Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-20
Second supplemental Reconstruction Aot
s. g. Of Congress.

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BE it enacted by tho Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States Of Amer.
ssica, In Congress assembled, That it is hereby
| declared, to have been the true intent and
meaning. Of the Act of I'd March, 1867, en-.
sitled, StAn Act to.pgovidc for the more Of
foient government of the rebel Statcs,' and
OF Che Act supplementary thereto, passed on
sthe 23d of March,. 1867, that the govern
mcnts then existing in the rebel States Of
\ Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Tex
as and Arkansas, were not legal State gov
ernments, and that thereafter the said govern.
mcnts, If continued, were continued subject
in all respects to the military commanders of
the respective districts, and to the paramount
authority of Congress.
SEQ. g. That the commander Of any dis
triot named in said Act shall have power
subject to the disapproval of the General of
sthe Army Of the United States, to have cf-
sssaht till disopproved whenever in the opin-
ion of such. commander, the proper admins
tratiou of said Act shall require it, to sus-
pend or remove from Office or from the per-
formance of official duties and the exercise of
official powers, any officer or person holding
or exercising,o or presuming to hold or excr-
oise, any civil or military Office or duty in
appointment or authority, derived from or
granted by or claimed under any socullcd
State, or tho government thereof, or any nun
icipal or other division thereof; and upon
suspension or removal by such commapdcr.
subject to the disapproyal of the General of
the Army, as aforesaid, shall have the power
to provide from time to time for the perfor-
nance of the said duties of such officer or
soldier Of the army, or by the appointment of
some other person to perform tho same and
to fill vacancies occasioncd by death, rcsigna.
tion or otherwise.
Sec. 8. That the General of the Army of
the United States shall be invested with all
the power Of suspension, removal, appoint
ment and detail granted in the preceding sec
tion to district commanders.
SEQ. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the acts of the officers of the army already
done, in removing in said districts persons cx-
'ercising the functions Of civil Office, and ap
pointing others in their stead are hereby con
hrmed Provided, That any person hereto
fore or hereafter appointed by any district
commander to exercise the functions of any
OWL office, may be removed either by the mil.
itary officers in command Of the district, or
by the General of the Army; and it shall be
the duty of such commanders to remove from
to the Government of the United States, OF
who use their official influence in any manner
to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due
and proper administration Of this Act, and
the Acts to which it is supplementary
SEQ. 8. That the boards of registration
provided for the more efficient government of
the rebel States, passed March, 90, 1867, shall
nave the power, and it shall be their duty,
not to allow the registration of any person ;
,1t 70 ascertain, upon such facts or information
aSa PssX aap sS u Shhtsain whether such person
the oath required Ly said Aos l shall I'm. not h
conclusive on such question |; and no m person m
shall be registered unless such board shal
decide that he is entitled thereto. And such
9board shall'a also have power to examine, un.
der oath, to be administered by any member
Z pf- such board, any one touching the uualifi-
cation OF any person claiming registration
But In every case of refusal by the board
to register an applicant, and in every case of
striking his name from the list, MS hereinafter
provided, the board shall make note or
memorandum, which shall be returned with
the registration list to the Commanding Gen
eral OF the district, setting forth the grounds
OF such refusal or such striking from the list :
Provided, That no person shall be dsoual.
fled as member Of any board of regist ration
.eby reason of race or color.
~ Sec. 6. That the true intent and mcanino
OF the oath prescribed in said supplementary
Act is, among other things, that no person
who has been member of the Legislature Of
any State, or who has held in any executive
or.judicial office in any State, whether he has
taken an oath to support the Constitution of
tne United States or not, and whether he was
held in such office at the commencement of
the rebellion, or had held it before, and who
wasafterwards engaged in resurrection or re-
be!llon against tho United States, or giving
aid and comfort to the enemies thereof is en-,
titled to bo registered or to vote, and the
words, executive or judicial Office in any
State" in said oath mentioned, shall be con
strued to include all civil Offices created bv
law for the administration of any general law
Of State, or for the administration of ius.
ticc.
Sec. Il. That the time for completing the
original registration provided for in said Act
may, in the discretion of the commander OF
any district, be extended to the 1st day of
October, 1867, and the boards of registration
shall have the power, and it shall be their du.
ty, commencing fourteen days prior to any
election under said Act, and upon reasonable
public notice of the time and place thereof,
to revise, for period of five days the regis,
tfatiOn lists. and unon boino sot;.God tLot n,,