The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-10

8 INSTRUMENTATION.

18th inst, reinstatng Civil GoVefninehI III I>oiti
Carolina to enable it to resume IFS former reia-
tions as one of the constituent States Oh INC
American Union. He stated that he dld so at the
request of several gentlemen from Nor1h-Caro-
lima. Read twice, referred to the Committee on
Territories, and ordered to be printed.
The following is the bill:
A Bill to establish civil government In
North.Carolina, and ena BILE it to resume
its former relations as one of the con-
stituent States of the American Union.
WHEREAS, On the goth day of May, 1851, the
citizens of North Carolina, one on the lnted
STATES of America did rebel against the Govern
mani of the United States, and on the said Goth
day of May and thereafter dld violently set ASIDE
and destroy the organized CONSTITUTIONAL Govern
ment of the said State, and dld engage WIN others
in armed hostility anu warfare W ill'aiu 'neil
said action and
WHEREAS, After the lapse of more than four
wears the United States by force of arms, having
Succeeded in QIelling said rebellion and disarm-
ing SUCH insurgent citizens dd ma IN sa M aS>
Carolina, no government organized or officers
qualified according to the requirements of the
Constitution of the United States; and
4" WHEREAS, The President of the United States
by virtue of his power as Commandcr-in-Chief of
the Army and Navy under the operation of mar
tial law, for the purpose of preserving peace and
order and of relieving his subordinate military Off
GERS from executing the details OF civil regulatlos
in the several and widely separated localities in
the district, did, under forms and rules by him
prescribed, authorize certain citizens of the dis
trict to assume the execution of said purpose of
preserving peace and order under the protection
and sanction of the military authority; and
WHEREAS It is the duty of the Congress of
the United States to preserve the said district,
and the loyal citizens thereof, one of the Uni
ted States of America, and by law 10 cause to he
organized therein government republican III
torn, based on the civil and law making power
of the nation; therefore,
Be 1t enacted, ETC., That on the Goth day of May,
1867 at the hour of II O'Clock, meridian, there
shall be assembled at the State House in the city of
Raleigh, Convention of the loya! citizens of the
district formerly comprising the State OF North
Carolina, composed of 12O delegates, to be chosen
by voters qualified as hereinafter provided; and
each county in said district shall be entitled to
send to said Convention the same number OF del
egates that it entitled TO send members to the
House of Commons Of the State of NoItil-Carol-
ma prior to the Goth day of May, 1861: and ma
jority of the delegates elected to said Convention
shall constitute quorum, and be invested with
the sovereign power of the people of the district
to frame State Constitution, which shall be
submitted TO the Congress of the United States
for approval, modification rejection, prepare
tory to the establishment of the said State, and
the re-investing its loyal citizens with all of the
rights, privileges and immunitleS appcrtalninG to
the citizens of the other States OF the Union;
and the said Convention shall have power and au
thority to do all other acts which by the recog-
nlZed principles Oh republican government SOW
ereign Conventions Of the people of the States
may of right do provided that in case no quorum
shall assemble on the said 10th day of May, any
less number of delegates assembled may adjourn
from day to day until such time as quorum may
assemble for the transaction of business.
Second: That in the election of delegates to
said Convention there shall be allowed to vote all
male resident citizens of the district formerly
comprising the State of North Carolina of the
age of twenty-one years, without distinction of
race or color, VINO can read or write or may own
in fee real estate OF the assessed value OF $780, or
more: Provided, That no one who has heretofore
exercised the right of suffrage in said district
shall be disqualified from voting i'll said election.
Third: That the qualifications for the dele
gates to the said Convention shall he The
were required for members of the House OF Com
mons OF the State of North Carolina, Immediate
ly previous to the both of May, 1861, upon the
taking and subscribing, before the Judge of the
District Court of the United States for the Dis
trict of North Carolina, or some other officer of
the United States authorized 10 administer oaths,
the following oath, to wit:
do solemnly swear on the Holy Eyangelists of
Almighty God (or affirm as the may beg, that
the fourth day of March, 1854, and ut all times
thereafter, | would willingly have complied with
the requirements of the Proclamation of the Pre-
sident of the United States issued the eighth
day of December, 1868, had safe opportunity of
doing so been afforded me. That on the said
fourth day of March, 1864, and at all times there
after, was opposed to the continuance of the
Rebellion, and to the establishment of the SOCIAL
led Confederate Government and voluntarily gave
no aid or encouragement thereto, but earnestly
desired the success of the Union and the suppress
sion of all armed resistance to the Government of
the United States; and that will henceforth faith
fully support the Constitution of the United
States, and the Union of the States Hereunder.
And no person shall be allowed to sit or act as
delegate ID said Convention, or hold any office
or appointment Hereunder, until he shall
have taken and subscribed the above oath in the
manner and form as above provided.
F9urth: That it shall be the duty of the Judge !
of the District Court or other officer before whom
such oath is proposed to be taken, whenever he !
may suspect it is about to be taken falsely by any
person, TO put to such person any question under
oath, and to hear any other evidence that may
tend to satisfy him as to the propriety OF admin
lstering it. And if, in his Judgment, the person
cannot truthfully take the oath, he may refuse to
administer it. And should any person falsely take
SAD oath, ne snail be indicted and prosecuted in
the Circuit Court of the United States held in the
district in which the otfcnsc may be committed,
Tor the crime of perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall be sentenced to and receive such
punishment as now attaches to the crime of Der
jury. And in the trial of such Indictment no Der
son shall be qualified TO sit npon the jury until
ne shall have taken said oath, and the Court may
require any juror to take it, unless he shall swear
that he cannot truthfully do SO.
Fifth: That it shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent OF the United States to direct and require
the United States Marshal for the District of
North Carolina to appoint for each county in said
shall SO appointed shall, each in his RESPECTIVE
county, appoint keepers and inspectors of polls
and other necessary assistants and on the first day
OF May, 1867, the said Deputy Marshals shall each
open polls in their respective counties for the
election OF delegates to said Convention at such
places, and shall conduct the election and give
OF election, under such rules and req.
latons, except as herein otherwise provided. as
were prescribed for the election of members of
Ine House OF Commons by the laws of the State
Of North Carolina mediately previous to the both
day OF May, 1861 and any person who shall he
appointed Deputy Marshal, or INSPECTOR or In
'pector, or Keeper of The Polls as aforesaid. and
VINO snail refuse or neglect to perform the duties
equlred OF him under this act, shall be guilty
)f misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before the United States Circuit Court, he'd in
,he district of North Carolina shall be fined sucb
ulI or imprisoned Tor such time as the Court in
Is discretion shall fix
S'Ih That the said deputy marshals keepers |
md inspectors of polls, and other necessary as |
,lstantS shall receive the sum of five dollars Nor
lay, Tor every day they may be engaged i'm the
nscharge of their duties under this act to he as
,ertalned and paid by the United States Marshal
d the dlstrlct under the order of the District
Judge And the United States Marshal i'm adj
llton 10 his present salary and fees shall receive
'uch compensation tor the discharge of his duties
lnder this act, as Congress may hereafter allow.
@ the United States Marshal of said District mon
me order or requisition of said Judge, out ofany
moneys In the treasury not otherwise apDroDri-
iteu' sucn sums OF money from time to time. as
ng provisions. 0o' O'o ioieso-
SeOenh. That the present organization soft mn
!nuer martial law by the military poUyer of the