The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25

ere to make such orders, establish such
forms of decree and sale, and direct such
deeds and conveyances to be executed and
: delivered BY the marshals thereof, where
real estate shall be the subject of sale, as
shall fifty and efficiently effect the purposes
OF this act and vest in the purchasers Of
such property good and valid titles thereto.
! And the said court shall have power to al
low such fees and charges of their officers
as shall be reasonable and proper in the
premises.
Sec. 9. And be 1t further enacted, That
all slaves Of persons who shall hereafter be
engaged in rebellion against the Govern
ment of the United States, or who shall in
any way give aid or comfort thereto, escap-
ing 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 or being with
in any place occupied by rebel forces and af.
terward occupied by forces of the United
States, shall be deemed captives of war and
shall be forever free of their servitude and
not again held as slaves.
Sec. 10. And be 1t further enacted, That
no slave escaping into any State, Territory
or the District Of Columbia, from any other
State, shall be delivered up, or in any way
impeded or hindered of his liberty, except
for crime, or some offence against the law.
unless the person claiming such fugitive
shall first make oath that the person to
whom the labor or service of such fugitive is
alleged to be due, is his lawful owner, and
has not 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
pretense whatever, assume to decide on the
validity at the claim OF any person to the
service or labor of any other person, or sur
render up any such person to the claimant,
on pain of being dismissed from the service.
Sec. IL. And be 1t further enacted, That
the President of the United States is au.
thorized to employ as many persons of Af-
rican descent as he may deem necessary and
proper for the suppression of the rebellion !;
and for this purpose be may organize and
use them in such manner as be may Judge
best for the public welfare.
Sec. IL. Aud be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States is hereby au,
thorized to make provision for the traaspor.
tation, colonization, and settlement in some
tropical country beyond the limits of the
United States, of such persons of the Airs
can race, made free by the provisions of
this act, as may be willing to emigrate,
having first obtained the consent of the
Government of said country to their pro
lection and settlement within the same,
with all the rights and privileges of free
men.
Sec. IL. lind be 1t further enacted, That
the President is hereby authorized, at any
time hereafter, by proclamation, to extend
to persons who may have participated in
the existing rebellion in any State or part
thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such ex>
ceptions and at such time and on such con-
ditions as he may deem expedient for the
public welfare.
Sec. IA. Aaad be 1t further enacted, That
the c0prts of the United States shall have
full power to institute proceedings, make
orders and DEGREES, issue process, and do all
other things necessary to carry this act
into effect.
SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE CONFIsCATION BILL.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives, &C., That the provisions of the
third clause of the fifth section of an act to
suppress Instruction, to punish treason and
rebellion, to seize and confscate the property
of rebels and other purposes shall be SO con-
strued as not to apply to any acts done prior
to the passage thereof, nor to include any
member of a State Legislature, or judge of
any State court who has not in accepting or
entering upon the duties of his Offices taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the social
ed Confederate States of America, nor shall
any punishment or proceedings under said act
be so construed as to work forfeiture of the
real estate of the offender beyond his natural
life.