Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-07-09
PUBLIC LEDGER.
once. No. rs Madison stree,
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

took their seats.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported the following bill
which, after some objection from Mr.
Sumner, was read the second time ana
ordered to be printed
"a bill to give effect to an act to pro
vide for the more efficient government
of the rebel States, passed March q lSof
Be it enacted, etc, That the true
intent and meaning of said act, providing
for the more efficient government OF the
rebel States, passed March, 1867, was,
is and shall be construed to be that the
military authority of the United States in
said rebel States, as provided in said act
was and lie paramount to any civil gov
eminent existing therein, making all
such civil governments subordinate to
such military authority, and prohibits
them from interfering in any way will
the exercise of such military authority
Second. That the commander of am
district named in said act shall hava
mower, subject to the approval OF tn
General of the armies Of the Unite
States, whenever, in the opinion of suei
commander, proper administration o.
said act shall require it, to suspend or
remove from office, or from Performance
of official duty and exercising offcia.
powers, any officer or person holding or
exercising, or protesting to hold and
exercise, any civil or military Office OF
duty in such district, under any power,
election, appointment or authority de-
rived from or granted by, or claimed
under, any so.called State, or the Gov
eminent thereof, or any municipal or
other division thereof, and upon such
suspension or removal of such COM
mander, subject to the approval of the
General as aforesaid, shall have power to
provide, from time 10 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 to perform the same.
Third. That the General of the armies
of the United States shall be invested
with all powers of suspension, removal
or detail granted in the preceding sec
ton to district commanders.
Fourth. That the acts of the officers
Of the army, already done, in removing
in the said districts persons exercising
the functions of civil officers, and ap-
pointing officers in their stead, are
hereby confirmed.
Fifth. That the Boards Of Registra-
ton provided for in the act, entitled an
act supplementary to an act entitled an
act to provide for a more efficient
government of the rebel States, passed
March 2, 1861" and one to facilitate
their restoration, passed March %, 1867,
shall have power, and it shall be their
duty, before allowing the registration Of
any one, to ascertain by such facts or
information as they can obtain, whether
such person is entitled to be registered,
under said act, and the oath as required
by said act, shall not be conclusive on
such questions, and no person shall be
registered unless such Boards shall also
have the power to examine, under an
oath, to be administered by any member
of said Board, touching the qualifca-
ton Of any person claiming registration.
Sixth. That the true intent and mean
ing of the oath prescribed in said sup
Elementary act is, among other things,
that no person who has been member
of the Legislature Of any State, or who
has held an executive or judicial Office in
any State, whether he has taken an oath
to support the Constitution Of the United
States or not, and has afterward engaged
in instruction or rebellion against the
United States, or given aid and comfort
to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be
registered or vote, and the words 'exec-
utive or judicial Office" in any of the
said mentioned States, shall be construed
to include all civil Offices, created by Law
for the administration of the genera
laws Of the State.
Seventh. That the election for com
pleting the original registration Pre-.
vided for in said act may, at the discrt
iicn of the commander of any districl
be extended to October LIST, 1867, al
the Boards of Registration shall hav
power, and it shall be their duty, com
mencing twenty days prior to any
election under said act, and upon q
reasonable public notice Of the time and
place thereof to revise for a period of
three days the registration list; upon
being satisfied that any person is not
entitled to be registered, to strike out
the name of such person from the list,
and such person shall not be entitled to
vote. And such Board shall also during
the same period add to said list the
names OF all persons who at that time
possess the qualifications required by
said act and who have not already regis
tered. And no person shall at any time
be entitled TO be registered or vote by
reason Of any executive pardon or am
nesiy, Of any act or thing, which without
snoh nardon or amnesty. would dis.