The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-06-12
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The following synop,ica, analysis d the
opinion Of Attorney General Stsnoery.
which We copy from the Charleston Mer-
cprv. embraces all the important points Oi
thai docsment. Our readers will DO we'll
20 preserve II for future reference:
RkoisrRATIoS.
lst. Qualification or disqualification Is
Fixed by registration.
I'll. No power is given 10 any other board
or sny other authority. after registration y
completed. 10 change The registers; and
persons whose names are admitted TO re-
sistra,ion are eniitied to vote zad none
Others.
3d. The registration must DC compieten
before September 4. 1867. Al that time.
the fanclions Of the board as board OF re-
ristration cease. and after that. its duties
are limited 70 holding and experimenting
elections and making the required returns.
QUALIFICATIONS yva EK0isTRATiuS.
4. tine wears residence in the State. u
the time vi registration. 10 not necessary |;
but i. q person who has been duly register
ed has not st ihe holdlng oil any subsequent
eiecton brs1 . resident ol lhe State Tor
one year. counting from the day Of that
election, the person 50 registered cannot
vote at such election.
BY the acts. the qualification TO registra.
tion is citizenship oi the Ua,ted States an'i
ol the State the phrase being intended 10
include only such as are both citizens oi
the United States and Of State. Aliens.
not citizens ot The United States. cannot
safely take the required oath but the
board Of registration have only authority ~
administer The prescribed oath. and cannot
require further proof. 70 that an alien, mol
. citizen. may take the oath Al his peril
aud subject 10 prosecution.
.. No person Is entitled 10 registration
~ha 10 not twenty-one years Of age On the
day that he applies Tor registration.
pisFRsScHisIssSr.
Under the Military aets. the following
causes work Jisfranchi.rment Treason
or participation IN rebelliun commrsion
VI o felony; membership ot any State Leg
islstnrr, or ,enure oi any eIrcutiy VI lu'
d,cial Office 10 any state. ~ith subsequent
engagement In Insurreclion or rebellion, u
the gising ei aid and conIort 10 any enem,
VI The United States the taking OF an oath
A. q member ui Congress or oliicer ot ~,
Gailed States or a. q member oi any Stat,
Legislature, nr as an executive OF ludica
oiieer vi any State, Or 20 support the Cou
s,l,ut.On ui the United States. with subse'
quent engagement IN lnsurrection nr rebel
lion against. Or the giving II aid and com
Tort 10 the cnemles VI. the United States
Upon these grave questiaus, the Attorne.
General offrrts the following opinions eu
u will always be borne IN mind that IN
exclusion a. 10 holding Office Is all compre
hens,se a. 10 time, and applies. not onl.
10 lhose who we're IN Office when the &c
bellion commented, but 10 those who hel,
the prohibited Offices II any previous time
although they may have ceased 10 hold sucl
IN uthce an indefinite number vi year
privr 10 the rebellion,
|. TREASON oR rELoSY.
The commission of felony or the partici
patton in rebellion does not uf itself ~or
disfranchisemeni X must be aserrtaine
by iadgment oi court vr legislative act pas.
cd by competent authority; and the dis
Irsnehisement depends on . conviction /
The courts either VI The United States or
4 starr, vr ON declaration OF the laws
either. The United States laws do n,
work disfranchisement, as q consequence
conviction of trcasou or conspiracy 20 cor
init treason nor 10 the ten Southern STATE
il there any statute in loree. except. PEI
haps, In Virginia. which declares disirsI
eh,sement by force oi tho act itself.
that In lhis State, dislranchsement Tor tre'
soa or felony depends absolutely upon
pfesious conviction Of the offence Ia u
state or the Federal Courts.
q. nEssERs or sTATE LreIsLArusEs AND
HgsHEKs or coNoREss.
All members Of Southern State Legisl