Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-11-09
5 RALEIGH. N. C. sATUR DAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1881.

law, stating accounts and making settlements of all mat
trs separately in the way if he admnisra-
or OF several estates of deceased by
Pontments And the settlements and DEGREES shall be for
each case or estate separately that the transaction in
respect to each alien enemys be kept record
ed and preserved separately settlement above pro-
vlded shall however be made until judgment or decree of
questTaon shall have passed but the court may at any
uae pending litigation, require an account OF matters IN
litigation and in the possession of the Receiver and may
make such orders touching the as shall protect the
interest of the parties concerned
SSc IL: be it f"rthsr eaaetod, That when the ac-
counts Of any Receiver shall be fedrespecting any
matter which has passed sequesration, The court shall
appoint day for settlement, aud notice thereof shall be
published conseculivey for four weeks in snme news
paper near the pace Of holding the court and the clerk
OF the court shall serd a copy Of such newspaper
the District Attorney of the COnfederae States, for the
court where the matter is TO be heard and it shall be
duty ot said District Attorney attend the settlement and
represent the Government and that full, and
us settlement is made The several settlements preced
ing the final one shall be inteocutory only, and be
mPcached at the final settlements which latter shall be
conclusive unless reversed or mpeached within two years.
for fraud.
SEC ~ Be IL ftler enacted That the court having u-
risdctiOn of the SHALL whenever sufficient is
shown therefor, direct the sale f personal properly,
other than slaves scquestered under this such terms
as 10 II shall seem best and such sale shall pass the title
OF the person as whose property the has been Seques
Src. l3. BE it .frrtler tnae'ea, That nn settle
meniS OF Receivers for sequestered property shall be
recorded and copy thereof shall he forwarded bv
the clerk of the to the Treasurer of the Cnned-
crate States within ten days after the decree. inter-
l"cnory o final has been passed and al balances found
against the Receiver shall by him be paid into the
court subject TO the order of the Treasurer of the COned
crate States and upon the failure of the Receiver five
days to day over the same execution shall issue therefor
aud he shall be liable attachment bv the court and to
suit upon his bond And any embezzlng any money
under this act shall be liable to Indictment convc
tion shall be confined at hard labor for less than six
months than five years. the discretion of the
conrt, and fined in double the amount embezzled.
SEC IA Be ufDthcr sBacsd, That the President of the
Confederate States shall by and with the advice and cnn-
sent of Congress- of the Senate if the appointment be
made under permanent Government npoint three dis
~ shall hnlt
the seat of Government two each year. upon notice
given who shall sit 80 long MS the business before them
shall require whose duty il shall be- under such rules AS
they adopt to hear ard adudge such claims NAV
be brought before them by ary aiding this Conedera-
cv in the present against the United States, who shall
aee that he has been put TO loss under the act of the
United States in retaliation of which this passed
under other act of the United States, of any State
thereof authorizing the seizure condemnation conisca
tnn o the property G any citizen resident of the Con-
iederate States other person aiding said Confederate
States in the present against the United States and
the finding of such Commissioners in auy such
claim shall be pna ice evidence of the oihe
demand and whenever Congress shall pass the claim the
shall be paid from money in the Trc:lsury dev-
ed trum scqueSfraton under this PrOrid That said
Board of Commissioners shall not continue beyond the
ganzai;On Of the Court of Claims provided for bv the con.
Stituton which Court of Claims the duties herein pro-
rdcd 10 be discharged by Commissioners shall belong
upon tie organization of raid court. The salaries Of said
Commissioners shall be the nf thousand five
hundred dollars per annun, and shall be paid from the
Treasury of the COnfcderGcy. And it shall be the duly of
the Attorney General or his assistant to represent the in
tecSts uf this Government in all arising under this
before SAID Board of Commissioners.
SEC Is. b II faJksr sH1cit That all the expenses in
CURED in proceedings under This shall be from the
seqrcStered fund and the Judges setting accounts with
Receivers, shall make them proper allowances If com.
rrniiun. taking and half per on receipts and
the amount expenditures, reasonable cpensa-
tim in all Gases The fees of The officer, of cnurt ss ba
such allowed by law for similar services In other
be paid however only from the cred fund.-
P'oesd'd That all suns realized BY any Receiver
year for his services exceeding five thousand dollars shall
be paid into the Confederate Treasury for the use of the
CuGiederacy.
BE Il fuytGer enacted That the Attorney Gene
raj shall prescribe such uniform rules of proceeding under
this aw and herein otherwise provided for shall meet
the necessities of the
Sac Il. Be fh6r enacted That appeals lie from
any na decision at the court under is law in the
manner and within the time is nOw hereafter
be by law prescribed appeals in other civil cases
SEc. Is. BE Hythsr eHdcttd That the word ''peTsou
in this law includes all private corporatnns and in all
wi corporations become parties and this law re-
quireS oath 10 be made, shall b. made by officer
at such corporation.
SEC ~ BE tULer tRGeted That The courts are vested
with jurisdiction, and required by this settle all part.
nerShP heretofore existing between citizen aud who
is alien enemy TO separate the the alien enc
and 10 sequesirGc IT, And shall also nil Joint
rights when an alien eGemy concerned and sequestrae
the interest of such alien enemy.
SEC 90 BE n turtker acttd That in all cases of ad-
mInISTatlon n matter thing, under this the
court having jurisdiction make such orders touching
the Of the property effects under the dec
un control of the Receiver inconsistent with the
foregoing provisions, to it shall pruper And the
Receiver any time ask and have the instructions Of
the court or judge respecting his conduct in the dSpnS
'~""SN"'S''' PS''tJ VI tueS's uiueI MS
control.
SEC. 81. BE fgTtr spdctd That the Treasury notes
of This Contederucy shall be receivable payment of al
purchases OF property effects sold under this act
SIC 22 BE b Tgrfksr enGctfi That nothing this
Snail be construed 10 destroy impair the lien other right
of any creditor citizen resident Of either Of the Con-
tPdcrae States of any other person. citizen resident
of any countrr State Territory with which this Cunfed
eracy is in friendship and which person is not in hostility
Ia this Contederacy Aud any lien debt claimed against
alien enemy within the meaning of this act shall be
poponnded aud flied in the court in which the proceedings
of sequeSration had within twelve months from the
institution of such proceedings for sequeSraOn and the
cnrt shall Cause all proper parties to be made and notices
10 be gen and shall hear and determine the resi- ecive
rights OF all parties concerned Provided however that
sales payments money shall be deiayed for by
Of such rights proceedings but any money
allied bv the Receiver whehe: paid into the
ury, still in the Receivers hands, shall stand in lien Of
that which produced said money! and be held the
demand of the creditors aforesaid in the
that which produced such money And all claims not
propounded ard filed aforesaid within twelve months
aforesaid shall to exist against the estate proper
~, "r effects Sequestraed or the proceeds thereof
APPRov August 50. 1861.