The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-28
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ed both Houses:
SEC l. Be 1t enacted bu the Senate ana
..- House Of Representatives. Of tile United StHt@
of 1neerica IN Congress assembled, That 1T Is
~ hereby declared to have been the true lnten'
e and meaning of the act of March "a, A. ~
1867, entitled an act to provide Tor the more
efficient government of the rebel States
and of the act supplementary thereto, paSsc.
.sl- on the 23d day of March, i'll the year $50 L
that the governments, then existing IN the
rebel States of Virginia. Norlll-Carollna
South Carolina Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arktn-
sas, were illegal and void, and thereafter the
same Governments, if continued, were to be
continued subject III AL Respects 10 Tue Mill
=. tary Commanders of the respective DISTRICTS
and to the authority of Congress.
SEC. g. Ind be 1t further enacted, That the
49, commander OF any district named! in said act
IL shall have power, subject to the approval OF
the General of the armies of the Unte,t
. States to have effect till dlsapproVed
ill.,. whenever in the opinion of such com,
mander the proper administration OF salo
act shall require it, to suspend or re-
move from oiiicc or from the performance
of official duties and the exercise OF Official
powers, any officer person holding OF cA-
- ercisng, or protesting to hold or exercise
any civil or military Office or duty IN such
j. district under any power, election, appoint
H.. ment or authority derived from or granted
l. by or claimed under any so-called state or
the government thereof, or any munclpai OF
other division thereof, and upon such sts-
pension or removal such commander subject
to the approval of the General aforesaid,
shall have power to provide from time to
-... time for the performance of the said duties
of such officer person, so suspended or re-
moved, BY the detail Of some competent OF
ficer or soldier Of the army or by the APP
pointment of some other person to perform
the same. and to ill vacancies occasloned by
49, death, resignation or otherwise.
SEC g. lind be it FURTHER ennctcd, That
the General of the armies of the United
States shall be invested with all the power OF
suspension, removal, appointment and detail
G. granted in the preceding section to district
s- commanders.
SEC. 4. Ind be it .turiher enacted, That
the acts of the officers of the army already
done in removing in said districts persons
exercising the functions of civil officers and
~-.. appointing others in their stead, are hereby
confirmed provided that any person hereto
fore or hereafter appointed by any district
commander to exercise the functions of any
civil office may be removed, either by the
military officer in command OF the district or
by the General of the army and it shall he
.... the duty of commanders to remove from Of
flee as aforesaid, all person who are dlsloyal
to the government of the United States, or
- who use their official influence in any manner
{. to hinder, delay, prevent or ohstruct the due
and proper administration OF this act, and
the acts to which this is supplementary.
SEC s. And lie it further enacted, That !
the boards OF registration provided Tor in |
=. the act entitled An act supplementary to |
act entitled An TO provide LOT the
more efficient government of the rebel
sI#. States passed March 2 1867, and to tacili- |
20 tate restoration passed March % 1867, |
shall have power, and it shall be their duty
before the allowing the registration of any
Ev-s person, to ascertain, upon such facts in
formation they Obtain whether such
person is entitled to be registered under
said act and the oath required by said act
shall not be conclusive such question,
and no person shall be registered unless such
. board shall decide that he is entitled there
-.-.. to; and such board shall also have power to
examine under oath Ito be administered by
IVA any member of such bOard) any touch
ing the qualification of any person claiming
r II registration. But in every of refusal
by the board to register applicant, made
in every case hereinafter provided, the board
shall make note memorandum, which
shall be returned with the registration list to
o." the commanding Generals of the Districts
setting forth the ground of such refusal or
such striking from the list Provided that
no person shall be disqualified a member
of any board of registration, by reason of
race or color.
.. ..-. Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That
. the true intent and meaning of the oath pre-
IL scribed in said supplementary act is, (amcng
other things that no person who has been
member of the Legislature of any State
Be-. t-... who has held any executive or judicial
office in any State, whether he has taken an
=. oath to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States not and whether he was hold
ing such office at the commencement of the
rebellion or had held 1t before and who has
afterwards engaged in insurrection rebel
: lion againstthe United States, given aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to
be registered or to vote; and the words ex-
ecutve judicial Office in any State" in
T.. said oath mentioned shall be construed to
include all civil offices created by law for the
t administration of the general law of the
State, or for the administration of Justice
~.- Sec T. Ind be 1t further enacted That the
time for completing the original registration
provided for in said act may, in the discre-
l:yf- ton OF the commander of any district, be
& $500. extended to the list day of October 1867
~ io.. % and the boards of registration shall have
- power and 1t shall be their duty commence
ing fourteen days prior to any election under
said act, and upon reasonable public notice
of the time and place thereof, to revise for a
period Of three days the registration lists
r and upon being satisfied that any person not
entitled thereto has been registered to strike
the name of such person from the list And
- such board shall also, during the same peri
cd, add to such registry the names of all
1t persons who at that time possess the quaf-
cations required by said act who have not
- been already registered and no person shall
at any time be entitled to be registered or to
fst vote by reason OF any executive pardon or
amnesty, Tor any act or thing which, with
out such pardon or amnesty would disuual-
ify him from registration or voting.
II ~ - SEC. 3. and be 1t further enacted That
Sec OF the said last-named act shall be con-
It., strued to authorize the commanding general
named therein, whenever he shall deem If
var needtul to remove any member of a board
- OF regIstration, and to appoint another per
q ~ !. son In his stead, and to fill any vacancy in
9Eg 81 such board -
49, SEC g. That all members of said Boards
ia OF registration and all persons hereafter