A I! KANSAS. 



inu' t!ii-!M to obtain and furnish tlio 



iit.-il'!.- persons to act an judges and 



, ,,f tin- elretioii for the choice of delegates 



ivention. 



i >n s.-ptemlier nth a general order was is- 

 !inir that whenever any person was 

 .1 f. .r .1 criminal offence in the State 

 -. who should produce the affidavits of two 

 credible \vitiu-- - that he was in the Federal 

 . . in- loyally adhered to it, withholding as 

 po-siMe all aid and comfort to their ene- 

 and tin- accused should inako oath that 

 owing to tlie-^e circumstances he has reason to 

 that he will not receive a fair and im- 

 partial trial, the court should suspend all further 

 iliiiL r > and send the papers to headquar- 

 t.-rs with a view to a trial by military commis- 

 MOM. All persons concerned in the administra- 

 tion of the poor-laws were notified that, as the 

 people sustained their share of taxation, 

 no denial to them of the benefits of those laws 

 would he tolerated. 



Anotlu-r order, of September 9th, prohibited 

 the assembling of armed organizations or bod- 

 : citizens under any pretence whatever. 

 All otlicers were enjoined to use all means at 

 their disposal to cause the enforcement of this 

 order. 



A further order, issued September 10th, re- 

 quired all persons in the State, who subsequent- 

 ly to April 9, 1865, exiled themselves from any 

 of the Southern States, but had since returned, 

 to report to headquarters personally, or by let- 

 ter, in order to take the parole oath. 



Another order, of ^September 27th, directed 

 t lie election for delegates to the convention to 

 commence on the first Tuesday of November, 

 and to continue until completed, in the follow- 

 ing manner: 



Each registrar takes one-third of the number of 

 l>reeinets in his county, and, with a judge and clerk 

 of election appointed by himself, commences on the 

 lir.-t Tuesday of November, and holds election in 

 each of his precincts on consecutive days, when 

 practicable, one day at each precinct. Three pre- 

 cincts of each county will thus be voted each day 

 until all are voted. 



The number of delegates as apportioned to the 

 different counties of the State, was seventy-five. 



The views of the whites on registration were 

 thus expressed at this time by one of the most 

 influential papers of the State : 



The opportunity for registering should not be al- 

 lowed to escape unimproved. Surely every one can 

 spun- one day, if that much time is required, to per- 

 form a sacred duty he owes to his family and the 

 community in which he lives. 



Kvery one who has freedtnen qualified to vote 

 under the reconstruction acts, in his employ, or who 

 has anv influence with them, should see to it that 

 they obtain their certificates of registration. The 

 privilege of voting has been given them by Congress, 

 and they should be made acquainted with the fact, 

 :uiil its nature explained to them, that they make a 

 proper u.se of it. 



The following is the number of voters regis- 

 tered in the State up to the time the revision 

 of the registry lists commenced : 



On September 26th an order for an election 

 was issued by General Ord, as follows : 



General Orders, No. 31. 

 HEATHJUARTERS FOURTH MILITARY DTSTBICT *\ 

 (MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS), 



OFFICE or CIVIL AFFAIRS. 

 VICKSBURG, Miss., September 26, 1867. J 



1. The registration of the legal voters in this mili- 

 tary district having been completed, in compliance 

 with the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled 

 "An Act to provide for the more efficient govern- 

 ment of the rebel States," and the Acts supplement- 

 ary thereto, an election is hereby ordered to be held 

 in the States composing the same, commencing 

 on the first Tuesday in November next, and con- 



