Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-04-03

A. FRIDAY, APRILs, 1858. @
:THEIMPREsMENT BILL REPORrEDB BY
= TIIEaCOMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
siOFsBOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
WE give below carefully made and COM
pendions abstract ofthe inapressment bill yes
terday reported to Congress by the Committee
of Conference. BY the Senate the bill was or
Fdered to be printed, aud made the order of the
day for to>day. d 8. aya,s@ e.e.
"a 'SEcrloN 1. Whenever the exigencies If an
armyln the field are such as to make impress.
ments for Its support necessary, property may
be impressed by the officers whose duty it is 10
furnish such property to the army Wheh the
owner OF the property and the impressng off,
| Gel cannot agree upon the value of the proper
ty, the imPressing officer, upon the affidavit of
the owner Or his agent that such property was
grown, raised, or produced by the owner, or is
held, Or has been purchased by him, not for
sale or speculation, but for his own consump.
tion, shall cause the value to be ascertained by
the judgment of two loyal aud disinterested
citizens Of the city, county Or parish where the
impressnept may be made, one assessor to be
selected by the impressing officer, and the 9TH
er by the owner, and IN case of disagreement
between the appraisers, the latter shall choose
impressing officer shall administer all oath to
appraise fairly and impartially to the apprais-
ers, who shall then proceed to assess just COM.
Epensation for the property impressed, whether
the absolute ownership Or the temporary use
thereof only is required
Sec 2. The officer impressing property shall
at the time OF impressment, payto the owner
or his agent the compensation fixed oy the ap.
praisers and shall also give the owner, over
his official signature, certificate that said
property is essential to the use Of the army,
and that it could not be otherwise procured,
and was taken through absolute necessity set.
ting forth the time and place when and where
taken, the amount of compensation fixed by
the appraisers, and the sum, if any, paid tor
the same. When the impressing officer shsll
fail to pay for property impressed, the owner
shall be entitled to the speedy payne ent for the
same by the proper disbursing officer.
SEC 3. Whenever the appralsenent provid-
ed for ia the first section shall from. any cause
be impractcable at the time of impressmens,
in that case, the value Of the property Impress
ed shall be assessed as soon possible by two
loyal and dls;nte1 ested citizens of the city,
county, or parish wherein the property was
taken, chosen, one by tho owner and one by
Commissary or Quartermaster Gen eral or his
agent, vino in case Of disagreement, shall choose
a CnlrQ CltlZ6tl Oi Ike 9uaililcdIlou as
to decide the matters in dispute, who belpg
duly sworn, shall hear the proofs of the value
of the property and assess a just compensation
therefor, according TO the testimony.
a SEC. 4.aWheneyer the Secretary of War
shall think it necessary to take private proper
ty for public use, he may by general order,
through the proper subordinate officers, author
ize such property to be taken, the conpensa-
ton for the same to be ascertained as provided
in the first an second sections.
Sec. S. II shall be the duty of the President,
Immediately after the passage of this act, to ap
point Commissioner ia each State where pro.
perty shall be taken for public use, and request
the Governor OF such OF the States in which he
shall appoint said Commissioner, to appoint
another Commissioners to act in conjunction
with the Commissioner appointed by the
President, who shall receive eight dollars a day
compensation and ten cents milsage, to be paid
by the Confederate Government. Said COM
missioners shall constitute a Board, W hose
duty il shalIbe to fix upon the prices to be
paid by the Governments for all property ims
pressed CIR taken, SO as to afford just compen
sation. TO the owners thereof. Said Commis'
| slonersI shall agree upon and publish q schedule
Of prices every two months, or oItener il they
shall deem proper; and IN the event they
shall not agree IN any matter coniided to them,
they shah have power to appoint an umpire,
whose decision shall be the dicsion of the
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