The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-08-07

| cepted their appointment or election since
the date of the pretended ordinance of
Secession Of the State, or shall have taken
an oath Of allegiance to, or to support the
constitution oe the so called Confederate
States; sixthly, of,any person who, own
ing property in any loyal State or Terri
tory of 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 conveyauces OF
any such property shall be null and void !;
and it shall be a sufficient bar to any suit
brought by such person for the possession
or use of such property, or any of 1t, to
allege and prove that he is one Of the
persons described in this section.
Sec 6. Aad be 1t further enacted, That
if any person within any State or Terrlto-
ry 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 and abetting such rebel
lion, shall not, within sixty days after
public 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
allegiance to the United States, all the
estate and property, moneys, stocks and
credits Of such person shall be liable to
seizure as aforesaid, and it shall be the
duty of the President to seize and use
them as aforesaid, or the proceeds thereof.
And all the sales, transfers or conveyances
Of any such property, after the expiration
Of the said sixty days from the date OF
such warning and proclamation, shall be
null and void and it shall be sufficient
bar to any suit brought by such person
for the possession or the use of such prop
erty. or any of 1t, to allege and prove that
he is one OF the persons described in this
section.
SEC. 7. And be 1t fart7se,. 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 avail
able for the purposes aforesaid, proceed
ings 5s rem. shall be Instituted in the
name Of the United States in any District
Court thereof, or in any Territorial Court
CT IN the United States District Court for
the District of Colombia, 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 nearly
as may be to proceedings in admiralty or
revenue cases; and if said property,
whether real cr personal, shall be found
to have belonged TO person engaged in
the rebellion, or who has given aid or
comfort thereto, the same shall be CON
demned as enemies property, and become
the property Of the United States, and
may be disposed Of as the court shall de,
cree, and the proceeds thereof paid into
the Treasury of the United States for the
purposes aforesaid.
SEC. g. And be It further enacted,
That the several Courts aforesaid shall
have power to make such orders, estab-
lish such forms of decree and sale, and
direct such deeds and conveyances to be
executed aud delivered by the marshals
thereof, where real estate shall be the
subject Of the sale, as shall ftly and eff
clently effect the purposes Of this act, and
vest III the purchasers Of such property
good and valid titles thereto And the
said Court shall have power 70 allow such
fees and charges of their officers as shall
be reasonable and proper in the premises.
SEC. 9. And be It further enacted, That
all slaves Of persons who shall hereafter
be engaged in rebellion against tie Gov
ernment Of the United States or who shall
in any way give aid or comfort thereto,
escaping from such persons and taking
refuge within the lines Of the army, and
all slaves captured from such persons, or
deserted by them aud coming under the
control of the Government of the United
States, and all slaves of such persons
found or being found within. any place
occupied by rebel forces, and afterwards
occupied by the forces of the United
States, shall be deemed captivcs Of war,
and shall be forever free of their seryitudc,
and not again held as slaves.
SEC 10. 4nd be Il further enocfed, That
noslave escaping into any State, Territory,
or the District of Columbia, from any
other State, shall be delivered up, or in
any way impeded or hindered OF his lib
erty, except for crime or some offence
against the laws, unless the person claim
ing said fugitive shall first make oath
that the person to whom the labor or ser
vice Of such fugitive is alleged to be due,
is his lawful owner, and has not borne
arms against the United States in the
present rebellion, nor in any way given
aid and comfort thereto; and no person
engaged in the military or naval service
Of the United States shall, under any
pretence whatever, assume to decide on
the validity of the claim of any person,
or surrender up any such person to the