The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-07-18

shall have the power to provide from
time to time, for the performance Of
said duties Of such officer or person
so suspended or removed, by the de.
tail ofsome competent1o fficer or sol.1
der of tho army, or by The appoint.
ment of someother person, to perform
the same and to fill all vacancies oc-
casioncd BY death, resignation or 9TH
erwlse. <
Sec. 8. Tho general of the army
Of the U. S., shall be intrusted with
the full powers Of suspension, reno
val or appointments granted in the
preceding section to district comman-4
ders.
Sec. 4. That tho acts Of the off,
GERS of the army alreadyin removing
in said district, persons exercising
the functions Of civil officers and APP
pointing others in their, stead arc
hereby conirmed-provided any per.
son heretofore or hereafter appoint
ed by any district commander to ex-
ercise the functions Of any civil Office
fnay be removed either by the mill
tary officer in command of the dis
trict or by the general Of the army !;
and it-shall be the duty Of such com
mander toremove from office as afore-
said all persons who are disloyal to
the government of the United States
or who use their influence in any
manner to hinder, delay, prevent or
obstruct the due and proper admin
istration of this act and the acts to-
which it is supplementary.
Sec. 5. That the boards of regis
tration provided for in the act enti-
tied & An act supplementary to- An
act to provide for the more efficient
government Of the rebel states, pass
ed March %, 1867, I" shall have pow
er, and it shall be their duty, before
allowing the registration of any per-
sop, to ascertain, upon such. facts or
information as they can obtain wheth-
or such person is entitled to be reg
istered under such act, and the oath
TO be required under such act shall not
be conclusive until such board shall
examine under the oath to be admin
istered by any member ofsuch board
any one touching the qualification Of
any person neutrality-suspicious. but
every case Of refusal Of such board
to register an applicant, and in every
case Of striking his name from the
list, as herein after prescribed, the
board shall make q, note or memo
randum, which shall be returned with
the registration list of the command
ing General, for the ground of such
refusal or such striking from the list,
provided that no person shall! be dis
qualified as a member of any board
OF registration by reason Of race or
color. 4
Sec. 6. That the true intent and
meaning Of the oath prescribed in
said supplementary act is among
other things, that no person who has
been q member of the, legislature OF
any sIsseO1. hoe held any executive or
judicial Office in any state, whether
he has taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the, United States or
not, aud whether he was holding
fsuch office at the commencement Of
the rebellion, or had held it before
4 and who has afterwards engaged in
rebellion against the United States
or given aid and comfort to the enc
, mics of the United States, is entitled
to be registered. and vote; and the
words sexecution or judicial office in
any state in said oath mentioned
shall be construed. to include all civil
Offices created by law: for the admin
istration of any general law of the
state, or for administration Of Justice.
Sec. Z. That the time for completing
the original registration provided for
in said act may, in the discretion of
the commander Of any district be ex-
tended to the 1st day Of October, 81,
and the boards Of regis, ration shall
have power, and it shall be the duty,
commencing IA days prior to any
election under eald act, and upon rcas-
enable public notice of the time and
place thereof to revise, for period
Of Eve days, the registration lists, and
upon being satisfied that any person
not entitled thereto has been regist
cred, to strike such names from the
list, and such person shall not be al
lowed to vote; and such board shall
also, during the same period, add to
such register the names ofall persons
who, at that time, possess the qualifi.
cations required by said act, who have
not already registered. and noperson
shall, at; any time, be entitled to be
registered or vote by reason Of any
executive pardon or amnesty for any
act or thing which, without such par.
don or amnesty, would have disqual-
ified him from registration or voting.
Sch. 8. That all Nom bers of said
boards OF registration, and all persons
hereafter elected or appointed to Of.
Ace in said military district, under
every so-called state or municipal au-
thority, or by detail or appointment
Of the district committee, shall be re.
quired to- take and subscribe to the
oath Of Office prescribed by law for
the officers OF tire United States. Il
!. Secs. That no district commanders
or member of the board Of registra-
ton, or any officer or appointee under
them, shall be bound in his action by
any opinion of any civil officer of the
United States
Sec. 10. That section 4 Of said last
named act chall be construed to au,
thorize the commanding general ma
med herein, whenever he shall deem
it needfnl, to remove any member of