The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-10-11
PUBLIC ACTS.

|
! ABR,UAM LINCOLN President. HANNIBAL HAM
LIN Wee President, and President OF the Sen
| ate. SOLOMON FooTE was elected President
| of the Senate, pro te,npore on the eighteenth,
! day of July, and continued so to act until the
| close of the session. GALUsIA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHAP. XCVIH.-[CoNCLUDED.
| Sec s. And be it further enacted, That at any
time within one year after the said sale by said
commissioners, any person being the owner of
any lot parcel of ground at the passage OF this
act, who shall, by sufficient evidence, prove to
the satisfaction of said board of commissioners
that he or She after the passage of this act, has
not taken part in the present insurrection against
the United States, in any manner aided or a.
betted the same; and that, by reason OF said in
surrection, he she has been unable to pay said
tax, or redeem said lands from sale within the
| time above provided for, the said board OF com
missioners may allow him or her further time to
| redeem the same, not exceeding two years from
| the day of sale; and for this purpose they may
take the testimony of Witnesses and shall reduce
| the same to writing; and the United States, or
any person claiming an interest in said lands may
appear and oppose the said application. From
their decision the United States or any party in
interest may appeal to the district court of the u
nited States for said district which is hereby au-
thorZed to take jurisdiction of the same, as in
other cases involving the equity OF redemption.
And in said board of commissioners should,
for any cause cease to act before the expiration
of year after said sales the said district court
shall have original jurisdiction of the proceeding
for rcdemption as herein provided, to take place
See 9. And be it further enacted, That in
case where the owners OF said lots and parcels OF
ground have abandoned the same, and have not
paid the tax thereon provided for i'll the third
section Of this act, nor paid the same, nor re-
deemed the said land from sale as provided for
i'll the seventh section of this act, and the said
board of commissioners shall be satisfied that
said owners have left the same to join the rebel
forces or otherwise to engage i'll and abet the re-
belon, adm the same shall have been struck oil TO
the United States at said SALE the said commits
siOners shall, in the name OF the United States,
enter upon and take possession OF the same, and
may lease the same, together or III parcels 10
any person or persons who are citizens OF the l.
nitcu States, may have declared ON oath their
intention to become such, until the said rebellion
and Instruction in said State shall be put down,
and the civil authority OF the United States esstI-
blishCd, and until the people OF said State shall
elect a Legislature and State officers, who shall
take an oath to support the Constitution OF the
United States, to be announced by the proctama-
ton of the President, and until the first day of
March next thereafter, said leases to be III SUCH
form and with such security shall, i'll the JIic-
ment of said commissioners, produce to the Unit
cd States the greatest revenue.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the
said commissioners shall from time to time make
such temporary rules and regulations, and insert
such clauses in said leases as shall be just and
proper to secure proper and reasonable employ
ment and support, at wages or upon shares OF the
crop of such persons and families may be re-
siding upon the said parcels OF lots of land, which
said rules and regulations declared to be sub
ject to the approval of the President
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
said board of commissioners, under the direction
of the President, may be authorized, instead OF
leasing the said lands vested in the UHited States
as above provided, to cause the same, or any por-
tion thereof, to be subdiyided and sold in parcels
not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres to
any one purchaser, at public sale, after giving
due notice thereof, as upon the sale OF other pu-
bic lands of the United States, for sixty days,
and to issue q certificate therefor and that, at
any such sale, any loyal citizen of the United
States. any person who shall have declared on
oath his intention to become such, or any person
who shall lave faithfully served an officer, mu
sician, private soldier iiOr in the army or
navy or marine service of the United States, As Il
regular or volunteer, for the terms of . monti:s
may become the purchaser; and II upon sucn
sale any person serving i'll the army or navy or
marine corps shall pay One-tourth part of the I'ur
chase money, certificate shall be given him, and
he shall have the term of three years in which to
pay the rcmaider, either in money or in ccrtif- |
Gates of Indebtedness from the United States; and
any citizen of the United States, any pesson /,
who shall have declared his intention TO become !
such, being the head of family, and residing in !
the State district where said lands are situate,
and not the owner OF any other lands, may, UNI !
der such rules may be established by said board |
of commissioners, have the ight enter upon
and acquire the rights of preemption in such
lands as may be unimproved and vested in the |
United States, and as may be selected 10y said !
board of commissioners, under the direction of
the President, from time to time, for such pur- !
pose.
Sec. 12 And be it further enacted, That the |
proceeds of said leases and sales shall be paid into
the Treasury of the United States, one fourth of |
which shall be paid over to the Governor OF said
lands are situated, his authorized agent, when |,
such InsurrectiOn shall be put down. and tie peo-
pie shall elect Legislature and State officers |
ton of the United States, and such fact shall DC
proclaimed by the President for the purpose of !
reimbursiug the loyal citizens of said State, or !
such other purpose said State may direcr; and |
fourth shall also be paid over to said State |
fund to aid in the colonization or emigration
from said Sta.e of any free person of African deS
cent Who may desire to remove thereirOm to
Hayti Liberia, or any other tropical state or CO.
lOnY.
hot
case the records of assessments and valuation of
the lots of land mentioned in the first section of
this act shall be destroyed concealed, or lost, so
as not to come within the possession OF the sald /
boards of commissioners, they shall be authorized |
to take evidence of the same, to value and as
sess the same in their oTn judgment upon such |
evidence as may appear before them; and 40
mistake in the valuation OF the same, or in the |
amount of tax thereon. SHALL in any manner
whatever, affect the validity of the same OF of
any of the proceedings preliminary thereto.
Sec. IA And be it further enacted, That the
said tax commissioners shall keep 4 book or |
books, in which they shall enter cause to be !
entered the amount quota of said direct tax as
sessed on each tract or parcel OF land; which !
said amounts shall be distinctly stated i'll the ad-
yertsement, notice Of sale, together with u
description of the tract to be sold, and an entry
shall be made in said book, books of each |
tract sold, together with the name of the purcha-
ser, and the sum for which the same may have
been sold. transcript or transcripts of said book
or books, duly verified by said commissioners,
and said books when said commission shall eX-
pire, shall be filed in the office OF the Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States and said books
and transcripts, and copies of said books and
duly certified by the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall be evidence in any court in the
United States. The said commissioners may
ploy IL clerk, whose compensation shall be twelve
hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That the
section of the act of August fifth, eigh
teen hundred and sixty one, entitled IAN act to
provide increased revenue from imports to pay !
interest on the public debt, and for other purpo-
ses," shall be construed as not to exempt from
taxation property above the value of five hundred
dollars but to exempt from taxation property OF
by individuals, Notwithstanding the provisions of
said act
Sec I6. And be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after its pas |
sage.
Approved, June, z, 1862