The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-14
RECoNsTRUCTIoN.

tIY The following is Ythe stextEofi the SENATE
. Supplementary reconstruction bIli, as ~ pass
+ ed both Houses: ~ y1i11sd .,!aat,tg5lA 5si1
vi SEC 1. Be 1T enacted 5a the Senate fa7ad
House Of Rsprese1tatic Of The limited b1ates
+ of America in Congress assembled, That 1t rs
< hereby declared to hayefbeen the true1intent
= and meaning Of the act of March 2d, A. u,
1867. entitled an act to provide tor the more
efficient government of the rebel States,
1 and of the act supplementary thereto, passed
on the 23d day of March, IN the year loof,
, that the governments, then existing IN the
rebel States of Virginia, North-Carollpa,
South Carolina, Georgia. Mississippi, Ala
ban1a. Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arkan-
sas.y were illegal and void, and thereafter the
same governments, if continued, were to he
; continued subject in all respects to the Mill
tary Commanders of the respective Districts
and to the authority of Congress: e.
l. SEC. 2. Ind be IL FURTHER eoHcted. 'That the
, commander oil any district named In said act
shall have power, subject to the approval OF
the General OF the armies of the United
States, to have effect till disapproved,
whenever in the opinion of such COM
manCler the proper administration OF said
act shall require it., to suspend or re-
move from olice, or from the performance
of official duties and the, exercise OF official
| powers, any officer or person holding or e&-
! ercising, or protesting to. hold or exercise
any civil or military office, or duty in such
! district under any power, election, appoint
ment or authority derived from or granted
| by, or claimed under any so-called State or
! the government thereof, or any municipal or
| other division thereof and upon such sus7
pension or removal such commander. subject
TO the approval of the General aforesaid,
shall have power to provide from time TO
time fol- the performance of the said duties
OF such officer or person, SO suspended or re-
moved, by the detail OF some competent Of
ficer or soldier of the army or by the APP
pointment Of some other person to perform
the same and to fill vacancies occasioned by
death, resignation or otherwise.
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That
the General of the armies of the United
States shall be invested with all the power OF
suspension, removal, appointment and detail
granted in the preceding section to district
commanders. .i.r s r., +.r..-.'.. ga. ....-~
SEC 4. Ind he it .fariher eaoeted, That
the acts of the officers Of the army already
done in removing in said districts persons
exercising the functions of civil officers and
appointing others in their stead, are hereby
confirmed provided that any person hereto
fore Or hereafter appointed by any district
commander to exercise the functions OF any
civil office may he removed, either by the
military officer in command of the district or
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the duty of commanders to remove from of
fee as aforesaid, all person who are disoyal
to the government OF the United States. or
who use their official influence in any manner
to hinder. delay, prevent or obstruct the due
and proper administration of this act, and
the acts to which this is supplementary.
SEC. 5 ind be It further elacted That
the boards OF registration provided for in
the act entitled An act supplementary to
an act entitled An act to provide Tor the
more efficient government of the rebel
States passed March 2. 1867, and to facili-
tate rcstoration,' passed Mar h %, 1857,
shall have power, and it shall be their duty
before the allowing the registration Of any
person. to ascertain, upon such facts or in
formation us they can obtain, whether such
person is entitled to be registered under
said act and the oath required by said act
shall not be conclusive on such question,
and no person shall be registered unless such
board shall decide that he Is entitled there
to-; and such board shall also have power to
examine under oath Ito he administered by
any member of sIch boarCO any one touch
ing the qualification of any person claiming
Registrations. But in every case of Il refusal
by the board to register an applicant, made
in every case hereinafter provided, the board
shall make a note or memorandum, which
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the commanding Generals OF the Districts,
setting forth the ground of such refusal, or
such striking from the list: Provided, that
no person shall he disqualified. as member
Of any board of registration, by reason of
race or color.
SEC. 6. Ind be it further enacted, That
the true intent and meaning of the oath pre-
scribed in said supplementary act is (amcng
otter things,) that no person who has been
a memter Of the Legislature of any State,
or who has held any executive or judicial
Office in any State, whether he has taken an
oath TO support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States or not. and whether he was hold
ing such Office at the commencement Of the
rebellion or had held it before and who has
afterwards engaged in instruction or rebel
lion againstthe United States, or given aidor
comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to
be registered or to vote; and the words tex
ecutiSe or judicial office in any State" in
said oath mentioned shall be construed to
include all civil offices created by law for the
administration of the general law of the
State, or for the administration of Justice
Sec. 7. and be it further enftcted, That the
time tor. completing the original registration
provided form said act may, in the discre-
tom Of the eoalmmander of any district, be
extended to the list -daEsot October, 1861;
and the boards ofEregistration shall have
power, and 1t shall be their duty, eommenc-
ing fourteen days prior to any election under
said act, and upon reasonable public notice
of the time and place thereof, to revise for
period Of three days the registration lists:
and upon being satisfied thai any person not
entitled thereto has been registered. to strike
the name of such person.from the list. And
such hoard shall also, during the same peri
cd, add to. such registry the names Of. all
persons who at that time possess the eualifl
cations required by said act who have not
been ftiready egistefed, and no person shall
at any time 5e entitled to be registered or to
vote by reasoni of any executive pardon or
amnesty, fol, any act or thing which, with
out saofppardon or amnesty, would disqual-
ify him from registration voting.
SEC. 8. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
"a of the said last-naped act shall be con-
strued to authorize the cofnmanding general
named ithefein, whichever he shah deem it
needful. to remove any member of board
of registration, and to, appoint another per-
SON in his stead. and to ill ary vacancy in