The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-02-22
'rke New Reconstruction BlII,


TIE New Reconstruction Bill.
On Saturday night Or rather on Sun
iday morning, the Senate adopted Mr..
Sherman's substitute Tor Stevens Mill
tsry Organization Bill by asvote Of 2s
to 10. The Sherm n!Substitute was as
/ follows:
Whereas, No legal State governments OF
adequate protection for life or property now
exists in hsrebel States Of virgipis, North
Carolina South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and
Arkansas; aud wkereas il is necessary that
peace and good order should be enforced in
said States until loyal and republican State
governments eau be legally established
therefore .esf,-Fsfe 2 etrtt,i 8
Be il e'lacted. de-, That said reble States
shall be divided into military districts and
made subject to the military authority o. the
United States as hereinafter mentioned; and
for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the
First District, North Carolina and South
Carolipa the Second District, G Gsorgia, Ala
bama and Florida the Third District, Miss
issippi and Arkansas the Fourth District,
and Louisiana and Texas the Fifth District.
Size. ?. That it shall be the duty of the
President 10 assign to the command of each
Of said districts an officer Of the army not be-
low the rank OF Brigadier- General, and 10 de-
tail sufficient military force to enable such
officer 10 perform his duties and enforce his
authority within the district TO which he is
assigned
SIC. 3 That il shall be the duty Of each Off.
Ger assigned as aforesaid TO protect all persons
in their rights OF person and property, TO sup
press resurrection, disorder and violence, and
to punish or cause to be punished all distur-
bers ofthe public peace and criminals; and
to this end he may allow local civil tribunals
to take jurisdiction of and try offenders, or,
when in his sjudgment it may he necessary
for the trial of offenders he shall have power
to organize military committees or tribunals
Att tndt BuI BOsC3 aHu ali iAilCA AtOACnCc NuoOi
color Of State authority with the exercise Of
military authority under this act shall be
| null and void.
SEC. 4. That all persons put under military
arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried
without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or
unusual punishment shall be inflicted. and
no sentence of any military commission or
tribunal hereby authorized cffecting the life
or liberty Of any person shall be executed
until II is approved BY The officer in COM
msnd of the district; and the laws and re-
gulations for the government of the army
shall not be affected by this act, except in so
far as they may conflict with its provisions.
SEQ That no sentence Of death under
this act snail be carried into execution with
out the approval of the President, --
SEc.6. When the people of any one of said
Rebel States have form ed constitution and
government in conformity with the COnsti-
tuition OF the United States in all respects
framed b. convention Of delegates elected
by the male citizens of said State 81 years
old and upward, of whatever race color or
previous to condition. who have been resi-
dent in said Stale for one year previous 10
the day of such e'ecii,p, except such 90
may be disfranchised for participation in
the Rebellion or for felony at common. law,
AID when such constitution shall provide
that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed
by all such persons as have the qualitica-
tions herein stated for electors of delegates,
and oLhen such constitution shall be ratified
by q majority of the persons voting on the
question of ratificstion who are qualified as
electors for delegates, and when such con-
isitution shall have been submitted to Con-
gress for examination and approval, and
Congress shall have approved the same, ard
when said Stale by a vote of its Legislature
elected under said Constitution shall have
adopted the amendment TO the Constitution
Ofthe United States proposed by the Xxx
IXth Congress, aud known as article l4and
when said article shall have become part Of
the Constitution of the United States said
State shall be declared entitled 70 represent
alton in Congress. and Senators and Repre-
sentatives shall be admitted therefrom OF
their taking the oath prescribed by law, and
then and thereafter the preceding sections
of this act shall be imperative in said State.
The House voted on the above bill
last Monday and rejected II.