The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-29
OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, S. c., August 1, 1867.
sNERAL ORDERS,


/. Registration shall commence Immediately
upon tue PRONUNCIATION of this order
! H. Post Commanders will be Superintendent
OF registration within their respective commands
| exercising, in addition to the functions hcrenaf
ter specially conferred general super visory au.
thorlty, looking to the faithful execution Of the
several Reconstruction Acts, the maintenance OF
order, and the protection Of political rights.
They will suspend registrars for malfeasance in
office, neglect of duty, or incompctency prompt
ly reporting their action, with the reasons there
for, to these Headquarters.
III. The Boards ofRegistration are empowered
and required to suppress all disorders interfering
with the execution OF their Duties to cause the ar
rest and confinement of all persons falsely taking
| the oath prescribed, all persons committing any
breach of the peace or conducting themselves in
q manner tending thereto, and all persons who
shall threaten or otherwise attempt to intmidatc
| or corruptly or improperly influence any citizen
offering to register; and for this purpose they
may apply for aid to the Post Commander, and
may require the attendance and services of sher-
IFS, their deputies, constables, policemen, and
also of any citizen; and all State district county
| and town officers charged with the preservation
of the public peace, us well as all citizens, are
repaired to obey the orders of said Boards, given
in pursuance of the authority afol esaid and to
! perform all such acts and duties as may be re-
| quisitc therefor.
| All arrests made as herein provided will be
promptly reported to the Post Commander, to
whom also the prisoners will be turned over with
charges for trial by Post Court, to be organized
as provided in Circular of May Is, 1867 from
| these Headquarters, and any civil officer citi-
zen failing to respond to the call of the Board for
assistance will be dealt with in like manner
| ~. Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury in
person, family or property, while exercising or
seeking to exercise the right of registra-
ton, i'll addition to any penalty prescribed by
law for the offence, damages shall be awarded to
the injured party against the pcrpetrator, upon
| his conviction; and iii case of default in payment
| O. offender
shall appear that the wrong was countenanccd, or
| the offender harbored or concealed by the neigh
| borhood, or that the civil authorities failed to
employ proper measures to preserve the peace,
| the damages shall be assessed against and paid
| by the town, county or district.
V. Offences perpetrated by white persons dis
guscd as blacks, being of frequent occurrence,
the attention of all authorities, civil and militia
ry, is directed to the device, as one adopted to
escape detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy
upon the colored people. In all cases, when re-
sort thereto shall be shown, the fact will be taken
into consideration as aggravating the offence.
| VI. Depriving citizen OF any right, benefit or
| advantage of hire or employment, to discourage
him from registering, or on account of his having
registered, or having sought to register, shall be
deemed ali offence punishable by the Post Court,
and shall entitle the injured party to damages
against the offender, any clause in any contract
or agreement to the contrary Notwithstanding.
| VII The Act of Congress entitled "An Act for
! the mere efficient government of the rebel
| States" and the several Acts supplementary
thereto, will be carefully observed 10y all Boards
| of Registration.
Will Each Board shall, after having taken the
oath prescribed by the Act of ConSressof July I'd,
1862, entitled "An Act to prescribe oath of Of
ice," (Sce appendix, form l, choose one of its
| members as chairman, who shall preside at all
meetings tor registration, and represent the
| Board, and announce its action in all matters
| coming before it,
TX The places of session of the Boards shall be
| the voting places established by law custom
in each election precinct unless for good cause
| otherwise directed by the Post Commander.
Y Each Beard shall determine the order in
which the registration shall take place in the
cral election precincts, that may be assigned to
| il by the Post Commander, and the time which
| shall be allotted to cach-bearing in mind that
the whole work is to be finished before the first
day of October.
XI. Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice
of publication o this order, and at least five days
| before commencing registration, give notice
| thereof to the Post Commander, and the sheriff,
and the mayor of the city the intendant of the
town, and shall cause written Or printed notices
to be posted in five of the most public places in
each election precinct, announcing the time when
and the place where its sessions will be held the
number Of days (in no case less than two,) and
| the hours of the Cay the Board will remain in
session at each place for the purpose of regstra-
| ton; and inviting all persons qualified to vote
under the provisions of the Act of Congress
passed March Cd, 1857, entitled Gan Act to pro-
vide tor the more efficient government of the
rebel States, and the several Acts supplementary
thereto to appear before the Board for regstra-
tiOn
XII On the day and at the hour designated in
the notices, for commencing registration, the
Board shall, at the place announced, convene and
! enter upon its duties, and shall then and there
also post notices of the time OF final sessions
provided for in paragraph XIX.
XIII. The room used for registration, which
the chairman shall have previously provided for
the purpose shall be so arranged that the Board
cboJl bac otadb bV q from
who NAV be assembled, and those to be registered
shall be admitted within the bar, one by one, and
their ingress and egress SO arranged as to avoid
confusion.
XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted within
the bar challengers, whose duty it shall be to
challenge the right of any citizen Offering to reg
ister upon any of the grounds of disqualification
enumerated in the Acts of Congress before cited;
but the general right of challenge shall be con-
coded to all citizens present.
XIV If any challenge be made, the Board shall,
before final decision, examine the person pre-
sentng himself for registration, in reference to
the cause of disqualification alleged, and shall
hear any evidence that may be offered, to sub
stantiate or disprove the cause OF challenge and
shall have power to summon and compel the at
tendance of witnesses and administer oaths in
any case of registration.
XVI. In registering, the names of white and
colored citizens shall be entered alphabetically,
in separate columns of the list.
XVII. The following shall be the process OF
registering:
fGTM. fLfCIJ Ao -,
istry shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed
by law, (see Appendiz. form 2, } which shall be
administered by member Of the Board, and such
oath shall be preserved with the lists.
Second, His name shall then be entered in the
proper column of the list, and called out by the
chairman.
Third Any challenge made shall be noted in
the proper column, opposite the name, with the
cause thereof.
Fourth It is recommended to Boards to deter
the hearing and decision of contested cases until
the session revision provided tor in paragraph
XIX.
Fifth Whether or not there be any challenge,
the Board must ascertain upon such facts or III
formation as can be obtained, that the applicant
is entitled to be registered before marking his
sive. ~ o.
iSirth. Section of the Act of July 10Th, 1867,
declares that no citizen shall be entitled to be
registered by reason of any executive pardon or
amnesty for any act or thing which, without such
pardon or amnesty, would disquallfy him from
registration.
.SesenM Boards will take notice that it is enact
ed by Section of the Act of July 10Th, 1867, that
the true intent and meaning of the oath prescribed
in said supplementary Act is, (among other
things, ,lthat no person who has been member
of the Legislature of any State, or who has held
auy executive or judicial Office in any State,
whether he has taken an oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States or not, and wheth-
| er he was holding such office at the commence
mcnt of the rebellion, had held it before, and
| IL, 1,oe f+ar anUnUed in insurrpctiOQ or