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United States Fifteenth Amendment
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate
The Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate for the Fortieth Session of Congress
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Session 7681: 1867-07-06 00:00:00
S. 123, 124, 125, 126, 129, and 130 are referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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S. 129
A Bill
Further supplementary to an act entitled “An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,” passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
Whereas doubts have arisen as to the true construction of said act, to which this is supplementary: therefore, to remove such doubts, and to make known what is the true construction of said act, and the intent of Congress in passing the same—
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to which this is a supplement, and the former supplement thereto, shall be construed to authorize the officer assigned to the command of any military district under said act, whenever he shall deem it necessary to the due performance of his duties under the said act or supplement, to remove or suspend from office any officer of, or person exercising authority under any so-called State government existing in his district, and to appoint another person in the stead of the officer or person so removed, and to authorize the officer assigned to the command of any military district under said act, whenever he may deem it necessary, as aforesaid, to prohibit, suspend, or set aside any action or proceeding of such State government, or done under its authority; it being the intention of said act that during its continuance the said so-called State government of the rebel States shall be allowed to continue only as provisional governments, subordinate to and subject to the control of the officers assigned to the military districts aforesaid, respectively; and all acts heretofore done by any such officer in accordance herewith shall be deemed valid.
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- S. 129 (introduced on 1867-07-06 00:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e719698) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1867-07-07 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e719716) [view current proposal at this moment]