Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-13
fPupL1o-No. I2f.l

An ACr supplementary to the "Act for the
release Of certain persons held to service
or labor in the District of Oolumbia,"
approved April sixteen, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
oath or affirmation required by the second
section Of this act entitled San act for the
release of certain persons held 70 service
or labor in the District of Columbia" to
verify the statements or petitions in writing
filed before the commissioners, under the
act aforesaid, of persons holding claim to
service or labor against persons of African
descent, freed and discharged theretrom,
under the act Aforesaid, may in all cases in
which the persons holding claims, as
aforesaid, are infants or minors, be made
by the guardian or by any other person,
whether separately or jointly, having the
custody, management, or control by law Of
the persons and property of such infants
or minors, and that in all cases in which
the persons holding claims as aforesaid
are nOn-residents of the District Of Column
bia, or resident absentees, the oath of af-
firmation required as aforesaid may be
made by the attorney or agent Of said nom
resident OF resident absentees; and In all
cases in which the statements or petitions,
required as Aforesaid, of persons in the mill
itary or naval service of the United States,
shall have been OF may. be hereafter yeri-
fed before any commander OF any military
post, or of any officer having separate
command Of any military force in the field,
or before any captain, commander, or
lieutenant commanding In the naVy, the
same shall be received and deemed valid,
to all intents and purposes, as fully as IL
the verifcation had been or were made be-
fore any officer competent by law 70 take
and administer oaths and ailirmatiOns; |;
Provided, That the commissioners shallbe
satisfied that, at the time Of the verifea-
tion aforesaid, the person making the same
was employed in the military or naval SER
vice OF the United States within the juris-
diction Of q rebellious State OF Territory,
and unable to make the oath or afiFmtion
required, as aforesaid, before any officer
authorized by Law to take or administer the
same, holding allegiance to the United
States.
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted, That
II any person having claim TO the serviee or
labor of any person or persons in the Die
| trict Of Columbia by reason OF African de-
scent shall neglect or refuse to fle with
the clerk Of the Circuit Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia the statement In writing
or schedule provided in the ninth section
ofthe act approved April slxteens eighteen
hundred and sixty-tWo, 70 which this is
supplementary, then II shall be lawful for
the person or persons whose services are
claimed as aforesaid 70 file such statement
IN writing or schedule setting forth the par
ticular facts mentioned intsaid ninth Sec
ton; and the said clerk shall receive aud
record the same as provided IN said section
on receiving fifty cents each therefor. 80
Sec. 3. And be f. further enacted, That
WheneTer the facts set forth in the said
statemehto or schedule shall be found By the
"Reminiscences 10 be true, the said clerk
land his suecessor In Office shall prepare