North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-24


The following is the supplement to the
Reconstruction Bill, as passed by both
houses
Section lst. That it is hereby declared
of the act of March ID, 1867 that the gov
ernments then existing in the rebel states
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Fori-
da, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, were
not legal state governments, and that here
after said governments, if continued at all,
were to be continued subject in all respects
to military commanders Of respective dis
tricts, and to the paramount authority of
Congress.
Sec. 2. That the commanders of and dis
trict named in said act shall have power,
subject to the approval of the General of
the army OF the United States, and to have
effect till disproved, whether in the opinion
of the commander the proper administra-
ton Of said act shall require it, to suspend
or remove from Office, or from the perform
ance of official duties and exercises of off,
cial powers, any person holding or exer-
cising, or protesting to hold to exercise,
any civil or military Office or duty in such
district under any power, election, appoint
ment, or authority, derived from, or grant
ed by, or claimed under, any so-called
state, or governor thereof; and upon such
suspension, or removal, such commander,
subject to the disapproval of the General
aforesaid, shall have power to provide,
from time to time, for the performance OF
said duties of such officer or person so sus-
pended or removed, by the detail Of some
| competent officer or soldier of the army, OF
by the appointment of some other person,
to perform the same, and to fill vacancies
occasioned by death, resignation or other.
| wise.
Sec. 3. The Gen ,ral of the army of the
United States has been trusted with all the
powers of suspension, removal and ap.
pointment, granted in the preceding sec.
ton to district commanders.
Sec. 4. That the acts of the officers ol
the army already done in removing in said
districts persons exercising the functions
of civil officers and appointing others in
their stead, are hereby confirmed, provid
ed any person heretofore or hereafter ap.
pointed by any district commander to ex.
ercise the functions of any civil Office may
be removed either by a military officer in
command of the district or by the General
of the army and it shall he the duty o.
such commander to remove from Office as
aforesaid, all persons who are disloyal tc
the government Of the United States, OF
who use their official influence in any man
ner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruc1
due and proper administration of this act
and the acts to which it is supplementary
Ses. 5. That the boards Of registration
provided for in the act entitled ''an act
supplementary to an act entitled an net to
provide for the more efficient government
of rebel states, passed March ID, 1865, and
to facilitate registration, passed March I'd
1861" shall have power, and it shall bs
the duty before allowing registration O
any person to ascertain, upon such facts o.
information as they can obtain, whether
such person is entitled to be registered un
der said act, and the oath required by saiC
act shall not be conclusive on such ques-
tions and no person shall be registered
unless such board shall also have power
to examine, under oath to be administered
by any member Of such board any on
touching the qualification Of any person
claiming registration but in every case 0
refusal by the board to register an appli
cant and in every case of striking his nam'
from the list as hereinafter prescribed, th'
board shall make a note or memorandum
which shall be returned with the registra
ton list to the commanding general, TO
the ground of such refusal or such strikin,
from the list; provided no person shall b.
disqualified as members Of any board o
registration, by reason Of race or color.
Sec. 6. That the true intent and mean
ing of the oath prescribed in said suppl
mentary act is, among other things, thu
no person who has been member Of tn,
legislature Of any state, or has held any
executive or judicial Office in any state
whether he was holding such Office ut tn,
commencement of the rebellion, or haa
held it before, and who has afterwards en-
gagged in rebellion against the United States
or given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof, is entitled to be registered, ant
vote, and the words executive or judicia
office in any state," in said oath mention
ed, shall be construed to include all civi
officers created by law for the administra
ton of any general law Of the state, or fo
the administration Of justice.
/ Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, Tha
the time for completing the original regis
tration provided for in said act may, in th
discretion of the commander Of the dis
trict, be extended to the first day of Octo
ber, 1867, and the boards of registration
shall have power, and it shall be thei
duty. commencing fourteen days prior t.
any election under said act, and upon rea
sonable public notice Of the time and plac
thereof, to revise, for a period Of five days
the registration lists, and upon being salts