The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-07-31
Tho Second Supplementary Act,

mentary Act as 1t passed both llousc
OF Congress
AN ACT supplementary to an act cn,i
Tied "An act to provide for the NOR,
efficient government OF the rcbc
States passed March End, 1867
AID the act supplementary ,horcto
passed March 23, 1867.
Bc il cnactedby Mo Senuie anil Ihvs.
of Representatives. of-hc Unjiqd .Stotee o,
hnsortca az Congress asyf42jicd. Tho, |,
is hereby declared to have been the true
intent and meaning Of The act Of 2l ,jay
OF March, 1867, entitled :, An act to pro
vide for the more efficient government
OF tho rebel States" and Of the acts sun.
Elementary thereto, passed on the 23l
day OF March, 1867, tias the govern.
ments then existing in tic rebel States
OF Virginia, North Carolina, South Car.
DINA, Georgia, Alabama, Alississippi
FLORIDA, Louisiana, Texas and hrkan
sas, were not legal State governments,
and that hereafter said governments, if
continued, were continued subject in all
respects to the Military Commanders Of
the respective districts and to tho par.
amount authority Of Congress.
SEC. 2. -1m be II furMcr caocieI
That the commander of any district pa.
med in sad act shall have power subiec,
20 the disapproval Of the general Of tho
armies Of the United States, to have
effect until disapprovcd whenever in the
opinion Of such commandcr tho proncr
administration Of said ac, Shall REQUIRE
IT. TO suspend or remove from Office. or
from the performance OF official duties
and tho exercise Of official powers, any
officer or person holding or EXERCISING
or protesting to hold or exercise, any
civil or military Office or duty in such
district under any power, election, ap
po1ntment or authority derived from, or
granted by, or claimed under, any so.
called State or the government thereof.
or any municipal or other division there.
OF, and upon such suspension or removal
such commander subject TO the disap.
proval OF the general as aforesaid, shall
have power to provide fron, time to time
lor the nciorIlance-nfi il6r SaiI dulin, nr
removed, by the detail of some compc.
tent officer or soldier Of the army, or By
tho appointment Of some other person to
perform the same. and TO ill vacancies
occasloncd by death, resignation or
otherwise.
SEC. 3. Ind be 1t furtlcr enacted,
That the general Of the armies Of the
United States Shall be invested with al
tho powers Of suspension, removal, ap-
pointmcnt and detail granted in the
proceeding section TO District Command.
crs.
SIC. 4. Ind be IL Gridcr enacted,
That the acts the officers OF the army
already done i'll removing in said dis
tricts persons exercising the functions of
civil officers and appointing others in
their stead arc hereby confirmed. Pro.
vtded, That any person heretofore or
hereafter appointed by any District
Commander, TO exercise the functions
Of any civil Office, may be removed ci-
ther by the military officers in command
OF the district or by the general of the
army.
SEC. 5. Ind be 1t futhcr enacted
That the Boards Of Registration >provi-
'ded for in the net entitled can act sup.
Elementary to can act to provide for
the more efficient government of the
rebel States" passed March 2, 1867,
and to facilitate restoration, passed
March %, 1867, shall Lave power, and
it shall bo their duty before allowing the
registration OF any person, TO ascertain,
upon such facts or Information as they
can obtain, whether such person is eli.
titled to be borcgistcrcd 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 enli-
tied thereto, and such board shall also
have power to examine under oath Ito
be administered by any member Of tho
board) any ono touching tho qualIita-
tons OF any person claiming registration
But in every case OF y refusal by the
board to register an applicant,
and in every case Of striking his namn
from the list as hereinafter provided, tho
board sha make note or memoranda
which shall be returned will, such regis.
tratlon lists to the. Commanding
General OF the District, setting forth tho
grounds Of such refusal or such striking
from tholist Provided, That no per-
son shall DO disqualified rs member o.
any Board Of Registration by reason. o
race or color. .
SEC. 6. Ind be it farther onacted,
That the trnc intent and meaning Of thu
oath prescribed in said Supplementary
actis (among other things) that no per
son who has been q member OF the beg
islatnre Of any State, or who has hclt
any executive or judicial Office in any
State, whether lc has taken All oath u
support the Constitution CT the United
States or not, and whetherhe was hold
ing office at tho commencement OF th'
rebellion or had held it before. and VIII
was afterwards engaged in insurroctiol
or rebellion against the United States
forgiven mid or comfortto to the encmio
i thereof, Isl entitled to be reGistere'
to vote and the words "eXccutive o.