The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-13

on conviction thereof before . military com
mission. be punished BY Ans or otherwise.
XIV. No contract or agreement with labor
ers, made for the purpose Of controlling their
votes, or Of restraining them from voting,
will DO enforced against them 10 this district.
By order Of Major General Meade.
r. @. DRun,
Assistant Adjutsnt General.
HEADo'Rs THIRD MILITARY DtsrRIcr,1
dept. ofGeorgia, Alabama and Fla.,)
ATLANTA, Ca, March IS, 1858. !
General Orders No. IS.
/. Whereas the Constitutional Convention
Of the State Of Georgia, on tie Sd day Of
March, 1868. adopted the following resolu-
ton:
A RESOLUTION providing for the Issuing Of
warrants in lieu Of scrip.
Resoivsd, That tho auditing COMMITTEES DO |
and are hereby Instructed to Issue warrants In |
lieu Of the scrip, in accordance with section Q
Of an ordinance to provide means Of defraying
the expenses Of this convention, and the COM
pensation Of officers and members, adopted
February 8, 1868; said warrants being duly
eountsrsgned BY the Disturbing agent Of this
sS s sS. .. and BY tho osnPP. ss.s General
President Of the Convention,
p. M. SnEIDLY, ....t
Secretary Of the Convention.
H. Therefore Il Is ordered that paragraphs
2 and 8 Of General Orders No ~, current
series authorizing the issue Of scrip, and
making the same receivable In payment Of
the special tax, Is hereby rssoindsd and re-
voked.
III. In conformity with tho wishes Of the
convention, the provisional comptroller gen.
raj Of the State Is authorised and directed to
countersign tho warrants issued with tho above
resolution, and the provisional governor and
treasurer are ordered to pay the same out OF
the proceeds Of the special tax levied BY the
convention, AFTER the treasury has been rsim-
bursed Of the advances made TO the conven-
ton, or Of such portion Of such adv nees rs
may, in the Judgment Of the provisional gov
ernor, be necessary to meet tho immediate
wants Of tho State; and said warrants are not
| to DO received by tax collectors, not will they
be received at the treasury In lieu Of money
collected for taxes.
By order Of Maj. Gen. Meade.
R. G. DRUn,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEApo'Rs FIrrH MILITARY DISTRICT,
NEW ORLEANS, La, March II. 1858.
Special Orders, No: SO.
2. The appointment of W. D. Smith as reg-
lister for the parish Of Jefferson, and Of L. M.
Brownson for the parish Of Union, Louisiana,
made BY Special Orders No. 81, current series,
from these headquarters, are hereby revoked,
said persons being absent from the State.
3. The following named persons are hereby
appointed as members of the boards Of regis
tration for the parishes and district respec-
lively named:
Baton Rouge, casts. Wrosnowski.
Calcssisu-Geo X. Bell.
CiRiborne-Wm. York Alice.
Jefferson-Fred. Frye.
Madison-Robert Harris.
Orleans, First District. ]. Hebert.
Orleans, Second distriet--Geo. P. Fields.
Orleans, Third district-C. lizard.
Orleans, Fourth district, Thso. Brown.
| St. Charles-J. B. Bostook.
St. John Baptist. Eimundston, Laurieut
Martin.
By command Of Major General Hancock.
GEORGE L. HARTsUFT,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official: NATHANIEL BURBANK,
Second Lieut.. 37th infantry, Brevet First Lieut.
U. S. Army, A. A. A. G..
HEADq'Rs Firm MILITARY DisrRIcr, /
New ORLEANS, La, March ID, 1868.
Special Orders No. 81.
I. Tho following appeals from decision
made by boards Of registrars Of tho last 70
vised registry in the State of Texas, havini
been forwarded to these headquarters, ar
i hereby decided and announced as follows:
l. J. M. Maxey, Walker county, rejscts'
by the board. Claims right to be registered
because Of a pardon. Section Of tho supple
mentary reconstruction act, passed July 10
i 1857, expressly forbids any registration DO
, cause Of a pardon, II tho applicant would hav
. been disqualified without any pardon. Az
poal rejected. Decision Of the board sus
tanned.
Q. John G. 'Easton, l. G. searcy, II. II
a Boone, B. F. Davis, and Bon Goodrich, all Q
| taA Ia
notarios public prior to 1861. This Office ms
!, be considered q State Office, under genera
, laws. but the having holden q State or Fed
eral office before the late war does not. {
:, Itself, disqualify ono from registration; b
must ''afterward have engaged in Insured
n tion or rebellion against the United States, Q
y given aid or comfort to tho enemies thereof.
4 Section Q, act OF July 10, 1867
The applicants state that they were nevs
a &c, against tho United States. The decisio
Of the board is reversed, and the applicant
will be admitted to registry.
y 3. James A. Baker, Walker county, rsjeots
!. because no held the office Of alderman. TIL
II Is not an office under general law. Apes
It sustained. The applicant will be admitted
!. registry.
' 1. DR.. F. Campbell, W alkor county, rsjecte
9 because he WAS q councilman Of 3 villag'
n | lnb not IN ONCE unuoT u RoneTbi Jaw nj
}. peal sustained. Applicant will be admitts
n to registry. ~
i. s.. J. d. Cunningham, Walker county, =
n jeoted because ho was n county commissioner
d an Office under general law Of the State, an
70 a. such, applicant would not DO entitled
/. register, II he had aiterward engaged In rsbe
lion, DC. But In the absence Of proof OF Il
70 fact he would be entitled to register. The Y
10 port Of the board Of registrars states that "f
Is was rejected by former board for the rsaso
70 that he was 4 county commissioner, and th
d present board rejects him without sramin,
% ton" This decision was wrong. The apPl
Is cant is enttl cd 10 registry, II II is shown thi
70 he did not afterwards engage in insure
tion,h &c.
: Q. John J Davis, Richard Bass, John Hi
7 Samuel l. Kelsey, Green II. Wood, all Of VIZ
Il ksr COUNTY, rejected by board. These cas-
D. are similar In principle to the case Of J.
Cunningham, above cited. and the same acti'
sr will be taken therein.
he I. Edward Dougherty, Victoria county, Al
ng M 9. Rogers, Huntsville county, rejected
No the board en- the ground that pardon did n
on qualify him to register. These cases are q
" same as that Of J. M. Maxey, above cite
BE- and the decision Of the board Is sustains
I'd They are not entitled to registry.
DO 8. J. Il, Sneether and T. W. ,Robinso
Of Walker county, and George y. Rodgers, vi
10 toris county, and james sorien, dalvsstt
county, rejected BY board, because they ha
q. h.Id ths a6foa of aldermsn. similar In pri