lassed with acts
which do disqualify. Forced contributions to the rebel cause in the form
of taxes or military assessments, which a person was compelled to pay or
contribute, do not disqualify; but voluntary contributions to the rebel
cause, even such indirect contributions as arise from the voluntary loan
of money to the rebel authorities or purchase of bonds or securities
created to afford the means of carrying on the rebellion, will work
disqualification.

Concurred in unanimously.

16. All those who in legislative or other official capacity were engaged
in the furtherance of the common unlawful purpose, where the duties of
the office necessarily had relation to the support of the rebellion,
such as members of the rebel conventions, congresses, and legislatures,
diplomatic agents of the rebel Confederacy, and other officials whose
offices were created for the purpose of more effectually carrying on
hostilities or whose duties appertained to the support of the rebel
cause, must be held to be disqualified; but officers who during the
rebellion discharged official duties not incident to war, but only such
duties as belong even to a state of peace and were necessary to the
preservation of order and the administration of law, are not to be
considered as thereby engaging in rebellion or as disqualified. Disloyal
sentiments, opinions, or sympathies would not disqualify, but where a
person has by speech or writing incited others to engage in rebellion he
must come under the disqualification.

All vote "aye" except the Secretary of War, who dissents to the second
paragraph, with the exception of the words "where a person has by speech
or by writing incited others to engage in rebellion he must come under
the disqualification."

17. The duties of the board appointed to superintend the elections.

This board, having the custody of the list of registered voters in the
district for which it is constituted, must see that the name of the
person offering to vote is found upon the registration list, and if such
proves to be the fact it is the duty of the board to receive his vote if
then qualified by residence. They can not receive the vote of any person
whose name is not upon the list, though he may be ready to take the
registration oath, and although he may satisfy them that he was unable
to have his name registered at the proper time, in consequence of