June 2 1865 Message Regarding Control Abandoned Lands And

### About this speech Andrew Johnson June 02, 1865 Source (not specified) [Presidential Speeches](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches) | Andrew Johnson Presidency ## June 2, 1865: Message Regarding Control of Abandoned Lands and Property ### Transcript Whereas by an act of Congress approved March 3, 1865, there was established in the War Department a Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, and to which, in accordance with the said act of Congress, is committed the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen from rebel States, or from any district of country within the territory embraced in the operations of the Army, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the head of the Bureau and approved by the President; and Whereas it appears that the management of abandoned lands and subjects relating to refugees and freedmen, as aforesaid, have been and still are, by orders based on military exigencies or legislation based on previous statutes, partly in the hands of military officers disconnected with said Bureau and partly in charge of officers of the Treasury Department: It is therefore Ordered , That all officers of the Treasury Department, all military officers, and all others in the service of the United States turn over to the authorized officers of said Bureau all abandoned lands and property contemplated in said act of Congress approved March 3, 1865, establishing the Bureau 
of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, that may now be under or within their control. They will also turn over to such officers all funds collected by tax or otherwise for the benefit of refugees or freedmen or accruing from abandoned lands or property set apart for their use, and will transfer to them all official records connected with the administration of affairs which pertain to said Bureau. Previous [May 29, 1865: Proclamation Pardoning Persons who Participated in the Rebellion](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/may-29-1865-proclamation-pardoning-persons-who-participated) Next [June 6, 1865: Executive Order Regarding Discharged Prisoners of War](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-6-1865-executive-order-regarding-discharged-prisoners-war) ### More Andrew Johnson speeches [View all Andrew Johnson speeches](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches?field_president_target_id\[17\]=17) [June 6, 1865: Executive Order Regarding Discharged Prisoners of War](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-6-1865-executive-order-regarding-discharged-prisoners-war) transcript icon [December 4, 1865: First Annual Message](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-4-1865-first-annual-message) transcript icon [December 18, 1865: Announcement of the Successful Suppression of the Rebellion](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-18-1865-announcement-successful-suppression-rebellion) transcript icon [February 19, 1866: Veto Message on Freedmen and Refugee Relief Bur
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