The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-17
OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, s. c., August 1, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS,
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l. Registration shall commence Immediately
upon the promulgation of this order
II. Post Commanders will be Superintendent
OF registration within their respective commands,
exercising in addition to the functions hereinaf-
ter specially conferred, general supel visory au-
thority, looking to the faithful execution of the
several Reconstruction Acts, the maintenance of
order, and the protection of political rights.
They will suspend registrars for mafeasance in
office, neglect of duty, or incompetency, prompt
ly reporting their action with the reasons there
Tor, to these Headquarters.
| Ill The Boards of Registration are empowered
and required to suppress all disorders interfering
with the execution OF their duties, to cause the ar
rest and confinement of all persons falsely taking
the oath prescribed, all persons committing any
breach of the peace conducting themselves in
a manner tending thereto, and all persons who
shall threaten or otherwise attempt to intmidate
or corruptly or improperly influence any citizen
offering to register; and for this purpose they
| may apply for aid to the Post Commander, and
may require the attendance and services of sher-
ifs, their deputies, constables, policemen, and
also of any citizen; and all State, district, county
and town officers charged with the preservation
| of the public peace as well as all citizens are
required to obey the orders of said Boards, given
in pursuance OF the authority afo1 esaid and to
perform all such acls and duties as may be re-
quisitc therefor.
| All arrests made as herein provided will be
promptly reported to the Post Commander to
whom also the prisoners will be turned over with
charges for trial by Post Court to be organized
as provided in Circular of May Is, 1867, from
these Headquarters, and any civil officer or citi-
failing to respond to the call of the Board for
assistance will be dealt with in like manner.
| ". Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury in
person, family or property, while exercising or
seeking to exercise the right of regstra-
ton, in addition to any penalty prescribed by
law for the offence, damages shall be awarded to
! the injured party against the perpetrator upon
his cOnviction and in of default in payment
of the same, of the escape Of the offender ifit
| oh haiti was cal Op
the offender harbored or concealed by the neigh
borhood, or that the civil authorities failed to
employ proper measures to preserve the peace,
| the damages shall be assessed against and paid
| by the town, county or district.
| V. Offences perpetrated by white persons dis
| guised as blacks, being of frequent occurrence
the attention of ali authorities, civil and militia
ry, is directed to the device, as one adopted to
escape detection, and to cast unmerited Obloquy
upon the colored people. In all cases, when re
sort thereto shall he shown, the fact will be taken
into consideration as aggravating the offence.
vi. Depriving citizen OF any right, benefit or
| advantage of hire or employment, to discourage
him from registering, or On account of his having
registered or having sought to register, shall be
deemed an offence punishable by the Post Court,
and shall entitle the injured party to damages
| against the offender, any clause i'll any contract
or agreement to the contrary Notwithstanding.
! VII. The Act of Congress entitled 'An Act for
the mere efficient government of the rebel
States,' and the several Acts supplementary
~-A OON-NAS
| of Registration.
vii. Each Board shall, after having taken the
oath prescribed by the Act OF ofCongresSof July 3D.
1862, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath of Of
fice," (See APpea0iI, form L. choose one Of its
members chairman, who shall preside at all
sessions of the Boards preserve order at its
meetings for registration, and represent the
| Board, and announce its action in all matters
coming before it.
| TX The places of session of the Boards shall be
the voting places established by law or custom
in each election precinct, unless for good cause
! otherwise directed by the Post Commander.
X. Each Board shall determine the order in
which the registration shall take place in the sew
eral election precincts, that may be assigned to
il by the Post Commander, and the time which
shall be allotted to each-bearing in mind that
the whole work is to be finished before the first
day of October.
XI. Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice
of publication OF this order, and at least five days
before commencing registration, give notice
! thereof to the Post Commander, and the sheriff,
and the mayor of the city or the intendant of the
| town. and shall cause written printed notices
to be posted in five of the most public places in
each election precinct, announcing the time when
and the place where its sessions will be held the
number of days Gin no case less than two,) and
the hours of the Cay the Board will remain in
session at each place for the purpose of regiStra
ton; and inviting all persons qualified to vote
under the provisions of the Act OF Congress
passed March I'd, 1867, entitled "An Act to pro-
vide Tor the nDre efficient government of the
rebel States, ,, and the several Acts supplementary
thereto, to appear before the Board for reglstra-
| ton.
XII On the day and at the hour designated in
the notices, for commencing registration, the
Board shall, at the place announced, convene and
! enter upon its duties, and shall then and there
also post notices of the time of final sessions
| provided for in paragraph Xix.
| XIII. The room used for registration, which
the chairman shall have previously provided for
| the purpose, shall be so arranged that the Board
shall be separated by bar from all other persons
who may be assembled, and those to be registered
shall be admitted within the bar, one by one, and
their ingress and egress so arranged as to avoid
| confusion.
XIV Two citizens shall be admitted within
the bar as challengers, whose duty it shall be to
challenge the right of any citizen offering to reg
lister, upon any of the grounds of disqualification
enumerated in the Acts of Congress before cited;
but the general right of challenge shall be con-
ceded to all citizens present
! XIV. If any challenge be made, the Board shall,
| before final decision, examine the person pre-
senting himself for registration, in reference to
the cause of disqualification alleged, and shall
| hear any evidence that may be offered, to sub
stantiate or dsprove the cause OF challenge, and
| shall have power to summon and compel the at
| tendance of witnesses and administer oaths in
any of registration.
XVI In registering, the names of white and
colored citizens shall be entered alphabetically,
! in separate columns of the list.
XVII. The following shall be the process OF
registering:
| First Every citizen presenting himself for reg
/ 1Stry shall Jake anu OatH
by law, (See Appendi1, form ~ which shall be
| administered by member of the Board, and such
| oath shall be preserved with the lists.
| Second. His name shall then be entered In the
proper column of the list, and called out by the
chairman.
Third Any challenge made shall be noted in
the proper column, opposite the name, with the
cause thereof
the hearing and decision of contested cases until
the session for revision provided tor in paragraph
| XIX.
Fifth Whether or not there be any challenge,
| the Board must ascertain upon such facts or it,
formation as can be obtained, that the applicant
| is entitled to be registered before marking his
| name as ''accepted'-the oath not being conclu-
sive.
iSirth Section of the Act of July 10th, 1867,
declares that citizen shall be entitled to be
registered by reason of any executive pardon or
amnesty for any act or thing which, without such
pardon or amnesty, would disqualify him from
registration.
Seventh Boards will take notice that it is enact
ed by Section of the Act of July 18th, 1867, that
in said supplementary Act is, (among other
things, that no person who has been member
of the Legislature of any State, or who has held
any executive or judicial office in any State,
whether he has taken an oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States not, and wheth-
er he as holding such Office at the commence
ment of the rebellion or had held it before, and
who has afterwards engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or given aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof, Is entitled to
be registered or to vote and the words ''execu-
tive or judicial Office in any State" in said oath
mentioned shall be construed to include all civil
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