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Tho Rccon.trnotion Aet

WAsuINaToN, MAY 2e.--John NJ. Binckley bns
been appointed assistant Attorney General Uice J.
II. Aehton, who resigned from first proximo.
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!. 49, Tho Rcconstrnotion Act, =
Attorney General SrANsnuRY's opinion on tho
different clauses Of this ACT was presented to tho
Cabinet last week, and ordered to be printed .Nyc
hnhtipatSd laying tho whole report before our
readers, but in consequence of somo rnisunder-
standing, will BIO Rblo to furnish at present merely
synopsis, and will giyo tho full report IN Tues
days issuo: ist II It.ita.u. II :ru':.
,|ia :. - .'!'l lATTcRsEy-G -GENEHAL's OFFICE, l.
~ - -.i,''. Mny "a, 1867. I ,
questions arising under Act March I'd, 1907, onti-
tled an Act TO provide for moro eiaont government
titled "An. ACT supplementary to on Act oGti.
tlod an Act to provide for tho moro efficient
governmental tho robol statos, ,"npbn which qura.
tons tho military commnndors Of districts inMhich
struotion.
The first and most nportant OF thoso Questions
may DO thus stated: "Who arc entitled to vote and
who aro disqualified from voting at elec ions pro-
Mded for or coming within puryiow Of those aets q
in tho fifth section Of tho original not and declares
tho qualifications and dlsqualifcations OF voters
for an election to be hold for dulognt to tho pro-
posod constitutional Convention I'm each State md
for an election to bo held for the rntcaton of the
Constitution TINT may BIO framed by such Con-
vention. E-lL -
That section :provides that Delegates to such
convention shall DO elected by maIo citizens of
said State, twenty y-ono yeara old aid upward, Of
have boon resident in 50 State for one Year pre o
vious to tho day of such election, c1cept ouch as
may be disfranchiscd for:partioipatng i'll rebellion
or for felony at common law, and that tho samo
qua'ihcatons so required for the election. OF dole
gates shall alto bo required upon election for rati-
acation. Tho proyso to this section also excludes
from right to vote for delegates to convention
every Prrson excluded from tho privilege OF hold
ing ofaoe, by an amendment OF tho Constitution OF
nd,
Congress. and known ms nrticlo fourteenth. -
The siLth section proceeds, that until people OF
resentation in tho ,Congress OF tho United States,
any OWL governments which may exist thorein
shall bo doomed provisional only, md IN all re.
United States at any time to ABOLISH modify, con-
troll or to supcrscde the same, and in oil elections
to Sny office under as such % PROVISIONAL
others who entitled to vote under provisions
Of tho fifth section OF thia act and no person ahail
governments who would DO disqualified from hold,
sssst Ing ooo una9r M Of third article
oSsersad Soro ahst oi
voter arc by fifth section limited to election of
delegates to the convention apd to question wheth-
or such Convention shall or shall not be held and
that no qualification is declared for delegate 60
TO beelected, bqt by sixth section same qunflca-
tions as to ayoter are required in alT elections to
ments during their continuance and as to eIigibili-
ty at such elections certain classes are excluded
Inc urht becuOn OF supplemental act provides TINT
"the commanding general in each district shall
cause registration 10 bo madc OF malo citizens Of
the United States tHenty-one years Of age and up
or States included in his listrIot which regiatra-
ton shall include only those porsons who are quail
fled to Sote for delegates by original net: Tho per
son offering himself for registration is also ra-
quired to take an oath tor convenience. I now
divide into paragraphs or sections, preserving as
a4 asS5 S PsSSS SSSs Language 1fiSG qRt swf
First. That he is citizen OF tho State, and has
resided in said state for - months, next pre-
cedng day when he takes oath, and that he now
resides in the county Of -- or in parish OF - in
Baid State. .3ls,iI..,4 t.NltI.-T, ~
Second. That ho is tweny.-one years old.
Third. That he has not been dsfranchised for
participation in sny rebellion or civil against
the United States, nor for felony committed against
the lawa Of any State or Of tho United States.
Fourth. That no has never been a member of
any State Legislature nor hold any executive or
judicial office in any State and afterwards engaged
in insurroction or rebellion against tho United
States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
Fifth That ho has never taken On oath as n
member OF Congress Of the United States, or as an
officer OF the Uaited States, or as member OF any
State Legislature as an executive or judicial officer
81 any STATE 70 support tho Constitution Of the
rection or rebellion against the United States, or
given aid and comfort to Tho onemies thereof
stitution and obey tho laws OF the tnitod States,
snd m will, TO the best OF his ability, encourage
Second section Of this act provides that after the
completion ot this registration in any State, and
After at least thirty days public notice OF tho
s5a ana sss tho
70 q. tbe number Of delegates 70 bo elected, and
the appointment Of these delegates in proper OWL
subdivisions, giving to each sub division repre-;
sontation ig tho ratio Of tho registered yotors.
for snId pr9ySos TINT at the ELECTION
against Convention. Tho fourth section provides
tor an election to Eatity tho constitution that nnS
at this election is confined to persons rogistared
THO btkthl section provdes Tint all elections IN
during the operation'of ouch act, be by ballot and
conducting said election shall before entering
Rs by ths pS ss
IAN not 70 proscribe m oath 81 Office" .,e;spI d
The FIRST consideration which requires my atten-
ton upon, the question as to tho right to veto,
arise upon the Regulation OF rotors; questions Of
qualification Or disqualification is fied by regis
any other saathoiity latter rssisraton alton ia Ia con-. q
plotted, to change the registry; PGrsohs whose
nAmss are admitted TO regs!.aton, arc ontitlod 70
vote subject to the, limitatio hereinafter mem
toned, aud pqne others. This teBIbtration must
be- BE- completed 5Re!orsf thei frat daY0 soptomber;
The functions OF tho board as bosrd OF regis.
tration cannot be extended beyond tint Axed tine
but after that tho duies which remain TO bo per.
d bS h6doI nS SceTs en this
and making proper returns 10 the connmiLnding
genornl. This brings us to tho direct question who
arc entitled TO repatriation. lat. AS TO citzonship
and residence. No person is entitled to vote who
shall not be residcnt OF tho State for ono year
previous to tho day cf election. It is not necessa-
ry that this previous residence for year should
exist at the time tho, person applies for registra.
ton. person in all other respects entitled Ia
vote lie entitled 10 repatriation, althou IA ho hes
not at that time boon o resident OF the State for
full year: For we And that in tho supple.
mental act that the oath'a TO residence does moi
residont for Year. but only requires him to state
plating period loss than as well ns full torn .o
twelve months. Therefore, rs to such person &c
registered, II Il happen at any olocton subsoquont
ly to be hold, that tho tine of his rcsidenco
counting from the dny OF election, docs not cover
an entire year, he cannot vote at such elooton, fol
this supplemental act docs" not, az TO residence
change tho provaione OF tho original not ne IL L
expressly provided by II, ns TO regulatiou that II
shall include only those who are qualified 70 vote
by tho original act. To carry ont tho purposes o.
the law In this respect as o,rcaidencc Tho Board
OF Aegtstration should noto oppoeite tho nnme o
the person whose residence Inns not Gftef,tiei fo
The full term, tho oIaot Hme OF his residonoo te
Tho qualification tstaesd In tho original aSt i,
eitigenship Btato but BY tho Grut clnuso OF The
hrst section In the Supplements ,,Act, tho regis
EstIGn is to b made Of Of tho Unit
9nirod to swear that ho 70 notisai OF tho Biato.
as nsed in5ths .oath, "a intended TO fhcIudo oni
such persons as saro fttkJp8 oE thSS Units BtAte
4 and eitisaas Of tho st6te, 6td n Sn Alien WI,