such
punishment as now attaches to the crime of per-
jury. And in the trial Ofsuch indictment, no per-
son shall be qualified 10 sit npon the Jury until
he shall have taken said oath, and the Court may
require amy juror to take it, unless lie shall swear
that he cannot truthfully do
FIFTH: That it shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent of the United States to direct and require
The United States Marshal for the District of
North Carolina to appoint for each county>in said
district one Deputy Marshal, and the Deputy Mar
shal 50 appointed shall, each in his respective
county, appoint keepers and inspectors of polls
md other necessary assistants, and on the first day
ot May, 1861, the said Deputy Marshas shall each
open polls in their respective counties for the !
election of delegates TO said Convention at such |
places and shall conduct the election and give |
certificates of election, under such rules and reg
llatOns, except as herein otherwise provided, as
we're prescribed for the election of members of
ne House of Commons by the laws of the State
If North Carolina Immediately previous to the Goth
lay Of May, 1861; and any person who shall be
appointed Deputy Marshal, or Inspector or In
pector, or Keeper of the Polls, aforesaid, and
Sho shall refuse or neglect to perform the duties
equired of him under this act, shall be guilty
II a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before the United States Circuit Court, he'd in |,
he district,of North Carolina, shall be fined such
um, or imprisoned for such time as the Court in
Is discretion shall fix.
Sirth. That the said deputy marshals, keepers
md inspectors of polls, and other necessary as
,stants shall receive the sum of five dollars per
lay, for every day they may be engaged in the
discharge of their duties under this act to be as
;ertalned and paid by the United States Marshal
u the district under the order of the District
Judge And the United States Marshal in ad-
itlon to his present salary and fees, shall receive
uch compensation for the discharge of his duties
lnaer this act, as Congress may hereafter allow;
nd the Treasurer OF the United States shall pay
the nitcd States Marshal of said District, upon
lie order or requsition OF said Judge out OF any
no1eys IN the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ted, such sums of money from time to time, as
nay BE necessary for carrying out tne forego-
ne provisions.
neeenth. That the present organization set up
1hder martial law by the military power of the
resident, and all officers in said district charged
WIN the execution of civil regulations therein,
ept the regular officers of the United States,
mail cease To no md fl,air frLpc