The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-26

Be u endcted, ec., mat on the 20tn 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 the loyal citizens of the
district formerly comprising the State of North
Carolina, composed of 120 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 was entitled to send members to the
House of Commons of the State of North Carroll
ma prior to the 10Th 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 a State Constitution, which shall be
submitted to the Congress of the United States
for approval, modification or rejection, prepara-
tory 10 the rc-estabshment Of the said State, and
the re-invcsting its loyal citizens with all of the
rights, privileges and immunities appertaining 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-
nized principles of 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 Goth 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
aye OF twcnty-onc years, without distinction OF
race or color, who 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 in said election.
Thiftl: That the qualifications for the dele
gates to the said Convention shall be the same as
| were required for members of the House of Com
mons Of the State of North Carolina, immediate
| Iy previous to the Goth 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
he outhOriZp1 A adm nj his
the following oath, to wit:
| do solemnly swear on the Holy Evangelists OF
Almighty God (or affirm as the may beg, that
the fourth day of March, 1864, and at all times
thereafter, would willingly have complied with
the requirements OF the Proclamation of the Pre-
sdent 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, 1861, and at all times there
! after, l 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 henccfOrth faith
| fully support the Constitution of the United
| States, and the Union OF the States Hereunder.
And no person shall be allowed to sit act
delegate in said Convention, hold any office
| or appointment hereunder, until he shall
| have taken and subscribed the above oath in the
manner and form as above provided.
| Fourth: 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 propricty of admin
istering it. And it, in his judgment, the person
cannot truthfully take the oath, he may refuse to
administer it. And should any personc}sely take
said oath, he shall be indicted and prosecuted in
the Circuit Court OF the United States, held in the
district in which the ofense may be committed,
for the crime OF perjury, and upon conviction
| thereof shall be sentenced to and receive such
punishment as now attaches to the crime of per-
jury. And in the trial ofsuch indictment, no per-
son shall be qualified 10 sit npon the jury until
he shall have taken said oath and the Court may
require any juror to take it, unless he shall swear
| that he cannot truthfully do
| Fifth: That il 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 10 appoint Tor each county in said
district one Deputy Marshal, and the Deputy Mar
| shal SO appointed shall, each i'll 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
certificates OF election, under such rules and reg.
| ulutions, except as herein otherwise provided, as
were prescribed for the election of members of
the House Of Commons by the laws of the State
of North Carolina immediately previous to the 10Th
day of May, 1861 ; and any person who shall be
appointed Deputy Marshal, or Inspector, or In
spector, or Keeper of the Polls, aforesaid, and
who snail refuse or neglect to perform the duties
required of him under this act, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before the United States Circuit Court, he'd in
the district of North Carolina, shall be fined such
| sum, or imprisoned for such time as the Court in
| its discretion shall fix.
| SiEth That the said deputy marshals, keepers
and inspectors of polls, and other necessary as
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| day, for every day they may be engaged in the
discharge of their duties under this act, to be
certained and paid by the United States Marshal
! of the district under the order OF the District
Judge. And the United States Marshal in adj
dition to his present salary and fees shall receive
such compensation for the discharge of his duties
under this act as Congress may hereafter allow ;
| and the Treasurer OF the United States shall pay
to the United States Marshal of said District upon
the order rcquisition OF said Judge, out OF any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, such sums of money from time to time, as
may be necessary for carrying out the forego-
ing provisions.
under martial law by the military power of the
President and all officers in said district charged
with the execution ofcivil regulations therein, eX-
cept the regular officers of the United States,
| shall cease to be such, and their functions and
powers shall terminate at such time as may be
provided by the said Convention after the rec0g-
milton and approval by Congress of the State Con
| stituton and civil government provided for and
| sought to be established under this act
Efqhth That the President of the United States
is hereby authorized, and it shall be his duty, so
to dispose and employ the military and naval
| forces of the United States, from time to time,
| and i'll such places, as to enforce the prompt and
efficient execution of the provisions of this act :;
! and to preserve peace and order, ana oDedence
| to the laws of the United States in the said dis
| trict, formerly comprising the State OF North
| Carolina.
We publish below Mr. Stevens, bill, as
amended, to reconstruct the insurgent States
1t will be remembered that the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Stevens on the 18th December,
prepared at his request by North -Carolinians,
was referred to the Committee on Territories,
of which Mi Ashley is Chairman. But mean
while MIR. Stevens has amended former
bill of his by engrafting on it the main fea-
lures of the North Carolina bill, so as to give
his bill thus amended, which we publish he
low, precedence on. the calendar 1t WILL
therefore, come up at once as soon as Con-
gress re-assembles 1t is probable the Com
mittee on Territories will report bill SINH
lar to the one below.
It will be observed that the amended bill
differs in several respects from the North
Carolina bill, in its machinery, bat the oath,
which is the gist Of the measure, is preser-
we'd We trust the oath aeiU nat. in any eoent, be
altered or omitted. We are satisfied, from our
knowledge of the South, that it is the best
oath vet devised Provision should be made,
however, in the bill for Furnishing those who
may succeed in taking it falsely.
Another very important improvement is
that Mr.. Stevens amended bill extends the
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