Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02
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AN ACT in addition to the several Acts con
cerning Commercial Intercourse between
Loyal and Insurreetionafy States. and to
provide for the collection OF Captured and
Abandoned Property, and the prevention of
Frauds in States declared in insurrection
BE il enacted 10y the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF Ame-
riea in Congress assembled, That sales OF cap.
tured property under the act approved March
twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-,hree,
may be made at such places, in States declar.
cd in insurrection, a. may be designated 10y the
Secretary of the Treasury, as well rs at other
places now authorized by said act T.. k
Sea. 2 And be it further enacted, That,
in addition to the captured and abandoned
property to be received, collected, and dispos
cd of, as provided in said act, the said agents
shall take charge of and lease, for periods not
exceeding twelve months, the abandoned
lands, houses. and tenements within the dis
tricts therein named. and shall also provide,
in such leases or otherwise. for the employ.
ment and general welfare of all persons with
in the lines OF national military occupation
within said insurreetionary 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 voluntarily absent therefrom, and
engaged. either in arms or otherwise, in aid
ing u encouraging the rebellion ssE-ss
See, 8, And l@ it further enacted That all
moneys arising from the leasing of abandon
ed lands houses, and tenoments, or FROM sales
of captured and abandoned property collected
and sold in pursuance of said act, or Of this
act on from fees collected under the rules and
regulations made by the Secretary of the
Treasury and approved by the President, da-
ted respectively the twenty eighth day Of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the
thirty first day Of March, and t.a eleventh day
of September, eighteen hundred and sixty
three or under any amendments or moditct-
tions thereof, which have been or shall be
made by the Secretary of the Treasury, and
approved by the President, for conducting tire
commercial intercourse which has been or
shall he licensed and permitted by the Presi-
dent, with and in States declared in insurrec-
tion, shall, after satisfying therefrom all prop
or and necessary expenses, to be approved by
the Secretary of the Treasury, he paid into the
Treasury or the United States and all ac-
counts of moneys received or expended in con-
nection Herewith shall be audited by the
proper accounting officers OF tho Treasury.
That the. first section of the Act to provide
for the collection of abandoned property and
for the prevention of fraud in insurrectionary
districts in the United States.' approved
March twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty
three. is hereby extended SO as to include the
descriptions Of property mentioned in an act
entitled a. An act further to provide for the
collection of duties on imports. and for othe,
purposes" approved July thirteen, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-one, aud an act entitled
- An act to suppress insunection, to punish
| treason and rebellion, to seize and confscats
the property Of rebels, and for other purpos
Is" approved July seventeen, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-two, respectively; and thai
the sales provided for in said act first men
toned may be made at such places as may b'
designated by the Secretary Of the Treasury
And section six of said first mentioned act il
| hereby amended SO as to include every de