The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-10-04


in the town of Beaufort which are still held in like
manner shall be sold at public auction; andithe pro
ceeds of said sales after paying expenses of the sur
veys and sales. shall be invested in United states
bonds, the interest of which shall be appropriated
uuder the directions OF the Commissioner, to the
support of schools without distinction of color OF
race, the islands in the parishes of Saint Helena
and Saint Luke.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
assistant commissioners for South Carolina and
Georgia hereby authorized to examine all claims
to lands in their respective States which are claimed
under the provisions General Sherman's special field
order, and to give each person having valid claim
| a warrant upon the direct tax commissioners IoI
South Carolina for twenty acres OF land and the
said direct tax commissioners shall issue to every
person. to his to her heirs, but IN no case 10
| any assigns, presenting such warrant a lease OF
twenty of land for six years; but at any Tune
thereafter upon the payment of sum oil not exceed
ing dollar and fifty cents per acre, the person
holding such lease shall be entitled to ceruhcate OF
sale tract of twenty from the direct tax com
missioner or such officer as may be authorized 70
issue the same; but no warrant chall be held Vald
longer than two years after the issue OF the same
Size TO- And be ii further enacted That the
dii,,,x Tax commissioner for South Carolina are
hereby authorized and required at the earliest DAY
practicable to survey the lands designated IN sectlon
seven into lots of twenty acres each, WIN ProeI
metes and bounds distinctly marked, so tilaI Ihe
several tracts shah be convenient III iorhl, anu az
near as practicable have average OF ferlhty ana
woodland; and the expense ofsuch surveys shall oe
paid from the proceeds of sales OF land, or II sooner
required out of any moneys received Tor otner anus
ON these islands sold by the United States from tax
es, and in the hands ofthe direct cohlihlsslon
ers. , m, -,
SEC. II. Ind be 1t further endcte6, That res
toration of lands occupied by freedmen under Cen
eral Shermal's geld order dated at savannah, Geof
ga, January sixteenth, eighteen hundred ana Sky
i've, shall not be made until after the crops OF Tue
present year shall have been gathered by the occu
pants of said lands, until q fair compensation
shall have been made to them by the former owner
of such lands their legal representatives. for i'm
provements or betternents erected or Constructed
thereon, and after due notice of the same being
done shall have been given by the assistarqcommis
soner.
Sec 12 And be ii further enacted, That the
Commissioner shall have power to seize, hold, USE
lease or sell all buildings and tenements, and any
lands appertaining to the same, otherwise, for
merly held under color of title by the late so-caed
Confederate States, and not heretofore disposed OF
by the United States and any buildings or anus
held in trust for the same by any person or persons
and to use the same or appropriate the proceeds de-
rived therefrom to the education of the freed peo
ple and whenever the bureau shall cease to exist,
such of said so-called Confederate States as shall
have made provisions for the education of their cit
liens without distinction of color shall receive the
sum remaining uneXpended ofsuch sales or rentals.
which shall be distributed among said States for ed
ucaonal purposes in proportion to their population
Sec. ID. and be 1t further enacted, That the
Commissioner of this bureau shall at all times CO.
operate with private benevolent associations of cit
zens in aid of freedmen, andwth agents and teach
ers duly accredited and appointed by them,and shall
hire provide by lease buildings for purposes OF
education whenever such associations shall, with
out cost to the government provide suitable teach
ers and means of instruction and he shall furnish
such protection may be required for the safe con-
duct ofsuch schools.
SEC. IA. And be 1t further enacted, That in
every state district where the ordinary course OF
judicial proceedings has been interrupted by the re-
bellion, and until the same shall be fully restored,
and in every state and district whose constitutional
relations to the government have been practically
discontinued by the rebellion, and until such state
shall have been fully restored in such relations and
shall be duly represented in the Congress OF
the United States, the right to make and in
force cdntracts, to sue, be parties, and give ey-
idence, to inherit purchase, lease, sell, hold,
and convey real and personal property, and to
have full and equal benefits of all laws and
proceedings concerning personal liberty, per-
sonal security, and the acquisition, enjoyment
and disposition of estate, real and personal, in
CT uding the constitutional right to bear arms,
snail be secured to and enjoyed by all the citi-
zens Of such State or district without respect
to race or color, or previous condition of sla-
very. And whichever in either Of said States
or districts the ordinary course of judicial pro-
ceedings has been interrupted by the rebellion,
and until the same shall be fully 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 President shall,
through the Commissioner and the officers OF
the bureau, and nnder such rules and regula-
tions as the President, through the Secretary
of War, shall prescribe, extend military pro
lection and have military jurisdiction over all
cases and questions concerning the free enjoy
ment of such immunities and rights, and no
penalty or punishment for any violation of
law shall be imposed or committed because OF
race or color, or previous condition of slavery,
other or greater than the penalty and punish
mems 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 Stae where
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings has
not been interrupted by the. ordinary course OF
judicial proceedings has not been interrupted
by the rebellion and shall cease in every state
when the courts of the State and the United
States are not disturbed in the peaceable
course of Justice, and after such State shall be
fully restored in its constitutional relation to
the government, and shall be duly represent
ed in the Congress of the United States.
SEC. Is. and be 1t further enacted, That all
officers, agents, and employees of this bureau,
before entering upon the duties OF their office,
shall take the oath prescribed in the first sec
ton of the act to which this is an amendment
and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER,
President of the Senate pro tenlpore.
In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
U. S. July 10Th, 1866.
The President of the United States having
returned to the House of Representatives, II
which it originated the bill entitled IAN act
to continue in force and to amend IAN act tc
establish bureau for the relief of Freedmen
and Refugees, and for other purposes" with
his objections thereto, the House of Represen
tatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Consti
tuition to reconsider the same; and
| RESOLVED, That the said bill pass, two-third'
of the House of Representatives agreeing tC
| pass the same.
Attest: EwD. MCPHERSON,
Clerk FL. Reps. U. s.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED SKATES,
July 16, 1866.
| The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance
of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill emit
| tied can act to continue in force and to amend
| AN act to establish a bureau for the relief o
Freedmen and Refugees and for other pur
poses," returned to the House of Representa-
Itiyes by the President of the United States
with his objections, and sent by the House o
| Representatives to the Senate with the mes
sage of the President returning the bill
| ReSOlged. That the bill do pass, two-third
of the Senate agreeing to pass the same.
| Attest; j. W. FoRNEY,
Secretary of the Senate U. s.
| PUBLIC-No 119.
| AN ACT for a grant of lands to the State of Kan
| sas to aid in the construction of the Northern
Kansas railroad and telegraph.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatiyes ofHte United States Of america in Con
gress GSsena6Led That there is hereby granted tt
the State of Kansas, for the use and benefit 0
| the Saint Joseph q Denver City Railroad Com
pany, the same being a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Kansas, to con
| struct and operate railroad from Elwood, il