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or who has been in any manner in the service of the so called
"Confederate States of America; " and no person who since
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and gone within the military lines of the so called Confede-
rate States or armies, unless he shall have gone by the authori-
ty of the United States; and no person who has given any aid,
comfort, countenance or support to those engaged in armed
hostility to the United States, or in any manner adhered to
the enemies of the United States, either by contributing to
the enemies of the United States, or unlawfully sending with-
in the lines of such enemies money or goods, or letters, or
information, or who has disloyally held communication with
the enemies of the United States, or who has advised any
person to enter the service of the said enemies, or aided any
person so to enter, or who has by any open deed or word de-
clared his adhesion to the cause of the enemies of the United
States, or his desire for the triumph of said enemies over the
arms of the United Slates shall ever be entitled to vote at any
election to be held in this State, or to hold any office of honor,
profit or trust under the laws of this State, unless since such
unlawful acts he shall have voluntarily entered into military
service of the United States, and been honorably discharged
therefrom, or be on the day of election actually and voluntarily
in such service, or unless he shall be restored to his full rights
of citizenship by an act of the General Assembly passed by a
vote of two thirds of all the members elected to each House;
and it shall be the duty of all officers of Registration and
Judges of election carefully to exclude from voting or being
registered all persons so as above disqualified; and the Judges
of election at the first election held under this Constitution
shall and at any subsequent election may administer to any
person offering to vote the following oath or affirmation: I do
swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, that
I have never given any aid, countenance or support to those
in armed hostility to the United States, that I have never
expressed a desire for the triumph of said enemies over the
arms of the United States, and that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the United States and support the Constitution,
and laws thereof as the supreme law of the land any law or
ordinance of any State to the contrary notwithstanding, and
will in all respects demean myself as a loyal citizen of the
United States, and I swear this without any reservation or
evasion; and any. person declining to take such oath shall not
be allowed to vote, but the taking of such oath shall not be
deemed conclusive evidence of the right of such person to vote;
any person swearing or affirming falsely shall be liable to
penalties of perjury^and it shall be the duty of the proper
officers of Registration to allow no person to be registered