The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-10-01
SEQUESTRATION.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
18th September, 1861,

Effect. of Alien Enemies and for the Indemnity o
Citizens of the Confederate States and Persons aid
ing the same in the existing War against the United
States."-Approved 3Oth August, 1861.
l. The following persons subject to the op
Grafton of the law Alien Enemies
| 1st. All citizens of the United States, except
citizens or residents of Delaware, Maryland, Ken
lucky or Missouri, or the District of Columbia, oil
/ the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, the
Indian Territory South of Kansas.
/ ID All persons who have doaaicH within the
States with which the Government is at war, nc
matter whether they be citizens or not: Thus the
subjects of Great Britain, France or other neutral
nations, who have domicil, or carrying on
business or traffic within the States at war with
this Confederacy are Alien, Enemies under the
law.
3D. All such citizens or residents of the States
or Delaware, Maryland Kentucky or Missouri
and of the Territories Of New Mexico, Arizona
and the Indian Territory South of Kansas, and of
the District of Columbia, as shall commit actual
hostities 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 all the property of
ry nature and kind whatsoever within your Dis
trict belonging to Alien Enemies as above defn-
ed.
Ill You will forthwith apply to the clerk of
the court for writs punishment under the 9Th
section Of the law, and will PROFOUND to the gar
nishees the interrogatories of which form is an
nexed. These interrogatores you will PROFOUND
to the following persons, viz
1st All attorneys and Counsellors practicing
law within your District.
I'd The presidents and Cashiers of all Banks,
and principal administrative officers of all Rail-
roads and other corporations within your Dis
trict.
Sd. All Agents Of Foreign Corporations Insu-
rance Agents, Commission Merchants engaged in
foreign trade, Agents of Foreign Mercantile
Houses, Dealers in Bills of Exchange, EXECUTORS
and Administrations of Estates, Assignees and
Syndics of Insolvent Estates, Trustees, and gene
rally all persons who are known to do business
Agents for others.
". In the first week of each month you will
exhibit to the Judge a statement showing the
whole amount of money in your hands as Receiv-
er, and deposit the same for safe keeping, in such
bank or other depository as may be selected for
that purpose by the Jud ge-reserving only such
amount as may be required for immediate necessary
expenditure in the discharge Of your duties as Re-
cevers.
V. You strictly prohibited from making
personal use IN any manner whatever, or invest
ing in any kind of property, loaring with or
without interest, or exchanging for other funds,
of any kind received by you in your official capac
ity.
VI. You are prohibited from employing, except
at your personal expense, any attorney or
Counsellor to aid you in the discharge of your du-
ties, other than the District Attorney of the Con-
federate States for your District; and you in
struced to invoke his aid under the 9th section of
the law, in all matters of litigation that may arise
under the law.
VII You will take special care to avoid the
loss deterioration of all personal property per-
ishable in its nature, by applying for the sale
thereof under the provisions the 18th section of
the law.
VIII. You will 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 soon as the amount received
by you in any year, shall reach the sum of five
thousand dollars you will pay to the Assist
ant Treasurer of the Confederate States most con-
venient to your domicil, all further sums allowed
you compensation, taking duplicate receipts
thereof, one to be retained as a voucher by your
self and the other to be forwarded by mail to the
Secretary Of the Treasury
TX. Whenever, in the discharge of your duties,
you discover that any attorney, agent, former part
ner trustee or other person holding or controlling
any property, rights, or credits of an Alien Enc
my, mas Wll1uly tailed TO give you INTO rmatlOn OF
the same, you will Immediately report the fact to
the District Attorney for your District, to 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, Attorney General.
The following interrogatories to garnishees have
been prepared for your use, together with note
annexed for the information of the garnishee:
l. Have you now, or have you had in your
possession, or under your CONTROL since the twen-
ty-frst day of May last (l86l) and if yea at what
time, any land or lands, tenement or tenements
hereditament or hereditaments chattel or chattels
right or rights, credit credits, within the Con-
tederatc States of America, held owned, possessed
or enjoyed for or by Alien Enemy: or in or to
which any Alien Enemy had, and when since
that time wright, title interest either directly
or indirectly?
2. lfyou answer any part of the foregoing in
terrogatory in the affirmative, then set forth
specifically and particularly description of such
property, right, title, credit interest and if you
have disposed of it in VIII ole or in part or of the
profit, or rent or interest accruing therefrom
then state when you made such disposition, and
to whom, and where such property now is and by
whom held?
3. Were you, since the twenty first day of May,
1861, and at what time, indebted, either directly,
or indirectly to any Alien Enemy or Alien Enc
mics! If yea, state the amount of such indebt-
edness. II one, and Of each Indebtedness, if more
than one: Give the name names of the creditor
or creditors and the place places Of residence,
and state whether and tn what Sncb doh+