Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-23
TIE sRaURsTRATEoN ACT.
DbFAhI1IENI u JUSTICE,
Richmond. September II. 1861.

OF JUSTICE,
RICHMOND, September u, 1861.
distractions 10 RooeiUcrs uHder he act entitled
IN Act for The SogucStrafiOa Of he Estates,
Property and Effects Of dlieH Enemies, and for
The indemnify Of Citizens Of the Confederate
States. and persons aidiag The same ia the ernst
ing JcGT against the United States, '-ApprOUed
ANgHSt 80, 1861.
/. The following persons are subject to the
operation of the law as alien enemies
J.. All citizens of the United States, except die
citizens OF residents Of Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky or Missouri, or the District of Column
bia, or the Territories Of New Mexico, Arizona,
or the Indian Territory south Of Kansas.
2. All persons who have a dOmicil within the
States with which this government is at war, no
matter whether they be citizens or not; thus the
subjects of Great Britain, France, or any other
neutral nations, who have a domicii, OF are car
Tying on business or traffic Wit ia the States at
war with this COnfedeTacy, are alien enemies
under the law.
3. All such citizens or residents Of the States
Of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky or Missouri,
and Of the Territories Of New Mexico, Arizona,
aud the Indian Territory south Of Kansas, and
OF the District of Columbia, as shall commit
actual hosnlhes against the Confederate States,
or aid or abet the United States in the existing
war against the Confederate States.
II. Immediately after taking your oath of
Office, YOU will take possession of al the pro
perry Of every nature and kind whatsoever with
IN your district belonging TO alien enemies as
above defined.
III You win forthwith apply to the clerk OF
the court for writs Of punishment under the Sth
section Of the law, and viii PROFOUND to the gar
nishees the Undergraduates you viii PROFOUND to
the following persons, viz:
/. All attorneys and councillors practicing
law within your district.
,. The presidents and cashiers Of all banks
and principal administrative officers of all rail
roads and other corporations within your
district.
3 All agents of foreign corporations, insurance
agents, commission merchants engaged in for
eign trade, agents Of foreign mercantile houses,
dealers in bills Of exchange, executors and ad-
ministratOrs Of estates, assignces and syndies of
insovent estates, trustees, and generally all per
SONS who are known to do business as agents
for others.
4 In the first week Of each month, You viii
exhibit TO the judge a statement showing the
whole amount Of moEey in your hands as
receiver, and deposit the same for safe-keeping
in such bank or other depository as may be Sc
lected for that purpose by the judge-reserYing
only such amount as may be required for imme-
diate necessary expenditure in the discharge of
your duties as receiver.
5. You are strictly prohibited from making
personal use in any manner whatever or invest
ing ID any kind OF property, or lOaning with OF
without interest, or exchanging for other funds,
without leave Of the court, any money or funds
OF any kind received by you in your official ca
pacity.
VI. You are prohibited from employing except
at your own personal expense, any attorney OF
counsellor to aid you in the discharge Of your
duties, other than the district attorney of the
Confederate States for your district and you
are instructed to invoke to his aid under
the 9th section Of the law, in al matters OF lit
cation that may arise under the law.
VII You viii take special care 10 avoid the
loss or deterioration Of all personal property
perishable in its nature, by applying ioT the sale
thereof under the provisions Of the 18th section
Of the law.
VIII You win keep an account, showing ex-
actly all sums received by you as allowances of
compensation, under the 18th section Of the law,
setting forth the date and amount Of each receipt
Of such sums, and as soon as the amount re-
ceiyed by you, in any one year, shall reach the
sum Of five thousand dollars, you viii pay over
to the assistant treasurer Of the Confederate
States, most convenient 10 your domicil, all fur
theT sums allowed you as compensation, taking
duplicate receipts therefor, one to be retained as
a voucher by yourself, aud the other 10 be- for
warded by mail TO the Secretary ofthe Treasury.
n " nIAIhE4H IA Al AHnAAAll ~ VI NDLL AA-
ties, you discover that any attorney agent. for
mer partner, trustee or other person holding OF
controlling any property, rights or credits of an
alien enemy, has wilfuly failed TO give you infOr- /
nation Of the same, you viii Immediately report
the fact TO the district attorney for yoUr district, |
10 the end that the guilty party may be subjected
to the pains and penalties prescribed by the Sd
section Of the law. j. p. BENJAMIN,
Acknowledgement.
The following inteTOgatories to garnishees
have been prepared for your use, together with a
note amexedfOr the information Ofthe garnishee:
]. Have YOU now, or have YOU had in your
possession or under your control since the
twenty-irst day Of May last, (lS6l,) and if yea,
at what time, any land or lands, tenement or
tenements, hereditament or heTcditameuts, chat
tel OF chattels, right OF rights, credit or credits,
within the Confederate States OF America, held. !
owned, possessed or enj0ye5 for or by an alien
enemy OF in or to which any alien enemy had,
and when, since that time, any right, title or i'll
terest. either directly or indirectly
2. If YOU answer any part of the foregoing
interrogatory in the affirmative, then set forth
specially and particularly a description Of such
property, right, title, credit or interest accruing
therefTOm, then state when you made such dis
position, and TO whom; and where such prop
erty now is and by whom held?
3 We're you since the twenty-irst day Of
May, 1901, ana II yea AT what time, indebted
either directly or indirectly, to any alien enemy
orahen enemies 2 If yea, state the amount Of
such Indebtedness if one, and Of each indebted
ness if more than one; give the nam or names
of the creditor or creditors. and the place or
places Of residence, and state whether, and to
what extent, such debt or debts have been dis
charged, and, also, the time and manner Of the
discharge.
4. Do Won know Of any land or lands, tene-
meut or tenemeuts, hereditament or heTedita-
ments, chattel or chattels, right or rights, credit
or credits, within the Confederate States Of
America, or any right or interest leld, owned,
or enjoyed directly or iHdiTectly by or
for one OF more alien enemies since the twenty
first day Of May, 1861, or in or to which any
OF more alien enemies had since that time
any claim, title, or interest direct or indirect
If yea, set forth specifically and particularly
what and where the property is, and the name
and residence Of the Blder, debtor, trustee or
agent.
5. State all else that you know which may aid
carrying into full effect the sequestration act
of the Both August, 1861, and state the same as
fully and particularly as if thereunto specially
Intercepted A g. Receiver