The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-08-23

OF the registered electors qualified AS herelh
! specified, cnst at said election, at least one
half Of allthe registcredvoters voting upon
the question of such ratification, the prcsi-
dent of the convention shall transmit a. copy
Of the same, duly certified, to the President
OF the United States, who shall forthwith
transmit the same to Congress, if then in SEES
sion, and If not IN session, then Immediately
upon its next assembling and il it shall
moreover appear to Congress that the cleo
ton was one at which all the registered and
qualified electors in the State had an oppor-
tunity to vote freely and without restraint,
| fear, or the influence of fraud, and ifthe Con-
gress shall be satisfied that such constitution
meets the approval osa majority Of all the
qualified electors in the State, and il the said
constitution shall be declared by Congress to
be in conformity with the provisions Of the
act to which this is supplementary, and the
other provisions Of said act shall have been
complied with, and the said constitution shall
he approved by Congress, the State shall be
declared entitled to representation, and sena-
tors and representatives shall be admitted
therefrom as therein provided.
SIC. 6. And be Il further enacted, That all
elections in the States mentioned in the said
"Act to provide for the more efficient govern
ment of the rebel States" shalt, during the
operation of said act, 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,
lake and subscribe the oath prescribed by the
act approved July second, eighteen hundred
and siIty-two, entitled "An act to prescribe
an oath Of Office -: Proriiei, That if any per-
son shall knowingly and falsely take and
subscribe any oath in this act prescribed,
such person 80 offending and being thereof
duly convicted shall be subject to the pains,
penalties, and disabilities which by law are
| provided for the punishment OF the crime o:
wilfnl and corrupt perjury.
SIC. 7. And Be il further Enacted, That all
expenses incurred by the several command.
ing generals, or by virtue Of any orders issu-
ed, or appointments made, by them, under or
by virtue Of this act, shall be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
SEc. 8. And Be it ErhT enacted, That the
convention fO- each State shall prescribe the
fees, salary, and compensation to be paid to
all delegates and other officers and agents
| herein authorized or necessary to carry into
eject the purpose Of this act not herein 9th
erwise provided for, aud shall provide for the
levy and collection of such taxes on the prop
erty in such State as may be necessary to
pay the same.
SIC. Q. And he il FURTHER Aadet,d, That the
word "%artlcle,' in the sixth section Of the
act to which This is supplementary, shall be
construed to mean "scction." .
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Speaker ofht House df Representatives..
b. F. WADE,
President Of the Senate pro tsmpors.
TX THE HoUsE Or REPRESENTATIVES, Z. S.,
March -, 1867.
The President of the United States having
returned to the House Of Representatives, in
which it originated, the bill entitled "An act
| supplementary to an act entitled AN act to
provide for the more efficient government of
the rebel States passed March second,
eighteen hundred and sixty-5eyen, and to IA
~cilitate restoration" with his objections
thereto, the House Of Representatives pro-
ceedPd, in pursuance of the Constitution, to
reconsider the same and
RtIoiOsd, That the sad bill do pass, two
thirds of the House Of Representatives agree
ing to pass the same.
Attest: EDwD. MCPHERsON,
Clerk II. L.. u. S,