The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-20

;aiis civil Or military Office or duty in lch dis
tfiet Under any power, election, p9intme1ts
OF authority derived from, Sor gfantoa Eby. of
claimes under, any so-callsti Stats.or Hhc govss
crnment thereof, Or any nuhicipaEor other di-
vision thereof, and upon Ssuol Suspension: or
removal such commander, subject to the disap-
proyal of the general as aforesaid, shall have
power to provide from timp to time for the per-
1ormanco Of the said duties. of, such officer OF
person SO suspended or removed, by the detail
of some competent officer or soldier Of the
army, or by the appointment of some other
person to perform the same: and to till vacan-
cies occasioned by DEATH resignation, or other
wise. i! Z
SEC. 3. Ana DC IL further enacted, That the
general of the armies of the United States
shall be invested with oil tho powers of suspen-
sion, removal, appointment, and detail granted
in the preceding section to District Command
crs. .a.i 0y; t-.nI.y f..e ,4sss.s -
Sec. +. AnG Jc it further enacted, That the
acts of the officers Of the army already done
in removing in said districts persons exercising
the functions Of civil officers md appointing
others in their stead arc hereby confirmed
I'rocifcd That any person heretofore or here
after appointed by any District Commander, to
exercise tho functions of nny civil Office, may
be removed either by the military officer in
command of the District or BY the general of
the armies of the United States and it shall
be the duty of such Commanders to remove
from Office ns aforesaid all persons who IRE dis
loyal to tho Government Of the United States,
or who use their official influence in any man,
ncr to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the
due and proper administration of. this act, and
the acts to which it is supplementary. ..o
SIC. s. And DC it .f"rthcr enacted, That the
Boards of Registration provided for i'll the act
entitled IAN act supplementary to m act cnti-
tied An act to provide for the more efficient
government Of the rebel States passed March
= 1867, and to facilitate restoratiou," passed
March 23, 1867, shall have power and it shall
be their duty before allowing the registration
OF any person. to ascertain upon such facts or
information as they can obtain, 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 unless such board
shall decide that he is entitled thereto. and
such board shall also have power to exam
inc under oath Ito be administered BY any
ncmbcr of such board) any one touching the
qualification of any pcrs''a claiming rcgistra-
ton But i'll every case Of Il refusal. BY the
board to register nn applicant; aud in every
case Of striking his name irom the list as here
n,ftc. --;nd: the board shall make note
,r mnn,,r,n, ."hich si..., bt rcturned with
such registration lists to the Con- ''"'''"s
General Of the district, setting forth tho
grounds of such refusal or such striking from
the list, ly"r'elal, that no person shall be dis
qualified as member of any Board of Rcgstr;,-
tcu by reason Of race or color
Sec. G. Ind DC It ./m1Aer ,aactc,1, That the
true incn: 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 amy executive or judicial Office in any
State. whuti,er he has taken an oath to support
thC N'ilSttUttolt W inc | mica 'StltcS or not,
and whether he was hollmg Office at the COM
mcncemcnt of the rebellion or had held it be-
fore, and who was afterwards engaged in in
surrcctOn or rebellion against the United
States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof, is cutitled 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 administration of Justice.
Sec. z. -fnl be 1t further enacted, That the
time for completing 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 and
it shall be their duty, commencing fourteen
days prior to any election undor said act and
upon reasonable public notice of the time and
place thereof to revise, for a period of five
days, thoregistration lists, and upon boing sat
isfcd that any person not entitled thereto has
bccn registered, to strike tho name of such
person from the list And such board Shall
also, during the same period, add to such regis