The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-16
SUPPLEMENTAL RECON-
STRUCTION.
Report OF the Commiiiee OF Confer
enee Adopted by Roth Houses-Rrig,
adiers and Registrars Onfnipoient
and irresponsible.

and irresponsible.
The following is the Additional Re-
construction Bill rs reported by the
Conference Committee on Saturday and
passed by both Houses
SECTION l. That it is hereby declared
to have been the intent and meaning of
the act of March I'd, 1867, that the gov
ernEients then existing in the rebel
States of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and
Ark were not legal State Govern
ments, aud that he: :eafter said govern
ments, if continued ut all, were to be
continued subject in all respects to the
military commanders of the respective
districts, and 10 the paramount author
ity of Congress. &C..
SEC. =. That the commander of any
district named in said act shall have
power, subject to the approval of the
General Of the army of the United States,
and have effect till disapproved, when
ever, in the opinion of the commander,
the proper administration of said act
shall require, or to suspend, or remove
from office, or from the performance of
official duties and exercise of official
powers, any officer or person holding or
exercising, or protesting TO hold or exer-
else, any civil or military office orduty in
such district, under any power, election,
appointment, or authority derived from
or granted by or claimed under any So
called State or the government thereof,
and upon such suspension or removal,
such commander, subject to the disap-
prOval of the General aforesaid, shall
have power, to provide from time TO
time for the performance of said duties
of such officer Orperson SO suspended or
removed, by detail of some competent
officer or soldier of the army, or by the
appointment of some other person to
perform the same, and to fill vacancies
occasioned by death, resignation or
otherwise.
SEC. 3. The General of the army of
the United States shall be entrusted
with all powers of suspension, removal
and appointment granted in the pre-
ceding section to district commanders.
SEC. 4. That the acts of the officers of
the army already done in removing, in
said districts, persons exercising the
functions of civil officers, and appoint
ing others in their stead, are hereby
confirmed: provided, any person here
tofore or hereafter appointed by any
district commander to exercise the
functions of any civil officer, may be
removed either by the military officer
in command of the district or by the
General of the army, and it shall be the
duty OF such commander TO remove
from office as aforesaid all persons who
are disloyal to the Government oflthc
United States, or who use their official
influence in any manner to hinder, de-
lay, prevent or obstruct the due and
proper administration of this act and
the acts to which it is supplementary.
SEC. ). That the Boards OF Rcgistra-
tion provided for in the act entitled
"An act supplementary to an act en-
titled an act TO provide for the more et-
iicient government of the rebel States"
passed March I'd, 1867, and TO facilitate
registration, passed March 23d, lS67,
shall have power, and it shall be their
duty, before allowing the registration
of any person, to ascertain upon such
facts or information as they can obtain,
whether snch person is entitled TO be
registered auder such net, and the oath
required by said act shall not be e".sir-
siva on sneh question:, anu 10 person
shall be registered unless such Board
shall have power To examine, under the
cath to he administered by any member
of such Board, any one. touching the
qualifications of any person claiming
but in every case Of refusal
by the Board to register an applicant
and in every case of striking his name
from the list as hereinafter prescribed,
the Board shall make note or memo
randum, which shall be returned with
the registration list to the Commanding
General, for the ground Of such refusal
or such striking from the list; provided,
no person shall be disqualified rs MEM
Der of any Board of Registration by
reason of race or color.
SEC. 6. That the true intent and
of the oath prescribed in said
act is, among other
things, that no person who has been
member OF the Legislature of any
State, or has held any executive or judi
cial Office in any State, whether he has
taken an oath to support the COnstitu
tion of the United States or not, and
whether he was holding such office at
the commer cement of the rebellion, or
had held it before, and who has after
wards engaged in rebellion against the
United States, or given aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be
registered or vote; and the words "eXec-
utive or judicial office i'll any State" in
said oath, shall be construed to include
all civil officers created by law for the
of justice.
&SEC. :. Ind be IL further enacted, That
the time for completing the original
registration provided for in the said
act may, in the discretion of the COM
mander of any district, be extended to
the first of October, 1867; and the
Boards of Registration shall havep"wer,
and it shall be their dnty. commencing
fourteen days prior to any election I'M
der said act, and upon reasonable public
notice of time and place thereof, TO re-
wise for five days the registration lists,
and npon being satisfied that any person
not entitled to has been registered. to
strike such name from the lists and such
person shall not bc allowed TO vote;
and such Board shall also during the
same period add to such register the
names of all persons who at that time
possess the qualifications required by
said act who have not already register
ed; and no person shall ut any time be
entitled TO be registered or vote by rea-
son of any Executive pardon or am
nesty for any act or thing which with
out such pardon or amnesty would dis
qualify him from registration or voting.
SEC. ;. That Sll members of said
Board of Registration, and all persons
hereafter elected or appointed to office
in said military districts under any So
called State or municipal authority, or
by detail or appointment of the district
commander, shall be required TO take
and subscribe to the oath of Office pre-
scribed by law for the officers of the
United States.
SD. 9. That no district commander or
member of the Board of Registration, or
any officer or appointee under them,
shall be bound in his action by any
opinion of any civil sffieer of the United
States. .
SEC. 10. That Section four OF said last
named act shall be construed TO autbor-
ize tine Commanding General named
therein. whenever he shall deem il need