The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-03

Rstaliasesy Law ~ the Confederate States
u Anerica.
The Examiner, Of yesterday. gives tn fol.
lowing abstract Of very important bill
passed by Congress shortly before the a.
journment, for the seq uestration Of all Yam.
kes proper ~ found in the South:
A BILL to b entitled an Act for tie seqwss.
traitor Of the estate. properly and e0ects Of
sens Of the Confederate 6tatss, and 2srsons
otdtn0 the cams IN the erfstfn0 soar NTH the
Usstsd Statss.
The bill rscites. In the nature Of q pream.
bic, the departure Of the Government and
the people Of the United States from the
usages Of civilized warfare, and the necessity
II our only protection against such wrongs
in measures Of retaliation.
The following IL the principal legislative
CLAUSE:
Be 1t enacted by tho Congress OF the Don.
federase States, That sll and every, the lands,
tenements and hereditaments goods and chat.
tells, rights and credits within these Confede-
rate States. and every right and interest there.
in held, owed, possessed or enjoyed by or for
any alien enemy, since the twenty first day OF
May, 1851, except such debts due to an alien
enemy as may have been paid into the Trea-
sury OF any one of tbs Confederate States
prior to the passage Of this law, be and the
same are hereby seq uestrated by the Confed-
crate teSof America, and shall be held for
tho full indemnity OF any true and loyal citi-
zen, resident Of these Confederate States, or
other person aiding said Confederate States in
The prosecu ton of the present war between
said Confederate States and the United States
of America, and for which he may suffer any
loss or injury under the act Of the United
States to which this net Is retaliatory, or an
any State thereof, authorizing the seizure or
conflscation of the property Of citizens
or residents Of the Confederate States, or
other person aiding said Confederate
disposed of as provided for in this act
Prouidsd, hoDeoer, when the estate, pre-
perty OR rights to be aft cted by this act
were or are within some State of this Con.
federscy, which has become such since said
twenty first day OF May, then this act shall
operate upon and as to such estate, property
or rig hts and all persons claiming the same
from and after the day such State became q
Provided, further, that the provisions Of this
act shall not eItend to the stocks or other pub
Tic securities Of the Confederate Government,
or Of any Of The States Of this COnfederacy
held or Ololed by an alien enemy, or to any
debt, obligation, or sum due from the C0nfede
rate Government. or any Of the States to such
atfea enemy: And provided, also, That the
provisions of this act shall not embrace the
property of citiZ ms or residents of either of
the States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky,
Missouri, or of he District of Columbia, or the
Territories OF New Mexico, Arizona, or the
Indian Territory south OF Kansas, except
such of said citizens or residents as shall
commit actual hostilities against the Confede.
rate States, or aid or abet the United States in
the existing war against the Confederate
States.
tia Confederate States to give information OF
the property Of alien enemies
SEc 3. Attorneys, agents, former partners,
trustees, or persons holding or controlling any
enemies, are required to give information ar d
render account of the same to q receiver, on
pain Of being adjudged guilty of a misde-
meanor, punishable by fine not exceeding
than six months, and of being sued in addi-
ton for double The value of the property.
Sac. 4 charges the Grand Juries in the Con-
federate Courts to inquire and make present
ments of the property of alien enemies affect.
ed by the provisions Of the act.
SEC 5 provides for the appointment of 8 re.
ceiver, by each Confederate Judge, for each
section Of the State for which he holds a court,
and in occasions OF necessity. for sub-districts,
said receiver to give bond, and to make oath
TO discharge his duties well and truly.
SIC. 8. The duties of the Receiver are to
take possession and control Of the property of
alien enemies; for accomplishing the purposes
Of the act, he may sue for and recover such
property In the name of the Confederate States,
by the form of petition to the Court for a de-
cres of sequestration. All orders of seizure
10 secure the subject-matter of the
suit from danger Of loss, injury, destruction,
or waste, may be made by the Court: but
when such necessity does not exist in the
opinion Of the Court, the property or credits
may remain in the hands Of the party in pos
session, except that bank and corporation
stocks, dividends, and rents on real estate
shall be delivered up, and on the further con-
di.ion as 20 other property or credits, that the
party IN possession shall pay all interests and
net profits accrued since the 21st of May, 1861,
into the hands OF the Receiver, and at annual
periods thereafter, on pain, in cases Of failure,
for judgment against prime pal and security,
for which execution shall be issued in the
nanlo OF the Receiver.
Slo. allows any claimant or party inter-
,sted the suhjec.-matter OF the suit to inter.
vene and defend TO the extent OF his interest
on affidavit that no alien enemy has any in
terest in the right which he as serts.
SAc Saut horzss the issue of writs of gar
nishInent to attach credits dne alien enemies;
and the courts shall have power to condemn
ID = propriesy or effects or debts according to
the answer; and to make orders for the Bring
ing in OF third persons claiming. Or disclosed
by the answer, TO have an interest in the liti-
CATION.
SIC. .. The District Attorney of the Con-
federate States is required to prosecute all
causes instituted under this act his compen-
sation to be two per cent upon the fruits of
the litigation.
Sac. To- The Receiver is required at least
every six m ont hs, and as much Of tener as he
account OF all matters in his ha lds or under
his con troll, stating accounts an making set
Elements of all matters separately, so that the
transact ton in respect 70 each alien enemy's
property may be kept recorded and preserved
eeparRtely.
SEC. IL. Notice of settlener IS to he pub.
Iished for four weeks. The interlocutoIy
may be impractical at the final
which latter shall be conclusive,
unless reversed or impsached, within two
years, for fraud.
SEQ. IL. The Court having Jurisdiction Of
the matter shall, whenever sufficient cause is
shown therefor, direct the sale of any perso-
nal property, other than slaves, sequestered
under this act, On such terms as to it shall
seem best; and such sale shall pass the title
of the person as whose prov 'erty the same has
been seq Uestered
SEC. Is. Settlements of acccunts for seq ues-
tered property TO be record ed, and copies for
,varded to the Treasurer Of the Confederate
States. Any embsZziement of money under
this act snail be liable 10 indie tment, the
guilty party to be confined at hard labor for
not less than six month nor more than five
years, and fined in double the amount en-
beZzled
SEC IL The President IL authorized. BY and
with the advice and consent Of Congress, to
appoint three Commissioners with salaries
Of two thousand five hundred dol lars each Der
annum, who shall hold at the seat OF Gov
two terms each year. IT is made the
duty Of these Commissioners to hear and ad-
Judge such claims as may be ought before
them by any one aiding the COME deracv In the
present war, who has been put 10 loss by the
United states or by any State ther, lof. The find
ing of the Commissioners in fave of any such
claim is 10 be taken as primla fdcIe evidence Of
the correctness Of the demand, nd whenever
Congress shall pass ths same, it shall be pa id
from any money in the Treasury derived from
seq uestratioa under this act. ,rhe Board of
is designed only to continue
until the organization of the Court of Claims
provided for by the Constitution, which shall
take the place of the Commits sion iers
SEC. Is. all expenses incurred under the
prccee dings of this .ct req ui..ed to be paid
from the sequestration fund; the Receivers
to be allowed compensation of t'Eo and half
per cent. on receipts and the same amount on
ca penditnres Provided, That the same do
not realize more than IS 600 in one year