The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-19
MISREPRESENTATION.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE Eff
C1ENr eovERNMENr OF THE REBEL STATES.

| AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE EFF
| CLIENT GOVERNMENT OF THE REBEL sTATE'
WHEREs elsg State gopernme na,v or rad adj
| in the rebels of Virginia, North Carolin'
! South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisian;
| Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas, an
whereas, It's necessary that peace and good ordt
should be enfOrcedin said States until loyal an
republican State governments can be legally es
tabiished; therefore,
Be it e,sacted 6y the Senate Gad House Of Repre-
setatiyes Of the U,.tetl States of A,ncrica in Go.
greSS assembled, That said rebel States sii
be divided into military districts, and made SUI
iect to the military authority OF the nlted States
us hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpoS
Virginia shall constitute the first district Nortn
Carolina and SoutleCarolina the second district
Georgia, Alabama and Florida the third district
Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth DISTRICT anE
Louisiana and Texas the fifth district
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted, That 1t sinai
be the duty Of the President TO assign 10 the com
nand of each of said districts ali officer OF tht
army not below the rank OF bryadier general
and to detail sufficient military force to enable
such officer to perform his duties and eniorcs
his authority within The district to which he Ii
assigned. >,
shall be the duty of each officer assigned afore
said to protect AL persons in their rights OF per
SON and property, to suppress Insurreeuon ais,
punished all dsturbers OF the pubic peace and
criminals and to this end he may allow local
civil tribunals to take jurisdiction OF and try
q
necessary for the trial of offenders he shall have
power TO organize military commissions or TIL
bunals for that purpose; and all interference
under color of State authority with the eXer-
else of military authority under this act shall be
null and void
SEC l. aud be it further enacted, That all
persons put under military arrest by virtue Of
This act shall be tried without unnecessary delays
and no cruel or unusual punishment shall De in
ficted; and sentence of any military com
mission or tribunal hereby authorized, affecting
+b.,l u, iIupt nfD n IL
ted until it is approved by the officer in command
of the district and the laws and regulations for
the government of the army shall not be affected
by this act, except i'll so far us they may conflict
with its provisions P'Gvided, That no sentence
OF death under the provisions of this act shall be
carried into effect without the approval OF the
President"
the people of any of the aforesaid rebel States
shall have formed a constitution of government
in conformity with the Constitution of the
United States in all respects, framed by
convention of delegates elected by the male
citizens OF said State twcnty-one years old and
upward, OF whatever race, color, or previous
condition, who have been resident in said State
for one year previous to the day of such election,
except such as may be DISTINGUISHED for partlc-
patton 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 election of delegates and when such
persons voting on the question OF ratification vino
are qualified as electors for delegates and when
such constitution shall have been submitted to
Congress for examination and approval, and
Congress shall have approved the SAME; and
when said State, by vote ofits Legislature elect
ed under said constitution shall have adopted the
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States proposed by the Thirty Ninth Congress,
and hnOwn as article IA, and when said article
shall have become part of the Constitution OF
the United States, said State shall be declared en-
titled to representation in Congress. and Senators
and Representatives shall be admitted thcreirom
on their taking the oath prescribed by law and
then and thereafter the proceeding sections of
I'll is act shall be imperative in said State: PoUi
ded, That no person excluded from the privilege
of holding office by said proposed amendment to |
the Constitution OF the United States shall be |
eligible to election member of the convention
to frame constitution for any OF said rebel |
States, nor shall any such person vote tor MEM !
bers of said convention.
SEC. &. ind be Il further enacted, That until |
the people of said rebel States shall be- by law ad-
mitted to representation in the Congress of the |
United States, any civil governments which may !
exist therein shall be deemed provisional onlv |
and in all respects subject to the paramount ali-
thority of the United States at any time to abol-
sh modify. control OF superscde the same ; and |
in all elections to any Office under such provis-
onal governments all persons shall be entitled to
vote, and none other, who are entitled to vote
under the provisions of the fifth section of this
act and no person shall be eligible to any Office
under any such provisional governments who
would be disqualified from holding Office under
the provisions of the third article of said consti
tutiOnal amendment