Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-26


notes of the United States, or in certificates Of
Indebtedness against the United States, be en-
titled to receive from said commissioners their
certificate of sale; which said certificate shall
be received in all courts and places as prlma
facie evidence of the regularity and validity OF
said sale, and of the title of the said purchas-
err or purchasers under the same Provided,
that the owner of said lots of ground, or any
loyal person of the United States, having any
valid lien upon or interest i'll the same, may,
at any time within sixty days after said sale,
appear before the said board of tax commits
sioners in his or her own proper person, and,
if a citizen, upon taking an oath to support the
constitution of the United States, ana paying
the amount Of said tax and penalty, with in
terest thereon from the date of the said pro-
clamaton of the president mentioned in the
second section of this act, at the rate of if
teen per centum, together with the expenses
OF the sale and subsequent proceedings to be
determined by said commissioners, may re-
deem said lots of land from said sale; and
any purchaser under the same, having paid
moneys, treasury notes, or other certificates
of Indebtedness Of the United States, shall,
upon such redemption being made, be entitled
to have the same, with the interest accruing
after said sale, returned to him by the said
commissioners, upon surrendering up the GER
tifcates Of safe: And provided further, that
If the owner of said lots of ground shall be
minor, nonresident alien, or loyal citizen
beyond seas, a person of unsound mind, or
under legal disability, the guardian, trustee,
or other person having charge of the person
or estate Of such person may redeem the same
at any time within two years after the sale
thereof in the manner above provided and
with like effect: And provided further, that
the certificate of said commissioners shall only
be affected as evidence of the regularity and
validity of sale by establishing the fact that
said property was not subject to taxes, or that
the taxes had been paid previous to sale, or
that the property had been redeemed accord
ing to the provisions of this act.
Sect s. And be it further enacted, that at
any time within one year after the said sale by
said commissioners any person being the own
er of any lot or parcel of ground at the pas
sage of this act, who SHALL by sufficient evil
dence, prove to the satisfaction of said board
of commissioners that he or she, after the
passage of this act, has not taken part in the
present instruction against the United States,
or in any manner aided or abetted the same;
and that, by reason Of said Instruction, he
or she has been unable to pay said tax, or to
redeem said lands from sale within the time
above provided for, the said board of commits
sioners may allow him or her further time to
redeem the same, not exceeding two years
from the day of sale; and for this purpose
they may take the testimony of witnesses,
and shall reduce the same to writing; and the
United States, or any person claiming an in
terest in said lands, may appear and oppose
the said application. From their decision the
United States or any party in interest may ap-
peal to the district court Of the United States
for said district which is hereby authorized to
take jurisdiction Of the same, as in other
cases involving the equity of redemption.
And in case said board of commissioners
should, for any cause, cease to act before the
expiration OF one year after said sales, the
said district court shall have original jurisdic-
ton of the proceeding for redemption, as
herein provided, to take place before the said
board Of commissioners.
Sect. g. And be it further enacted, that in
cases where the owners of said lots and par
GELS of ground have abandoned the same and
have not paid the tax thereon as provided for
in the third section of this act, nor paid the
same, nor redeemed the said lands from sal el
as provided for in the seventh section of this
act, and the said board of commissioners shall
be satisfied that said owners have left the same
to. join the rebel forces or otherwise to engage
in and abet this rebellion, and the same shall
have been struck off to the United States at
said sale, the said commissioners shall, in the
name of the United States, enter upon and
take possession of the same, and may lease
the same, together or in parcels, to any per-
son or persons who are citizens of the United
States, or may have declared on oath their
intention to become such, until the said rebel
lion and insurrectiOn in said state shall be put
down, and the civil authority of the United
States established and until the people of said
state shall elect legislature and state officers,
who shall take an oath to support the consti-
tuition of the United States, to be announced
by the proclamation of the president, and I'M
til the first day of March next thereafter, said
leases to be in such form and with such secur-
ity as shall, in the judgment of said commits
sioners, produce to the United States the
greatest revenue.
Sect. 10. And be it further enacted, that
the said commissioners shall from time to
time make such temporary rules and regula-
ton and insert such clauses in said leases as
shall be just and proper to secure proper and
reasonable employment and support, at wages
or upon shares of the crop of such persons
and families as may be residing upon the said
parcels or lots of land, which said rules and
regulations are declared to be subject to the
approval of the president.
Sect. IL. And be it further enacted, That
the said board of commissioners, under the
direction of the president, may be authorized
instead of leasing the said lands vested in the
United States, as above provided, to cause the
same, or any portion thereof, to be subdivided
and sold in parcels not to exceed three hum
dred and twenty acres to any one purchaser,
at public sale, after giving due notice thereof,
as upon the sale of other public lands of the
United States, for sixty days, and to issue
certificate therefor; and that, at any such sale,
any loyal citizen of the United States, or any
person who shall have declared on oath his
intention to become such, or any person who
shall have faithfully served as an officer, mu-
stefan, or private soldier or sailor in the army
or navy or marine service of the United
States, as a regular or volunteer, for the term
of three months, may become the purchaser;
and if upon such sale any person serving in
the army or navy or marine corps shall pay
one-fourth part of the purchase money, GER
tificate shall be given him, and he shall have
the term Of three years in which to pay the
remainder, either in money or in certificates
of Indebtedness from the United States; and
any citizen of the United States, or any per-
son who shall have declared his intention tn
become such, being the head of family, and
residing in the state or district where said
lands are situate, and not the owner of any
other lands, may, under such rules as NAV he
established by said board of commissioners
have the right to enter upon and acquire the
rights of presumption in such lands as NAV
be unimproved and vested in the United States
and as may be selected by said board of com
missioners, under the direction of the presi-
| dent from time to time, for such purpose