The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-07-31
The Second Supplementary
Act.

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| - - -. .. Act. '
The following. is the Second
Supplementary act as it passed
! both houses OF Congress =. -
! AN ACT supplementary to; an act
| entitled SAN act to provide for
the more efficient government
of the rebel States - :" passed
March End, 1861, and. the act
supplementary. thereto, passed
/ Marehz23, 1867 r., - -, =,
Be it enacted by the Senate md
House Of Representatives Of the
United States Of America In Con-:
gress assembled, That it is hereby
declared to have been the true in
! tent: and meaning Of the act.of, I'd
day of March. 1867, entitled can
act to provide fac: theSsmore eff
eient government of the-Erebel
States, and of. the. acts. supple
Fmentary thereto, passed ON the
23d day Of March; 1857, that the
governments then existing in the
rebel States of Virginia; North
CAROLINA, South Carolina Georgia,
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana.
Florida, Texas and Arkansas, were
| not legal State governments, and
that hereafter said governments
tif continued;swere Continued: sui
ject in. all respects ,to, the Military
1 C Commanders Of the respective dis
Titriets aud TO- the Paramount an
thority Of Congress. ~ -
SEC 2. Ind be ut further yeaacted,
That the commander Of any7Fdis-
4 trict named in said act shall have
power, subject to the disapproyal
of the general: :ofthe armies: Of the
I United States. to have effect until
disapproHed swheneverfn theopin-
Lion Of such commander the:proper
| admins tration Of said act shall
| require it, to suspend or remove
from Office, or ffrom the. performs
ance Of official duties and the ex-
| ereise Of official powers: any Off
Ger or person: holding or ~exercf
! sing, or profcssing::to hold or :ex-
ereise, any1eiiviif orsmilitary office
or. duty in such district under any
power election, appointment, Or
ant hority derived from, or gran
ted ;bF; OF, claimed under, any so:
called. State or. the, government
tthersof, zor any municipal or other
division thereof, and upon such
suspension or removal such COM
maader, subject to the disappro-
| ealE Of the. general as aforesaid,
1-shall have power to provide from
nateto time for.the performance of
| the saidlddties-of such officer or
person SO suspended or removed,
| by the detail of: some competent
! officer or soldier Of the army, or
by the appointment Of some other
person to perform the same, and
! to fill. vacancies oecasioned by
death; resignationeor Otherwise
= SEC. 8: ;Aud be 1T further. enacted,
| Thatthe general Of the armies of
1 the United States shall be iHves-
| ted With ali the powers of suspen
sion, removal; appointm ent, : and
| detail granted IN the preceding
Section to District Commanders.
See: A Ana BE It further enacted,
That the acts Of the officers Of the
| army already done in removing in
said districts persons exercising
the functions cf%9civil officers and
| appointing others in their stead
are hereby confirmed. Provided,
That any person heretofore or
hereafter appointed by any Dis
trict Commander, TO exercise the
functions of any civil Office, may
be removed either by the military
officers in command of the district
or by the general of the army.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the Boards Of Registration
provided for in the act entitled
aAn act supplementary to an act
entitled AN act, to provide tor
1.-The more efficient government of
the rebel States,' passed March 2,
1857, and to~faeilitate restora-
tion," passed March %, 1867 ,shall
have power, and it shall be their
duty before allowing the registra-
tion Of any person, to ascertain,
upon such facts or information as
they can obtain, whether such
person is entitled to be registered
under said act, and the oath re-
quired by said act shall not be
conclusive on such question, and
no person shall be registered un-
less such board shall decide that
he is entitled thereto, and such
board shall also have power to
examine under oath Ito be ad
ministered by any member of such
board) any one touching the quail.
ifcation of any person claiming
registration. But in every case
Of refusal by. the board to regis
ter an applicant, and in every
case of striking his name from the
list as hereinafter provided, the
board shall make a note or memo
randa which shall be returned
with such registration lists to the
Co,,,5;n~C Conoral of tho dis