Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1869-07-31

WASHINGTON, July l4-The following
was promulgated to-day by the Presi
dent:
PROCLAMATION.
In pursuance of the provision of an act
Of Congress, approved April 10th 1865, |
hereby designate Tuesday, the Both day
of November, 1869, as the time for sub,
hitting the constitution adopted on the
18th OF May, 1868 by convention, which
met in Jackson, Miss, to the voters of
the said State, registered at the date of
said submission. viz: November Both,
1869, and | submit and separate the vote
Of that part of section B. of article 7, of
said constitution, which is in the follow
ing words
"That am disfranchised in any of the
provisions of the acts known as the recon.
struction acts Of the Thirty-Ninth and
Fortieth Congress, and that | admit the
political and civil equality of all men, so
help me God F" provided, that if Congress
should at any time remove the disabilities
Of any persons DISTINGUISHED in said recon
struction acts of the said Thirty Ninth
and Fortieth Congress, and the Legisla-
ture OF this State shall concur therein,
then so much OF this oath only as refers to
the reconstruction acts shall not be re-
quired OF such persons so pardoned, and
entities him to be registered and | fur
ther submit to separate vote section five
of said constitution, which is in the follow
ing words:
No person shall be eligible to any office OF
profit or trust, civil or military, in this
State who was member OF the I4egisla-
ture that voted for the call OF the conven
ton, or voted or signed any ordinance OF
secession, or who gave voluntary aid,
countenance or encouragement to persons
engaged In hostility to the United States,
or who accepted or attempted to exercise
the functions of any Office civil or militia
ny, under any authority or pretended GOV
eminent, power or constitution within the
United States, hostile, or inimical thereto
except all persons who aided reconstruc-
ton by voting tor this convention, or have
continuously advocated the assemblage of
this convention. and shall continue in
good faith to advocate the same but the
Legislature may remove such disabilities,
providing nothing in this section, except
voting for, or signing the ordinance Of Sc
cession, shall be so construed as to ex
cude from Office the private soldiers of
the late so.callAd Confederate States ar
my and further separate the vote of
article 5. act I, of said constitution, which
is in the following words; The credit
of the State shall not be pledged or loan
ed in aid of any person. association OF cor
poration, nor shall the State hereafter be.
come stock holder IN any corporation
or association and | further submit to
separate the vote in the part of the oath
of office prescribed in section 26, in art
Gle II, OF said constitution, which is IN
the following words " That have never
as member OF any convention. voted for
or signed any ordinance OF secession that
| have never been member of State
Legislature that voted for call for any
Convention that passed any such ordi-
nance. The above oath shall also be Ia
ken by all city and county officers before
entering on their duties, and by all other
State officers not included in the above
provisions. | direct that the vote be ia.
ken on each section alone, and on other