The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-17
1s2ullt:ital..
Congressional
-. --EW AsHtNeFoN, July g

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Insthe House, "a large number OF %. bills i
were introduced and referred without g de-
bate The Committee on Elections re-
ported that no person who bad given aid
or e com,fort. .tosthe rebellion should be al:
lowed to sMears:iin.; but dsloyalty2 OF con,
stituents; or illegaGtY, OF elections, should
not nftevent members. from holding GER
tificates and swearing The report was
laia:onS the table and ordered to.be print.
sed.s Asresoluti on calling for the proceed
ines in the Cabinet on Reconstruction
passed-103 to 26:4 p 5SzE:;,
Mr. BGtlersmcved that a. special com
rnittee ofefves,swith powers7sto> send Tor
persons and papers, be appointed to IN
yestirafeS the assassin ation9pro roceedings,
and, that the committee promise,the protec.
tionsof the House ito accompllces who
have been tried a,or. sentenced, who
may give xaluab bic e1idenee rules
were ,snspende ed and the reso utioripassed;, ),
Stevens, from the Committee aot
Nine. introd peed the following bills: 49,
it enacted dc,T hat tits hereby de,
clared to- have5 been the truess intent and
meaning of the ActEof. the I'd day OF.
March, 867, entitled San ActSto provide
fohsths5 orc efficient. oNernment;of the
rebel States, and of the, Act supplement
tarye hereto. passed on. the 2Sd day OF
Mareh ;siin; the. ;year:1s67, that the govern
snentss then existingsln the Te0eiStatesz OF OF
Virginia, Nc orth Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana.
Florida, Texas and kansas, were illegal,
andsNoid sand that thereafter sad gov ':.
ernments,: continued, wore to be con-.
tinued subject in. ALL respectsrto the Mill,
safrisV Command els of the respective Dis
tricts and tos$tFe. authorrt 0fs Gong gress2
.ssEcg2 at the said Atss to- which this
;s.assupplement, sh.tlkbe construed to au--
4Borizes the Z officer assigned to the CONF
maad of any military district, under said
!: Acts. .w.heneverihe shall sdeemlt necessa-
ny to the due performance OF his duties
under said Act, to remove or suspend
from Office any municipal Or State oilcer'
or or person exercising authority under OF 7.
bysaatfiority Of any called State Coy.
ernmenssexisting in his district; and tue:
said officer assigned to the command as
aforesaid, rs hereby emp to. appoint
another .person IN the stead of the officer
or person: Il So osTernoY he shall deem
proper 5000 de;5and: whenever hesmay
: deem tine cessary as aforesaidto prohibit
suspend orsset aside5a Actso proceed.
f;Se Of sanY such State or IN uniclpsE gov.
srnment,sur any act for thing done under,
or. by authority of authorities; and all.
acts heretofore done by any: such. officer.
in in accordance herewith, shall be deemed,
Valid. s :. - -
SECS That the Boards. of; sRegistra-
tions Of. the several military districts.
established BY the Acts to which this is
supplementary; shaiEadmit to registration
sonly, such persons as they deem entitled
to.be registered, by the Acts aforesaid !.
fheeysshaH not regard the taking Of the.
oath prssefihs the Act Of { March %,
:lS67sas, conclusive, evidence Of the person
taking It to be registered, but prlnaa ,taese
only :oand NAV receive such. evidence un-:
der oath relating thereto asthey may
deem. proper, either from the person ap;.
dying tosbe, registeted or. others; ana
either of. tTie members of said Boards is,
hereby authorised to administer oaths or
affirmations and examin witnesses touch
ing the right,of any person to be regis
tered; said Boards OF Regist ration may
strike fr0rns the list of voters the name -of.
saI,V orie alfead egisteredl who, nstheir
judgment, improperly took the cath, pre-:
sc sscribed in thes.Acts totwhieh Sthis is sup
Elementary; 10r as7not entitled by SAID
AetstUx5s registered the record OF evil
ashce shalI.notb berequired by said Boards
to5prover their participation in the = rebel
lon, but tpar0le.e3ide ideuccshallbe sufficient
to. establish the fact of such participation;
and said, Boards of. Registration shall not.
be.bound; orr :goyernedin. their actton.;p
any opinion of any officer OF the .united
States Governmsnt- : 5,v:.s...s5: :; 60.
SEC. 4. That's civil court of the: Unt
led States.Sor of any. State Shall h;.ve
jurisdiction of any action OF. proceed
ing. civil or criminal, againstany- such
District Commander, rzany officer or
person acting By bis authority for or ..t on \
account Of the discharge OF the. duties I'M
posed upon him by this Act, Or the Acts
toswhichT tits supplementary.
Sec 55.-That no. District Commanoer
shall be relieved from the command as
signed to him under the aforesaid Acts;
uriess tie Senate shall have first advised
and consented thereto ;.or unless by SEN
tence of d court martial he shall be cash.
Tered or !, dismissed from serving in the
army, or Unless he shall consent to be SO
relieved. 9sS .
Sec. 6. That the time for the compile
ton of the registration of persons proper.
" qualified to vote, may be extended by
orders of the said several District Com
manders to any day prior to the hrst day
of.October, Ammo Domini 1867,
Mr.. Stevens accepted the following as
an additional section:
ANY person who shall attempt to pre-
rent the execution of these laws shall be
entity. of a misdemeanor, and, on convle'
ton, shall be liable to tne Of OF, so,oop, OF OF