Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-14

lOENEhAL ORDERS; NO. oO.
REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRA7 ION.
I. REGISTRATION SHALL COM
MENCE IMMEDIATELY upon the promul.
cation of this order.
II. Post Commanders will be Superinten-
dents of registration within their respective
commands, exercising in addition to the func
tions hereinafter specially conferred, gene
raj supervisory authority, looking to the faith
ful execution of the several Reconstruction
Acts, the maintenance Of order, and the pro-
lection of political rights. They will suspend
registrars for malfeasance in Office, neglect of
duty, or incompetency, promptly reporting
their action, with the reasons therefor, to
these Headquarters.
Ill. The Boards of Registration are en-
powered and required to suppress all disor'
ders interfering with the execution of their
duties, to cause the arrest and confinement
of all persons falsely taking the oath pre-
scribed, all persons committing any breach OF
the peace or conducting themselves in man
ner tending thereto. and all persons whoshal
threaten or otherwise attempt to intimIdate.
or corruptly or improperly influence any citi-
zen Offering to register; and FOR this purpose
they may apply for aid to the Post Comman,
der, and may require the attendance and ser
vices of sherifs, their deputies, constables,
policemen, and also Of any citizen; and all
State, district, county and town officers
charged with the preservation of the public
peace, as we'll as all citizens, are required to
obey the orders of said Boards, given in pur
suance of the authority aforesaid, and to per-
form all such acts and duties as may be re-
quiaite therefor.
All arrests made as herein provided will be
promptly reported to the Post Commander!
to whom also the prisoners will be turned
over with charges for trial by Post Court
to be organized as provided in Circular oi
May 80, 1861, from these Headquarters, and
any civil officer or citizen failing TO respond
to the call OF the Board for assistance, will BE-
dealt with in like manner.
". Whenever any citizen shall suffer in
jury in person, family or property, while exer
cising or seeking to exercise the right Of reg
stration, in addition To any penalty pre-
scrbed by law for the offence, damages shall
be awarded to the injured party against the
perpetrator, upon his convictions and in case
of default in payment of the same, or of the
escape of the offender, if it shall appear that
the wrong was countenanced, or the offender
harbored or concealed by the neighbcrhood
or that the civil authorities failed to empty
proper measures to preserve the peace, the
damages shall be assessed against and paid
by the town, county or district
V. Offences perpetrated by white persons
disguised as blacks, being of frequent occur
renee, the attention Of all authorities, civil
and military, is Erected to the device, as one
adopted to escape detection, and 10 cast un-
merited obloquy upon the coored people. In
all cases, when resort thereto shall be shown
the fact will be taken into consideration as
aggravatng the offence.
VI. Depriving citizen Of any right, bene
fit or advantage of hre or employment, tc
discourage him from registering, or on &C
count of his having registered, or having
sought to register, shall be deemed an offence
punishable by the Post Court, and shall enti
tie the Injured party to damages against the
offender, any clause in any contract or agree
ment to the contrary Notwithstanding.
VII. The Act Of Congress entitled An
Act for the more efficient government of tho
rebel States" and the several Acts supple
inentary thereto. will be carefully observed
by all Boards of Registration.
VIII. Each Board SHALL, after having taker
tie oath prescri: ed by the Act Of Congress:
Of July ID, 1862, entitled "An Act to pre-
scribe an oath Of uflice," (sce Appendir, firm
|. choose one of its members as Chairman
who shall preside at all sessions of the Board
preserve order at its meetings for registration
and represent the Boa,d, and announce its
action in all matters coming before it.
N. The places Of session Of tt" Board:
shall be the voting places established by Law
or custom in each cectio'. precinct, unless toi
good cause otherwise directed by the Pos
Commander.
y. Each Board shall determine the order
in which the registration shall take place IN
the several election precincts, that may be as
signed to 1t by the Post Commander, aid the
time which shall be allotted to cach-hearing
in mind that the whole work is 20 be finished
before the first day of October.
XI. Each Board Shall, forthwith upon no
tice of publication of this order, and Al least
five days bcf,re commencing registration,
give notice thereof to the Post Commander,
and the Sheriff, and the Mayor OF the city
or the Intendant OF the town, and shall cause
written or printed notices TO be posted in five
of the most public places ir each election
precinct, announcing the tine when aud The
place where its sessions will be held, The mum
ber of days lin no case less than two) and the
hours of the day the Bard will remain in
session Mt each place for the purpose OF regis
tration, and inviting all persons qualified to
yete under the provisions of fhe Act of Con
gress passed March 81, 1867, entitled AN
ACT to provide for the more efficient govern
ment of the rebel State-.H aud the several
Acts supplementary thereto, to appear before
the Board for registration.
XII. On the day and OF the hour designa
ted in the notice, for commencing regiStra
ton, the Board shall. at the place announced,
convene and enter upon its duties, and shall
then and there also post notices of the time
of final session provided form paragraph KIN.
XIII. Tie room used for registration,
which the Chairman sball 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. assem-
bed, and those tu be registered shall be ad-
mittcd within the bar, one by one, and their
ingress aud egress SO arranged as to avoid
confusion.
XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted with.
in the bar as cbaIIengers, whose duty it shall
be to challenge the right of any citizen offer.
ing to register, upon any OF the grounds of
disqualification enumerated In the Acts OF
Congress before cited but the general right
of challenge shall be conceded to all cilizens
present. ;,
XIV. If any challenge be made, the Board
shall, before final decision, examine the per-
son presenting himself for registration, in ref
ereuce to the cause of disqualification alleged,
and shall hear any evidence that may be Of
fered, to substaniiaie or disprove the cause of
challenge, and shall have power to summon
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