The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-23

/ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That if any
person within any State or Territory Of the ..
States, other thar those named as aforesaid,
after the passage Of this act, being engaged in
armed rebellion against the Government Of the
United States or aiding and abetting such rebel
Lion, shall not, within sixty days after public
warning and proclamation duly given and made
by the President of the United States, cease to
aid, countenauce and abet sucb rebellion, and re-
turn to his ala glance to the United States, all the
estate and property, moneys, stocks and credits
of such person shall be liable seizure as afore
said, and il shall be the duty of the President 20
seize and use them as aforesaid, or the proceeds
thereof, And all sales, transfers or conreyances
OF any such property aftertlIe expiration of said
sixty days from the date Of such warning or pre-
clama;ion shall be null and void. And it shall
be a sufficient bar to any suit brought by such
person for the possession or the use Of such pro-
perty, or any fst, to sllege and prove that he is
one of the persons described in this section.
SEC, q. And be it further enacted, That to sc.
cure the condemnation and sale of any such pro-
perty, after the same shall have been seized, so
that II may be made available for tie purposes
aforesaid proceedings In reW shall be instituted
IN the name of the United States in any district
court thereof, or in any territorial court, orsin
the United States District Court for the District
of Columbia, within which the property above
described or any part thereof mag be found, or
into which the same, if movable, may frat be
brought; which proceedings shall conform as
nearly MS MAY be to proceedings in admiralty or
revenue cases and if said property, whether r'al
or personal, shall be found to have belonged to a
person enga ged in the rebellion or who has given
aid or comfort thereto, the same shall be con-
derlned as enemies properly, and become the
property of the United States, and he disposed Of
as the court shai decree. and the proceeds there
ofpai into the treasury of tie United States for
the purposes aforesaid. ..a -
> SEC. g. And be it further enacted, TGat the
several coarts Aforesaid shall have power to
me- ke such orders, estSnisb sHeh forms Of decree
and sale, and direct snch deeds and conyeyances
10 be executed and delivered by the marshals
thereof, whcre real estate shall be The subject of
tsa1e, as shall ftlY. and efficiently effect the pur-
poses of this act. and ve$tin the purchasers Of
such property good and valid tties thereto. And
the SAID court shall hare power. to allow such
fees and charges Of tbcir officers as shall be gea
sonab!e and proper in the premises.
SEC. @ And be it further enacted, That all
slaves oe persons who shall hereafter be engaeed
in rebellion against the governments OF THE United
States, or who shall IN any way give aid or con,-
fort thereto, escaping from such persons andtak-
ing refuge within the lines of the army, and all
slaves captured from such persons, or deserted
by them and coming uGder the control of the
government of the United States, and all slaves
of such persons found or being found within any
place occupied by the forces OF the United States
! shall be deemed caEJiyes of var, and shall be
forever free of tiieir serYitude, and not again
! held as slaves.
SEC. o. ntlbe It further enacted That no
slave escaping into any, State. Territory or the
District Of Columbia from any other State, shall
be delivered up or in any way iuapeded or him;
dered of his liberty, except for crimeo some Of
fence against the laws, unless the person claim
ing said fugitive shall first make oath that the
person to whom the labor or service of such fu-
/ gitiEeis alleged to be due is his lawful owner,
and has not borne arms against the United States
| in the present rebellion, nor-in any way given
] aid and comfort thereto: and no persons ,eR-
| aaged in the military or naval sserT;ce OF the
/ United STATES shall, under any pretenccs what
! ever, assume 10 decide tie Tal;GitY. Of the
claim of any person TO the service or labor of
any other person, or surrender up7any sneh per-
Nson TO the claimsnt, on pain ofbeing discharged
! from the service. i -. ~ III. =
I Sec IL. And be Il further enacted, That the
| President of the United States is authorized to
employ as many persons of African descent as
he may deem necessary and proper fer the
suppression of.this rebellion and FOR this. pur-
pose he may organize and use them i'm such
manner as he may judge best for the public
! welfare. z.>.s - = s. -
! . Sec 70. And be It further enacted, That the
President of the United States is hereby au-
Fthorized to make provisions for the transporta-
ftion, colonization and settlement, in some
tropical country beyond the limits a the Uni
ted States, Of such persons Of the African race.
| made free by the provisions of the act, as may
be willing to emigrate, having FIRST obtained
the consent of the government of said country
to their protection and settlement within the
fsame, with all the rights and privileges Of free
men. ~: ,-
SEC. IS. And be it further enacted, That the
President is hereby authorized. at any time
hereafter, by proclamation, to extend 70 per-
sons who may have participated in the existing
rebellion, IN any Ssase or part thereof, pardon