Washington telegraph., 1864-08-03

out the consent G: the oSr=r, =1c-,,t IL cAs4 q
urgent necessity, b1d upon the c-der Of the
general commanding thu department in which
said farm. or plantation Is sitns.et'
SEC. q. That The act amaniA.ory of tie above
recitei ac, (approved April 21rh 1881, and so
much of the tirst section OF said act Is requires
an affidavit to be made by the owner, or lis
agent, that such properly was grown, raised or
produced by said owner. or held, OF has been
purchased by him, not for sale Ur speculation.
but for his own use or consump;iol, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 7. That no impressmant shall h made
nnder this act, or the act ID whi-n .4 is araen-
datoTy, FOR the use or benunt ut .-.4 actors Will
the government
SEC. 3. Nothing in this act slali Je construed
to authorize the im mrressiug officer I'D enter an
appeal from amy decision Of ths locsl appraisers,
under the seventh section Of th- art TO which
this IS amendatory.' tApproved February l6,
1864.
III. Impressments according to this act, and
the act to which this is an amendment, may be
made for necessary supplies for the Confederate
armies in the field, and for their accumulation in
magazines and at posts and depots, and 70 carry
on the various operations Of the Military Bu-
reaux connected with the War Department,
whenever the sam. cannot be obtain-d hy con
tract.
III. They may be made under orders from
the generals commanding armies, departments,
corps, divisions, and by commanders ui detached
parties, hen a necessity arises therefor. These
orders may be executed by appropriate officers
Of the staff belonging to the army. The chiefs
of the various buTcaux willde-ignat- the officers
and persons who shall hc competent to make
mpresslneiits under the authority conferred
upon them.
". Before any impressment shall he made,
the mprtS Ssing officer or his agent will make An
oter to the owner, his baiec o. agent, IN writing.
for the purchase of the property, describing the
property he wishes to purchasc, the price he l.
willing to pay, and the mode Of payment. and
stating that, upon ii refusal 10 accept the SAM,
compensation viii he made according TO the
acts OF Congress for IN" regulation .! impress
mcnts. This notice vii be considered as bind
ing the property until The completion u the ne
gotiafiou Tor the sale and transfer Of tie same
to the increasing officer. The property will re-
main in the custody Of the nwaer ant Il lis risk
during the pending .: these proceedings; M
less q delivery of tine same hc th-rgupcn made
70 the iInprsssipC officer, with his Gems nj. In
case of n change OF possession uudcr these cir
cumstaucvs. the Confederate Stats wiii be re-
garded as the eNner. and the prop g;y hrld for
is use and at its risk
V. In al cases in which the offer Of an i'm
pressing officer is refused, he will proceed 10
adjust the pic. according t. the first section Of
the act above cited; that j., nv the Judgment
of two loyal and dsintere-tcd persons Of Tile
city, county or parish Ia which tl" impress
ment may be made-our tn br selected INV the
owner, hls hsliee or agent, ana one hv thr iuI-
pressing officer. In the even. Ot thrir disagree
uient. these two viii select an umpire of Ike
qUalih alton. The persons Thus selected will
proceed 70 assess Just compensation t"r the
property So Impressed, whether t- ah>0lu;"
ownership or the temporary u-, thereof hr re-
gulret. II the rnpras~irg officer believes that
tIr sppra-seineut is fair and just, ha wilt i.dpTSc
his pIoval. and pay for the property; and the
right IN tEs object impressed will become the
property of the Confederate States but Ill H.
do'-s not approve Of the appraisrlurnt. H.. Will
decline 10 approve it. aud inGorS-' tnr rt-iauilr
for his refusal on th,'Crltiicltr anl icT;h with r.
port the Cas- 20 the commissioners appointed
under the NTH section of the ac;. 70 which ihr
act above r-cited is an amendments; and IN the
meantime the property viii b. taken, and a t.
ceipt describing the property and the proc-,d-
iuEs Tor the adjustment ut the price AMI ia" APP
peal. given 70 the OWNER. The iiu;rtS-iuE Off
Ger viii Immediately report the Gas" ~ the sp-
praisrrs, with statement M th- qIniity aud
condition 90 the property, AMI hi- opinion upon
the subject.
VI No officer oragant with impress ILL., H.
cfss2ry supplies which sly person MAY have
for the consumption %. lrlr III. hi> family eul-
plnyres or SLAVES, sl Co. carry On hi- ordinary
mechanical. uaua....tuE.-E OF agricultural "in-
pIovmcnJ-.
Ii ANY question arise a- TO tn, fact ssh hst1e5
tho supplies ar u.c-ssa!r or whether th"r'. b..
ID surplus, d, viii b- determined ay appraiser
mutually se.ectsd a-auza.a- to TIL preceding
5ec-eui au3 in This ca-r 'Nr decision VA GIN. NJ.
p-'s'rs viii Dr t.uii-.s 1l -h- utlsui. ..hu N l.l
Iu. b. allowed sp app 81 il..HHtrrn
VII These regulations 4.n published a- N
substitute ter I'll la-Giatua5 clA-tiL-a u ,-tn-
rrS OIG,Is. 30. 81 sr5 1914 --..:a- \: Rex,
b. o.ds.
$. COOPER