Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-10

tificates of indebtedness against tn,
United States, be entitled to receiv
from said commissioners their certif
cate of sale; which said certfcat
shall be received in all courts am
places as prima facia evidence of tn
regularity and validity of said sale
and OF the title of the said purchase
or purchasers under the same Pr
rsded, That the owner of said lots 0
ground, or any loyal person of tn
United States, having any valid liel
upon or interest in the same, may
at any time, within sixty days afte
said sale, appear before the said boar
OF tax commissioners in his or her ow
proper person, and, if q citizen, upo
taking an oath to support the Const
tuition of the United States, and pay
ing the amount of said tax and pena
ty, with interest thereon from the dat
of the said proclamation of the Pres
dent mentioned i'm the second sectio
of this act, at the rate of fifteen pc
centum per annum, together with tn
expenses of the sale and subsequent
proceedings to be determined by sait
commissioners, may redeem said lots
of land from said sale and any pur
chaser, under the same, having pait
money, Treasury notes, or other Ger
tificates of Indebtedness of the Unite,
States, shall, upon such redemption
being made, be entitled to have tn
same, with the interest accruing afte
said sale, returned to him by the sai'
commissioners, upon surrcndering NJ
the certificates of sale And proride'
further, That if the owner of sale
lots of ground shall be minor a non
resident alien, or loyal citizen beyond
seas, a person of unsound mind, OF
under legal disability, the guardian
trustee, or other person having charge
of the person or estate of such person
may redeem the same at any time
within two years after the sale there
of in the manner above provided and
with like effect and prorided further,
That the certificate of said commits
sioners shall, only be effected as evil
dence of the regularity and validity
Of sale by establishing the fact that
said property was not subject to tax
cs, or that the taxes had been paid
previous to sale, or that the property
had been redeemed according to the
provisions of this act.
Sec. 8. Ane be IL further enacted, That
at any time within one year after the
sale by said commissioners any per-
son being the owner of any lot or
parcel of ground at the passage of
this act, who shall, by sufficient evil
dence, prove to the satisfaction of
said board Of commissioners that he
Dr. she, after the passage of this act,
has not taken part in the present in
surrection against the United States,
Or in any manner aided or abetted the
same and that, by reason of said
he or she has been una
Die to pay said tax, or to redeem said
ands from sale within the time above
provided for, the said board of COM
may allow him or her fur
Their time to redeem the same, not ex-
cecding two years from the day of sale ;
and for this purpose they may take the
testimony of witnesses, and shall re
ducc the same to writing and the
United States, or any person claiming
an interest in said lands, may appear
and oppose the said application. From
their decision the United States Of
any party in interest may appeal t.
the district court of the United States
for said district, which is hereby an
thorizcd to take jurisdiction of thu
same, as in other cases involving thu
equity of redemption. And in CASE
said board of commissioners should
for any cause, cease to act before the
expiration of one year after said sales
the said district court shall have orr
ginal jurisdiction of the proceeding
for redemption, as herein provided, &c
take place before the said board oil
commissioners.
SEC. Q. And be IL further enacted, That
in cases where the owners of said
lots and parcels of ground have aban
doned the same, and have not pait
the tax thereon as provided for in thu
third section Of this act, nor paid th,
same, nor redeemed the said land
from sal lei as provided for in tn
seventh section of this act, and TIN
said board Of commissioners shall b.
satisfied that said owners have lief
the same to join the rebel forces
or otherwise to engage in and abe
this rebellion, and the same shall
have been struck off to the United
States at said sale, the said commits
sioners shall, in the name of the Uni
ted States, enter upon and take pos
session of the same, and may leas'
the same, together or in parcels, t
any person or persons who are citi
zens of the United States, or ma.
have declared on oath their intention
to become such, until the said rebel
lion and instruction in said State
shall be put down and the civil au
thority Of the United States estab
lishcd, and until the people of said
State shall elect Legislature and
State officers, who shall take an oath
to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, to be announced by the
proclamation of the President, and
uutil the first day Of March next
thereafter, said leases no be in such
form and with such security as shall
in the Judgment of said commission.
crs, produce to the United States the
greatest revenue.
SEC. 10. And %R further enacted. That
the said commissioners shall from
time to time make such tempo
rary rules and regulations and insert
such clauses in said leases as shall
be just and proper to secure proper
and reasonable employment and sup
port, at wages or upon shares of the
crop of such persons and families as
may be residing upon the said parcels
or lots ofland, which said rules and reg
are declared to be subject tC
the approval Of the President.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted, That
the said board of commissioners, un
der the direction of the President