Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senat


WASHINGTON, July S.-Senators John
son and Davis appeared and took their
seats 10 day.
Mr.. Trumbull from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported the following bill which,
after some objections from Mr.. Sumner,
was read a second time and ordered TO be
printed:
bill to give effect to the act to provide for the
more efficient government of the Rebel States.
passed March I'd, 1867.
Be it enacted, etc, That the true intent
and meaning of act, provides for the more
efficient government of the Rebel States,
passed March I'd, 1867, was and it shall be
construed TO be, that the military authority
of the United States in said Rebel States as
provided in said act, was and is paramount
to any civil government existing therein,
and makes all such civil governments
subordinate to such military authority, and
prohibits them from interfering in any way
with the exercise of such military au-
thcrity.
ID. That the commander of any district
named in said act shall have power, sub
iect to the approval Of the General of the
armies Of the United States, whenever, in
the opinion Of such commander, proper adj
ministration of said act shall require it, to
suspend or remove from Office, or from per
Torrance Of official duty and exercise of
official power, any officer or person holding
or exercising, or protesting to hold or ex-
ercise, any civil or military Office or duty
in such district, under any power of cleo
ton, appointment or authority derived
from, or granted by, or claimed under any
so-called State, or the government thereof,
or any municipal or other division thereof;
and upon such suspension or removal, such
commander, subject to the approval of the
General aforesaid, shall have power to pro-
vide, from time to time, for the perform
ance of said duties of such officer or person
so suspended or removed, by the detail of
some competent officer or soldier of the
army TO perform the same.
Sd. That the General of the armies of the
United States shall be invested with all the
powers of suspension, removal or detail
granted in the preceding section to district
commanders.
4th. That the acts Of the officers Of the
army already done, in removing from said
district persons exercising The functions of
civil officers and appointing others in their
stead, are hereby confirmed.
5th. That the Boards of Registration
provided for in the act entitled An act sup
elemental to the act entitled an act to
provide for the more efficient government
of the Rebel States, passed March 2, 1867,
and to facilitate restoration, passed March
%, 1867, shall have power, and it shall be
their duty, before allowing the registration
of any person, to ascertain, from such acts
and other information as they can obtain,
whether such person is entitled to be regis
tered under said act, and the cath required
by said act shall not be conclusive on such
question and no person shall be registered
unless such Board shall also have power to |
examine any person claiming registration. |
9th. That the true intent and meaning in
the oath prescribed in said supplementary, !
is among other things, that no person who |
has held an executive or Judicial office in |
any State, whether he has taken an oath |
to support the constitution Of the United |
States or not, and has afterward engaged |
in insurrectiOn to rebel against the United |
States, or given comfort to the enemy |
therefore, Is entitled TO be registered or |
vote, and the words executive or judicial |
Office in any State shall be construed TO in |
clude all civil officers, created by law for |
the administration Of the general laws Of |
the State.
Eth The time for completing the original !
registration, provided for in said act, may,
at the discretion of the commander Of any |
district, be extended TO the lst day Of Oc- |
Io5er, 1867, and the Boards Of Registration |
shall have power, and il shall be their !
duty, commencing twenty days prior to |
any election under said act and upon
reasonable public time and notice thereof,
20 revise for a period Of thirty days, the |
registration list, 40 that any person not |
entitled to be registered may have their
names stricken from the list, and such !
persons shall not be allowed 10 vote,
and such board shall also, during
the same period add to such regis
try the names Of all persons who at that |
time possess the qualifications required by
said act who have not been already regis |
tered, and no person shall at any time be
entitled TO be registered, OF vote by reason
Of any Executive pardon or amnesty Of |
said act or thing which, without such |
pardon or amnesty would disqualify him
from registering OF voting.
oll That section four Of said last
named act shall be construed 10 authorize
lHe NuiuhiAhuaHB betietai hAtDeu tueieihs |
whenever be shall deem needfnl remove
any member Of the Board OF Registration
and appoint another person TO his stead, |
aud 10 I'll any vacany in such board.
On motion Of Mr. Henderson, the resolu- |
ton was adopted calling upon the Secretary |
Of War and Secretary Of the Interior for
information as 10 the origin and extent Of
the Indian difficulty.
Resolutions were previously submitted |
calling upon the State Department for all |
correspondence with Lewis D. Campbell, |
while Minister to Mexico, and With his !