The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-27
RECONSTRUCTION
supplementary Reconstruction Bill.

The following is the text of the Senate
Supplementary reconstruction bill, as it pass
ed both Houses:
Sec 1. Be at enacted da the Senate ana
House Of Representatives Of me On, I.e oette'
Of america IN Congress Gsse'''o.et', NAT ~ Is
! hereby declared to have been the true intent
and meaning of the act of March I'd, A. d.
1867. entitled aI act to provide tor the more
efficient government OF The rebel States,
and of thcact supplementary thereto, passed
on t,,e esd dav of March, in the year 1867,
that tht, governments, then existing In the
rel,cI States of Virginia, Norih -Carollna,
South Carolina. GEORGIA. MISSISSIPPI. Ala
bama, Louisiana, Florida. Texas and ArKan-
sas. were iils.sai and void and thereafter the
same governments. If continued, were TO be
| continued subject in ali respects to the Mill
tary Commanders of the respective Districts
and to the authority of Congress.
SEC. 9 And be it further cnacted, That the
commander OF any district named in said act
shall have power. subject to the approval of
the General Of the armies OF the United
States, to have effect till disapproved,
whenever in the opinion of such com
mandar the proper administration of said
act shall REQUIRE ii, to suspend or re-
move from ol;ice, or from the performance
of official duties and the exercise OF official
powers. a:iy officer or person holding or eN-
ercisiug. or protesting TO hold or exercise
any civil or military Office, or duty in such
district under any power, election, appoint
ment or authority derived from or granted
by, or ciaimctl ul,ter any so called State or
the government thereof, or any municipal OF
other division thereof. and upon such sus-
pension or removal such commander, subject
to the approval Of the General aforesaid,
shall have power to provide from time 10
time fol- the performance of the said duties
of such officer or person, 50 suspended or re-
moved by the detail Of some competent oil
ficer or soldier 81 the army or by the APP
pointment Of some other person to perform
the same. and 70 fill vacancies occasionea I'y
death, resignation or otherwise.
SEC 5. Ind 10 Il .tdtrther e',Gctcd, That
the General Of tic armies ot the United
States shall be invested with all the power OF
suspension, removal, appointment and detail
granted in the preceding section to district
commanders
SEC. 4. Ind be it further 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
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 be
the duty of commanders TO remove from of
fee, as aforesaid, all person who are disioyal
to the government of the United States, or
who use their official influence in any manner
to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due
and proper administration Of this act, and
the acts to which this is supplementary.
SEC. ). -l.G BE 1t JU!-tIcr caGctcd, That
the boards OF registration provided for III
the act entitled An act supplementary to
an act entitled An act to provide for the
more efficient government of The rebel
States passed March ,, 1867. and to laci!i
tate restoration" passed Mar Ii %, 1867.
shall have power, ana ii shall he their duty
before the allowing the registration Of any
person, to ascertain, upon such itcts or in
formation rs they can obtain, whether such !
person is entitled to he registered under |,
said act, and the oath required !y said act |
shall not be conclusive on such question, !
and no person shall ne registered unless such ,
board shall decide that lie is entitled there
10; and such boar. shall also have power TO !
examine under oati! 20 nc administered by |
any member of such boar,N any one touch |
ng the qualification of any person claiming
registration. But in every case of Il refusal .
~ the board TO register an applicant, made I
n every case hereinaItc: provided, tie board .
hall make note or memorandum, which
hall be returned with The registration list to
he commanding Generals OF the Districts,
citing forth the ground Of suc. refusal, Or
uch striking from the list Provided. that
10 person shall i.r disqualified. rs a member
IF any board of registration, by reason Cf
ace or color.
SEC. G. Ind be It .t,a5thcr enacted, That
he true Intent and meaning Of !hc oath pre-
cEibcd in said supplementary act is, (amcng
thcr tninCs,) that no person who has been
member Of the Legislature OF any State
" who has held any executive or Judicial
fficc in any Slate. whether he has taken an
ath to support the Constitution CT the Uni
ed States or not, and whether he was hold
ng such office 1T the commencement OF the
ebellion Or had held it before. and who has
fterwards engaged in instruction or rebel
ion againstthe United States. or given aid OF
OmtOrt to the enemies thereof, is entitled to
re registered or to vote; and the words ''eX-
cutive or judicial Office in any State" in
aid oath mentioned shall be construed TO
include all civil Offices created by law for the
administration of the general law Of the
tate, or for the administration Of justice.
Sec. 7. Ind be 1t further enacted, That the
ime for completing the original registration
rovided for in said act may, in the discre-
ion of the commander of any district, be
xtended to the 1st day of October, 1867;
nd the boards of registration shall have
over, and 1T shall be their duty, commenc-
1g fourteen days prior to any election under
aid act and upon reasonable public notice
the time and place thereof, to revise for t
eriod of three days the registration lists;
nd upon being satisfied that any person not
ntitled thereto has been registered, to strike !
he name of such person from the list. And
lch board shall also, during the same peri |
d, add to such registry the names of all ;
ersons who at that time possess the qualii- l
atoms required by said act who have not .
cen already registered, and no person shall 5
t any time be entitled to be registered or to
ote by reason OF any executive pardon or f
for any act or thing which, with t
ut such pardon or amnesty, would disqual-
V him from registration Or voting.
SEC. s. And be 1t further enacted, That
&C. of the said last-named act shall be con-
rued to authorize the commanding general f