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tary authority under this act shall be nul

tary authority under this act shall be null
and void.
SEC. 4. That all persons put under
military arrest by virtue of this act shall
/ be tried without unnecessary delay, and
no cruel or unusual punishment shall be
inflicted, and no sentence of any military
/ com mission or tribunal hereby authorized
affecting the life or liberty of any person
shall be executed until it is approved by
the officer in command Of the district;
and the laws and regulations for the gov
ernment Of the army shall not be affected
by this act, except in SO far as they may
conflict with its provisions.
SEC 5. When the people Of any one Of
the said rebel States shall have formed a
constitution and government in conformi-
lty with the Constitution Of the United
States in all respects, framed by con-
Ivention of delegates elected by the male
citizens of said State twenty one years old
and upward, of whatever race, color, or
previous condition, who have been resi-
dent in sai6 State for one year previous to
the day of such election except such as
may be disfranchised for participation in
the rebellion or for felony at common
law, and when such constitution shall
provide that the elective franchise shall
be enjoyed by all such persons as have
the qualifications herein stated for elec.
tors of delegates, and when such coDsti-
tuition shall be ratified by majority of
| the persons voting on the question of rat
li6catioD, who are qualified as electors for
delegates, and when such constitution
shall have been submitted to Congress
for examination and approval and Con-
1gress shall have approved the same and
when said State by vote of its Legisla-
ture elected under said constitution shall
have adopted the amendment to the Con-
stltution of the United States proposed
by the Thirty ninth Congress, and known
as article ii; and when said article shall
have become part Of the Constitution of
the United States, said State shall be de-
clared entitled to representation in Con-
gress, and Senators and Representatives
shall be admitted therefrom on their ia
king tho oath prescribed by law and then
and thereafter the preceding sections Of
this act shall be imperative in said State.
Provided that no person excluded from
the privilege of holding Office BY, said
proposition of the amendment to the
! Constitution of the United States, shall
be eligible to election as a member of a
tconventIon to form constitution for any
1 of said rebel States; nor shall any such
person vote for members of suchIconven-
| tion.,, t asla
/ Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That
until the people of said rebel States shall
be admittedto representation to the Con-
gress of the United States, any civil gov
lernments that may exist therein shall be
deemed provisional only aud shall be in
all respects subject to the paramount au-
thority of the United States, at any time
to abolish, modify, control, and supercede
| the same; and in all elections to any office
under such provisional governments all
persons shall be entitled to vote and none
! others who are entitled to vote under the
! provisions of the fifth section of this act
Aud no person shall be eligible to any
Z. Office under the provisions Of the thirc
article of said constitutional amendments
| Sec. Z. That no sentence of death un
der this act shall be carried into execu
ton withoutithe approval of the Presi
dent.