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House Of Representative Of the United
States, IN Congress Assembled, That
it is hereby declared to have been the
true intent and meaning of the act Of
the I'd March, 1867, entitled an act to
provide for the more efficient govern
ment. Of the rebel States, and of the
act supplementary thereto, passed on
the 23d Of March, 1867, that the gov
ernments then existing in the rebel
States were not legal. and if continued
were subject in all respects to the
military commanders of the respective
districts and to the paramount authori-
ty of Congress.
Sec. 2. That the commander of any
district named in said act shall have
power. subject to the disapproval of
the general of the army Of the United
States, to have effect till disapproved,
whenever in the opinion Of such com
mander. the proper administration of
said act shall require it, to suspend or
remove from office any officer or per-
son holding any civil or military office
in such district under any powers,
election, appointment or authority de-
rived from any So called State or gov
eminent thereof or any municipal or
other division thereof; and upon such
suspension or removal such comman-
der, subject to the disapproval of the
general aforesaid, shall have power to
provide from time to time for the per-
Torrance of the duties of such officer
or person so suspended or removed by
the Detail Of some competent officer or
soldier of the army. or by the appoint
ment of some other person to perform
same and fill vacancies.
Sec. 3. The General of the army of
the United States shall be invested
with all powers of suspension, removal
appointment and detail granted in the
preceding section 10 district comman-
ders.
See. 4. That the acts vf officers of
the army already done in removing in
said districts persons exercising civil
Offices acd appointing others to places
are hereby confirmed; provided, that
any person heretofore appointed by
any district commander may be re-
moved either by military officers COM
handing districts, or the general of the
army, and it shall be the duty of such
commander TO remeve from office, as
aforesaid, all persons who are disloyal
or who use official influence in any
manner to hinder and delay the admin
istration of this act and acts to which it
is supplementary.
Sec. 5. That the boards of registra-
ton provided for in the act supplement
tai to an act entitled an act to provide
for the more efficient government of
the rebel States, shall have power,
and it shall be their duty, before allow
ing a registration of any person, to
ascertain upon such facts or informa-
tien as they can obtain, whether such
person Is entitled to register and can
take the oath required by said act, but
it shall not be conclusive on such
question, and no person shall register
unless such board shall decide that he
is entitled thereto; aad such board
shall also have power to examine,
under oath, to be administered by any
member nf such board, any one touch
ing his qualification, but in every case
of refusal by the board to register the
applicant. and in every case Of striking
his name from the list, the board shalt
make note which shall be returned
with the registration list to the COM
handing general of the district, set
ting forth the grounds of such refusal
or such striking from the list; provided
that no person shall bedisqualified as a
member of any board of registration by
reason of race or color.
Sec. 6. The true intent and mean
ing of the oath prescribed in said sup
Elementary act is, among others, that
no person who has been member of
the legisl lture of any State or held
office in any State, whether they had
taken an oath to support the constitu-
ton of the United States or not, and
whether holding such Office at the
commencement of the war or held be-
fore, and who afterwards engaged in
rebellion or gave aid and comfort to
the enemy, is not entitled to registra
ton or to vote, and the words execu-
five or judicial in any State shall be
construed so as to include all civil
officers created by law for the admins
tration of any general law, State or ad-
ministrative. 4 s.-.~r e.
Sec. z. The time for completing the
original registration provided for in
said act may, in the discretion of COM
manders of districts, be extended to
the first day of October. 1867, and the
board of registration may have power
to commence fourteen days prior to any
election under said act, and upon rea-
sonable public notice of time and
place thereof, to revise for period of
five days the registration list, and
upon being satisfied that any person is
not entitled thereto, strike his name
from the list, and such person shall
alse during the same period add to
to such registry the names of all per-
sons who during that time possesses
the qualifications required, and who
have not already registered, and NO
person shall register by reason of any
executive pardon or amnesty for any
act or thing which without such par
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