The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-07
OFFICIAL.
Headquarters, Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, s. c., August ], 1867.

I. Registration shall commence Immediately upon tht
PRONUNCIATION of this order.
IL Post Commanders will be Superintendents of regis
traon within their respective Commands exercising,
addition to the functions hereinafter specially conferred
general supervisory authority looking to the faithful
execution of the several Reconstruction Acts the ainte
nance Of ORDER and the protection of political rights
They will suspend registrars for lnalfeasance i'll Office
gect of duty or incompetency promptly reporting theil
action, with the reasons therefor to these Headquarters
III. Tho Boards of Registration empowered
and required to suppress all disorders interfering
with the execution of their duties, to cause the
arrest and confinement of all persons falsely taking the
oath prescribed all persons committing any breach o
the peace conducting themselves in manner tending
thereto and all persons WHO shall threaten otherwise
attempt to intimidate corrupuy improperly infu.
any citizen offering to register; and for this pur
pose they may apply for aid to the Post Commander and
may require the attendance and services of she their
deputies, consables pocemen and also of any citizc:
and oil State, district county and town officers charged
with the preservation Of the public peace, as well as all
citizens required to obey the orders of said Boards
given in pursuance Of the authority aforesaid, and to
perform all such acts and duties may be requisite
therefor.
ALI arrests made as herein provided will be promptly
oners will be turned over with charges for trial by
Court to be organized provided in Circular of May
15 1877 from these Headquarters and any civil officer
citizen failing to respond to the call of tho Board for
assistance will be dealt with in like manner.
". Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury in per-
son, family or property while exercising or seeking
to exercise the right of registration addition to any
peraty prescribed by law for the offence, damages shall
be awarded to the injured party against the perperator
upon his conviction; and in of default in payment
of the same of the escape of the offender if it shall
appear that the wrong counenanced the offender
harbored or concealed by the neghborhood that the
civil authorities failed to employ proper measures to pre-
the peace the damages shall be assessed against
and paid by the town, county or district.
" Offences perpctrated by white disguised as
backs being OF frequent occurrence the attention of all
authorities civil and military is directed to the device
as one adopted escape detection and to cast unmercd
obloquy upon the colored people In oil cases. when re-
sort thereto shall be shown, the fact will be taken into
consideration as aggravating the offence.
VI Dcpriving citizen of any right benefit or advan
tage hire employment to discourage him from
stering account of his having registered or hav
ing sought to register shall be deemed an offence pun
shable by tho Post Court and shall ente the injured
party to damages against the offender any clause in any
contract agreement 10 tho contrary notwithstanding
VII The Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the
moro efficient government of the rcbe States and the
several acts supplementary thereto, will be carefully OBJ
served by all Boards of Registration.
WILL Each Board shall, after having taken tho oath
prescribed by the Act Of Congress of July 3D. 1862 en
tied "An Act to prescribe oath Of oc =, (see Apper
dir, form ~ choose of its members as chairman,
who shall preside ut all sessions of the Board preserve
ordor at its meetings for registration and represent tho
Board and announce its action in oil matters coming be-
fore It.
* Tho places of session of tho Boards shall bo she
voting places established by law custom in each cleo
ton precinct unless for good cause otherwise directed
by tho Post Commander.
K Each Board shall determine tho order in which tho
registration shall tako place in tho several election pre-
cincts that may bo assigned to it by tho Post Com
mandor and the time which shall bc allotted to each
bearing in mind that the whole work is to be finished be-
fore the first day OF October.
III. Each Board shall forthwith upon notice Of publ
cation of this orer ana at least five days before com
mencing registration give notice thereof to tho Post
Commander and tho sheriff. and tho mayor of tho city or
ntondant of the town. and shall written or printed
notices be posted in ve Of the most public places in
each election precinct announcing the time whcn and
tho place whers its sessions will bo held the number Of
days lin no less than two and the hours OF tho day
the Board will remain in session at each place for the
purpose of registration; and inviting all persons quail
fed to vote under the provisions of the Act OF Congress
passed March 3D. 1867, entitled can Act to provide for
tho moro efficient government of the rcbe statcs" and
the several supplementary thereto to appear before
the Board for registration.
XIII. On tho day and ut tho hour designated in
the notices, for commencing registration, tho Board
shall. ut tho place announced convene and enter
upon its duties and shall then and tiero also post
notices of tho time Of final sessions provided for in para
graph XIX.
XIII Tho room used for registration, which the chair
man shall have previously provided fer the purpose
shall be so arranged that tho Bo shall To separated by
bar from all otter persons who may be assembled, and
those to be registered shall be admitted within tho bar
ono by one and their ingess and egrcss so arranged as
to avoid confusion
XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted within tho bar as
chaengers whose duty it shall be to challenge the right
of any citizen offering 10 register. upon any of tho
grounds Of disqualification enumerated in the Acts Of
Congress before cited but tho general right Of challenge
shall bo conceded to all citizens present
XIV. any challenge DO made the Board SHALL before
final decision examine the person presenting himself for
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alleged and shall hear any evidence that may be offered
to substanate dsprove the cause Of challenge and
shall have power to summon and compel the attendance
of Witnesses and administer oaths in any OF regis
tration.
XVI. In rcgisa ring the name of white and colored
citizens shall be entered alphabetically in separate
columns of the list
XVII The following shall DO tho process OF register
ing:
First Every citizen presenting himself for registry
shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law sc
appendix, form ~ which shall bo administered by
member of tho Board and such oath shall be preserved
with tho lists.
Second His namo shall then bc entered in tho proper
column of the list and called out by The chairman.
Third Any challenge made shall be noted in the pro-
per column, opposite the with the cause thereof
Fourth 1t is recommended toBoards to defer the hear
ing and decision of contested cases until the session for
revision provided for in paragraph XIX
Fifth Whether not there be any challenge, the Board
must ascertan upon such facts information be
obtained that the applicant is entitled to bc registered
before making his name "acccpted-the oath not bo-
ing conclusive.
S,r Section Of the Act OF July 10Th, 1867 declares
that no citizen shall be entitled 10 DO registered by req
thing which, without such pardon amnesty, would dis.
qualify him from registration.
Sepenh. Boards will take notice that it is enacted by
Section of the Act of July 19h 1867 that tho true in
tent and meaning of the oath prescribed in said Supple
mentary Act among other hings that person who
has been member of the Legislature of any State
who has held any executive or judicial Office in any
State whether he has taken oath to support the Con-
stuton Of the United States not and whether he
holding such ofico at tho commencement OF the
rebellion, or had held it before, and who has
afterwards engaged in insurrccor or rebellion against
tho Unitod States, given aid comfort to tho enemies
thereof is entitled to he registered or to voto and the
words executive judicial Office In any State in said
path mentioned shall be construed to include oil civil
offices created by law for tho administration of any
,ral law of Stato or for the administration justice.
Eighth. If there be challenge, or If tue challenge bc
tho Donr1 that the ODDli