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

THO odFl1SS6 Guy IDTdCtlCdOtC, 10 sur
vey the lands designated in Section
into lots of twenty acres each, with
/ proper metes and bounds distinctly
marked, so that the several trnets
shall be convenient in form, and as
near as practicable have IN average
of fertility and woodland; aud the
expense OF suoh surveys shall be paid
from the proceeds of sales of said
hands, or, il sooner required, ont of
any moneys received for other lands
on these islands, sold by the United
States for taxes, and now in the
hands of the Direct Tax Commis-
sioners.
SEC. II. That restoration of the
lands now occupied by persons under
Gen. Sherman's special field order,
dated at Savannah, Ga, January Is,
1866, shall not be made until the
crops of the present year shall have
been gathered by the occupants of
said lands, nor until fair compensa-
ton shall have been made to them by
the former owners of said lands. or
their legal representatives, for oil i'm
provements or betterments erected or
constructed thereon, md after due
notice Of the same being done shall
have been given by the Assistant
Commissioner.
SEC. 12. That the Commissioner
shall have power to seize, hold, use,
lease or sell all buildings and tene-
ments, and any lands appertaining to
the same, or otherwise, held under
| claim of title by the late so-called
/. Confederate 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 proceeds
derived therefrom, to the education
of the freed people; anu whenever
the Bureau shall cease to exist, such
of the late so-called Confederate
States as shall have made provision
for the education of their citizens
without distinction of color shall re-
ceive the sum remaining unexpended
of such sales or rentals, which shall
be distributed among said States for
educational purposes, in proportion
to their population.
SEC. 13. That the Commissioner Of
this Bureau shall at all tSae co-ope-
rate with private bena5 associa-
tions of citizens in aids Hfeed Omen,
and with agents aHs5eteachers, duly
accredited and appointed by them,
and shall hire or provide by lease
buildings for purposes of education,
whenever such associations shall,
without cost to the Government, pro-
vide suitable teachers and means OF
instruction; and he shall furnish such
protection as may be required for the
safe conduct ofsuch schools
Sec. IA. That in every State or
District where the ordinary course of
judicial proceeding has been inter
ruptcd by the rebellion, and until
the same shall be fully restored, and
i'll every State or District whose con-
stitutiona relations to the Govern
ment have been practically disconti-
nued by the rebellion, and until such
State shall have been restored in such
relations, and shall be duly repro
sented 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 and per
soDal property, and to have full ana
equal benefit of all laws and proceed
ings concerning personal liberty, per-
sonal security, and tho acquisition,
enjoyment and disposition of estate.
real and personal, including the con-
stitutional right to bear arms, shall
be secured to and enjoyed by all the
citizens of such State or District
without respectto race or color, orpre-
vious condition of slavery And when
ever, in either Of said States or Dis
tricts, the ordinary course OF judicial
proceedings has been interrupted by
the rebellion, and until The samo shall
be fully restored, and until such State
shall have been restored in its consti-
tutional relations to the Govern
ment, and shall be duly represented
in the Congress of the United States,
the President shall, through tho Com
missioner and the officers of the Bu-
reau, and other such rules and regu-
lations rs the President, through the
Secretary of War. shall prescribe,
extend military protection and have
military jurisdiction over all cases
and questions concerning the free en-
joyment of such immunitics and
; rights, and no penalty or punish
ment for any violation of law shall be
J: imposed Or permitted because of race
or color, or previous condition of
slavery, other or greater than the pc
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