The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05

;Ihat each OF said So-called States
shall constitute a military district, to
be subject to the military authorities
of the United States as herein enact
| ed and prescribed. ~
i SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of
| the General of the army, under au-
! thority of the President Of the United
| States, to assign to the command of
said districts an officer of the regular
army, not below the rank of Brigadier
General, to furnish such officer with a
military force sufficient to enable him
to perform his duties and to enforce
his authority within the district to
which he is assigned
SEQ. 3. That it shall be the duty
of each officer assigned as aforesaid,
to protect all law abiding persons in
their rights of person and property,
to suppress insurrection, disorder and
violence, and the punishment, or
cause to be pun shed, all disturbers
of the public peace and criminalsa
and to this end, he may allow the To-
cal tribunals to take Jurisdiction and
try offenders, or when in his judg-
ment it may be deemed necessary for
the trial Of the offenders, he shall
have full power to organize military
commission or tribunals for that pur-
pose, anything In the constitution or
laws Of The so-called States to the
contrary Notwithstanding, and all
Legislative and judicial proceedings of
said military tribunals, and all inter
ference by said pretended governments
with the exercise of military au-
uthority under this act, shall be void
and Of no effect. ~ Aoe
Sec. A. All Courts and Judicial of
ficers of the United States may issue
writs Of Habeas Corpus in behalf of
prisoners in military custody, only
when some commissioned officer on
duty in the district where the petition
originates shall endorse on said petit
ton, statement, certifying upon hon
or that, he has knowledge or in
formation as to the cause or circum-
stances of the alledged detention and
believes the prisoner to be wrongful
ly detained, and that he endorses the
petition in good faith, that justice may
be melted out without delay. All per-
sons put under military arrest by vir-
tue of this, act shall be tried without
unnecessary delay, and no cruel or
unusual punishments shall be inhict-
ed. .geae1 -Ah
i Sec. s.. That no sentence of any
military tribunal, affecting the liberty
or life Of any person, shall be executed
until approved by the officer in COM
mand Of the proper district; and the
laws and regulations of the govern
ment of the army shall not be affected
by this Act, except in so far as they
conflict with its provisions. - - 81
s HoUsE.-Seyeral bills and yresolu-
ton, were introduced including the
following by Kelly: TO prohibit the
Secretary Of the Treasury from sell
ing gold ! Referred otd1ra 81
/ Grimes offered a resolution that the
public interest, demands that there
shall not be during the current year
any reduction of greenbacks, and di-
reeting the Committee on Ways and
Means to report the bill to that effect.
h A resolution was adopted by 81 to
81 by Mckee, to Empower Judges OF
the District Courts of the United |
States to hear and determine appeals |
from their own judgment. Referred,
By Trimble, to repeal the tag on |
State bank circulation. Referred. (
By Maynard, for the relief of loyal |
citizens of the United States in the
lately insurrectionary States. Re
ferred. afg 80
BY Defrees, to re-establish civil
governments in the States lately in
rebellion, and enable them to resume
their former relations with the Union.
Referred. 81 M q
Mr.. Kelsoe's impeachment resolu
tons of the 7th of January were re-
ferred to the judiciary Committee.
NOEL offered resolutions instructing
the Committee on the District of Co.
lumbia to report bill extending suf-
frage to women In the District, and
instructing the Judiciary Committee
to report bill authorizing the call of
a Constitutional Convention in Massa-
chusetts, to make a Constitution for
that State, republican in form.
Debate arising, the resolutions went
over ~
.Schenck, under the suspension Of
rules, offered a resolution instructing
the Naval Committee to inquire into !
the propriety Of the removal OF. the |
Naval Academy from Maryland to
some point in a loyal State, and re,
port by bill or otherwise. Adopted /
yeas, 108; nays, 30. set
The House in Committee of the 1
Whole considered the Fertilization
Bill, from which. the enacting clause
was finally stricken, which is a rejec
ton Of the bill. The Committee arose
and the House confirmed the action
of the Committee and adjourned.