The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-07

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article, III the sixth section OF tho act To which s
| lion.
TIE SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY ACT.
Tho ( lowing is the Second Supplementary Act
ns 1t pc both Houses OF Congress:
| AS ACT SUPPLEMENTARY TO AN ACT ENTITLED Gas
| ACT TO PROVIDE Fur THE MORE EFFICIENT GOV
.I:RNaIESr OF TIE REBEL STATES" PASSED MARCH
Ed, 1857, AND TIT: ACT SUPPLEMENTARY THERETO,
PASSED MARCH -. 1857.
| ii S.,acicd dy Hc S1IaiC and House Of Rtprr
scnf"ifrts o. Mc UnHcd &atcs Of .ni@ lea, ia L0m-
gross assembled, That it is hereby declared tn avo
been the true intent and meaning Of tho act of 2d
day March,, 1867, entitled net to provide for tho
more efficient government of tue rebel States. md
22d ay of March, 1867, that The governments then
| existing i'll the rebel States OF Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carnlinn. Georgia. Mississippi,
Alabama, Iotisana, Florida, Texas alti Arkansas
| wore not legal, and that hereafter snid govern
iicniS, ii contInnet were State governments. con-
manders Of tho resoectiyc districts and 10 the
paramount authority of Congress,
SEC. =. and be G farther cnactci, Thai the COM
marlcr of any district uan,cd in said mel shall
have power, subject to tho dsapprovnl of tho
s.urrl Of tho armies of the United States 10 have
effect until disapprorc1 whenever, in tho opinion
| said net shall rUqIlrr it, 10 suspend ar rrnuvo
from Office, or from the pritprnunrc OF official d.
ties and the exercise of official powers. any officer
or person holding or exercising, or processing to
bold or exercise, any civil or military Office duty
| i such district under any power, election appoint
men. Or authority dcriy9i from @" or GRANTED by or
| mcnt thrreDt, or any jEGrlcina or Dllcr division
thereof, and upon such suspension ur icmoval,
| such commander. subject 10 tho 1sapp, cycl of
tho general aforesaid, shall have power 10 pro-
vide from time To tmo Tor tho performance of tho
said dntlss OF such officer cr.on suspended
ur removed, iy the detail of soulc competent Off
Ger or Suldcr Of Tho :rmy ur by the appointment
nf sumo other pers0n to peal form the same. and Ia
I'll vacancies occasoncd by tiu;ih. rs:ig,ation OF
| otherwise.
SEC. $. Ind be H. further radcle,i That the scur-
raj Of the ar:ui:s of The United States shall he in
vested with all the ts,Ycrs Of suspension rcn,nral
! appointments aud detail gi2ytcd i'll the preceding
| section to District Commanders.
SEr. !. Ind bc a Rfnriis' c,tdcti, Thai tho acts
OF the olrr,a NJ The army already done in rcIuov:
ing i'll said tlisiruts persons exercising tho iunc
tiOs Of civil officers anh nErointng otllcrs i'll their
bte:Ii are hereby confirmed. fF0cidrf That any
District ComnAhlri, TO exercise the functions or
| any civil Office, niay D.! removed either b. the
military officer in connian,i .' the District or by
the general uf the armies of the uHitnI Sia.ns; ami
il shall bc the duty nf the Commanders to rti..prc
tr. y rilcn aforesaid all persons who ts-
loyal 10 tl,r tiovrrnnlcat of the United Salcs
hinder delay, pr0veL! Uhsirnet The tlne and
proper administration uf this uct ant Tho acis 10
which ii liz supplementary.
S,r:, 5. lind be Il further cnnr'ctf, That The
Boards III Eoaistrat0n provided for in tho ac cnli-
tied AN &C, saFrlnmcnary 10 IN act entitled An
e i% ree sates s S passc apc is nn to
facilitate restoration passed March, %, 1867, shall
| have power, and il shall bc their duty hefnrc
allowing tr registration OF any person, to nscri-
tain. upon ancfi fats or information as they can
Obtnn, whether Huct psRon is entitled 10 he regis
tered under said act, md tho Gal required by said
act sllal! not be conclusive such question, aul
no person shell be rcglstcrcd unless surI. board
shall decide that lie il entitled thereto, nn such
board shall also have pGwer tn cXamitn under oath
any ona tOnching the qualification Of my person
c!lming registration. But iu every case td ycfu-
sal by the boaid 10 register an applicant, anu in
every case of striking his aarno from tho list M
hereinafter provided, the board shall make note
or n0DOran,la which shall bu returned with such
registration lists TO tho Commanding General Of
fusal or such Striking from the lst Prorhled, That
no person shall bo disqualified member of any
i'nard Of legis!raton by reason, of raeo or color.
SIC. Is. jHd be n further enacted That tho trile
intent and ,RGauing of the oath prescribed in said
supplementary act'is tamong other things) that no
person who has boon a mehlber Of tho Legislature
pf any Stnte, or who lIas hold any executive nr ju-
dicial Office in any State whether he las taken an
oath to suppurt tho Constitution of the uui!el
Stntcs not, aud whether llo holding oce at
tho commencement of iie rebellion or had held il
before, md who was aite,w warl engaged in insur-
rection or rebellion against the United States,
given aid comfort to tho onemics ttIe,aof is en-
titled TO bG registered or to voto and tho words
executive or judicial Office in any State" in said
oath mentioned shall ho construed to include NIL
OF any general law of State or for the alministrn
lion OF justice.
SEC. {. AID br Il further cnac!ed That the time
for completing ih9 original registration provided
for il. said act may, in ti;o discretion Of tho
mauder of any district, be extended to tho first
day Of October 1857, nd the Boards OF Icgistra-
tiOn shall lI,,io power, and it sha be their duty,
commencing 1urlcen days prior to any election
under said act, and EpOn reasonable pnblic notes
Of tho Time and place thercof to revise for pc-
rjol OF five days tho re 1isratlGP Isis. and upon
being satisfied that any person not entitled thereto
has been registered, to sriko tho namo Of such
person from tho list. And sucll board shall alsu
during tho sano period, add to snch registry tho
names OF all persons who, at that tnlo, possess the
qualifications required by aaid net who have not
been ras istercd u,l porson shall at any tjmo DO
entitled to be registered or to vote by reason OF
any executive rs.don or amnesty for any act or
thing which, without SUCH pardon or amnesty,
you'd disIualify him from registration voting
four OF asst said named net shall be construed to
authorize tho Commanding Genoral named thorc.
in, Whenever ho shall teem it nccdful to rcmoYo
any member OF Board of Rcgistration AMI to mp
point another i'll his stead, and to Oil any vacancy
in such board.
SEC o. And be Hfuriter enacted, That nll men,
bcrs If said Board of Regstration. and all persons
hereafter entcrcd or appointed to oflco i'll said
miiitary dHtrcts, under any so-cael State Or
municipal authority, or by detail appoininlont
Of the District Commanders shall bo required to
take and subscribe tho oath of Office prescribed by
SIC. 10. !ind DC A. furiicr en1oed. That no Dis
trict Commander or membor Of tho board Of
Registration, or any Of tho officers or appoint, as
nciing under them, Bhall bo bound in his HcLion
ny any opinion Of any civil officer Of tho United
Stntca.
Sic. II. Iad be & further enacted, That all tho
provisions of this net and tho nets to which this in
supplementary. shall bo construed liborally to tho
end that oil tho intents thereof may DO fully and
perfectly carried out.