The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-06

the year eighteen hundred and sixty,
for the purposes of taxation; and in
case no such appraisal can be found,
then the rental shall be based upon
the estimated value of the land in said
year, to be ascertained in such manner
as the Commissioner may prescribe.
AT the end of the said term, or any time
during said term, the occupants of
any parcels SO assigned may purchase
the land and receive such title thereto
as the United States can convey, upon
paying therefor the value of the land
as ascertained and fixed for the p,lr-
pose of determining the annual rent
aforesaid
On May %, 1866, Major-General
Howard, Commissioner of the Bureau,
issued the following order:
cit is ordered that all Abandoned
lands in said States now under cult
vatlon by the freedmen be retained in
their possession until the crops now
growing shall be secured for their
benefit, unless full aud just compen-
sation be made for thcir labor and It's
products, and for expenditures.
''The above order will not be so
construed as to rclNc disloyal per-
sons from tho consequences of their
disloyaky, and the application for the
restoration of lands by this class of
persons will i'll no case be entertained
by any military authority
On June 2, 1865, the President
issued an Executive Order which was
extended by the War Department,
which
Ordered, That all officers of tAe
Treasury Department, all military
officers, and all other in the service of
the United States, turn over to the
authorized officers of said Bureau all
abandoned lands and property con-
templated in said Act of Congress,
approved March ), 1865, establishing
the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, ~ may now
be under their contro.. nv will
also turn over to such otlic, Ill funds
collected by tax or other> g for the
benefit OF refugees or freedmen, or
accru1ng from abandoned land or
property set apart for their use, and
will transfer to them all official records
connected with the administration of
affairs which pertain to said bureau"
The military officers of this depart
ment have been ordered by Gen. Gill
more, Ill an order issued few days
since, to deliver up the property held
by them III this department to the
bureau.
On June 81, tSG5, 4 circular letter
from the Secretary of the Treasury
directs
"Officers OF this department charg-
ed with the care and supervision Of,
or having in their possession or under
their control, any abandoned or con-
hscable lands, houses and tcnements,
vii! turn them over to p duly author
lied officer of the Bureau OF Re
fugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, SO far as. they may be required
or demanded by the same, together
with all monies, books, records and
papers, arising from or relating to the
property so turned over, taking proper
receipts or vouchers therefor. This
rgie Will also govern the action Of all
agents OF this department connected
III any way with the care of freed
men, SO far as il may be applicable.
= 1Au.' ''ft PERSONS asking IOr any III
formation in regard to the property so
turned over, or for the release OF the
same, or for the release of any pro-
cceds or monies arising thcrefronr,
Will be referred to the Commissioner
OF hcfuSees, Freedmen and Abandon
cd Lands, at Washington, to whom
communications ON the subject should
On July %, 1865, ,CirculaSi No. 13
was issued from the Chief of this Bu-
reau' Gen. Howar1 declaring fall
and abandoned lands and
other conflscated and abandoned pro-
Perty that are now or may hereafter
be under the control of the Bureau"
to be ''set apart for the use of loyal
refugees and freedmen, and so much