, 1864-10-03

oi the commissioner, for the accommodation of
clerks engaged in the collection and compilation
Of satisfies, and other official duties; for the
better accommodation Of the operations Of the
chemist in making agricultural tests, analyses,
and experiments, and for the arrangement and
exhibition Of genealogical, chronological, and
agricultural specimens, models, and paintings:
Therefore,
BE ii reSolfed By tie Senate and Housc of
Representatives. Of the United State qf 1nacr
tcd IN Congress assembled That in addition to
the rooms now occdpicd by the Department Of
Agriculture; there shall he, and hereby is as.
signed to the said Department tho suite Of
rooms upon the first floor included between the
southwest corner and the western entrance Of
The Patent Office building.
Approved, July l, 1864.
An Act in addition to the several acts concern.
ing commercial intercourse between loyal
and II surrectionary States. and to provide
for the collection Of captured and abandoned
property, and the prevention Of frauds in
States declare in insurrection.
BE 10 enacted blythe Senate and House of Rep.
rCsentotires Of he United States Of Amcricd IN
Congress assembled, That sales Of captured and
abandoned property under tho act approved
March twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty three,
may be made at such places, in States declared
in insnrrecton, as may be designated by the
Secretary Of the Treasury, as well as at other
places now authorized by said act.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, hat, in
addition to the captured and abandoned pro.
perty to be received, collected, and disposed Of,
as provided in said act, the said agents shall
take charge Of and lease, for periods not cx.
ceed;ng twelve months, the abandoned lands,
houses, and tenements within the districts
therein named, and shall also provide, in such
leases or otherwise, for the employment and
general welfare of all pcrsous within the lines
Of national military occupation within said in
surrectionary States formerly held as slaves,
who are or shall become free. Property, real
or personal. shall be regarded as abandoned
when the lawful owner thereof shall be volun.
tarily absent therefrom, and engaged, either in
arms or otherwise, in aiding or encouraging the
rebellion.
Sec. 8. And be Il further enacted, That oil
moneys arising from the leasing Of abandoned
lands, houses, and tenements, or from sales Of
captured and abandoned property collected and
sold in pursuance Of said act or Of this act, or
from fees collected under the rules aud regula
tons made by the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and approved by the President, dated rcspec-
lively the twenty.cighth day Of August, eigh.
teen hundred aud sixty-two, the thirty first day
Of March, and the eleventh day Of September,
eighteen hundred aud sixty three, or under any
amendments or notifications thereof, which
have been or shall be made by the Secretary Of
tho Treasury, and approved by the President,
for conducting the commercial intercourse
which has been or shall be licensed and per.
mitted by the President, with and in States de.
clarcd in insurrecton. shall. after satisfying
thereirom all proper and necessary expenses to
be approved by the Secretary Of the Treasury,
be paid into the Treasury Of the United States !;
and oil accounts Of moneys received or ex.
pended in conncxion Herewith shall be audited
by the proper accounting officers Of tho Trea.
sury. That the iirst section Of tho [" Act to
provide for the collection Of abandoned pro.
perty, and for the prevention OF fraud In insur-
rectionary districts in the UniteO States" ap-
proved March twelve, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, Is hereby extended 80 as to include
the descriptions Of property mentioned in On
act entitled An act further to provide for the
collection Of duties on imports, and for other
purposes" approved July thirteen, eighteen
hundred and sixiy-onc, and an act entitled
An act to suppress insurrection, TO punish
treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate
the property Of rebels, and for other purposes"
approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and
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