Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

said Constitution shall be declared by Con.
gress to be in-cunfotmity with the ffih SEQ.
ton of the act entitled g An act to provide
for the more efficient government of the rebel
States, and the other provisions of TIE said
act shall have been complied with. the STAT.
shall be declared eptilled to representation.
and Senators and Representatives. shall be adj.
mitted therefrom therein provided.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all
elections in the States mentioned iu the sid
g act to provide for the more efficient govern.
meut of the rebel States, shall during the
operation of said net, be by ballot: and all
officers making the said registration of voters
and conducting said elections shall. before
entering upon the discharge of their duties.
take aud subscribe the oath prescribed by tbs
,ac'iapproved July 2, 1862, entitled g an act
TO prescribe an oath of office"
Sec Z. Aud be it further enacted, That ali
expenses incurred by the several command
ing generals; or by virtue of .guy orders issued
OF appointments made, by them, under or BY
virtue OF this act, Shall be paid out of any
monies In the treasury not otherwise appre-
priated. 80
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That tSa
convention for each State shall prescribe the
1ees, salary, and compensation to be paid to
all delegates and other officers aud agents
herein authorized or necessary to carry into
effect the purposes of this act not herein
otherwise provided for, aud shall provide ftTr
the levy and collection of such taxes ON the
property in such States as NAV be pecessarT
to pay the same.
Since the above was put in tyne. the .nb-
ject has been taken up in the Senate, and /.
substitute offered embodying the following
changes:
Section l. The following words are added.
Which oath may be administered nv anv
registering officer" And that part of the
oath which asserts that the swearer is sim.
csrcly attached 10 the Union and the Gov
eminent is omitted.
Sections and are consolidated. Merely
technical changes. The Virginia Convention
Is to consist OF the same nImber of members
as represenented the territory now constitu
ting Virginia In the most numerous branch
OF the Legislature OF said State in the year
looO, TO De apporuoned as aforesaid" As
the bill stood before, it might have been cues.
tiouable whether the convention was To con.
slst OF us many delegates AZ the undivided
State had in the House of Delegates in lS6n
instead of above Thirty days previous nus
uce OF the registration is also to be given.
Section (I). The convention shall first
determine by vote whether it is the wish Of
the people to frame constitution and govern
ment under the Sherman bill and if so, shall
proceed to form the same as provided in the
House bill.
Section 3 in the above bill is not altered.
except as to number, it being section 4 in the
substitute.
Section Coy is changed so as to reanire'
the commissioners and conductors of election
to take, in addition to the usual oath.of Office.
an oath " faithfully to perform their duties.'i
Section ~ is not altered
Section 60 is not altered. Yet it NAV
be worth mentioning that the taxes to be
levied under it are required to be laid q upon
the property in the State. That is not upon
\ new section is added as follows:
''Section 8. And lie u further euoc,ed
That the word article in the sixth section
OF the act to which this is supplementary
shall be construed To mean, section"