Year: 1867


thority which he could not safely disobey, and
who would not have entered such service II
left to the free exercise Of his own WILL cannot
be held to be disqualified from voting.


All vote aye except the Secretary Of
War, who votes nay, as the proposition d
stated.


Is. Mere acts Of charity, where the intent
is to relieve the wants Of the object Of such
charity, or not done In aid Of the cause In
which he may have been engaged, do not dis.
qualify but organized contributions Of food
engaged in the rebellion, and not Of merely
sanitary character, but contributed to enable
them In their unlawful object, may be classed
with acts which do disqualify. Forced con.
tributions to the rebel cause in the form Of
taxes or military assessments which o person
was compelled to pay or contribute do not dis.
qualify but voluntary contributions, even
such indirect contributions as arise from q
volun tary loan Of money to the rebel authori.
ties, or purchase Of bonds or securities ere
ated to afford them means Of carrying on the
rebellion, work disqualification.


Concurred in unanimously.


10. All those who in legislative or other
official capacity were engaged in the fur
therance Of the common unlawful purpose,
where the duties of the office necessarily
had relation to the support Of the rebel
lion, such as members Of the rebel con.
ventions, congresses, and legislatures, diplo-
matte agents of the rebel Confederacy, and
other officials whose offices were created for
the purpose Of more effectually carrying on
hostilites, or whose duties appert aimed to the
support Of the rebel cause, must be held to be
disqualified but officers who during the rebel
lion discharged official duties not incident to
war, but only such duties as belong even to
state of peace, and were necessary TO the pre-
servation of order and the administration OF
law are not to be considered rs thereby en-
gagged in rebellion or as disqualified. Disloyal
sentiments, opinions, or sympathies would not
dsqualify; but where person has by speech
or by writing melted others to engage in rebel
lion he must come under this disqualified tion


All vote aye except the Secretary Of
War, who dissents to the second para
graph with the exception Of the words
"where person has, by speech or by wri-
ting, melted others to engage in rebellion,
he must come under the qualification"


II. The Duties If the Board appointed to ST..
perintei.d the Eiection.-This board, having the
custody Of the list of registered voters in the
district for which it is constituted, must see
that the name of the person Offering to vote Is
found upon the registration list, and IL sucn
proves to be the fact, ii is the duty OF the
board to receive his vote If then qualified by
residence. They cannot receive the vote Of any
person whose name Is not on the list though
he may be ready to take the registration oath,





unable TO have his name registered at the pro-
per time in consequence of abse nee, sickness,
or other cause. The board cannot enter into
any inquiries as to the qualified tions OF any
person whose name is not on the registration
list, or as to the qualifications OF any person
whose name is on the list.


Concurred in unanimously.


Is. The mode of voting Is provided in the
act to be by ballot. The board will keep a re-
cord and poll book for the election, showing
the list of voters and the persons elected by
plurality of the votes cast at the election, and
make returns 10 the commanding general OF
the district.


Concurred in unanimously.


70. The Board appointed for registration
and for experimenting the elections must
take the oath prescribed by the act of Con-
gress approved July 2, 1862, entitled al act
to prescribe an oath Of Office


Concurred in unanimously.


In Cabinet, June 20, lS67.-Presen Tthe
same Cabinet as on the 18th, except the
acting Secretary of the Interior.


The President announced to the Cabinet
that after full deliberation he concurred
with the majority upon those sections of
the summary upon which the Secretary of
War expressed his dissent, and that he
concurrcd with the Cabinet upon those
questions approved by unanimous vote; that
as it appeared that the military COM
manders entertained doubts upon the
points covered by the summary, and as
their action hitherto had not been uniform,
lie deemed it proper, without further de-
lay, to communicate in a General Order
to the respective commanders the points
set forth in the summary.