The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-07-31
COMPLICATION AND EMANCIRA.
TION BILL AZ 1T PASSED BOTH
HOUSES OF CONGRESS.

CONFIsCATION AND EMANCIRA.
TlON BILL A0 IT PASSED BOTH
| HOUSES OF CONGRESS-.
A BILL to suppress insurrec.ion, to
punish treason and rebellion, 70 seize
and confiscate the property Of rebels,
and for other purposes.
SEC l. Be 1t enacted BY the Senate
and House Of Representation fske Uni.
ted States Of America in Congress assem-
bed, That every person who shall here
after commit tho crime Of tressun sgsiust
the United States, and shall be adjudged
guilty thereof, shall suffer death, and all
his slaves, if he has any, shall be declar-
ed aud made free or be shall be impris-
oned for not less than FIVE years and in-
ed not less than SO, 900, and oil his
slaves if any, shall be declared and made
free; said fine shall be levied and colIec.
ted 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. 1ny sale nI ,sobtey.nse to the CON
GFdTy
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
if any person shall hereafter iucite, set
on foot, assist, or engage in any rebellion
or insurrection against the authorities Of
the United States, or the laws thereof,
or shall give aid or comfort thereto, or
such existing rebellion or ,nsurrection,
and be convicted thereof, such person
shall be punished by imprisonment for a
period not exceeding ten years, by fine
not exceeding SO, COO, aud by tho liber.
stion Of all his slaves if any he have.
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted,
That every person guilty of either of the
offenses described in this act shall be
forever incapable and disqualified to hold
any Office under the United States.
Sec 4. And lc 1t further enacted,
That this act shall not be construed in
any way to effect or alter the prosecution,
conviction or punishment of any person
guilty Of treason against the United
States before the passage of this act, un-
less such person is convicted under this
act.
SEC. 5. And be 1t further enacted,
That to insure the speedy termination of
the present rebellion, it shall be the du-
ty Of the President of the United States
to cause the seizure of all the estate and
property, moneys, stocks, credits, and to
apply and use the same, and proceeds
thereof, tor the support of the army of
the United States, that is to say: First,
of any person hereafter acting as an off
Ger of the army or navy Of the rebels in
arms against the government of the
United States; secondly, of any person
hereafter acting as President, Vice Pres.
ident, Member Of Congress, Judge Of any
Court, cabinet officer, foreign minister,
commissioner, or consul, of the so called
Confederate States of America thirdly,
of any person acting .s Governor of a
State, member of convention or legis-
lature, or judge of any court of the So
called Confederate States of America;
fourthly, Of any person who, having held
an Office OF honor, trust, or profit in the
United States, who shall hereafter hold
an Office In the so.called Confederate
States of America filthy, of any person
hereafter holding an Office or agency un.
der the government of the so-ealled Con-
federate States of America, or under any
of the several States of the said Confed.
eracy, or the laws thereof, whether such
Office or agency be national, State or mu.
nicipal in its name or character Pro-
videtl, That the persons thirdly, fourth.
ly and filthy above described shall have
accepted their appointment 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 so called Confederate
States; sixthly; of any persons who, own.
ing property in any loyal State or Terri
tory Of the United States, or in the Dis
trict of Columbia, shall hereafter assist
aud give aid aud comfort to such REBEL
ion, and all sales, transfers or conveyan.
ces of such property shall be null and
void; and it shall be sufficient bar to
any suit brought by such persons for the
possession or the use of such property,
or any of it, to allege and prove that he
is one of the persons described in this
section.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted,
That if any person within any State or
Territory Of the United States, other
than those named as aforesaid, after the
passage of this act, being engaged in
armed rebellion agains: the Government
of the United States, or aiding or abet.
ting such rebellion, shall not, within
sixty days after public warning and pro.
clamation 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 Uni.
ted States, all the estate and property,
moneys, stocks, and credits of such per-
son 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 sales, trans
fcrs, or conveyances of any such property
after the expiration of the said sixty days
from the date of such warning and pro-
clamation shall be null and void and it
shall be a sufficient bar to any suit
brought by such person for the possess.
ion or the use of such property, or any
of it, to allege aud prove that he is one
of the persons described in this section
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted,
That to secure the condemnation and
sale Of any such property after the same