The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-08-17

I --,'i,H,eVfNo9 Il be1t,q0 4T,:7e1ihi> ~ III
orferng with fsa Tie Execution o uff II their tdta dutias t Il
cause the arrest aud confinement Of all pcr.s5is
falsely taking the oath prescribed, all persons
committing any breach of the peace or con.
Quoting themselves in manner tending there
to, and all persons who shall threaten or other
wise attempt to intimidatc, or corruptly or i'm
properly influence any citizen offering to regis
ter; and for this purpose they may apply for
aid to tho Post Commander, and may require
the attendance andfserviccs of shcrifs, 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, as we'll as ill citizens, are re-
quited to obey tie orders Of said Boards, given
in pursuance ofthc authority aforesaid, and to
perform all such acts and duties. as may be re-
quisitc therefor. j.
All arrests made as herein provided will be
promptly reported to tho Post Commander to
whom also the! prisoners; will be turned over
with charges for trial by a. Post Court, to ,bo
| organized as provided i'll Circular of May Is,
| 1867. from these headquarters, and any civil
officer or citizen falling to respond to the call
Of the Board for assistance will be dealt with in
| like manner a." n''H ir" 'a
". Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury
| In person. family or property, while exercising
Or seeking to exercise the right Of registration,
in addition to any penalty prescribed by law
for the offence, damages shall be awarded to
the injured party against the pcrpctfator. upon
his conviction; and III cause Of default in pay
ment of the same, or of the escape of the often
der, If it shall appear that the wrong was coun-
tcnancod, Or the offender harbourcd or conceal
| ed by the nci.hborhood, or that the civil au-
thoritics failed to employ proper measures to
preserve The peace, the damages shall be asses
scd against and paid by the town, county OF
district. dT n-adl atti ta Sft
Y. Offences pcrpctratcd by white persons
disguised ms blacks, bcirg Of frequent occur
renee, the attention of all authorities, civil and
military, is directed to the device, as one adopt
cd to escape detection, and to cast unmcritcd
olloquy upon the colourcd people I'll all
cases, hcn resort thereto shall bos shown, The
1ac5 VI Ieration5 as 5,ggsa.
vntlnS the offence.
vi. Dcpriving citizen Of any right, benefit
or advantage Of hire or employment, to dis
courage him from registering, or on account OF
his having registered, or having sought to reg
istcr shall be deemed an offence punishable by
the Post Court: and shall cntitlc tho injured
party to damages against the offender, any
clrusc III any contract or agreement to the con
trary notwithstanding m
VII. The Act Of Congress entitled San Act
1 for the more efficient government of the rebel
States and the several acts supplementary
thereto, will be carefully observed by all Boards
Of Registration.
! VIII. Each Board shall, after having taken
the oath prescribed by the act Of Congress of
July I'd, 1862, entitled San Act to prescribe
an oath of office (scc -b'endr, t1,nsy y, choose
one OF its members as chairman, who shall pre-
side at all sessions of the Board, preserve order
at its meetings for registration, and represent nSnt
the Board and announce its action in all nat.
crs coming before it, ~i' t.'''i -r.
! IN. The places of session of the Boards shall
be the voting places established by law or GUS
.om i'll each election precinct, unless for good
cause otherwise directed by The Post Colnman-
{ der.
H. Each Board shall determine the order in
winch the registration sha!! take place in tho
several election precincts, that may be assigned
20 1t by tho, i postl Commander, and the i,timo
'"lcn shall be allotted to cach---bcarings lin
mind that the whole work, is to be finished be-
fore tho first day of October,
XT. Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice
ol publication Of this order, and at least FIVE
|days before commencing registration, give no
tive thereof To the Post Commander, and the
sheriff, and the mayor Of the city or the iptnnJ7
ant OF the town, and shall cause written or
printed notices to be posted in five Of the most
public places in each election precinct, an
nouncing the time when and the place where
It's sessions will be held, the number of days (in
no case less than two), and the hours of the
day the Board will remain in session at each
place for the purpose Of registration; and invi-
ting all persons qualified to vote under the
provisions Of the act of Congress passed March
ID, 1867. entitled can Act to provide for the
more efficient government Of the rebel States !"