Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-23
The CONVERSATION AND EMANCIPATION
BILL.

| ~ IiepFeSeRfdttCeS or the Cn1ted States OF
4mer1cd an CoRgress assembled, That eve
ry person who shall hereafter commit the
CRIME OF treason against the United States
and shall be adjudged guilty thereof, shall
suffer DEATH and all his slaves if any.
shall be declared and made free or he
shall be imprisoned for not less than FIVE
years and fined not less than $4,000, and
all his slaves, if any, shall be declared
made free; said fine shall be levied and col
iected on any or all Of the property. real
and personal, excluding slaves of which
the said person so convicted was the own
er at the time of committing the said crime,
any sale or conveyance to the contrary
Notwithstanding
SEC 2. And be 1T firtHe5. enacted. That
II any person shall hereafter incite, set on
foot, or engage III any rebellion or insur-
rectIon against the authority OF the United
states, or the laws thereof, or shall give
aId or comfort thereto, or shall engage in
or give aid ami comfort thereto, to any
such existing rebellion or insurrect.on.
and be convicted thereof, such person
shall be punished by imprisonment for a
period not exceeding ten years, by a fine
not exceeding $4,000 and By the liberia
ton of all his slaves, if any he have.
SEC 3. 4nd be 1t further enoted, That
every person guilty Of either of these of
lenses described in this act shall be forev-
er Incapable and disqualified to hold any
Office under the United States.
SEC. Ind be L further enacted, That
this act shall not be construed in anv way
to effect or alter the prosecution, convic-
ton, or punishment of any person or per-
sons guilty Of treason against the United
States before the passage Of this act, un-
less such person is convicted under this
act.
SEC .. Ind be II further enacted, That
to insure the speedy termination of the
present rebellion, it shall be the duty of
the President of the United States to cause
the seizure of all the estate and property,
money, stocks, credits, and effects of the
persons hereafter named in this section,
and to apply and use the same, and the
proceeds thereof, for the support of the ar
my Of the United States, that is to say
First, of any person hereafter acting as an
officer Of the army or navy Of the rebels
IN IN arms against the government of the
hel eafter acting president, vice presi-
dent members of Congress, judges OF any
court, cabinet officer, foreign minister
commissioner. or consul Of the So-called
confederate States of America; thirdly, Of
any person ac,ing as governor of a State
member OF a convention or legislature, or
Judge Of any court Of the so-calied confeG
crate State of America fourthly, of any
person who having held an Office OF honor,
trust, or profit in the United States, shall
hereafter hold an office in the so-called
Confederate States Of America; filthy, Of
any person hereafter holding any Office or
agency under thegovcrnment of the social
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any of the several States of said confeder-
acy, or the laws thereof, whether such of
fee or agency be national, State or munic-
ipal in its name or character Pr0oided,
That the persons thirdly, fourthly, and
filthy above described, shall have accept
ed their appointment or election since the
date of the pretended ordinance Of seces-
sion of the State or shall have taken an
oath of allegiance to, or to support the
constitution of the 50 called confederate
States sixthly, of any person who, owning
property in any loyal State or Territory
IN the United States, or in the District Of
Columbia, shall hereafter assist and give
aid and comfort to such rebellion, and all
sales, transfers, or conveyance of any such
property shall be null and void and it
shall bea sufficient bar to any suit brought
by such person for the possession or the
use of such property, or any Of it. to al
lece and prove that he is one Of the per-
sons described in this section.
SEC And be II further enacted, That
if any person within any State or Territo-
rv Of the United States other than those
named as aforesaid, after the passage of
this act. being engaged in armed rebellion
against the government of the United
States, or aiding or abettinq such rebell-
ion. shall not, within sixty days after pub
lie warning and proclamation duly given
and made By the President of the United
States, cease to aid, countenance, and
abet such rebellion, and return to his al
ligiance to the United States, all the estate
and property, moneys, stocks, and credits
of such person shall be liable to scizur
as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of
the President TO seize and use them as
aforesaid, or the proceeds thereof And
all sales, transfers, or conveyances Of any
such property after the expiration Of the
said sixty days from the date of such warn
ing and proclamation shall be null and
void and it shall be a sufficient bar to
any suit brought by such person for the
poss ession or the use Of such property, or
ar1v Of it, to allece and prove that he is one
Of the persons described in this section.
SEC T. ind be II further enacted That
to secure the condemnation and sale of
any such property after the same shall
have been seized so that it may be made
available for the purposes aforesaid, pro
ceedines IN rem shall be instituted IN the
name Of the United States in any district
court thereof, or in any territorial court,
or in the United States District Court for
the District Of Columbia. within which
the property above described or any part
thereof may be found, or into which the
same if movable may first be brought
which proceedings shall conform as near
" as may be to proceedings IN admiralty
or revenue cases, and if said property,
whether real or personal, shall be found
to have belonged to person engaged in
rebellion, or who has given aid or comfort
thereto. the same shall be condemned as
enemies property, and become the prop
ertv of the United States, and may be dis
posed Of as the court shall decree, and the
proceeds thereof paid into the treasury Of
United States for the purposes aforesaid
SEC. s. Ind be it further enacted, That
| the several courts aforesaid shall have
power to make such orders, establish such
forms of decree and sale, and direct such
deeds and conveyances to be executed and