The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-02-05

Vice President, or who held any Office, civil
military, under the United States, or under any
State, who, having previously taken oath
member of Congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or as member of any State leg
islature, as executive or judicial officer of
any State, shall have engaged in insurrection
rebellion against the same, or given aid COM
fort to the enemies thereof. This clause shall in
clude the following officers governor, ieuten-
ant-governor, secretary OF State, auditor Of pub
lie accounts, second auditor, register OF the land
Office, State treasurer, attorney general, sheris,
sergeant of the city or town, commissioner of the
revenue, county surveyors, constables. overseers
of the poor, commissioner of the board of public
works, judges of the supreme court, judges of the
circuit court, judges of the court of hustings,
justices of the county courts, mayor, recorder,
aldermen, councilmen of city Or town, coroners,
escheators, inspectors of tobacco, -four, &c.,
clerks Of the supreme, district, circuit and county
courts, and of the court of hustings, and attorn-
eys for the Commonwealth provided that the
legislature may, by vote of three-ffths of both
houses, remove the disabilities incurred by this
| clause from any person included therein by sop
arate vote in each case.' Il Fs
And also submit TO q separate vote the seventh
section of article three Of the said constitution
which is in the words following -
In addition to the foregoing oath of ONCE,
the governor, heutenant-governor, members OF
the general assembly, secretary of State, auditor
of public accounts. State treasurer attorney gen
eral, and all persons elected to any convention to
frame constitution for this State, or to amend or
revise this constitution in any manner, and mayor
and council of any city or town shall, before they
enter the duties Of their respective ofices,take
and subscribe the following oath or affirmation,
provided the disabilities therein contained may be
! individually removed by three-ffths vote OF
| the general assembly 4, do solemnly
swear Tor afirm) that have never voluntarily
borne arms agair st the United States since have
! been citizen thereof; that [ have voluntarily
/ given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encour-
! agement TO persons engaged in armed hosuhty
| thereto; that l have never sought nor accepted
nor attempted to exercise the functions of any
office whatever under any authority or pretended
authority in hostility to the United States; that
have not yielded a voluntary support to any pre-
tended government, authority, power, or consti-
tuition within the United States hostile or iniin-
ical thereto. And do further swear (or afirm)
| that to the best of my knowledge and ability l
will support and defend the Constitution of the
| United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic that will bear true faith and allegi-
ance to the same; that I take this obligation
freely without any mental reservation or purpose
! of evasion, and that / will well and faithfully
discharge the duties of the office which am
| about to enter, so help me God.' The above oath
shall also be taken by all the city and county
officers before entering upon their duties, and by
all other State officers not included in the above
provision"
1 direct the vote to be taken upon each of the
above-cited provisions alone, and upon other por-
tions of the said constitution in the following
Each voter favoring the ratification of the con-
stitution Excluding the provisions above quoted)
| as framed by the convention of December 3, 1867
shall express his judgment by voting
/ FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
| Each voter favoring the rejection of the consti-
tuition Excluding the provisions above quoted
shall express his Judgment by voting
| AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.
Each voter will be allowed to cast a separate
ballot for or against either both of the provis
ions above quoted.
| In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States tc
| be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this fourteenth
day of May, in the year of our Lord one
Il. ST. thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine
and of the Independence of the United
States of America the ninety third.
By the President: U. S. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
| WHEREAS the act of Congress approved june
25th, 1868, constituted and after that date
eight hours a days work for all laborers, work
men, and mechanics by on behalf of the Gov
of the United States and repealed all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent Herewith:
| Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President
of the Unitsd States, do hereby direct that, from
and after this date, reduction shall be made in
the wages paid by the Government by the day tt
| such laborers, workmen, and mechanics on nc
count of such reduction of the hours of labor.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set MI
hand and caused the seal OF the United States t
| be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this nine
teenth day of May, in the year of ou
| Lord thousand eight hundred ant
Il. 81 sixty nine, and of the Independence o
the United States of America the ninety
third.
By the President: U. S. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.