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the intent of aiding or furthering the common unlawful purpose. A person forced into the rebel service by conscription, or under a par- amount authority which he could not safely disobey, and who would not have entered such service if left to the free exercise of his own will, cannot be held to be disqualified from voting.

15. Mere acts of charity, where the intenl is to relieve the wants of the object of such charity, and not done in aid of the cause in which he may have been engaged, do not disqualify. But organ- ized contributions of food and clothing for the general relief of per- sons engaged in the rebellion, and not of a merely sanitary charac- ter, but contributed to enable them to perform their unlawful object, may be classed with acts which do disqualify.

Forced contributions to the rebel cause, in the form of taxes or military assessments, which a person may be compelled to pay or contribute, do not disqualify. But voluntary contributions to the rebel cause, even such indirect contributions as arise from the vol- untary loan' of money, to rebel authorities, or purchase of bonds or securities created to afford the means of carrying on the rebellion, will work disqualification.

16. All those who, in legislative or other official capacity, were en- gaged in the furtherance of the common unlawful purpose, where the duties of the office necessarily had relation to the support of the re- bellion, 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 ad- ministration of law, are not to be considered as thereby engaging in rebellion or as disqualified. Disloyal sentiments, opinions, or sympa- thies would not disqualify, but where a person has by speech or by writing, incited others to engage in rebellion, he must come under the disqualification. t .

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. They cannot receive the vote of any person whoso 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 absence, sick- ness, or other cause.

The board cannot enter into any enquiry as to the qualifications of any person whose name is not on the list, or as to the qualifications of any person whose name is on the list.

18. The mode of voting is provided in the act to be by ballot. The board will keep a record and poll-book of the election, showing the