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them. in any eforts they may make for their
actual freedom.
That the Executive will on the 6rst day OF
January aforesaid. by proclamation designate
the States and parts of States, il any in which
the people thereof respectively shall then be
in rebellion against the United States, and
the fact that any State or the people ttereo!
shall on that day be in good faith represent
ed in the Congress Of the United States by
members chosen thereto at elections wherein
q majority of the qualified voters OF such
State shall have participated, shall, in the alb
sence Of strong countervailing testimony, be
deemed conclusive evidence that such State
and the people thereof have not been IN re-
bellion against the United States.
That attention is hereby called to an Act
of Congress entitled, IAN Act to make an
Additional Article of War;" approved March
Is, 1862, and which act is in the words and
figures following
BE Il .noe',i BY the Senate ssd HOsst Of R'p't.sn-
fofivss Of the Uadsd Atata Of hnoiea N te'-
gresS asssntitd
That hereafter the following shall DO pronul'
gated additional article of war for the gov
eminent the army Of the United States, and snail
ts obeyed apd observed as such
ARTICLE.
All ofi.ers or persons in he military or naval
service Of the United states. sre prohibited from
employing any Of the force under their respective
commands for the purpose Of returning fugItlEes
f. ON service lsbor, who may have etcslei from
any psrsolS to whom such service or labor Is
claimed to b due, and any officer who shall be
found guilty, by q court martial, Of violating this
srticls, shall be ditmissed from the service.
SEC. .. And Be If fu-thsr enacted, That this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
Also to the 9th and 10Th sections Of an
act entitled. IAN Act to suppress Insured.
ton, to punish treason and rebellion. to SEIZE
and confscate property of rebels and foi
other purposes" approved July 18th, 1862
and which SECTIONS are in the words and fg'
ures following:
SEC 9. AVID B, If fsrfher m 4cfed, That all slave
Of persons who snail hereafter be engaged N re
bsliion sgains, the government Of the UniteC
1
fort thereto, escaping ON such persons and takini
refuge within the lipes Of the army. and all slave
| captured from such persons or deserted by thee
| coming under the control of the government o.
the United state, and all slaves OF such person
iou.d n, or bein within, pny pl oe occupied b,
rebel forces and Afterwards occupied BY the force
| q the United States, shall be dtened csptives o
war, aud email be forever ire OF their serTltude
aud not a., bed IS slaves.
| a.g That no slxy,
csc. ping lLi" any Stale, Territory the DlEric
Of Colombia irain any OF tue States, shsii be de-
hver.d up IN anyway Inpsded hind red Of hi
| liberty -Ic, pL Tor crime some ii noe agSIns
ts laSs, uniess the persons claiming s"'
fugitive shall first make oath ths' the person 4
~hOn the isbJr service Of tucr fugitive A
alleged To Be due is bis Lawful owner, and hss no
been IN arms q, airs. the Unit states in tn
present reoelI Oh, nor in any way given aid 0
oUmiOt therrt"; and no person engaged In To
military or nav service OF the United states
snail uLder any circumstances whatever, hssam
10 ode on the validity OF the claim tan.
perron - the service lsbOr Of any other Perso-
surrender up any such P ron to the claimant
on pain Of be ng dismissed from the service.
And do hereby epjOin upon and order a.
persons engaged IN the military and nava
s.ryice Of the Uuited States 10 observe an
ObtNY anu culoiOc NlNhih otSNNA'
sphere OF service the act and sections abov
reclted aud the Executive will in due tim
recommend that all citizens of the Unite
States who shall have remained loyal througl
out the rebellion, shall, upon the restoration
OF the constitutional relation between IN
United States and their respective States al
people, if the relation shall have been su,
pended or disturbed, be compensated for a
losses by acts of the United States. includn
the loss of slaves.
10 witness thereof. have hereunto set m
hand and caused the seal of the United State
to be affixed. Done at the City of Washing
ton, this twenty-second day OF September, il
the year Of our lord 1862, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States, the sixty
seventh.
[Signed] ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.