Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-15
Oonfi.ca tom BIIIS Reported 60 Cons

Confisca tIom BIIis Reported 60 Con
greBs.
WAsHlNGroS, May A.-The FIRST bill report
ed by Mr.. Elliott, from the special committee
provides that all the estate, property, money
stock, credit and effects Of the person or person
hereinafter named, are declared forfeited to th
Government of the United States; and are de
clared lawful subjects Of seizure and OF prlz
and capture, wherever found, for the indemnit
of the United States against the expenses To-
suppresslng the present rebellion; that Is
say; a,
Ger In the army or navy Of the rebels now ol
hereafter In arms against the Government O
the United States. n
I'd. Any person hereafter acting as President
Vice President, member of congress, judge OIL
any court, cabinet officer, foreign minister,
commissioner or consul Of the 30 called Con
federate States, ..
Sd. Any person acting as Governor Of State
member Of convention or Legislature, or Judge
Of any court of the so-cslled Confederate
States. ...,-
4sh. 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. .o' ..,..
9Th. ANY person hereafter holding any office
or agency under the so.called Confederacy,
or under any of the several States of said Con-
federacy, or laws thereof, whether such Office or
agency be National, State or municipA! In its
name or character.
6Gh II any person who, holding property In
any loyal State or territory of the United States,
or in the District of Columbia, shall hereafter
assist and give aid and comfort to such rebel
lion, the said estate, property and money, stocks,
credits and effects OF these persons, are declar-
ed lawful subjects of capture wherever found
and the President of the United States shall
cause the same TO be seized, to the end that
they may be coniscated and condemned to the
use Of the United States; and all sales, trans.
fers or conveyances shall be null and void, and
1t shall be sufficient bar to any suit brought
by such person for the possession and for the
use of such property or any Of 1t, to allege and
prove be is one of the persons described in this
section.
The second section provides that II any per.
son within any Stste or territory Of the United
States other than those already specified, shall
not, within sixty days after public warning and
proclamation by the President, cease to aid and
countenance and abet such rebellion and return
to their allegiance, their property in like man
ner shall be forfeited for the use Of the United
States. All sales. transfers or oonveyances of
any such property at the expiration of said sixty
days from the date Of the warning, shall be
null and void.
The third section provides that to secure the
possession, condemnation and sale of such
property situate or being in any State or dis
trict or territory Of the United States, proceed.
ings in rem shall be instituted In the name of
the United States, in any district court or terri
torial court, or In the United States District
Court for the District Of Columbia, In which
the property may be found, or into which the
same, il movable, may be first brought; which
proceedings shall conform as nearly as may be
70 the proceedings in prize cases, or to cases of
forfeiture arising under the revenue laws; and
the property go seized and condemned, whether
real or personal, shall be sold under the decree
of the court having coguizance of the case,
and the proceeds deposited in the Treasury
OF the United States for their use and benefit.
The remainder OF the sections provide the
necessary machinery for carrying the act into
effect.
The second bill of the select committee ls AB
follows: .. .
II any person or persons in the United States
shall, after the passage of this act, wllfuly en-
gage in armed rebellion against the Govern,
ment of the United States, or shall wilfu,ly aid
or abet such rebellion, or adhere to those en-
gaged in such rebellion, giving them aid and
comfort, every such person shall thereby forfeit
all claim to the service or labor of any persons
commonly known as slaves, and all such slaves
are hereby declared free and forever discharged
from servitude, anything in the laws Of the
United States or of any State to the contrary
and whenever thereafter any
person claiming the labor or service Of any such
slave shall seek to enforce his claim, it shall
be sufficient defense thereto that the claimant
was epgaged in said rebellion, or aided or abet-
ted the same, contrary to the provisions of this
act.
Whenever any person, claiming to be enti-
tied to the service or labor Of any other person,
and shall seek TO enforce such claim, he shall,
In the first instance, and before any order shall
be made for the surrender of the person whose
service or labor is claimed, establish not only
his claim to such service or labor, but also that
such claimant has not in any way aided, assisted,
or advanced the rebellion existing against the
Government of the United States,