The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-09
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RI eIENT eoyEEsyMENToFr THE R y HIs STATES
WHEREAS, no legal State governments or ad g
lquate pno5eetien for life or PROPERTY now exist
i'm the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
FLORIDA, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas, ant
whereas it is necessary that peace and good orde
should be entorcedin said States until loyal anS
/ republican State governments can pc Legally es
! tablished; therefore, -
BE 1T enacted6y TIE Senate ana lfemse OF 1tepfe
greSS assembled, That said rebel States shall
| be divided into military districts, and made SUP
ject to the military authority ofthe United states
as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose
Virginia shall constitute the first district NCrth
! Carolina and South Carolina the second district
Georgia, Alabama and Florida the third district
Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district, anC
! Louisiana and Texas the fifth district. "a
Sec. 2. and be it FURTHER enacted, That it shal
be the duty of the President TO assign to the com
mand of each of said districts ali officer OF the
army not below the rank OF ibrigadier general
and to detail sufficient military force to enable
! such officer to perform his duties and enforce
his authority within the district to which he il
assigned. - !:
/. SEC. 8. And be it further. enacted, That il
shall be the duty of each officer assigned as afore
said to protect all persons in their rights OF per
son and property, to suppress resurrection, DIS
order, and violence and to punish or cause to be
punished all dsturbers of the public peace and
| criminals and to this end he may allow local
civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try
!
necessary for the trial of Offenders he shall have
power to organize military commissions Or TIL
for that and all with hs
else of military authority under this act shall be
null and void. -t...
SEC. 4. A,,d be it further enacted, That all
persons put under military arrest by virtue OF
this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay
and no cruel or unusual punishment snail be in
fiicted; and no sentence OF any military com
mission tribunal hereby authorized, affecting
the life liberty of any person, shall be cxecu-
ted until it is approved by the officer in command
of the district; and the laws and regulations for
the government of the army shall not be affected
by this act except in so far us they may contli"t
with its provisions Proyio1ed, That no sentence
OF death under the provisions of this act shall be
carried into effect without the approval OF the
President"
/ SEC. 5. 1,,d be it further enacted, That when
the people of any of the aforesaid rebel States
shall have formed constitution of government
in conformity with the Constitution of the
United States in all respects framed by a
convention of delegates elected by, the male
citizens OF said State twcnty-one years old and
upward OF whatever race, color, or previous
condition, who have been resident in said State
for one year previous to the day of such election,
except such may be DISTINGUISHED for partici-
patton in the rebellion or for felony at common
lnw and when such constitution shall provide
that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all
such persons have the qualifications herein
stated for election of delegates ; and when such
constitution shall be ratified by majority of the
are qualified ns electors for delegates, and when
such constitution shall have been submitted to
Congress for examination and approval, and
Congress shall have approved the same; and
when said State, by vote ofits Legislature elect
eG under said constitution shall have adopted the
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States proposed by the Thirty Ninth Congress,
and hnown article IA, aud when said article
shall have become part of the Constitution of
the United States, said State shall be declared
titled to representation in Congress. and Senators
and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom
on their taking the oath prescribed by law, and
then and thereafter the proceeding sections of
II is act shall be Imperative in said State r0vi-
ded, That no person excluded from the privilege
of holding office by said proposed amendment to
tire Constitution OF the United States shall be
eIgbl6to election q member of the convention
to frame a constitution for any of said rebel
States, nor shall any such person vote for mem
bers of said. convention.
SEC. =. 4ud 6sH further eI1acted That until
the people of said rebel States shall be- by law ad
mitted to representation in the Congress of the
United States, any civil governments which may
exist therein shall be deemed provisional only,
and in all respects subject to the paramount aIl.
thority of the United States at any time to abol-
ish modify, control OF supcrscde the same and
in all elections to any office under such provis-
ional governments all persons shall be entitled to
vote, and none other, who are entitled to vote
under the provisions of the nth section of this
act and no person shall be eligible to any Office
under any such provisional governments who
would be disqualified from holding office under
the provisions of the third article of said cousti
tutional amendment.