CONCUKSS, 





119 



, . , 



.p|, I'aino, Palmer, Perce, Peters, Phelps, 



'latt, I'OIII.TOV, Prosscr, Randall, Sargent, Sawyer, 



tuitd, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, John 



, :li, William .1. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, 



Ys.v Messrs. Ambler, Ames, Atwood, Axtell, 

 .ittv, Bingham, Blair, George M. Brooks, 



IJutHiit.iii, Munl.-tt, tienjitiniii F. Hull. > . 



lor, Cuke, Cessna, Churchill, Clinton L. 



,:-n, Cook. Conger, Covode, Cullom, I>a- 



., Dyer, Ferriss, Usher. Garfleld, (Jetz, 



!. Harm, llawley, Huaton. Hill, H-ar, 11...^,., 



r, il"t.-lilciss, [ng^rsoll, Jonokeii, Altxaodar 



ion, K> II. -\, Iv.-lloi,'.,'. K..-Uoy, Keteliu:n, Kitui'|i, 



I.artin, La-h, Lawrence, Loughridge, Muyiuml, M--- 



M.-C.rew, Mercur, Millies, Etiukiiu 11. Mooro, 



il. Moore, William Mooro, Morphis, Daniel J. 



'!, S:imu--l r. Merrill, Myers, Nogley, O'Neill, 



.p|, I'aino, Palmer, Perce, Peters, Phelps, 



1'latt, 



, :li 



atlitT, Sti-vi-iis, Stevenson, Stiles, Stokes, 

 St->U','lit"n, Strickland, Strong, Swann, Taffe, Tan- 



. illiiutn, Twicholl, Upson, Van Horn, Cadwala- 

 . Wasliburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, 

 Wluvl.T, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, John T. 

 Wilson. Witcaor, and Woodward 109. 



N.VYS Messrs. Allison, Archer, Biggs, Bird, 

 Booker, Boyd, James Brooks, Burchard, Burr, Cal- 

 kin. Cox, Crobs, Dickinson, Dox, Finkelnburg, Gib- 



'irisu-oM Haight, Hambleton, Hawkins, Hay, 



. llctlin, (lolman, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, 



.lu.l.l, K>.-rr, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, Mc- 



. Mungen, Niblack, Orth, Potter, Ridgeway, 



Rogers, Schnmakor, Sherrod, Joseph S. Smitn. 



Stone, Trimble, Tyner, Voorhees, Winans, and 



-4T. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Armstrong, Arnell, 

 Asji.-r, Ayer, Bailey, Banks, Barnum, Beck, Ben- 

 jamin, Bennett, Benton, Boles. Bowen, Buckley, 

 Clarke, Cleveland, Amasa Cobb, Cowles, Dawes, 

 Deweese, Dickey, Dixon, Dockery, Duval. Ela, 

 Eldridge, Farnsworth. Ferry, Fitch, Fox, Gilfillan, 

 Golladav, Haldeman, Hale, Hamilton, Julian ? Knott, 

 Logan, Lynch, McCarthy, McKec, McKenzie, Mor- 

 gan, Morrissey, Packer, Poland, Porter, Reading, 

 Reeves, Rice, Roots. Sanford, Sheldon, Slocum, Wil- 

 liam Smyth, Strader, Sweeney, Townsend, Van 

 Auken, Van Trump Van Wyck, Ward, Wells, Eu- 

 gene M. Wilson, and Winchester 66. 



In the Senate, on December 16th, the bill 

 to perfect the reconstruction of the State of 

 Georgia was considered. The following was 

 reported as the bill : 



That the Governor of the State of Georgia be. and 

 he is hereby, authorized and directed forthwith by 

 proclamation to summon all persons elected to the 

 General Assembly of said State, as appears by the 

 proclamation of George G. Meade, the general com- 

 manding the military district including the State of 

 Georgia, dated Juno 25, 1868, to appear on some day 

 certain, to be named in said proclamation, at Atlanta, 

 in said State ; and thereupon the said General As- 

 sembly of said State shall proceed to perfect its or- 

 ganization, in conformity with the Constitution and 

 laws of the United States, according to the provi- 

 sions of this act. 



SKO. 2. And be it further enacted, That, when tho 

 members so elected to said Senate and House of 

 Representatives shall be convened as aforesaid, each 

 ana eyery member and each and every person claim- 

 ing to be elected as a member of said Senate or House 

 of Representatives shall, in addition to taking the 

 oath or oaths required by the constitution of Georgia, 

 also take and subscribe and file, in the offioo of the 

 Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, one of tho 

 following oaths or affirmations, namely: "I do sol- 

 emnly swear " (or affirm, as the case may be), " that 

 I have never held tho office or exercised tho duties of 

 a Senator or Representative in Congress, nor been a 

 member of the Legislature of any State of tho United 



States, nor held any civil office created by law for the 

 ndmiinstrutioii of any general law of a State, or for 

 the administration of justice in any StaU; or umi< r 

 tin- lawn of tho United State*, nor held any office in 

 the military or naval service of tho United Suite*, 

 and thereafter engaged in insurrection ,. r n ! -llioi. 

 against the United States, or gave aid or comfort to 

 its enemies, or ren>l.-n-<l voluntary or involuntary 

 support oraid to any insurrection orn-tirllion against 

 the United States, nor held any office under or 

 urn 

 or actin 



uny support to any government of any kind organized 

 or acting in hostility to the United States or levying 

 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, namely : 

 " I do solemnly swear" (or affirm, as the case may be). 

 " that I have been relieved by an act of Congress 61 

 the United States from disability as provided for by 

 section three of the fourteenth amendment to the 

 Constitution of the United States. So help me God " 

 (or on the pains and penalties of perjury, as the case 

 may be). Which oath or affirmation, when so filed, 

 shall be entered of record by the Secretary of State 

 of the State of Georgia, and said oath or affirmation, 

 or a copy of the record thereof, duly certified by said 

 Secretary of State, shall be evidence in all courts and 

 places. And every person claiming to be so elected, 

 who shall refuse, or decline, or neglect, or bo unable, 

 to take one of said oaths or affirmations above pro- 

 vided, shall not be admitted to a seat in said Senate 

 or House of Representatives, or to a participation in 

 the proceedings thereof, but shall be deemed ineli- 

 gible to such seat. 



SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person 

 claiming to be elected to said Senate or House of Rep- 

 resentatives, as aforesaid, shall falsely take either 

 of said oaths or affirmations above provided, he shall 

 be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall suffer the 

 pains and penalties thereof ; and may bo tried, con- 

 victed, and punished, therefor by the Circuit Court 

 of the United States for the District of Georgia, in 

 which district said crime was committed ; and the 

 jurisdiction of said court shall be sole and exclusive 

 lor the purpose aforesaid. 



SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the persons 

 elected, as aforesaid, and entitled to compose such 

 Legislature, and who shall comply with the provi- 

 sions of this act, by taking one of tho oaths or affir- 

 mations above prescribed, shall thereupon proceed, 

 in said Senate and House of Representatives to which 

 they have been elected, respectively, to reorganize 

 said Senate and House of Representatives, respec- 

 tively, by the election of the proper officers of each 

 House. 



SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any per- 

 son shall by force, violence, or fraud, wilfully hinder 

 or interrupt any person or persons elected as afore- 

 said from taking either of the oaths or affirmations 

 prescribed by this act, or from participating in the 

 proceedings of said Senate or House of Representa- 

 tives after having taken one of said oaths or affirma- 

 tions, and otherwise complied with this act, he shall 

 be deemed guilty of a felony, and may be tried, con- 

 victed, and punished, therefor by the Circuit or Dis- 

 trict Court of the United States for the District of 

 Georgia in which district said offence shall be com- 

 mitted ; and shall be punished therefor by imprison- 

 ment at hard labor for not less than two nor more 

 than ten years, in the discretion of tho court : and 

 the jurisdiction of said courts shall bo solo and ex- 

 clusive for the purpose aforesaid. 



SEC. 6. And b& it further enacted, That it is hereby 

 declared that the exclusion of any person or persons 

 elected as aforesaid, and being otherwise qualified, 

 from participation in the proceedings of said Senate 

 or House of Representatives^ upon the ground of 

 race, color, or previous condition of servitude, would 

 be illegal and revolutionary, and is hereby pro- 

 hibited. 



SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That, upon the 



