The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-07

Sec. ., ana ne u JtNtt6T.e lldfo1, That III
any person within any State or Terrific
ry Of the United States other than those
named as aforesaid, after the passage Of
this act, being engaged in armed rebel
lion against the Government Of The Unit
ed States, or aiding or abetting such re-
bellion, shall not, within sixty days after
public warning and proclamation duly
given and made by the President Of the
United States, cease TO aid, countenance,
and abet such rebellion, aud return to bis
allegiance 20 the United States, all the
estate and property, moneys, stocks and
credits Of such person shall be liable TO
seizure as aforesaid, and it shall be the
duty Of the President to seize and use
them as aforesaid, or the proceeds there
Of. And all sales, transfers or convey
ances Of any such properly after the ex-
piration Of Che said sixty days from the
date Of such warning and proclamation,
shah be nall and void; and It shall be a
sufficient bar 10 any suit brought by such
person for the possession or the use Of
such property, or any Of IL, to allege and
prove that he is one Of the persons de-
scribed in this section.
SEo z. lind ts Il Ggtler enacted, That
10 secure the condemnation aud sale of
any such property, after the same shall
have been seized.so that il may be made
available for the purposes aforesaid, pro-
ceedings in rem shall be instituted in
the name Of the United States In any
district eOnrt thereof, or in any Terrific
rial court, or in the United States dis
trict court for the District Of Columbia,
wiihinwhich the property above desert
bed, or Sny part thereof may be found,
or into which the same, If movable, may
first be brought, which proceedings shall
conform as nearly as may be 10 proceed
ings in admiralty or reyen0e cases, and
said property, whether real or personal,
shall be found 10 have belonged to per-
son engaged in rebellion, or who has Civ
en- aid or comfort thereto, the same shall
be condemned as enemies property, and
become the property of the United States,
and may be disposed of as the court shall
decree, and the proceeds thereof paid in
TO the Treasury Of the United States for
the purposes aforesaid.
SEC. 8. And be 10 further enacted, That
the several courts aforesaid shall have
power TO make such orders, establish
such forms of decree and sale, and di-
rect such deeds and conveyances to be
executed and delivered by The marshais
thereof where real estate shall be sub
ject TO sale, as shall fitly and efficiently
effect the purposes of this act, and vest
in the purchasers Of such property good
and valid titles thereto. And the said
courts shall have power TO allow such
fees aud charges of their officers as shall
be reasonable and proper in the premises.
Sec. O. Ind be % further enacted, That
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter
be engaged in the rebellion against the
Government of the United States, or who
shall in any way give aid or comfort
thereto, escaping from such persons and
taking refuge within the lines of the
army; and all slaves captured from such
persons or deserted by them and coming
under the control of the Government of
the United States, and all slaves of such
persons found on or being within any
place occupied by rebel forces and af-
forwards occupied by the forces of the
United States, shall be deemed captiyes
Of war, and shall be forever free Of
their secyilude, and not again held as
slaves.
Sec. 10. Ind be II further enacted That
no slave escaping into any State, Terri
tory on the District of Columbia, from any
other State, shall be delivered up or in
any way impcdcd or hindered Of his lib
erty, except for crime, or some Oiiense
againstth the laws, unless the person claim
ing said fugitiyes shah first make oath
that the person to whom She labor or SER
vice of such fugitive ia alleged to be due
is his lawful owner, and haS moi borne
arms against the United States in the
present rebellion nor in any way given
aid and comfort thereto; and no person
engaged IN the military or naval service
Of the United States shall, under any
prctence whatever, assume TO decide on
the yalidityof the claim of any person 10
The service or labor of any other person,
or surrender up any such person 10 the
claimant, on pain Of being dismissed from
the service"
Sec. IL. indie 70 .Goiher enacted, That
the President of the United States is au-
thorized TO employ as many persons of
African descent as be may deem necessa-
ry, and proper for the suppression Of this
rebellion, and for this purpose he may or
ganize and use them in. such manner as
he may judge best for the public well
fare.
Sec. II. and Je a further enacted, That
the President Of the United States is
hereby authorized 10 make provision for
the transportation, colonization, and set
Element, in some tropical country beyond
the limits of the United States, of such
persons Of African race, made free by the
provisions of this act as may be willing
TO emigratc, having first obtained the con-
sent of the Government Of said country
20 their protection and settlement within
the same, with all the rights and priyi-
leges Of freemen,
Sec. 18. AnaLH further enacted, That
the President is hereby authorized, al
any time hereafter, by proclamation, to
extend 10 persons who may have partici-
pated in the existing rebellion in any
State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty,
with such exceptions and at such lime
and on such conditions as he may deem
expedicnt for the public welfare.
Sec. Ia. md BE- II further enacted, That
the courts of the United States shall have
power TO institute proceedings, make or
ders and DEGREES, issue process, aud do
all other things necessary TO carry this
act into effect
Approved July II, 1862
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