The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-08-10

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qulrcd to obey tho orders Of said Boards, giYen
in pursuance Of tho authority aforesaid, and TO
perform alssuch acts ind duties us NAV sbesf fc.,
qusite thcrpforf; A.
All arrests made as herein providcd wilrhs
promptly reported to the POST Coming b 10
whom also Che prisoners will bs turned oyer
with chargcssfo trial by q Post Court, to be
organized as provided in Circular of May 15,
1867, from these headquarters, and any civil
officer OF citizen failing to respond to the call
Ct the Board for assistance will bc dealt withSin
like manner+ fl1.;
~. Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury
in person, family or property, while exercising
or seeking 70 cktroise the;right of registration;
in addition to any penalty prescribed by law
for the offence, damages shall be awarded to
the injured party against the pcrpctrator, upon
his conviction; and in cause of default in pay
mcnt of the same, or of the escape Of the offcll-
der, if it shall appear that the wrong was coun.
tcnanccd, or the offender harbourcd or conceal
cd by the neighborhood, or that tho civil aus
thorities failed to employ proper measures to
preserve the peace, tho damages shall be asscss
scd against and paddy the town, county or
district.
V. Offences perpctratcd by white persons
disguised as blacks, being of frequent occur
renee, the attention of all authorities, civil and
military, is. directed to tho device, us one adopt
ed to escape detection, and to cast unmcrited
.obloquy upon the colourcd people In all
cases, when resort thereto shall be shown. the
fact will be taken into consideration as aggra.-
waiting the offence
vi. Depriving citizen of any.rght, benefit
or advantage of hire or employment, to dis,
courage him from registering, or on account Of
his having registered or having sought to reg
istcr, shall be deemed an ofTcncG punishable by
the Post Court and shall cnttlc the injured
party to damages against the offender, any
clause in any contract OF agreement to the con
trary notwithstanding
VII. The Act of Congress entitled ;:.ln Act
for the more efficient government of the rebel
States" and the several acts supplementary
thereto will be carefully observed BY all Boards.
of Registration. ,.=
VIII. Each Board shall, after having taken
the oath prescribe by the act of Congress Of
July I'd, 1862, entitled can Act to prescribe
an oath of Office (scc .lpc"dir, .torm y, choose
one of its members as chairman who shall pre-
side at all sessions of the Board, preserve order
at its meetings for registration. and represent
the Board, and announce its action in all mat
tcrs coming before it.
IN. The places of session of the 1,oartls shall
be the voting places established by. law or cas-
tom in each election precinct, unless for good
cause otherwise Arrctrd Inv tho p.at Il .nnss...zp
der.
4. Each Board shall determine the order in
which the registration shall take place in the
several election precincts, that may be assigned
to it by the Post Commander, and the time
which shall be allotted to cacll-bcarng in
mind that the whole work is to be finished be-
fore the first day of October
XI Eaci, Boarl shall, forthwith upon notice
of publication Of this order and at least five
days before commencing registrations give no
tive thereof to the Post Cenna,,dcr aud the
sheriff. and the mayor of the city or the intend
ant OF the town, and shall cause written or
printed notices to be posted in five of the most
public places in each election precinct an
nouncing the time when and the place where
its sessions will be held, the number of tlays lin
no case less than twO), and the hours of the
day tho Board will remain in session at each
place for the purpose Of registration and invi-
ting all persons qualified to vote under the
provisions Of the act of Congress passed March
I'd, 1867. entitled can Act to provide for the
---v-v vrnuicnU government OF the rebel States ..
and the several acts supplementary thereto, to
"rr""~ hnfnrn th R-a ~" .oSIarIatlOn.
MI. On the day and at the hour designated
in the notices, for commencing registration
the Board shall, at the place announced con.
vcnc and enter upon its duties aud shall then
and there also post notices Of the time of final
sessions provided for in Paragraph XIX.
XIII. The room used for registration, Which
the chairman shall have previously provided
for the purpose, shall be 50 arranged that the
Board shall shall be separated by bar from all
other persons who may be assembled, and those
to be registered shall be admitted within the
bar one by one and thcir iurrnc. ,,1 ,,