The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-14

dier of the army, or BY the appoint-
ment Of some other person tosper-
form the same, and to fll yaeancies
Iotheswise. ss4f !. = = :,
SEC. Q. That tie General OF the
Armysof the United States shall be
invested with oil the power of sps-
pension, removal, appointment and
detail granted in, the preceding sec
tion to district commanders,
Sec. 4. And be, N farther enacted,
That the acts of the officers of the
army already done, in removing in
said districts persons exercising the
functions Of civil office, and appoint
ing Others in their stead. are hereby,
confirmed: Pgouided, That any per-
son heretofore Or hereafter appointed
by any district commander to exercise
the functions of any civil office, may
be removed either by the military
officers in command of the district,
or by the General of the Army; and
it shall be the duty of such command
ers to remove from Office as aforesaid,
all persons who nre disloyal to the
Government of the United States, or
who, their official influence in any
manner to hinder, delay, prevent or
obstruct the due and proper admins
ftration of this Act, and the Acts to
which it is supplementary.
Sec. 5. That the boards of regis
tration provided for in the Act sup
Elementary to an Act to provide for
the more efficient government of the
rebel States, passed March %, 1867, !;
shall have power, and it shall be their
duty, not to allow the registration of
any person; to ascertain, upon such
facts or information as they can OBJ
tain, 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 un-
less such board shall decide that he is
entitled thereto. And such board
silall also have power to examine,
under oath, to be administered by any
member of such board, any one
touching the qualification of any per-
son claiming registration. But in
every case of n refusal by the board
to register an applicant, and in every
case OF striking his name. from the
list, as hereinafter provided, the board
shall make note or memorandum,
which shall be returned with the re-
gistration list to the Commanding
General of the district, setting forth
the grounds of such refusal or ,uch
striking from the list: Provided,
THAI no person shall be disqualified
as member OF any board of regis
tration by reason Of race or color
SEC. 6. That the true intent and
meaning of the oath prescribed 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 execu-
tive or judicial Office in any State,
whether he has taken an oath to sup
port the Constitution Of the United
States or not, and whether he Mas
held in such office at the commence
ment of the rebellion, or had held it
before, and who was afterwards en-
gagged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or giving
aid and comfort to the enemies there
of, is entitled to be registered or to
vote, and the words, "executive 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 any
general law of State, or for the ad-
ministration of justice.
SEC. 7. That the time for complet-
ing the original registration provided
for in said Act may, in the discretion
of the commander of any district, be
extended to the 1st day of October,
1867, and the boards of registration
shall have power, and it 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 period of five days, the regis
tration lists, and upon being satisfied
thatany 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 period, add to such registry the
names of all persons who, at that
time, possess the qualifications re-
quired by said Act, who have not al
ready been registered; and no person
shall at any time be entitled to be
registered, OF to vote, by reason of
any executive pardon OF amnesty for
any act or thing which, without such
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