The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-12
concentrating Act.

IL IS probable that Congress will adionr,
soon over to May or October. No dav baa
yet been fixed. Meanwhile enablino oa.
supplemental to the Sherman act are undo.
consideration, and it seems probable tho.
some act of the sort will be passed. We do
| not know that such an act is NECESSARY g.
this State, but it may he that Cona,oo.
should aid some of the other States
On motion of Mr.. Kelley, the COMMITTEES
on the judiciary Of the House has been ~
structed to report an enabling act.
We have received from Hon. Charles c,,
ner printed copy of bill introduced ~,
him, and read twice IN the Senate, ssto ,,,,..
antee republican form of governments j.
Virginia, North-Carolina, South Caro,;nn
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi Ion
isiana, Arkansas, and Texas, and to pror;1o
| for the restoration of those States to nr.o.;
cal relations to the Union" We shall rrh
lish this bill in our next.
Mr.. Wilson, of Massachusetts. has a,so :.
troduced an enabling act, in substance - e.
lows:
Section one directs the COMMANDING or
Ger of each district to cause repistr,ti;o 0i'-
be made before September 1, 1867 in aaa !"
county or parish in his district, of the maj" Jn
citizens over twenty-one years of ACE ros;
dent therein, to include only those Gnol;6oa
to vote by the act to which this is snnnIo
ment, and who shall take and subscribe thu the
following oath: II, -, do hereby saI
emily swear Cor affirm) that am spcoreln
and earnestly attached to the Union on5
Government of the United States; that
| will steaoliastly support the Constitution and
obey the laws of the United States. and
that will, to the best of my ability, epeaos
| all others to such support and obedience. 60
help me God"
Section two directs the COMMANDING oen-
| eral, as soon as the registration is comDIctrl
to cause an election for delegates to n Con-
Ventlon to be held on a day not less than
thirty days from proclamation of election
| for the purpose OF amending the existipo or
framing new Constitution, of firmly estah
fishing loyal civil governments, and passiny
needful ordinances to put the same into ON,
Grafton.
Section three directs that the said Conven-
tions shall be called on the basis of represcn-
tation on which the number of members of
Congress is apportioned.
Section four provides for the appointment
by the commanding general of officers or
persons to make the registration, preside at
the election, receive, sort and count the
votes, and make return thereof and of the
persons elected, and he then shall make
proclamation of the persons elected and no.
THY within sixty days when and where they
shall assemble to organize the convention;
and when the said convention shall have
amended the existing or framed new Con-
stItutIon IN accordance with the act to
which this is supplement, it shall be sub
mltted to the people at an election to be
held after the expiration of thirty days from
notice thereof given by the convention.
Section five provides that if the said Con-
stitution is ratified by majority of the
votes cast, the President of the Convention
shall transmit the same to the President of
the United States. who shall transmit 1t to
Congress, if in session, and if not in session,
then upon its next assembling; and if it be
declared by Congress to be in conformity
with the provisions of the act recently pass
ed by Congress known as the military Dill,
the State shall be declared entitled to rep
resentatlon, and senators and representatives
shall be admitted as provided in said act.
Section six provides that the duties and
powers delegated and conferred upon the
commanding general may, with his consent,
be transferred to the acting governor of the
State upon his taking an oath faithfully
10 perform and execute the same.