The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-27

officer or person so suspended or re-
moved by the detail of some compe-
tent officer or soldier of the army, or
by the appointment of some other per-
son. to perform the same, and to fill
vacancies occasioned by death, resig-
nation. or otherwise.
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted.
That the General of the army of the
United States shall be invested with
all the powers of suspension, removal,
appointment, and detail granted in the
preceding section to district COM
manders. -Jd
Sec. 4. And be 1T further enacted,
That the acts of the officers Of the
army already done in removing in said
districts persons exercising the func-
tons of civil officers, and appointing
others in their stead, are hereby con-
6rmed: Provided, That any person
heretofore or hereafter appointed by
my district commander 20 exercise
the functions of any civil Office, may
be removed either by the military of
fcer in command of the district, or by
the General of the army. And it shall
be the duty of such commander to
remove from office as aforesaid all per-
sons who are disloyal to the Govern
ment of the United States, or who use
their official influence In any manner
to hin der, delay, prevent or obstruct
the due and proper administration of
this act and the acts to which it is
supplementary.
Sec. 5. And be II further enacted,
That the boards of registration pro-
vided for In the act entitled AN act
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act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States passed
March two, eighteen hundred and
s~ixty-seven. and to facilitate restora-
ton" passed March twenty three,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
shall have power, and it shall be their
duty before allowing the registration
of any person, to ascertain, upon such
facts or information as they can OBJ
tain, whether such person is entitled
to be registered under said act, and
the oath required by said act shall not
be conclusive on such question, and
no person shall be registered unless
such board shall decide that he is en-
titled thereto; and such board shall
also have power to examine, under
oath, (to be administered by any mem
Der of such board,) any n touch
ing the qualification of any person
claiming registration: but Ill every
case of refusal by the board to regis
ter an applicant, and in every case of
striking his name from the list as
hereinafter provided, the board shall
make a note or memorandum. which
shall be returned with the registration
list to the commanding general of the
district, setting forth the ground of
such refusal or such striking from the
list: 0 Provided, That no person shall
be disqualified as member ofany board
of registration by reason of race or
color.
Sec. 6. And be II further enacted,
That the true intent and meaning of
the oath prescribed in said supple
mentary act is, (among other things,)
that no person who has been a mem
! Der 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 COnsti-
tuition of the United States or not, and
| whether he was holding such Office at
the commencement of the rebellion,
or had held it before, and who has af-
forwards engaged in instruction or
| rebellion against the United States, Dr.
given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof, is entitled to be registered or
to vote; and the words executive or
judicial Office in any State" in said
oath mentioned shall be construed to
include all civil Offices created by law
for the administration of any general
law of a State, or for the administra-
! ton of Justice.
Sec. z. And be 1t further enacted,
That the time for completing the orig
inal registration provided for in said
act may, in the discretion of the COM
mander of any district, be extended to
| the first day of October, eighteen hun
bred and sixty-seven; and the boards
of registration shall have power, and
it shall be their duty, commencing
fourteen days prior to any election
under said act, and upon reasonable
public notice of the time and place
thereof to revise, for a period of five
days in registration lists, and upon be-
ing satisfied that any person not en-
titled thereto has been registered, to
strike the names of such person from
allowed to vote. And such board
| shall also, during the same period, add
to such registry the names of all per-
sons who at that time possesses the
qualifications required by said act who
have not been already registered; and
no person shall, at any time, be en-
reason of any executive pardon or
amnesty for any act Or thing which,
without such pardon or amnesty,
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