Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-01

States, before the passage Of this act; unless
such person is convicted under this act.
SECTION 4. And be Il further enacted,
That whenever il shall be deemed neces-
sary to the speedy and successful termina-
ton Of rebellion by the President, he is
hereby authorized, by such Commissioners
as he shall appoint, to sequestor and seize
the property, real and personal, Of such per-
sons as shall bear arms against the United
States, or give aid and comfort to such per-
sons wherever situated and if within any
part of the United States the inhabitants
whereof have been proclaimed to be in
state of instruction, to hold, occupy, rent
and contract for the United States until the
ordinary course of Judicial proceeding shall
be restored in the State or district where the
same is situated, and in all cases until the
owners of said property can be proceeded
by legal prosecution but no persons holden
to service, or labor, commonly called slaves,
shall be taken under this section. And all
such personal property as shall be so taken
which is perishable or expensive in keeping,
may be sold by said Commissioners, who
shall keep and render full accounts Of all
the avails and receipts of said property so
sold, let or occupied, and pay over the avails
to Treasury of the United States
SECTION 5. And be ii further enacted, That
whenever the President, in pursuance of ex-
ishng laws, shall, by proclamation, have de-
clared the inhabitants Of any State or Sec
ton, or part thereof, in a state of insurrec-
ton against the United States, he is hereby
authorized, at any time thereafter, by procla-
nation, to extend to any such persons who
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such State or part thereof as he shall Judge
proper, pardon and amnesty, with such ex.
ceptions and at such time and with such con-
ditions as he shall declare and proclaim.
SECTION 6. And be il jurther enacted, THAI
if any State, or part thereof, in which the in
habitants have, by the President, been de-
clared in a state of insurrection, the said
instruction shall have continued for period
of six months, then, and in that case, the
President is hereby authorized, if in his
opinion it shall be necessary to the success
full suppression of said Instruction, by proc
lamation, to fix and appoint day when al
persons holden to service or labor in any
such State, or part thereof, as he shall de.
clare, whose service or labor is, by the Law
or custom of said State due to any person
or persons, who, after the day so fixed by
said proclamation, shall levy war or partici
pate in instruction against the United States
or give aid to the same, shall be free and dis
} charged from all such claim to labor or ser
vice; and thereupon said person shall be for
ever free and discharged from said labor and
service, any law or custom of said State Il
the contrary notwithstanding. ..
SECTION. z. And be ii further enacted
That whenever any person claiming to be en-
titled to the service Of any other person a
slave shall seek to enforce such claim, h,
, shall in the first instance, and as a preimina
ry to the trial of such claim, show satisfacto
rily that he and the person to whom said ser
vice was claimed to be due during the perio'
of insurrection or rebellion was loyal to tn
United States.
Mr.. WALTON demanded the yeas an,
nays, which resulted in the rejection of tn
Proposition by vote of SO ycas-6s nays