Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-21
General Instructions Concerning Cap.
turcd and abandoned Property.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !
Office Of Commissioner OF Customs,
March Is. 1854 \

March Is, 1854
Agreeable to the regulations of the Sec
retary OF the Treasury, under date of Sep
tcmber II, 1863, prescribed in pursuance o
the provisions of the act of Congress ap
proved March II, 1868, in relation to cap
tured and abandoned property; and for tn,
purpose Of carrying out the intention of th.
sald act and regulations, and to enable spe
alagcnts, receiving and disbursing moneys
under the provisions of the said act and
regulations, to make their returns in the
manner and form required, the following
instructions are hereby given, and a stric,
compliance herewith cnjoined
By regulation, 4. series of Sentcmhor II
is63' page -, abandoned property, it viii
be seen, is OF t,ro descriptions, viz
First. That which has been, or may be
deserted by the owners and
Second. That which has been, or NAV be
voluntarily abandoned by the owners to the
civil or military authorities of the United
States.
These descriptions it is important to keep
separate and distinct; and in making re-
turns OF abandoned property, each assistant
special agent must note in each return
whether the property therein returned was
deserted or polunfarilv abandoned Returns
will therefore be required from each assis.
tont sneciol ,gont in 5,n5jc,t. oocord;no 10
form "a, or 'B, herewith enclosed one
to be transmitted, with each consignment,
TO the supervising special agent, to whom
the articles are consigned, and one TO be i'm
mediat.y Transmitted to the Commissioner
of Customs.
In making RETURNS Of conturcd nronortc
great care must be observed toovoiI rrturn.
ing it with abandoned nropertv md y son.
orate rcturn from c,rh assistant snacinI
agent, showing distinctly the class or do.
scriplion of proncrtv il returns will be rc.
ouircd as por form &c" herewith enclosed.
| one ,o accompany onoh .ons;urnnn. and
one to be Immediately transmitted to this
office
When any part Of the goods or property
/ received or collected by any supervising
! special agent is demanded for public use. and
| the requirements of regulation 9 page 80,
/ have been fully complied with each assist
ant special agent shall forthwith make Il re
turn in dupicatc, according to form ID"
herewith enclosed of the property so re-
qured and taken for public use one return
to be promptly Transmitted to the proper
| supervising special agent, and one to this
, Office,
In all cases where property of a perish
able nature. whether captured or abandon
ed. shall be sold in consequence of tbe i'm.
practcabilitv of TRANSPORTING it. as outhor-
lied bv regulation 10 pnge 3G the assistant
immediate return thereof, in dpDljcote, in ac
cordancc with form "E." herewith nons-
mttcd one copv to the snpervising sncciol
agent. and one to this Office.
When property shall be thus sold the as
sistant special aren't shall forthwith trans.
nit the net proceeds thereof to the supcr.
visina special agent or. whom sncriollv in.
structed. shall deposit the om6unt n the
credit of the supervising special agent. and
when so deposited, the certificate of deposit
TO he Transmitted with the roturn thnreof
In all eases whore furniture family MIC.
lures, couipage clothing or household Of.
fects, collected or received by assistant spc.
ciol agents, are stored 40 re6uireJ hv ro,,n.
lation II. page 3G, returns tbsrsof in dnSE.
cate shall be made to the supervising special
agent and to this office. in accordance with
form "F," herewith enclosed
The collecting, receiving. securing and
disposng of captured and abandoned nrop.
crtv, although SO nearly allied to CONNER.
ciai intercourse with and in States declared
in insurrcction, is nevertheless an entirely
separate and distinct duty. and as such,
must be 40 understood and returned
The returns of cap,urcd and abandoned
property required Of supcrvisng snccio
agcnts must be made yoyTtuy in 3,,5Jic1tr
and as soon AS practicable after the close Of
each month. embracing the whole tronsac.
tions of the past month; and in case there
bov, not been amy transactions dnring tbat