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parts Of States, II any, in which the peo-
pie thereof, respectively, shall then be 10
rebellion against the United States; aud
the fact that any State, or the people
thereot shall on that day be In good faith
represented In the Congress OF the United
states, by members chosen thereto a. cleo
lions wherein majority of the qualified
voters OF such States shall have participa-
ted shall, In the absence of strong conn
teracting testimony, be deemed Conclusive
evidence that such State, and the people
thereof are not then in rebellion agaiast
the United States; that attention is here
by called to an act of Congress, entitled
an act to make an additional article of
war, approved March 18th, 1862, and
which act is in the words aud figures fol-
lowing:
Be IL enscted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, Of the United States Of
America, In Congress assembled, That
hereafter the following shall be promulga-
ted as an additional article of war for the
government of the army of the United
States, and shall be observed as such
article:
All officers or persons in the military or
naval service of the United States are pro-
hlblted IRON employing any of the forces
under their respective commands for the
purpose of returning fugitives from service
or labor who may have escaped from any
persons to whom such service or labor is
claimed to be due, and any officer who
shall be found guilty by a court martial of
violating this article shall be dismissed
from the service.
Sec. 2. Aud be It further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from aud after its
passage, also, to the 9th and 10th sections
OF an act entitled ian Act to suppress in
surrectiou, to punish treason and rebellion,
to seize and confscate property Of rebels,
and for other purposes"
Approved, July nth, 1862.
And which sections are 10 the words and
figures following:
Sec. Q. And be it further enacted, That
all slaves Of persons who shall hereafter be
engaged in rebellion against the GoVern-
ment of the United States or who shall in
any way give aid or comfort thereto aud
captured from such persous aud taking re-
tuge within the lines of the army, and all
slaves captured from such persons OF de-
serted by them aud coming nnder the con-
troll Of the Government of the United States,
and all shares Of such persons found on or
being within any place occupied by rebel
forces and afterwards occupied 0y the for
ces Of the United States shall be deemed
captiyes Of war and shall be forever free of
their serviIude and not again held as
slaves.
Sec. 10. An be it further enacted, That
no slave escaping into any State or Terri
tory, or the District of Columbia, from any
other State, shall be delivered up, or ia
any way impeded or hindered of his liber-
y. except for crime or some offence against
the laws, unless the person claiming
said fugitive shall first make oath that the
person to whom the labor or service 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
any way given aid and comfort thereto.
No person engaged with military or naval
services of tue United States shall, under
any pretence, whatever. assume to decide
on che validity of the claim of any person
to the service or labor Of any other person,
or surrender up any such person to the
claimant IN pain of being dismissed from
the service,
Aud do hereby eujoiu upon and order
all persons engaged in the military and
naval service of the United States to OBJ
serve, obey and enforce within their re-
spective spheres of service the act and
sections above reeited, and the Executive
will 10 due time recommend that all eiti-
gems of the United States who shall have
remained loyal thereto throughout the re.
hellion, shall upon the restoration Of the
constitutional relation bstWeeu the UniIed
States and their respective States aud the
people, If that relation shall have been
suspended or disturbed, be compensated
for all losses by acts of the United States,
including the loss of slaves. sa
In witness whereof, l have herunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done at the CITY of Washiaoton This
twenty-secOud day Of September, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred aud sixty-two, aud ofthe Independence
af the United States the eigLty.seVenth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
w. H. SEWARD. t.1a
Seciy of State.