Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-07-13
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reported the following bill, which af- ter some objection from Sumner, was read a second time and ordered to be | printed {. ne
 A Bill to give effect to an Act to | Provide for the more efficient Govern ment of the Rebel States, passed March ,, 1867. Be it enacted, etc, That the true intent and meaning of said act providing for more efficient govern ment of rebel States, passed March 2, 1867, was, is and shall be construed to be that military authority of the Uni ted States in said rebel States as pro- vided in said act was, and is paramount to any civil government existing therein, makes all such civil govern ments subordinate to such military au- thority, and prohibits them from in terfering in any way with the exercise of such military authority.
 | ,. That the commander of any dis trict named in said act shall have pow CT, subject to the approval of the gene ral of the armies of the United States, whenever in the opinion of such com mander proper administration of such act shall require it, to suspend or re- move from office or from the perform ance of official duty and exercise of official powers, any officer or person holding or exercising, or protesting to hold or exercise, any civil or military office or duty in such district, under any power, election, appointment, or authority derived from or granted by, or claimed under any so-called State, or the government thereof, or any mu- nicipal or other division thereof; and upon such suspension or removal of such commander, subject to the ap- proval of the general as aforesaid, shall have power to provide from time to time for the performance ofthe duties of such officer or person so suspended or removed by the detail of some.coms potent officer or soldier of the army, to perform the .eame.s ss <G
 5. That the general of the armies of the United States shall be invested with all powers of suspension, removal or detail, granted in the preceding sec- tion to the district commanders.
 4. That the acts of the officers of the army, already done, in removing in the said districts persons exercising the functions of civil officers, and appoint ing others in their stead, are hereby confirmed.
 5. That the boards of registration provided for in the act entitled an act supplementary to an act entitled an act ito provide for more efficient gov ernment of the rebel States, passed March 2d, 1S67," and one to facilitate their restoration, passed March 23d, 1867, shall have power, and it shall be their duty, before allowing the regis tration of any person, to ascertain by such facts or information as they can obtain, whether such person is entitled to be registered under said act and oath as required by said act, shall not be conclusive on such questions, and no person shah sbe registered unless. Such board shall also have power to examine. under an oath to be admin istered by any member of said board, touching the qualification of any per son claiming registration.
 6. That tue true intent and meaning of the oath prescribed in said supple mentary act is,a among other things, that no person who has been member of tho legislature of any State, or who has held an executive or judicial office in any State, whether he has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States or not, and has after wards engaged ill instruction or re- belion against the United States, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be registered or Il ot :. and the words ''cxecutive or gju- dicial office in any state of the said mentioned states, shall be construed to include all civil offices, created by law, for the administration of the gen cra laws of the state, ..te-ty '. That the time for completing the original registration, provided for in said act, may at the discretion of the commander of any district be extend ed to inc 1st of October 1867, and the boards of registration shall have pow CT. and it shall be their duty, commen- cing twenty days prior to any election under said act, and upon a reasonable public notice of the time and place thereof, to revise for period of three days the registration list. Upon being satisfied that any person not entitled to be registered, to strike out the name of such person from the list, and such person shall not be entitled to vote. And such board shall also, dur ing the same periods, add to such list the names of all persons who at that time possess the qualifications required by said act, and who have not already registered. And no person shall at any time be registered or vote by req son of any executive pardon or amnes- ty, of any act or thing, which without such pardon or amnesty would dis qualify him from registering or voting.
 s. That section fourth of said last named act shall be construed to au- thorize the commanding general named therein whenever he shall deem it needlul, to remove any of the mem- bcrs of the boards of registration and appoint another person in his stead, and to fill any vacancy in such board. The remainder of the session was 1 consumed in the introduction, discus sion and adoption of q resolution re- questing the secretary of state to fur nish all the information in his power respecting recent events in Mexico. HousE.--In the House, MT. Adams, | the representative from the eight dis trict of Kentucky was qualified aud | took his seat.
 MT. Wood offered a rc,olutic. whi'e was referred. ii...u,,,irine what acton sho~,..u ,..u pc taken by the govern ment in view of thcforcible abduction of Santa Anna from an American ves- sel.
 Another resolution was offered and also referred, denouncing the recent execution of Maximilian, and instruct ing the senate 10 report filibustering bill. A motion was adopted request ing the President to furnish all the information received by the govern ment relative to the arrest and execu- ton of Santa Anna and Maximilian.
 Mir. Stevens, from the reconstruction committee, introduced bill substan-
 fially the same as that introduced in 1 the Senate.
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