The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-07-25

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sal by the board to register an appli,
cant, and in every case of striking his
name from the list, as hereinafter
provided, the board shall make note
or memorandum, which shall be re-
turned, with the registration list, to
the commanding general of the dis
trict, setting forth the grounds of
such refusal or such striking from the
list; provided, that no person shall
be disqualified as member of any
board Of registration by reason OF
race or color.
Sec. 6. That the true intent and
meaning of the thprescribed in said
supplementary act, is, among other
things, that no person who has been
member 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 United States or
not, and whether he was holdingsuch
office at the commencement of the re-
bellion or had held it before, or who
was afterwards engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the United States,
or giving aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof, is entitled to be Registered or
vote; and the word "executivc orju-
dicial Office in any State" in said oath
mentioned, shall be construed to ill.,
cludc all civil Offices created by law
for the administration of any general
law of a State, or for the administration
of justice.
Sec. 7. That the time for compile
ting the original registration provided
for in said act may, in the discretion
of the commander of any district, be
extended to the first day of October,
1867, and the boards of registration
shall have power, andit shall be their
duty, commencing fourteen days prior
to any election under said act, and
upon reasonable public notice of the
time and place thereof, to revise for
a period of five days the registration
lists, and upon being satisfied that
any person not entitled thereto has
been registered, to strike the name of
such person from the list; and such
board shall, also, during the same Pc
riod, add to such registry the names
of all persons who, at any time, pos
sess the qualifications required b.
said act who have not been already
registered, and no person shall at any
time be entitled to be registered, or to
vote by reason of any executive par
don or amnesty for any act or thing
which without such pardon or amnes-
ty, would disqualify him from regis
tration or voting.
SEC. s. That section four of said
last named act shall be construed to
authorize the commanding genclal
named therein, whenever he shall
deem it ncedful, to remove any men,
ber of a board of registration and to
fill any vacancy in such board.
SEC. 9. That all members of such
boards of registration and all persons
hereafter elected or appointed to Office
in said military districts, under any
so-called State or municipal authori-
ty, or by detail or appointment of the
district commanders, shall bcrcquircd
to take and to subscribe the oath of
office prescribed by law for officers of
the United States. 60
SEC. 10. That no district comman-
der or member of the board of regis
tration, or any of the officers or ap-
pointees acting under them, shall be
bound in his action by any opinion
ofany civil officer of the United States.
SEC. II. That all the provisions of
this act, and the acts to which this
is supplementary, shall be construed
literally to the end that all the in
tents thereof may be fully and per-
fectly carried out.
How TO PRESERVE ICE.-Takc two
bags of stout osnaburg; the inner one
should be ten inches wide by fourteen
inches deep. The outer bag should
be made at least two inches wider
each way. After placing one bag in
side the other, stuff feathers between
the two, and sew the two bags togeth-
or at the top. Put block of ice into
n bag of this description, and it will
be preserved from melting for nearly
a week, when under exposure it will
melt in less than an hour. Invalids
and others will find the above article
indispensable for the sick room.
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DEATH OF AN OLD PRINTER.-ssMr.
NJ. Tracey, for some time foreman of
tho Charleston Mercury, died in this
citv at half.nast 10 yesterdov NOM