Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-09
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IwEsrERN ASSOCIATED PRESS REPoRTsI
WAsHNGToN, July .-Senatc-John-
aon and Davis appeared and took their
seats.
Trumbul from Judiciary committee
reported the following bill, which after
some objection from Sumner, was read
s. second time and ordered 10 be printed
4 BaD TO gf5c affect 10 an act 10 Pro-
vide 10r ne more efficient Government Of
the Rebel States, passed March ., 1857.
BE u enacted etc., That the true intent
a1d meaning OF said act providing for
= more efficient government Of rebel
states, passed March ., 1867, was, is ard
shall be construed to be that military
authority Of the United States in said
rebel states as provided in said act was,
and is paramOunttO any civil government
existing therein, makes all such civil
governments subordinate to such MILF
tary authority, snd prohibits them from
interfering in any way with the exercise
ef such military authority. >. That the
commander Of any district named in
said act shall have power, subject 20 the
approval of the general of the armies Of
the United States, whenever in the opin-
ION OF such commander proper admins
tratiOu Of said act shall require il, TO sus-
pend or remove from Office or from the
performance Of official duty and exercise
Of official powers, any officer or person
holding or exercising, or psOfess-
ing to hold or exercise, any civil or
military office or duty in such
district, under any power, election,
appointment, or authority derived
from or granted by, or claimed under any
sO-cailed state, or the government there
Of, or any municipal or other divi-
sion thereof; n upon such suspension
o rTensOval Of such commander, subject
to the approval of the general as afOre-
said, shall have power TO provide from
dme to time for the performance of the
duties Of such officer or person so sus-
pended or removed by the de-
tail Of some competent officer
or soldier OF the army, to perform the
same. g.. That the general of the arr
mics Of the United States shall be in
vested with all powers of suspension,
removal or detail, granted in the pre-
cediDg section to the district command
ers. f. 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 appointing
JULIUS AA AAAIAA SAEAA FAAE eIEhttDlA AAttAs
5. That the boards Of registration prOvi-
ded for in the act entitled an act supple
meutaTy to an act entitled an act ''tO
provide FOR a more efficient government
OF the rebel states, passed March ID,
1867" and one to facilitate their r~estOrg-
ton, passed March 23d, 1867, shall have
power, and it shall be their duty, before
allowing the registration Of any person,
to ascertain by such facts or information
as they can obtain, whether such person
is entitled 10 be registered under said
act and oath as required by said act, shall
not be conclusive on such questions, and
no person shall be registered unless.
such board shall also have power to eX-
anime, under an Oat TO be administered
by any member of said board, touching
the qualification Of any person claiming
registration. @. That the true in
tent and meaning Of the cath
prescribed in said supplementary act is,
among other things, that no person who
has been q 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 Con-
stitutiOn OF the United States or not, and
has afterwards engaged i'm insurrection
or rebellion against the United States,
or given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof, is entitled TO be registered or
not; and the words O. executive OF
judicial office" in u state of
the said mentioned states, shall be
construed 10 include ali civil offices,
created by law, for the administration of
the general laws of the state. Z. That
the time for completing the original
registration, provided for in said act.
may 1T the discretion Of the commander
of 1-rH .Nr.ruT4H I- .1f..l.4 o.. rI. IL .r ]
October, 1867, and the boards Of reg
istraliUn shall have power, and it
shall be their duty, commencing
twenty days prior TO any election
under said act, and upon a 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 not entitled to
be registered, TO strike out the name of
such person from the list, and such per
son shall not he entitled TO vote. And
such board shall also, during the same
periods, add % such list the names of
al persons who at that time DOS
sess the qualifications required by
said aCt, and who have not al
ready registered. And no person
shall at any time be registered or vote
by reason of any executive pardon or
AtAAF~NN va any 0RN vi NAhllAf Which, ]
without such pardon or amnesty would
d~sQualify him from registering or voting.
s. That section fourth of said last named
act shall be construed to authorize the
commanding general named therein,
whenever he shall deem it ueedful, 10
remove any Of the members of the
boards Of registration and appoint an
other person in his stead, and to
ill ANY vacancy in suCh board.
The remainder of the session was con
sumed I'M the Introduction, discussion
and adoption of a resolution requesting
the secretary Of state TO furnish all the
Information in his power respecting re-
cent events in Mexico.
HDuse-Iu the House, Mr.. Adams, the
representative from the eighth district Of
Kentucky, was qualified and took his
seat.
Mr.. Wood offered a resolution, which
vas referred, iuquiring what action
should be taken by the government in
view of the fOrcibie abduction of Santa
from an American vessel.
Another resolution was offered and
also referred, denOuncing the re-
cent execution of Maximilian, and
i]nstructing the senate to reporta flIibus-
tering bill. A motion was adopted re
3ueSting the president to furnish all the
Information received by the government
TO the arrest and execution of
Santa Anna and MIximilian. Mr.. Ste
vens, from the reconstruction committee,
introduced q bill substantially the same
Is That introduced i'm the Senate.
sST. LOUIS, July 8.-The river is sta
1onary with four feet two inches in the