The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-08-21

thereupop be deemed legally registered,
8. II the final decision of the Board be
gistered, the Board shall mark, in proper
column, opposite his name, "rejected."
10. In every case OF q rejection, the
Boar eh*ll make note or memorandum,
setting fort. the ground of such rejection,
and return it, with tho registration list.
mentioned in paragraph Xxx.
XVIII. The registration, conducted as
provided in paragraph XVII, shall be
made in triplicato lists, two of which shall,
after the conclusion of the first session, 10
exposed for public inspection, at conve-
shall be retained in po session of the
Board till after the completion of regis
tration at the meeting provided for in pa
ragraph XIX, when the three having been
compared and verified, shall be certified
in the form prescribed and printed at the
end of the blank registration list.
NIX. Sessions for revising the lists shall
be held III each election precinct, after said
five days exposure of the lists, upon notice
as provided in paragraph XII, and the
Boards of Registration shall have power,
and it shall be their duty, to revise the
same for period Of two days; and upon
being satisfied that any person not entitled
thereto has been registorod, to strike the
name of such person from the list.
And the Boards shall also, during the
same period, add to such registry the
possess the qualifications required by said
Act, who have not been already registered,
and who shall then apply to be registered.
XXX. One Of the said lists shall then be
Immediately delivered to the Post Com
mander, who will forward tho came to
these headquarters.
XXI. Each Board shall, at or before
the conclusion OF registration, forward
through the Post Commander to these
headquarters a recommendation of three
suitable persons for inspectors of elections
in each election precinct, stating the name,
occupation and post Office address of each
person recommended.
:, NH. It is enjoined upon. all Boards of
registration to explain, carefully. to all
citizens who have not hitherto enjoyed the
right OK suffrage, the nature of the privi-
leges which have been extended to them.
and the Importance of exercising with in,
teihgence the new and honorable fran
chise with which they have been invested
by the Congress of the United States.
MILL. Boards will take notice that ac-
cordinS to Section 10 of the Act of July 10,
1867, they are not to be bound in their
action by any opinion of any civil officer of
the United States.
NAIV. Boards are instructed that all the
provisions of the several Acts of Congress
cited are to be literally construed, to the
end that all the intents thereof be fully
and perfectly carried out.
XIV. The attention of all concerned is
directed to the requirements of Section 4
OF the said Act OF July 10, 1867, by which
it is made the duty of the Commanding
General to remove from Office all persons
who are disloyal to the Government of the
United States, or who use their official in
huence in any manner to hinder, delay,
prevent or obstruct the due and perfect
administration OF the Reconstruction Acts.
Tho names of all such offenders will be
reported through the Post Commanders;
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called upon to aid and facilitate the execu-
ton in good faith of the said Acts and the
orders issued in pursuance thereof.
AAVI. The Major-General Command
ing, III the exercise Of an ultimate revisory
authority. will, in due season, before the
holding OF any election, entertain and de-
termlne questions assigning errors in the
registry, and will, upon inspection of tho
completed lists, cause corrections of the
same, that the true design and purpose of
the laws be faithfully answered, and that
all the rights thereby guaranteed be fully
and fairly enjoyed.
By command of Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickes.
j; W. CLOUS, Captain 3Sth U. s.
Infantry, A: d. @. and A. A. A. G.
(FoRM 1.)
l, 80. of County Off,. and State of
:....:....... :, do solemnly swear Tor
aihrm) that have never voluntarily borne
arms against the United States since l
have been citizen thereof; that have
voluntarily given no aid, countenance,
counsel or encouragement to persous en-
gagged in armed hostility thereto; that
have neither sought, nor accepted, nor
attempted to exercise, the functions Of any
office whatever under any authority or
pretended authority in hostility to the
United States; that havo not yielded a
voluntary support to any pretended Go
vernment, authority, power or Constitu-
ton within the United States, hostile or
inimical thereto. And do further swear
(or affirm) that, to the best of my know
ledge and ability, will support and de-
fend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign or domestic:
that l will bear true faith and allegiance to
the same; that take this obligation free
ly, without any mental reservation or pur-
pose of evasion; and that 1 will we'll and
faithfully discharge the duties of the office
on which l am about to enter. So help me
God.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. at
-, this 80. day of. %. , ono thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.
NoTE.-Registers will be required to take
the oath prescribed by the Act of Congress
approved I'd July, 1862. Blank forms of
this oath will be furnished to Post Com
manders, and when duly subscribed and
sworn, will be returned to the Post Com
mander, who will forward them to District
Headquarters. And if any person shall
falsely take and subscribe such oath or
affirmation, such person so offending, and
being duly convicted thereof, shall be sub
Ject to the pains, penalties and disabilities
which, by law. are provided for the punish
mont of the crime Of willful and corrupt