Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-06-11


shall be made returnable on the day proceed
ing or succeeding the election day if his vot
should be defeated thereby. If arrested o.
a criminal process for other crime or of
fence than felony, (beforc he has voted
he shall be allowed to vote before he is i'm
prisoned.
Voters mast be particular and see tia
they vote IN the precincts where they resid
and register.
Instructions to Boards Of Registration
The following instructions to boards 0
registration announcing the extent to which
the laws Of the United States work disfran
chiseIent in Virginia were issued yesterday
by the commanding general:
L. All persons who were at any time mem
bers of Congress, or officers of the Unitet
States, civil or military, and as such officer.
took an oath to support the Constitution o
the United States, and all who were at any
time members of any State Legislature, OF
executive or judicial officers of any State, and
afterwards engaged in insurrecton or rebel
lion against the United States, or gave aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof; and all
who have been convicted of felony against
the laws of any State or of the United States
are DISTINGUISHED.
2. The following are considered executive x
] judicial officers Of the State of Virginia with
in the meaning ofthc law; Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary ofState, auditor
OF public accounts, second auditor, register
of the land Office, State treasurer, attorney
general, sheriffs, sergeant of city or town.
commissioners of the revenue, county sur
veyors, constables, overseers of the poor,
commissioners of the board of public works,
judges Of the supreme court, judges of the
circuit courts, judge Of the court Of Hust-
ings, justices Of the county courts, mayor,
recorder and aldermen of a city or town,
coroners, eseheators, inspectors of tobacco,
-four &c, clerks of the supreme, district, cir
cult, and county courts, and of the court of
Hastings, and attorneys for the Common
wealth
3. Executive or judicial offices of any
State" are construed to be all "officcs created
by law for the administration of any general
law of the State, or for the administration of
justice" This includes county Offices"
but does not include deputies Of county
The latter are not subject to dis
reimbursement. 1t also includes such city
or town Offices, as are created for the lad
of justice but does not include
any others.
4. No one is disfranchised for participa-
ton in rebellion unless he previously held
some one of the Offices above named.
5. Officers of the United States" whose
are not otherwise provided for
in the constitution, are appointed by the
President, by the courts of law, or by the
heads Of departments Persons who derive
their authority from any source inferior to
those above-named, such as clerks, deputies
or agents. are not ''ofhcers" of the United
States, and are not subject to ''dsfrauchise-
ment for participation in rebellion
6. Being in the military service of the
United States does not, per Sc, disqualify an
officer of the army, either regular Or yolun-
teer, from obtaining a residence in and be-
coming citizen Of this or any other State.
Residence is a matter of intention, as well as
of actual domicil. A person in the military
service stationed in State may acquire
residence there as well as any other citizen,
provided he has resided in the Safe the len 9Th
of time and otherwise complied with the re-
quiremcnts specified by the laws of the State
with the bona .fde intention of making it
his permanent home On the other hand,
without such intention, no residence can be
acquired by being stationed in State, no
matter how long the person may remain sta
toned there. Desertion from the army Of
the United States (volunteer Or regular)
works disfranchisement, unless the person is
relieved by an unconditional pardon, or by
action.
T. No person is ''disfranchised for partic-
patton in rebellion by the constitution or
laws Of Virginia But person is disfran-
shiscd for participation in rebellion by the
laws Of airy State, where illegal State gov
now exists, :" provided he has been
a citizen of such State at any time during
the existence Of such DISTINGUISHING law.
8. All persons who voluntarily joined the
rebel army, and all persons in that army,
whether volunteers or conscripts, who com
nitted voluntarily any hostile act, thereby
engaged in instruction or rebellion. Any
person, however, who was forced into the
'ebel army, but avoided, as far as possible,
LONG hostile acts, and escaped from that
lrmy as soon as possible, cannot be said to
lave engaged in the rebellion.
9. All who exercised the functions of any
'ffice under the Confederate Government, or
he government Of any Of the Confederate
States, which functions were of a nature to
lid in prosecuting the war, Or maintaining
he hostile character of those governments,
Engaged in the rebellion, or gave aid and
omfort to the enemy.
10. Voting, in convention, for. the ordi-
lance of secession, or, at the election, for
is ratification, like any other act of engag-
ng in rebellion or adhering to the enemy,
f done volantarily, works disfranchisement
f the person who had previously held one
f the specified Offices but if the act be
involuntarily, through fear Or
orce, it does not work acknowledgements
my act is assumed to have been voluntary
lnless the contrary is shown by satisfactory
violence. In reference to this and other
questions the oath of the person applying
or registration is to be given such weight
S, i'll the opinion of the board. it is entitled
II. Those who voluntartzy furnished sup
lies Of food, clothing. arms, ammunition,
lorses or mules, or any other material Of
var. or labor Or service Of any kind to the
Confederate military or naval forces, or mon
y, by loan or otherwise, to the Confederate
government, or aided in any way the rails
ng, organization. or equipment Of troops,
ave aid and comfort to the enemy, and par
icipated in the rebellion and civil war against
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