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 4 FORTIETII CONGRESS. Szss. I. Ch. 6. 1867. ¤¢¤*V>¤1¤P\’°¤i· same, duly certified, to the President Ofithe United States, wlho shell g:I';°gn:Q€°t§E“u forthwith transmit the same to Qongress, 1f then m sessxeunand if not m mms to cou. session, then immediately upon its nexi assemblmg; andlif It shall mope- 8**3*- to over appear to Congress thztt the election was one at which all the regisappgliriii, con, tered and qualified electors IH the §tate had au opportunity to vote freely sriruticn if, &c. and without restraint, fear, or the influence of fraud, and 1f the Congress ““d *° d°°1“"$’ shall be satisfied that such constitution meets the approval of a majority 3i1S?: zgsszén. of all the qualified electors in the State, and if the said conssisuziou shall act to which this is supplementary, and the other PFOVISIOHS of said act shall have been complied with, and the said copstututiou shall be approved by Congress, the State shall be declared entitled to representation, and senators and representatives shall be admitted therefrom as therein provided. A11 the elec- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all elections in the States “°“S *° b° by mentioned in the said “Act to provide for the more efficient government mum' of the rebel States," shall, during the operation: of said act, be by ballot; _ Ofdcers mak- and all officers making the said registration of voters and conducting said Qfntéf t‘;§é“:;g' elections shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take smd (mm prescribed subscribe the oath prescribed by the act approved July second, eighby **1* Mt °*` teen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath of $?§?;¢§f}:%%,_ office ": Provided, That if any person shall knowingly and falsely take and Kuowiuglp subscribe any oath in this act prescribed, such person so. offending end begggfgggglgn mb ing thereof dqly convicted shall be subject to the pains, penalties, and ing tho Oath to disabilities which by law are provided for the punishment of the crime of M P¤Hi¤*Y· wilful and corrupt perjury. d E>;£?¤S¤i 1;*1- S20. 7. And be it further enacted, That all expenses incurred by the tsk  °w several commanding generals, or by virtue of any orders issued, or appointments made, by them, under or by virtue of this act, shall be paid _ out of any monezes in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. of gg{;‘g:t';“3°¤ Sec. 8. And itfcrther enacted, That the convention for each State the convention, shall prescribe the fees, salary, and compensation to be paid to all delin omem,&c. egntes and other officers and agents herein authorized or necessary to m:8fi° b° d°*°"‘ carry into eflbct the purposes of this act not herein otherwise provided ·pM{m1,°im- for, and shall provide for the levy and collection of such taxes on the P¤¤<=F· property in such State as may be necessary to pay the same. _ “u'l`g:lg{<yr?nthB · Sec. 9: And be it furthehenactedz That the word “a.rticle," in the smh www of sixth section of the act; to which this IS supplementary, shall be construed me we to mw, to mean “ secuonf “¤°°*l°¤·" SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. F. WADE, President of the Smale pro tcmpore. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.. S., March 23, 1867. } The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘An act to provide for the more efhcienc government of the rebel States} passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to facilitate restors.ti0u," with his objections thereto, the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest : Ex>w¤.O?;@recPnuxs0u, IL R. U S
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