The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-27

| upon the PRONUNCIATION OF this order
ii. Fost Commaudcrs will bc superintendent
of registration: within their respective commands,
exercising, iii addition 10 the functions hereinaf
ter specially conferred, general supervisory au-
thonty, looking to Ihc faithful execution Of the
sever" Reconstruction Acts, the maintenance of
order, and the protection of political rights.
They will suspend registrars for malfeasance in
Office, neglect of duty, or rincompetcncy prompt
ly reporting their action with the REASONS there
| for, to these Headquarters.
| Ill The Boards Of Registration are empowered
and required to suppress all disorders interfering
with the execution OF their duties to cause the ar
rest and confinement of all persons falsely taking
the oath prescribed, all pGrs ons committing any
/ breach of the peace or conducting themselves in
a manner tending thereto, and all persons who
shall threaten or otherwise attempt to intimidate
or corruptiy or improperly influence any citizen
offering TO register; and for this purpose they
| may apply for aid to the Post Commander, and
may require the attendance and services OF sher-
itfs, their deputies, constabes, polic and
also of any citizen and all Stale, district, county
and town officers charged with the preservation
of the public peace, well all citizens are
required to obey the orders of said Boards, given
! III pursuance of the authority afo1 esaid and to
| perform ali such acls and duties may be re-
! quisitU therefor.
All arrests made rs herein provided will be
promptly reported 10 the Post Commander, to
whom also tnc prisoners will be turned with
charges for trial by Post Court, to be organized
us provided in Circular of May 49, 1867, from
these Headquarters, and any civil officer or cit-
zen falling to respond to the call of the Board for
assistance will be dealt with in like manner.
| ". Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury in
| person. family or property, while exercising or
seeking to exercise the right of regstra-
tion, in addition to any penalty prescribed by
law for the offence, damages shall be awarded to
| the injured party against the perpetratOr upon
his conviction; and in of default in payment
of the same, of the escape of the offender ifit
shall appear that the wrong was countcnancel or
bn hnrh or nd hyyt tha
| borhoGd, or that the civil authorities failed to
| employ proper measures to preserve the peace,
the damages shall be assessed against and paid
by the town, county or district.
| V. Offences pcrpetrated by white persons dis
| guised as blacks, being of frequent occurrence,
the attention of all authorities, civil and militia
ry, is directed to the device, as one adopted to
escape detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy
upon the cOored people. In ali cases, when re-
sort thereto shall beshown, the !i.ct will be taken
| into consideration aggravating the offence.
! VI. Dcpriving citizen OF any right, benefit or
advantage of i!ifr OF employment, to discourage
him irUyM registering, Or account Of his having
registered, or having sought to register, shall be
deemed All offence punishable by the Post Court
and shall cntite Ike injured party to damages
against tie offender, any clause in any contract
or agreement to the contrary Notwithstanding.
VII. Tie Act of Congress entitled Gan Act for
! the mere efficient government of the rebel
! States" and the several Acts supplementary
thereto, will be carefully observed by all Boards
Vii. Zach Eoard shall, after having taken the
cath prescribed by the Act of fCcngresSof July Cd,
1867 entitled ''An act TO prescribe oath Of Of
iice," (see Appendir, form l choose of its
members as chairman, who shall preside at all
sc;siO!.s Ct the boards, preserve order at its
meetings for registration, and represent the
Board, and announce its action in all matters
coming before it.
TX The places OF session OF the Boards shall be
tic voting places established by law OF custom
i'll each election precinct, unless for good cause
otherwise directed by the Post Commander.
| <. Each Board shall determine the order in
which the registration shall take place in the
cral election precincts, that may be assigned to
il by the Post Commander, and the time which
shall be allotted to each-bcaring in mind that
the whole work is to be finished before the first
day oi October.
XI Each Beard shall, forthwith upon notice
Of publication .! this order, aid least live days
before commencing registration, give notice
! thereof te TIE Post Commander, and the sheriff.
and the mayor of the city or the intendant of the
town, and shall cause written iliutcd notices
to bc posted in five of the most public places in
each election precinct, announcing the time when
anG the place where its sessions will be held, the
number of days (D case less than twO,O and
| the hours OF the Gay tl.,: Board viii remain in
session at each place for the purp of rcgStra-
| ton; and inviting all persons qualified to vote
under tic provisions Of the Act of Congress
passed March I'd, 1857 entitled IAN Act to pro-
vide tor the more efficient government of the
rebel Statrs,' and the several Acts supplementary
thereto, TO appear before the Board for registra-
| ton.
XII On the day and at the hour designated in
the notices, for commencing registration, the
Board shall, 1T tic place announced, convene and
! enter upon its duties, and shall then and there
also post notices Of the time of final sessions
| provided for in paragraph XIX.
| XIII. The room used for registration, which
the chairman shall have previously provided for
the purpose, shall be so arranged that the Board
shall be separated by bar from all other persons
who may be assembled, and those to be registered
shall be admitted within the BAR one by one, and
their ingrcss and egress SO arranged as to avoid
] confusion.
| XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted within
| the bar as challengers whose duty it shall be to
challenge the right of any citizen offering to reg
lister, upon any of the grounds of disqualification
enumerated in the Acts of Congress before cited;
but the general right of challenge shall be con-
ceded to all citizens present.
| XIV If any challenge be made, the Board shall,
| before final decision, examine the person pre-
senting himself for registration, in reference to
the cause of disqualification alleged, and shall
hear any evidence that may be offered, to sub
stantiaIe or Gisprove the cause OF challenge, and
shall have power to summon and compel the at
| tendance Of witnesses and administer Oaths in
any case of registration.
| XVI In registering, the names of white and
colored citizens shall he entered alphabetically,
| in separate columns of the list.
! XVII. The following shall be the process OF
registering:
First. Every citizen presenting himself for reg
lStry snail IakC dIlu
by law, (See 4ppc,,dir form q which shall be
administered by amenber of the Beard, and such
oath shall be preserved with the lists.
Second His name shall then be entered in the
proper column of the list, and called out by the
chairman.
Third. Any challenge made shall be noted in
the proper column, opposite the name, with the
cause thereof.
F0u,fh 1t is recomm ,nded to Boards to deter
the hearing and decision of contested cases until
the session for revision provided Tor in paragraph
XIX.
Fifth. Whether or not there be any challenge,
the Board must ascertain upon such facts or ill.,
formation as can be obtained, that the applicant
is entitled to be registered before marking his
name as "accepted''-the oath not being conclu-
sivc.
Sixth. Section Z of the Act Of July 10Th, 1867,
declares that citizen shall be entitled to be
registered by reason of any executive pardon or
amnesty for any act Or thing which, without such
pardon or amnesty, would disQualify him from
registration.
Seventh Boards will take notice that it is enact
ed by Section of the Act of July 18th, 1867, that
the true intent and meaning of the oath prescribed
i'm said supplementary Act is, (ainong other
things J that no person who has been member
of the Legislature OF any State, or who has held
any executive or judicial Office in any State,
whether he has taken oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States or not, and wheth
er he was holding such office at the commence
ment of the rebellion, or had held it before, and
who has afterwards engaged in instruction or
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