Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-05-24
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= .Eerte llc roEfr oAe ir'oe'o eiisi 'o' oti!s
er purposes ,e-ts. z.s.T... ~ Is
: Be i,senacted by the seeass and House Of.
Il, pr,se s.a;iyseni tae. United Safes 81. .Agncr
ic1. yn Congress .-a:sslahl.a That svert t per!
-oa whu sl,:.ii herea6tr- caailn!t.the crinls OF
,r,as.il rgair.st ,l,t U.ited Stats ald silsl1
bca j-.dged guilty 4herco',, sail .suifef death,
anl-afi his sfaves,,ii ant, shallsbes declaFed
and MAIL, frct or he slall be 'imlmiSoned tsr
not le*e tsan five yes,rs and. fnedsnot less
than Slo,e09, and, All his slaves, j any, shall
be d-ciared AID made Iee; said fine shall be
Levied aud collected or, any sr oil ol tle. prop
erjy, realand 4pels nal, cxeluding slaves, Of
which Ihe said perso" so coHsettd was tue
nwncrae the ,i,os oicomnlit,ing thesald crlm,'
nS .sal.t or ,cpn.oyarce H. tne co:trsry . net :
wittsla;,di,,g 49,
SIC. > And be ih fsrthcr 7enactcd, That if.
any person shal! hereafter incite. set on foot,
assistor epgagein any rebellion or insqrrec.f
tion against the aEt4prty; sof., the .Un!ted
Sta cs, or the laws thereof, " shall give aid
or comfort thereto, or shall e. gage insor gire
aid or enm.ort ~ any sucn existing reoelllun
uy .il.llrec,ios, anGbe p1'y}Gted thereof. such.
person shall lie, punished by ifnpriSoIiue NJ
f;Ir period rot; excerdiRg ten wears, BYE
tiae ne; exeee.!i g.Sl0aJ0, and by the .ber-
alion ol all slaves, il any he aave.
SEC. 5. And be- it fucther enacted, That
every person guilty OF eithor Of the offences
Described in this act snail be- forever cincapi::-
be andelisquabfed 10 hold ahg. office uuder
the United Sta;es. -
-Ssc 4. Aad be it: fuztler enacted, That
this act>shaii not be construed many way TO
effect or ait,.r the prosecution, conviction or
punishment Of a,y peTsons4suil;y of treason
aasajp,l the Unitel States before The pasasgt.
OF lhi>.acl. ualess sacn person is convicted
und,r th's act.
S&c. S. And be it :urther enacted, That
to rsul. the speedy termination of tie pres
ent rebellion, it, sh,,H be the duty Of the
PRS dent oil the Uuitcd States TO cause the
;znre of all the estate and properlys mepey,
| s o, X credits ard eff.cts.of the pers.us here:
alter named in This section, and to apply anu
| us,..the same and the proceeds thereof for the
! supportsoft the army Of the United States, that
is to. .,a,: first-of any person hereafter acting
a. an eiifcer of lhearmy and pasy Of the reb-
e.sjn arms agninst the government OF the
United States; secondly, .otany seefson here
after .aeling as President. Vice=Fresideat,
member OF Congress, judge Of any court, CAP
met tfficer, foreign minister, commissioner
| or consul. Of the co-ealled Confederate States
Of America; thirdly, of ang person acting as
Goysrnsrsut,a State, member Of a pqnsentIoH
or legislature, or Judge Of any cenrt of tho
so-ca !,.d Confederate States of Americs;
funrtnly. Of any person who, hasing held an
! Office OF honor, tyus. or profit III the Unii ed
IN l,.,l,3 of, in
called Contede,a, States Of America; fttoly,
OF asy person htrsa(ier hnldn,g. an office OF
| .cncy under the government os tie 9, called
! Confederate States of A'nerics, or aay Q! the
several States of the said Confederacy, or the
laws thereof. whether such Office or agency
| he national, Stats or mnnicipatin its cdarac.
! ter: provided thet the persons thirdly fourth.
/ iy and Grhiy abaEe described shai heyo &C
cepted their appointment or election since
The. date OF the pretended ordinance o! seaes-
i,siod ..f The State, or shall have taken en- oath
/; OF allegiance to nr to support the Constitution
ofahe s.,.callsd Confederate States; siS'hly,
!of any perscn who, oSning property III ally
loyal State or Territory oi'th- United States,
or in tie Dlstrics of Co!utabis, shall herest
ter assist nnd give aid apd comfort to such
rebellion, and all sales, transfer Or conveyance
! OF ANY such property, snail be null and void
and il shall be sufficient bar TO any sni,
brought by such peraon for the possession OF
tue rlse OF such property, or Gny OF it, to al
lege and prove lnat he is one Of the persons
described in this section.
SEc. 6. And, be it further enacted, That il
any person within any State or Territory o
tae Uait-d States, other than-those uamcd as
afaresaid, after the passage OF this act,l being
| en- g.e oil in armed rebellion against the Gov.
ernment Of the United States, or aiding snd
abettinr such rebellion, shall not; within six
ty DAYS alter public warniny and proclamation
duly giyan and made by the President vi tie
f. Unitnl States, cease to aid c5untenance- and
ate; such rebellion, and retGrn to bis allegi
snce to the United States, all the estate and
property, moneys stocks, and credits of such
ner ,on Shall be liable to seizure AS aforesaid,
and it shall be the duty of rdc President to
seize and use them as aforesaid, or the pro-
ceeds thereof And all sales, transfers or Con-
yeyances Of auy such property after tho cxpi.
ration Of said sixty days irom the date OF
such warning or proclamation sha'l be nuli
and void. Aud it shall be !. snGieien, bar to
any suit brought by such pcr,on for The pos
session or the. use Of spch property, Or any Of
it, to aliege and prove that he is Ole OF the
persons described in this section.
Sec. /. And be it further enacted, That
[, SECURE lLe condemnation aud sale of any
such property, alter the same shall have been
seized S that i, may be made available for
the purposes afore said, proceedings tn rem,
/ shall be instituted in the name Of the ULised
States in any d;strie, court thereof, or in any
territorial court, or in the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of Columbia, with
in which the property above dosOFibel or cay
part thereof may be found, or into which the
game If movable, may first be brought; which
p,ocecdipgs shall conform as nearly as may
be TO proceedings in admiralty or revenue
cases; and if said property, whether real or
personal, shall be found to have belonged to
a person engaged in the rebellion, or who has
given aid or comfort thereto, the same shall
b. condemned a, ene,nes' property, aud be-
come the property Of the Uni'ed States, and
I, disposed OF as the court shall decree, and
the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury Of
the Uuited States for the purpose aforesaid.
l. Co, G A nj ha II f,tr:ho ahactnd That the