Abstract exhibiting the canvass of votes for members of Congress, &c.—Cont'd. HEADQUARTERS 2D MILITARY DISTRICT, Charleston, South Carolina, May, 1868. I certify that the foregoing is a correct statement from the returns of the officers of election for the State of North Carolina made in of the law of March 11, 1867. pursuance of the authority ED. R. S. CANBY, Brig. and Brevet Major General Commanding. Abstract exhibiting the canvass of votes for members of Congress in the several congressional districts of the State of South Carolina and for said State at large, at the election therein held on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of April, 1868, under the authority of the second section of the law of March 11, 1867. Abstract exhibiting the canvass of votes for members of Congress, &c.-Cont'd. FIRST CONGRESSIONAL (DISTRICT. Counties. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Orangeburg Richland. Newberry Edgefield Abbeville Total Abstract exhibiting the canvass of votes for members of Congress, &c.—Cont'd. HEADQUARTERS 2D MILITARY DISTRICT, Charleston, South Carolina, May, 1868. I certify that the foregoing is a correct statement from the returns of the officers of election for the State of South Carolina made in pursuance of the authority of the law of March 11, 1867. ED. R. S. CANBY, Brig. and Brevet Major General Commanding. 2d Session. No. 302. DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN CIVIL OFFICERS. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. TRANSMITTING, A communication from the commanding general of the first military district, relative to the disqualification of certain civil officers by the State convention. JUNE 3, 1868.-Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, June 3, 1868. SIR: At the request of the General of the army, I have the honor to send here with, for the consideration of the proper committee, a communication of May 15, from the commanding general of the first military district, relative to the disqualification of civil officers which will ensue on the ratification of the 14th article to the Constitution, in the State of Virginia. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. M. SCHOFIELD, Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Secretary of War. HEADQUARTERS FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT, STATE OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, May 15, 1868. GENERAL: I have the honor to invite your attention to a matter which I understand to be of great importance, and which, if I am correct, will demand the early attention of Congress. I suppose the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen, will soon be declared to have been ratified and become a part of the Constitution; and I understand the effect will be to at once remove from office all persons who are disqualified by that amendment. If I am right in the above supposition and in my understanding of the effect of the proposed amendment, it becomes a matter of great importance to determine what is to be done in those States whose governments are still "provisional only." In the States which shall have been readmitted to representation in Congress no serious difficulty will exist, for the reason that in those States the only disqualification for office will be that contained in the |