The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-14
of Refugees and Freedmen.
Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen.
R"les a'd Regulations adopted Relairc
to Abandoned Lands an Possession of
tie Goce,7ln2ent, &c.
CIRCULAR No. Is.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF REFUGEES. FREFDMES
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN,
AxD ABANDONED LANDS.

bUKEAC OF 1tEFUGEES, FREEDMEN,
AyD ABANDONED LANDS,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 4, 1865.
Circular No. 13, of July 2S, 1865,
from this Bureau, is hereby rcscindetl,
and the following rules and regula-
tons are adopted for the. purpose of
establishing Il definite and uniform
policy relative to abandoned lands OF
real property and lands, or real pro
perty to which the United States shall
have acquired title by co,tiscation or
sale or otherwise, which row or may
hereafter come under the control of
this Bureau by virtue of the Act of
Congress approved March 3, 1865, es-
tablishing and by orders Of the Presi-
dent, to wit: General Orders No. llO,
War Department., June 7, 1865. Aban-
donel lands referred to in the laws
and regulations Governing this bureau
are d fined, according to section two
of all Act of Congress, approved July
2, 1864, as follows, viz: property,
real or personal, shall be regarded as
abandoned when the lawful owner
thereof shall be voluntarily absent
thcrcfrom and engaged either in arms
OF the wi i / aiding or encouraging
the rebellion
,Secona-Property will not be regard
ed as cortiscated until after the decree
Of the United States Court for the
district in which the property mar be
found has been made, by which the
property is condemned as encmy's
property, and becomes the property
of the United States.
Thi7rAAll abandoned land or real
property and all land and real proper
ty to which the United States shall
have acquired title by contiscation or
sale OF otherwise, that now is or may
hereafter come under the control Of
the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, by virtue of
sud Act and order of the President, is
and shall be set apart for use Of loyal
refugees and freedmen, and so much
as may be necessary assigned to them
us provided in section fourth of Che
Act establishing the bureau, viz: 'sTo
every male citizen, whether refugee
OF freedman, as aforesaid, there shall
be assigned not more than forty acres
of such land, and the person to whom
1t is SO assigned shall be protected il
the use and enjoyment Of the land for
the term of three years, at IN annual
rent not exceeding per centum upon
the value OF said land as it was APP
praised iy the State authorities in Tic
year 1880, for the PURPOSE of taxation,
and !p ease no such appraisal can be
found, then the rental shall be based
upon the estimated value of the land
in said year, to be asccrtaincd in such
manner as the commissioners NAV by
regulation prosecute At the end Of
SAID term, or amy time during said
term, the occupants Of amy parcels so
assigned may purchase the land and
receive such title thereto us the United
States can convey, upon paying there
for the value of the land as ;lsccrtaincd
and fixed for the purpose Of dcterlnin-
ing the lnnal rent aforesaid.
Fo"rM-Al lands OF other real pro
perty within the several States. viz:
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
slssippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Maryland, Arkansas, Louisiana.
and Texas, to which the Unite d States
has acquired or shall acquire title by
contiscation or sale, or other allan
'doned real property in those States.
provided said property, whether con
fiscatcd or abandoned, ren!ainins un.
sold or otherwise disposed of, shall
have been properly transferred to tho
Bureau upon requisition Of the Com