The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-11

Court for the district in which the property may
TIC cound has been made, by which the property, is
condemned enemy b property, and becomes the !
property of tho United States.
Thhrd-All abandoned land or real property and
all land and real property to which the on.te
States shall have acquired title by contscaton or
sale or otherwise, that now IL may hereafter
como under the control Of tllc Bureau of Refugees,
Frecdmc. and Abandoned Lands by virtue of said
Act and ORDER of the President is and shall be set
apart for use of loyal refugees and freedmen, and
so mcch may be necessary assigned t" thcI
Hsliing the bureau, viz: '"ro every male citZcn
| whether refugee on freedmen, as aforesaid there
shall be assigned not more than forty acres &c rs
so assigned shall.Ebo protected i'll tho use and
ouJnyniSnt or the land for the term of three years.
upon tic value of sad land it was appraised 10y
the State authorities in the year 1861 for the pur
ean be found then W the re rental shall Sc % bnsad upon
the estimated value Of tho land i'll said year. to be
| asccrtGircd IN such manner as the commissioners
term, or any time during said tcrm the occupants
of any parcels assigned may purchase tho land
and receive such title thereto as the United States
land as asccrtaincd and fixed for the purpose OF
determining the annual rent aforesaid.
the % several States, % VIZ virginia, North Carolina
South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissipp, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland
ted States has acquired or shall acquire title by
contscation sale, OF other abandoned real prop
whether coniiscated or abandoned, remaining ui-
sold or otherwise disposed of, shall have been
properly transferred to the bureau upon rcquisi-
ton of the Commissioner or Assistant Commits
sioncr, shall be considered under the control of
tho Commissioner of Refugees, Freedmen and
-, Abandoned Lands, for the purpose hcrcinbcfore
set forth, and for the time authorized by the act
establishing the bureau; ard part parcel of
said contiscatcd or abandoned property shall be
surrendered restored to the former owners or
other claimants except such surrender or rcstora-
ton he authorized by said Commissioner.
FfM-Assistant commissioners will as rapidly
as possible accurate descriptions of all con-
fiscated and abandoned lands, and other consca-
ted and abandoned real property that is nov or
may hereafter come Under their control; I? be
made and, besides keeping record of such them
selves, will forward monthly to the Commissioner
of the Bureau copies of such descriptions, i'll the
manner prcse erbed by Circular No. TO- Of July / l.
1 1865 from this Bureau. They will, with little
delay ~ possible, select and set apart such rnniis
= Gated and abandoned lands and property as ma,
be deemed necessary for the immediate o
refugees and freedmen, the specific division O
which into lots and the rental or sale thereof.
: corling to the law establishing the Bureau, vii! b,
. completed as soon practicable, and reported Il
the Commissioners In the selection and setting
apart of such lands and property care will Il" uset
to take that about which there is the least tlot:b
, that this Bureau should have custody and con
troll Of
t Sirth-Whoneycr any land. or other real propcrt
that shall come into the possession of this hurcai
az "abnndoncd." does not fall under the definition
g of '.nhandoncd," as set forth in section of tin
= net of Congress approved July 2, 1864, hcreinLc
v fore mentioned, it will he formally surrendered b.
the Assistant Commi=sioncl',of the Bureau for til
- Stale within which such real estate Is situated
a upon it's appearing that the claimant did no
&c abandon the property in the sense defined III sal
:, section and act
=, Stochah-Fmmer owners of property held b
1t this bureuu as abandoned, who claim it's rcstora
% ton OH the ground of having received the pardon
Is of the President, will, as far practicable, for
- ward their applications to the Commissioner Z
the Bureau, through the superintendens and a.
sistant commissioners of the districts and State
n in which the property is situated. Each applica
tion must be accompanied by: 1st. A copy
L special pardon of the President of the Unite
/, States, or OF the oath under his amncst
f. proclamation when they, are not embraced j
IA Proof OF title 3D. Evidence that the property ha
not been confscated or libeled in any Unite
States court, or, If libclled, that proceeding
~ against it have been discontinued. Officers of til
~ bureau through whose hands such application
ID may pass will endorse thereon such facts az ma
10 assist the Commissioner in his decision Stain
ls especially the use to which the property il put
" the bureau. o. O. HOWARD, Major General.
G. Com'r of Refugees, Freedmen and Aban'd Lands.
,r Approved September 4, 1865.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States.