The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-24

persons and families as may be residing
llsuhject to the approval of the Presideut.
/ upon the said parcels or lots of land, which
said rules and regulations are declared to be
Sec IL And be It further enacted That
the said board of commissioners, under the
direction of the President, may be author
ized, 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 hundred aud twenty acres to
any ore purchaser, at public sale, after
giving due notice thereof, as upon th1 safe
of other public lands of the United States,
| for sixty days, and to issue a certi6 ate
therefor; and that, at any such sale any
loyal citizea 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 OIL
GER musician, or private soldier or sailor ia
the army or navy or marine service of the
United States, as q regular or voiunteer. FIR
the term of three months. may become the
purchaser; and if upon such sale any per-
SON serving in the army or Havy OF marine
corps shall pay one-fouFth part of the pur-
chase money, certificate shall be gwen
him, and he shall have the term of three
years in which 10 pay the remaiQdeF. 81 her
in money or ia certificates of indebtedness
from the United States and a. citizen Of
the Upited States, or any person " io shall
have declared his intention to become such,
being the bead of a family, and residing ia
the State or district where said lands are
situated, AID not the owner of any other
lands, may, under such rules as may be es-
tablished by said board of commissioners,
ha ga the rioht 10 anear un0n
the rights of pre-emption in such lands as
may be uuimproved and vested. in the
United States aud as may be selected by
said board of commissioners, under the sdi
rection of the President, from time.to time,
for such purpose. s-..t... sf.- f53
Sec. Il. And be Il further enacted, That
the proceeds of said leases and sales shall
be paid into the Treasury of the United
States, one-fourth of which shall be paid
over to the Governor of said State wherein
said lands are situated, or his authoriz-d
agent, when such insurrectiou shall be put
down, and the people shall elect a LegssIa-
ture and State officers Who shall take an
oath to support the Constitution Of the
United States, and such fact shall be pro-
claimed by the President, for the purpose of
Feimbursing the loyal citizens of said State,
or for such other purposes as said State may
uiESCbs duQ OuS-lOuEku sudtl dleO tDS phiu
over to SAID State as a fund to aid 10 the
colonization or emigration from sud State
of any free person of African descent who
may desire 10 remove therefrom 10 Hayti, |
Liberia, or any other tropical State or
Colony. l-.-s
sec. l3. Aad be 10 further enacted, That
in case the records OF assessments aud Valu- |
alton of the lots of land mentioned in the |
first section of this act shall be destroyed, |
concealed or lost, so as not to come within |
the possession of said boards of commits |
sicners, they shall be authorized to take
evidence of the same, or to value and assess
the same in their own judgment, upon such |
evidence as may appear. before them; and |
no mistake in the valuation of the same, or |
in the amount of tax thereon, shall, in any
manner whatever, affect the validity of ihe |
sale of the same, or of any of the proceed |
ings preliminary thereto. q aga k
SEc. "A And be il further enacted, That |
the said tax commissioners sBSll keep a |
book or books, IN which they shall enter or !
cause TO be entered the amount or quota Of /
said direct tax assessed on each tract or par
eel of land, which said amounts shall be |
distinctly stated iu the advertisement or no
tice of sale, together with description Of |
the tract to be sold and an entry shalt be |
made in said book or books, OF each tract
sold together with the name OF the pur-
chaser, end the sum for which the same
may have been sold A trauscFiptor trans
scripts of said book or books, duly verified !.
by said commissioners, aud said books,
when said commi sion shall expire, shall be
fled in the Office of the Secretary of the
Treasury OF the United States, ana said
books and transcripts, and copies of said \
books and transcripts, duly certified by The
Secretary of the Treasury, shall be evidence
in any court in the United States. The
said commissioners may employ a clerk,
whose compensation shall be twelve hIsn-
dred dollars per annum. aees.
Sec. Is. And be IL further enacted, That
the thirteenth section of the act OF August
fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty lone, enti-
tied An act to provide increased revenues
from imports, to pay interest on the public
debt, and for other purposes" shall be SO
as not to exempt from taxation
above the value Of Eve hundred
dollars but TO exempt from taxation prop
erty of the value Of five hundred dollars, or
less, owned by individuals, notwithstanding
the provisions of said act.
Sec. Is. AHd be IL further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Approved, June Z, 1862.