The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-08-26

anu luil WIN upHOll dhu uViS"u ''N
oycrnmrnt OF Virginia as rensIaled
and restored by the Convention which
assembled ia Wheeling, on The 10Th Of
June, 1861"
On the 10th day Of February, 1869,
an act was passed requiring the fore
going oath to be taken by a variety OF
persons other than officers, but lis du-
ration was limited to the end Of the
war.
On the l4h day OF March, 1872, an
other lsw was passed Re enacLing The
same oath and extending it to numerous
persons that were not included 10 the
| former law. This hitter law repealed The
| former one, but il is no. limited 10 its
duration.
On the Goth orJune, 1868 every per.
son elected or appointed to any Office
or rust, civil or military, is TO make
oath that be will support the Constiiu'
ion Of the United Safes and the Con-
stitulion Of this State,
And on the same day was the test
oath, commonly called tho Iron clad
oath" enacted, in these words:
Every person elected or appointgl 70
aOy Office of trust, ciVi or military, shall,
before proceeding 10 exercise the author
w., ~ ~ IT, u'' c'rr. - H., Wv oaL. ~T y do
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IN Inc session commencing on '"o
10 d OF ''h"AIY' loor' 'heFe WAS no Ia"
passed with reference to oa'nS al G'''
In the session comme9c'NS on Tue ~"
OF January 1870 al '@G VINE" II was
Prs'y vel known 'Lo' reOe,''on was put
down. these oppressive ana UNJUST laws
began 10 De multiplied On Tue II III
DAY OF peOru ry' 1900 IA" was pass
cd declaring mat every judgment or ne
cFe' '"a' "'n OF '"oH'u Dc '"etea''e, n'o
no matter no" umlsl OF lh'qWlouS'
should not be rcbeard or corrected un
less the party desiring the reheanng'
should take an OATH IN substance ina!
never helped the South or wished them
well.
On the 25th day Of February, 1865
law was passed, that 40 Judgment or de-
cree, however erroneous they might be
on the face Of the record, could be taken
to LighOr Court and reversed without
a test oath, And on the same day the
law passed prohibiting nan from sue
ing for his debts or other property,
without taking test oath.
As intend TO lay before the honest
portion Of the community, these laws
and others in full, to show their cnor-
nous injustice and oppression, | have
merely adverled to them in this article.
Ga the 25.h oil February. 1865, was
enacted the voters test oath, and as this
is one of the test oahs proposed to be
repeated, | will devote more attention to
it hereafter.
Then on the Nth Of February, 1865,
is the test oath excluding lawyers,
though they were by some Of the judges
excluded under the suise Of tie off GERS
oath, which decision was reversed by
the Supreme Court Of this State, by
which time the lawyers test oath had