The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-21
gepv ef Bit TO Promote the Recon-
SEra fIeu or Georgia.


ate at an early hour on Saturday
mproiDg.
Be at enac1ed, dc. That the Cover.
nor cf the State Of Georgia be, and
| hereby Is, authorized and directed
forthwith. By proclamatioD. to sum
mou all persons elected to the Cen
eral Assembly of said State, as ap-
pears by the prociamatiOn Of George
G. Meade, the General commanding
the Military District including the
State of Georgia. dated June %, 1853.
| to appear on some certain day to be
named In said proclamation, at At
| lanta. In said State, and thereupon
the said General Assembly shall pro-
| ceed to perfect It's organization in con-
formity with the Constitution aud
| laws of the United States, according
! to the provision of this act.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted,
That when the members so elected to
said Senate and House of Represent
atives shall be commenced as afOre-
said, each and every member and
each and every person claiming TO be
| elected as q member of said Senate or
House Of Representatives, shall, in
/ addition 10 taking the oath, or oaths,
Z
| gia. also take and subscribe aad file
in the Office of the Secretary Of State
OF the State Of Georgia, one of the.
following oaths or affirmatioRs,
namely:
/ do most solemnly swear, or affirm,
as the case may be, that l have never
| held Office, or exercised the duties OF
a Senator, Representative In Congress.
L 1. LAT
! Of any State of the United States, nor
held any civil Office created by law
for the administration of any general
law of a State. or for the administra
ton of justice in any State, nor
under any law of the United States,
nor held any office In the military
or naval service of the United
States, and thereafter engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against
the United States, or gave aid and
comfort to its enemies, or rendered,
except in consequence of direct phys
zeal force, any support or aid to any
| lnsurrectiop or rebellion against the
i United States, nor held any Office un-
der, or given any support to any gov
ernmept Of any kind organized or act.
ing in hostility to the United States,
or ievying war against the United
States, so help me God; (or on the
pains and penalties of perjury, as the
case may be;) or the following oath
or affirmation, viz:
| do solemnly swear, or affirm, as
the case may be. that / have been re-
lieved, by act of Congress, from disa-
bility. as provided Tor in Section 13
of the Fourteenth Amendment Of the
Constitution of the United States, SO
help me God, on the pains and PEN
altias of perjury as the case may be,
/ which oath or affirmation when so
i fled shall be ordered by the Secretary
Of Stale Of the State Of Georgia, aud
said oath or affirmation, or a copy
of tho record thereof, duly certified
BY said Secretary OF State, shall be
teYideuce in all Courts and places, and
every person claiming to be so elected
Hho shall refuse, or decline, or ne
glect, or be unable, to take one of said
oaths, or sfEirmations. above provided
shall not be admitted TO a seat IN said
Senate or House of Representatives,
or 10 participation IN the proceedings
thereof, bat shall be deemed ineligi-
bic to such seats.
SEC. 3 Ind be Il further enacted,
That il any person claiming to be
elected to said Senate or House OF
Representatives, as aforesaid, shall
falsely take either of said oaths OF
Affirmation above provided, be shall
be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall
suffer the pains and penalties thereof,
and may be tried, convicted and pun
ished therefor by the Circuit Court
of the United States for the District
of Georgia, in which District said
crime was committed, and the juris
dieti1n of said Court shall be sole
and exclusively for the purpose
aforesaid.
SEC. 4. .Aad be Il further e,,acted,
That the persons elected as aforesaid
and entitled to compose such Legls-
6 lature, and who shall comply with
! the provisions OF this act by taking
one of the oaths or afirmations above
/ prescribed, shall thereupon proceed
se0tatives to which they have been
elected, respectively. to reorganize
said Senate aud House of Represent.
. atives, respectively, by the election
and qualification of the proper officers
! of each House.
SEC. 5. And BE- 4 farfher enacted
That if any person shall, by force
violence or fraud, wilfully hinder oil
, interrupt any person or persons elect
) ed as aforesaid from taking either oI
, the oaths or affirmations prescribed
r by this act, or from participating II
! the proceedings of said Senate OF
n House of Representatives after hav
l ing taken one of said oaths OF
. afirmations, and otherwise complied
Z with this act, be will be deemed
guilty of felony, and may be tried
convicted and punished therefor b.
the Circuit or District Court of tht
: United States for the District o
a Georgia, in which district said Of
= fense shall be committed, and shall
il be punished therefor by imprison
! ment at hard labor not less than tWt
e nor more than ten years, in the dis
: cretion of the court, and the iurisdic
ton of such courts shall be sole anC
: exclusive for the purpose aforesaid.
: SEC. 8. And be It further eudcted
: That it is hereby declared that th
! exclusion of any person or person
8 wise qualified, from participation i
) the proceedings OF said Senate 0
5 House of Representatives upon tn
s &Fouuu u IdE5t EUiuI " pIGhioU
/ condition of servitude, would be lille
K gal and revolutionary, and is hereb
prohibited.
u SgC. z. And be Il further enacted
q, That, upon the application of tn
n Governor of Georgia, the PresideR
3 of the United States shall emplo
e such military or naval forces Of tn
e United States as may be necessary t
enforce and execute the provisions 0
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