Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-04

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out of any moneys received for othc, lands on
these islands, sold by tho United States for
taxes, and now in the hands of the direct Tax
Commissioners
Sec. l. That restoration Of the lands now
occupied by persons under General Sherman S
special field order dated ut Savannah Gcorsia,
January sixteenth, eighteen handrcd and six
/ ty-hvc, shall not be made until the crops Of
the present year shall have been gathered by
| the occupants of said lands, nor until fair
compensation shall have been made to them
| by the former owners of said lands, or their
legal representatives, for all improvements or
bcttcrmcnts erected or constructed thereon
and after due notice Of the same being done
| shall have been given By the Assistant Com
missioner.
Sec. IL. That the Commissioner shall have
power to seize, hold, use, lease or sell all
buildings and tcncmcpts, and any nds ap-
pertaining to the same, or otherwise held un-
der claim of title by the late SO called Confcdc-
rate States, and any buildings or lands held in
trust for the same by any person or persons,
and to use the same or appropriate the pro.
cccds derived thercflom to the education of
the freed people; and whenever the Bureau
shall cease to exist, such of the late so called
Confederate States as shall have made pro-
vision for the education Of their citizens with
out distinction of color shall receive the sum
remaining uncxpcndcd Of such sales or rem
tails, which shall be distributed among said
States for educational purposes in proportion to
their population
Sec. l3. That the Commissioner of this
bureau shall at all times cooperate with rri-
vatc benevolent associations of citizens in aid
of freedmen, and with agents and teachers duly
accredited and appointed BY them, and shall
hire or provide by lease buildings for purposes
of education whenever suoh association shall,
without cost to the Goverpahnt, provide suitu-
Die teaehcrs and means Ut instruction.; and
he shall furnish such protection as may be re-
quircd for the safe conduct of suoh schools.
SEQ. il. That in every State or district
where the ordinary course of judicial proceed.
ings has been interrupted by the rebellion.
and until the same shall be fully restored, and
in every State or district whose constitutional
relations to the Government have been prac-
tically discontinued by the rebellion, and un-
til such State shall! hayc been restored in such
relations, and shall be duly represented in the
Congress of the United States, the right to
make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties,
and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease,
sell, hold, and convey real und personal prop.
erty, and to have full and equal benefit of all
laws and proceedings concerning personal lib
crty, personal security, and acquisition, enjoy.
mcnt and disposition of estate real and per-
sonal, including the constitutional right to
bear arms, shall be secured to and enjoyed by
all tho citizens of such State or district with
out respect to race or color, or previous condi-
ton Of slavery. And whenever in either of
said States or districts the ordinary course of
Judicial proceedings has been nterrupted by
the rebellion, and until the same shall bc ful.
ly restored, and until such State shall have
been restored in its constitutional relations to
the Government, and shall be duly represented
IN the Congress of the United States the Prcsi
dent shall, through the. Commissioner and the
officers OF the Bureau, and other such rules
and regulations as the President, through the
Secretary of War, shall prescribe extend mil
itary protection and have military jurisdiction
over all cases and questions concerning 9
free enjoyment OF such immunitcs and rig 81
and no penalty or punishment for any viola
ton OF law shall be imposed or permitted be-
cause of race or color, or previous condition
OF slavery, other or greater than the penalty
or punishment to which white persons may
be liable by law for the like offence But the
Jurisdiction conferred by this section upon
the officers of the Bureau shall not exist in
any State where the ordinary course of Judi
cial proceedings has not been interrupted by
rebellion, and shall cease in every State when
the Courts of the State and the United States
are not disturbed in the peaccuble course Of
justice, and after such State shall be fully re.
stored in its constitutional relations to the
Government, and shall be duly represented in
the Congress of the United States
Sec Is. That all officers, agents, employ
ees of this Bureau, before entering upon the
duties Of their Office, shall take the oath pre-
scribed in the first section of the Act to
which this is an amendment; and all Acts
or parts Of Acts inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Letter from Secretary Seward on the Phil
adelphia Convention.