Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-28
nc FedernI pIund.r Riu.

the Federal Congress. The New Yerk Herald
of the 18th. states that ''ths act is regarded as
one Of great importance and although unsstis-
factory IN many OF its provisions to the Presi
/ dent and Secretery Of the Treasury, has been
approved only in order to give TO The Secretary
Of the Treasury, instead Of 20 thoussnd and
one naval and military officers, the control Of
the expectation Of Southern products: -
COLLECTION OF ABGSDOEED PROPERTY N IN
sURRECTIONARY DISTRICTS.
An ass 70 provide for the collection Of abandoned prop
ery and for the prevention Of frauds in insurrecHo-
arY districts within the Uuited States.
/ BE Il enacted By the senate and house Of TeDTs-
/ ssnt~.i0os of ths Uaited States of america IA
t Congress assembled, That It shall be lswfuI for
! the Secretary Of the Treasury, from and after
the passage of this act as be shall from time to
time see fit, 10 appoint a special agent or agents
to receive and collect all abandoned or CAPTURED
property in any State or Territory Of the United
States designated as in iusurTection against the
/ lawful government of the United States BY the
| proclamation Of the President July /, 1862 +:
Provided, That such property shall not in
clnde any kind or description which has been
used, or which was intended TO be used for
waging or carrying on war against the United
States, such as arms, ordnance ships, steam
boats or other water craft, and the furniture,
forage, military supplies, or munitions Of war.
Sec 2. And be Il further enacted, That any
part of the goods or property received or col
lecsed by such agent OF agents, may be sppre-
priated to public use on due appTaisemsnt aud
certificate thereof, or forwarded to any place Of
sale within the loyal States, IS the public inter
'esis may require; and all sales of such property
shall be At auction to the hie hest bidder, and
the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the Trea-
suTy of the United States.
Sec. 8 Aad be II further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury may require the spe-
Cisl agents appointed under this act to give
bond, with snch securities and IN such amount
as he shall deem necessary, and 10 require the
ineraasa of said amounts, and the strengthen
ing OF 5sld security, as circumstances may de-
maDd; and he shall also cause e book or books
of account to be kept, showing from whom such
property was received, the cost of transportation
and proceeds of the sale thereof ARd any
person claiming to have been the owner of any
such abandoned property may, at any time with
in two years after the suppression of the rebel
llon prefer his claim to the proceeds thereof in
the court of claims and On proof to the salts
faction of said court of his ownership of said
property, of MS nights TO the proceeds thereof,
and that he has never given any aid or comfort
to the present rebellion, to receive the residus
Of such proceeds, after the deduction Of any
purchase money which may have been paid,
together with the expense of transportation,
expenses attending the disposition thereof
Sec. 4. AHd be Il fartker sHartsd That all
property coming into any Of the United States
not declared in insurrec.i0n as aforesaid, from
within any of tha States declared ia insuTrec-
ton, through or by any other person than any
agent duly appointed uuder the provisions Of
this act or under lawful clearance by the
proper officer, shall be eonfscated to the use Of
the government of the United States. And the
proceedings for the condemnation aud sale on
any such property shall be instituted aud condue-
ted under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the mode prescribed by the eighty
ninth ard ninetieth sections Of the act of
March second, seventeen hundred and ninety
nine entitled " An act to regulate the collection
of duties on imports and tonnage" Aud aay
agent or agents, person OF persons, By or
through whom such property shall come within
the lines Of the United States unlawfully, shall
be Judged guilty of q misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shalt be fined in any sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned
for any time not exceeding one year, or both, at
the discretion of the court. And the fines, PEN
alties and forieitUres aceruing under this act,
may be nitigated or RENTED in the mode pre-
seTibed by tie act of March 3, 1897, or in such
manner, in special cases, as the Secretary Of the
Treasury may presbribe.
Sec. s. And be Il further enacted, That the
the collection OF the revenue upon the Northern,
Northeastern and Northwestern frontier and for
other purposes" approved July 14th, 1862
shsll be so construed as to allow the temporary
officers which have been or msy- be appointed ct
ports which have been or may be opened or
established in States declared to be in insurrec-
ton by the proclamation Of the President on
the 1st of July 1862, the same compensation
which, by law, is allowed to permanent officers
of the same position, OF the ordinary compensa-
ton of special agents, As the Secretary Of the
Treasury may determine.
See g. And Be It further enacted, That It shall
be the duty of every officer or private of the
regular or volunteer forces of the United States,
or any officer, sailor OF marine 10 the naval ser
vice Of the United States, who may take or re-
ceivs any such abandoned property, or cotton,
sugar, rice, or tobscco, from persons IN such IN
surreeeonary districts, or hare it under his con-
troll to tUrH the Same over to an agent appointed
as aforesaid, who shall give receipt therefor
and in case be shall refuse or neglect 50 to do,
he shall be tried by court-marsha, and shall
be dismissed from the service, or, If an officer,
reduced to the ranks, or suffer such other pun
ishment as said court shall order, with the ap-
urovsl Of the President Of the United States.
Sec Z And be It further enacted, That none
of the provisions Of this act shall apply to any
lawful maritime prizs by tho naval forces OF the
limited States GALUSHA A. GROW,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
SoLOMON Foot,
President Of tbs Senate, pro tempore.
Approved March II, 1868.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.