Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-18


Lists Of Foters.
|. All citizens are entitled to be registered
unless disqualified for the acts and offences
set forth in the rules and regulations for Reg
istration, published in General Orders No 60
No citizen is disqualified unless, having
held Office under the United States, or haring
been member of the Legislature of any
State, or having held some executive or judi,
cial office uuder general Law oe the State.
h, afterwards engaged in the rebellion,
give aid and comfort to persons so engaged
or unless, by the decree OF competent judi
cial tribunal, or by an act OF Congress, or
law oi i. State, he has been disIranchised fol
rebellion against tie United States, or Tor
ic.ony.
Disqualified persons are of several classes
for example:
lst. Any person not twenty-one yearsof &se.
ID Any person who has noo acquired a
residence in the State.
Sd. ANY person otherwise qualified by age
and residence, who having held oilice uader
the United States, afterwards engaged in re
beliion, or gave aid and comfort to their
enemies.
4rh. ANY person otherwise qualified BY
residence and ;.gc, who, having been mem
Der Of lesi,laiure, or having held executive
or judicial otfi:e under a general law of
State, afterwards engaged in rebellion against
TIE United States, o. gave aid and comfort to
their enemies.
9th. Any person otherwise qualified by res.
idcnce and age, who has been ds:ranchised
by the sentence OF a competent judicial TIL
bunal for felony.
9Th. Any person otherwise qualified by res
ideace and age, who has been disfranchised
by law; for example = citizen Of Tennessee:
disfranchised BY the constitution and laws oi
that State, for participation in TIE rebellion,
who has become a resident CT North or South
Carolina.
II. A citizen, not included within either Of
the above specified classes, although he may
have voluntary taken part in the rebellion, is
qualified so citizen included within the Sd
or 4th class, whose acts in aid of rebellion
were not voluntary, is qualified.
In general, oiiiccrs OF mere municipalities,
towns or villages are not embraced in the 30
and 4th classes of paragraph l. for example: /:
g policeman or member Of town guard.
appointed by town or city authorities: local
health officers, weighers, measuVers and IN
spectors of merchandise and produce: persons
holding deputations from civil officers, such
as deputy sheriiIs, and tie like: clerks and
assistants appointed or employed by civi:
officers: pound.Inasters, jailors appointed by
sheriffS, ETC.: these are not offices created BY
law for the administration Of a general law
of State, or for The administration of justice.
There are, however, certain municipal or
town officers within the intent and meaning
Of the Ac:s Of Congress, and Who BY Su5se-
quent acts in aid OF the rebellion, would b.
disqualified. For example, a mayor of a'city,
or intendant of town, who may have been,
By virtue OF his Office, a magistrate, having
authority by law TO hear aud determine COM
plants for petty offences, and to impose pun
ishment by fine and imprisonment upon OF
Tenders: or to arrest, commit or hold TO bail
persons charged with crime.
Municipal or town officers, having authori-
ty to enforce mere local ordinances in the na.
tlre of police regulations, fer the preservation
of order, the regulation of trade, and the
abatement of nuisanccs, OR other strictly cor
porate matters, are not within the disiranchi
sing provisions of the Act.
The circumstance, nevertheless, that the
duties of an. officer wero performed within
prescribed locality, as for instance, either
District, County, Parish, City Or Town, does
no. screen him from the peration of the dis
qualifying clauses, procided, his duties bad
been prescribed by u general law; for exam
PIE, Sheriffs of Counties, and Constables of
Towns, ill Offices created by law for the ad-
ministration Of general laws Of the State.
Nor is every employment, although held By
virtue of law OF the State, and compensated
by salary fixed BY law, and raised by gen
eral tax, an office; for example, teacher in
a Public School, or College supported or en-
dowcd by the State; physicians and atten
dants employed in State Asylums for the
Deaf aud Dumb or for Lunaiics, do not hold
offices, although these persons are in the pub
tic service.
Officers of Militia, employed in the execu-
tioa of the Patrol La,cs, or other lows haTing
relation to the domestic order Of the State and
the government Of the slare population therein,
and who afterwards engaged in the rebellion.
a-e disqualified; such Offices, although mill
tary in name, are civil and executive in their
duties.
Certain employments, licensed by authority
of State laws, having relation to the admins
tra.ion of justice, are not offices within the
meaning of the acts: for example, lawyers.
All offices auxiliary to Courts, such as
Clerks of Courts, Masters in Equity, etc. ETC.,
created by general laws, for the administra-,
.ion of justice, arc within the meaning of the
Acts Of Congress.
A Notary Public, being mere ministerial
officer, and performing no executive or judi
cial duties, is not within the disqualiiying
clauJes Of the Acts Of Congress.
Local officers, having executive powers and
duties defined by general laws, and embraced
within the civil polty of the State although
chosen or appointed by the people of the vi
c:nage, are disqualified, il, after holding such
offices, they voluntarily engaged in the rebel
lion, or afforded aid and comfort to persons SO
engaged: for example: overseers of highways:
land commissioners, oyerSecrs OF tie poor,
Captains of Beat Companies.
Naturalized citizens, having abjured allegi
ance to all sovereignty other than that of the
United States, and having taken upon them
selves the obligations and duties belonging to
and acquired thereby the rights and
privileges of citizenship, who afterwards re-
voluntarily their allegiance to the
United States, and acknowledged allegiance
to and became citizens Of the pretended gov
ernme::. OF the Confederate States of Amer
ica," and voluntarily took up arms against
the United States, or gave aid anl comfort to
the enemies thereof, have CEASED by their own
act to be citizens Of the United States, and
will be deemed aliens until again naturalized
as citizens Of the United States.
The cases of all such persons will however,
be specially noted on the Books of Registra-
ton, for further consideration before the final
revision prior to an election.
III. Applications for registration, whether
accepted or rejected, and whether the oath is
administered or not are required to be re-