The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-20

entltieu S'an Act 80 amend GN act ca
title,; an Act tor The collection of
direct taxes iii insurrectionary dis
tricts within the United States, and
for other purposes, approved June Z,
1862" certain lands in the Parishes
st. Helena and ST. Luke, South
Carolina. were bid in by the United
States at public tax sales, aa!d by the
limitation Of said Act the time Of re-
demption OF snid laads has expired;
aud whereas, in accordance with in
structisns issued by President Lin
coln on the 1Gth day Of September.
1868, to tie United States Direct Tax
Commissioners for South Carolina,
certain lands bid in Ly the United
States in the Parish Of St. Helena, in
said State. were, in part, sold by the
said Tax Commissioners to 'theads Of
families of, The African race," in par-
GELS OF not more than twenty acres to
each purchaser; and whereas, under
the said instructions, the said Tax
! Commissioners did also set apart as
"school-farms" certain parcels Of
land i'll said parish. numbered on
their plats from one to thirty-thrce
inclusive, making an aggregate of
6, 0D acres, more or less: Therefore,
be ii ferdter ea"ctetl. That the sales
made to ''heads OF families of the
African race under the instructions
Of President Lincoln to the United
States Direct Tax Commissioners for
South Carolina, Of date Of September
Is, 1868, are hereby confirmed and
established; and all leases which have
been made TO such ''heads of fami-
lies by said Direct Tax Com .nissio on
ere shall be changed into certificates
of sale, i'll all cases wherein the lease
provil>s for such substitution; and all
the lands now remaining .uusold
which come within the said dcsig-
! nation, being 5000 acres. more or
less, shall be disposed Of according
TO said instructions.
SEC. Z. That all other lands bid ia
by the United States, at tax sales,
being 39, 900 acres, more or less, and
now in abe hands Of the said Tax
Commissioners rs the property OF the
United States, in the Parishes of st.
Helena and st. Luke, excepting tue
''school FARMS rs specified in the
preceding section, and 40 much rs
may be necessary for military and
naval purposes ut Hilton Head, Bay
Point and lands End, and excepting z
also the city of Port Royal, on ST
Helena Island, and the town Of Beau
fort, shall be disposed of in parcels
OF twenty acres, at S1.5O per acre, to
sncL persons, and to such only, as
have acquired and are now occupy
| ing lands under and agreeably to the
provisions of Gen. Sherman's special
field order, dated at Savannah, Geor-
gia, January 1G. 1865, and the re-
manning lands, if any, shall be dis
! posed OF iii like manner 10 such
persons rs had acquired lands agree.-
| bly, to the said order Of General
Sherman. hut who have been lispos-
sessed by the restoration of the same
to former owners: Proritied, That
the lands sold in compliance with the
provisions Of this and the preceding
section shall not be aticnated by their
purchasers within six years from and
after the passage of this Act.
SEC. <. That the "school farms
in the Parish of ST. Helena, South
Carolina, shall be sold, subject to any
leases of the same, by the said Tax
Commissioners, at public auction, on
or before tho first day Of January,
1867, at not less than SO pc acre;
and the lots III the city OF Port Royal,
as laid down by the said Tax Com
missioners, and the lots and houses
i'll the town Of Beaufort, which are
still held in like manner, shall be sold
at public auction; and the proceeds
Of said sales, after paying expenses
Of the surveys and sales, shall be iu-
vested in United States bonds, the
interest of which shall be appropri-
ated, under the direction Of the Com
missioner, to the support of schools,
without distinction of color or race,
On the islands ia tho Parishes oi
Saint Helena and Saint Luke.
SEC. 9. That the Assistant Com.
missioneIs for South Carolina anC
Georgia are hereby authorized tc
examine all claims to land in theil
respective States, which are claimed
under the provisions Of Gen. Sher
mans special field order, and to give
each person having a valid claim {
warrant npon tho Direct Tax Com
missiouers for South Carolina fol
twenty acres of land, and the saic
Direct Tax Commissioners shall ISSUE
to every person, or to his or her heirs
but in no case to any assigns present
ing such warrant, q lease of twenty