The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-14

missioner or Assistant Commissioner,
shall be considered as under the con-
troll OF the Commissioner of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, for
the purpose hereinbeforc set forth and
for the time authorized by the Act es-
tablishing the bureau; and no part or
parcel of said confiscated or abandoned
property shall be surrendered or re-
stored to the former owners Or other
claimants, except such surrender or
restoration be authorized by said Com
missioner
Fylh-Assistant Commissioners will
as rapidly as possible cause accurate
descriptions of all confscatcd and
abandoned lands, and other confiscat-
ed and abandoned real property, that
is now or may hereafter come under
their control, to be made, and, be-
sides keeping q record of such them
selves, will forward monthly to the
Commissioner of the Bureau copies of
such descriptions, in the manner pre-
scribed by Circular No. 10, of July
IL, 1865, from this bureau. They
will, with as little delay as possible,
select and set apart such confscated
and abandoned lands and property as
may be deemed necessary for the i'm
mediate use OF refugees and freedmen,
the specific division of which into lots
and the rental or sale thereof, accord
ing to the law establishing the bureau,
will be completed as soon as practical
bic and reported to the Commissioner.
In the selection and setting apart of
such lands and property, care will be
used to take that about which there
Is the least doubt that this bureau
should have custody and control of.
SiuH-Whcnever any land or other
real property that shall come into the
possession of this bureau rs '',lbandon-
ed, does not fall under the definition
of abandoned as set forth in section
2, Of the Act Of Congress. approved
July 2, 1864, hereinbefo-e mentioned,
it will be formally SURRENDERED hy the
Assistant Commissioner Of the bureau
for the State within which such real
estate is situated, upon its appearing
that the claimant did not abandon the
property in the sense defined in said
section and act.
ScrenM-Former owners of proper
ty held by this bureau as :bandoned,
who claim its restoration on the
ground Of having received the pardon
of the President, will, as far Us practi-
cable, forward their applications to
the Commissioner of the Bureau,
through the superintcndents and As
sist;nt Commissioners of the Districts
and States in which the property is
situated. Each application must be
accompanied by-1st. \ copy of spc-
cial pardon OF the President of the
United States, or of the oath under
his amnesty proclamation when they
are not embraced in any of the excep-
tions therein mentioned. I'd. Proof
Of title 3D. Evidence that the sro-
perty has not been c5nfisc&&ed or
hbelled in any United States Court,
or, if libellcd, that proceedings against
it have been discontinued. Officers of
tho bureau through whose hands such
applications must pass, will endorse
thereon such facts rs may assist the
Commissioner in his decision, stating
especially the use to which the pro-
perty is put by the bureau.
0. 0. HOWARD,
Maj. Gen. and Com'r Of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
APPROVED, September i, 1865.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States.
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