l ll Q FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 18, 19. 1870. 67
For repairing roads, five hundred dollars; f A,l;l?j°P*‘l¤*i°¤
?' For furniture for soldiers’ hospital, one hundred dollars; Xxczidethlly
- 3 For grading, draining, and improving the artillery and cavalry drill
ground, two thousand dollars; For contingencies for superintendent, one thousand dollars.
¤1 And hereafter, in addition to the other members of the board of visit- b Addm°‘? i° . . . . . oard of visitors.
ors to be appointed by the President, according to existing law, to attend the annual examination of cadets at the United States Military Acade- my, there shall be on every such board two senators to` be designated by m3,;?;:;;?;;; the Vice-President or President pro tempore of the bcnate; and three members of the House of Representatives to be designated by the Speaktg er of the House of Representatives, such designations respectively to be made at the session of Congress next preceding the time of such examiig nation; and the senators and members so appointed shall make full re- R°P°"• port of their action as such visitors, with their views and recommenda-
§ tions in regard to the said Military Academy, within twenty days after g the meeting of Congress, at the session next succeeding the time of their
appointment. Approved, February 21, 1870. CHAP. XIX.-An Act to admit the State of Zifssissippi to Representation in the Feb. 23, 1870- Cnngress of the United States.
g WHEREAS the people of Mississippi have framed and adopted a consti- ?1`¤am`¤l<*· _P tution of State government which is republican; and whereas the Qlegislature of Mississippi elected under said constitution has ratified
the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and whereas the performance of these several acts in good faith is a condition precedent to the representation of the State in
tr Congress: therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and [base of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said State of Missis— I_Mi3sl“gQl’ld°l$" sippi is entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States: gcggseiigtisnig
i Provided, That before any member of the legislature of said State shall Congress-
- take or resume his seat, or any officer of said State shall enter upon the Stgigizlfgjagf
{ duties of his onice, he shall take and subscribe, and tile in the office of ture mtfsmts
‘* the secretary of state of Mississippi, for permanent preservation, an °m°i*?S*° ¤k° oath or affirmation in the form following: “I, --—- -—-, do solemnly g2,?,,,?,, (mths _ swear (or affirm) that I have never taken an oath as a member of Con- Oatlxsformof; gress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a. member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support
- the Constitution of the United States, and afterward engaged in insur-
rection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the
` enemies thereof, so help me God"; or under the pains and penalties of
perjury, (as the case may be ;) or such person shall in like manner take,
w `subscribe, and file the following oath or afiirmation: “I, -—-·~ ——·-—,
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have, by act of Congress of the
Q, United States, been relieved from the disabilities imposed upon me by
the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, so help me God " ; or under the pains and penalties of perjury, (as the case
“ imay be ;) which oaths or afiirmations shall be taken before and certified t l:)°[*;¥`°k“’h°m
Q ‘by any officer lawfully authorized to administer oaths. And any person ° 6 a cn` who shall knowingly swear or nflirm falsely in taking either of such , P°EiF”Yi¤ ish oaths or aflirmations shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be :§w°;,;§§s?,i%_’ punished therefor by imprisonment not less than one year, and not more than ten years, and shall he fined not less than one thousand dollars,
· and not more than ten thousand dollars. And in all trials for any Q°¤’*l*?;¤*° °f g violation of this act, the certificate of the taking of either of said oaths aikggjeuggé ‘ or ailirmations, with proof of the signature of the party accused, shall `> M
