The loyal Georgian. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1867, 1866-02-24

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assigned, in parcels not exceeding forty
acres each, to the loyal refugees and freed
men, who shall be protected in the use
and enjoyment thereof, for such term Of
time, and at such annual rent as may be
agreed on between the Commissioner and
such refugees and freedmen. The rental
shall be based upon valuation of the
land, to be ascertained in such manner
as the Commissioner may, under the
direction of the President, by regulation
prescribe. At the end of such term, or
sooner, if the Commissioner shall assent
thereto, the occupants of any parcels so
assigned may purchase the land, and re-
ceive title thereto, from the United
States, in fee, upon paying therefor the
value of the land, ascertained as Aforesaid.
5. That the occupants of the land
under Major General Sherman's special
field order, dated at Savannah, Jan 10,
1865, are hereby confirmed in their pos
session for the period of three years from
the date of said order; and no person
shall be disturbed in or ousted from said
possession during said three years, unless
settlement shall be made with said oc.
cupant by the owner, satisfactory to the
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau.
g.. That the Commissioner shall, under
the direction of the President, procure.
in the name of the United States, by
grant or purchase, such lands, within the
districts aforesaid as may be required for
refugees and freedmen dependent on the
government for support; and he shall
provide, or cause to be built, suitable
asylums. and schools. But no such
purchase shall be made, or contract made
and entered into, nor other expenses in
CURED, until after appropriations shall
have been provided by Congress for the
general purposes of this act out of which
payments for said lands shall be made
And the Commissioner shall cause said
lands from time to time, to be valued, al.
lotted. assigned, and sold, in manner and
form provided in the proceeding section;
provided, always, that the said lands
Shall not be sold for less than the cost
thereof to the United States
7. That whenever in any State or dis
trict in which the ordinary course Of ju-
dicial proceedings has been interrupted
by the rebellion, and wherein, in conse-
quence of any State or local law, ordi-
nance, police or other regulation, custom
or prejudice, any of the civil rights or
immunities belonging to white persons,
including the right to make and enforce
contracts, to sue, be parties and give
evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell,
hold and convey real and personal props
erty, aud to have full and equal benefit of
all laws aid proceedings for the security
of person and estate, are r. fused or deni-
ed to negroes, mulattoes, freedmen or
refugees, or any other person, on account
of race, color, or any previous condition
of slavery, or involuntary servitude, ex-
cept as punishment for crime whereof
the party shall have been duly convicted,
or wherein they, or any of them, are SUBJ
jected to any other or different punish
ment, pains or penalties, for the COM
mission of .any act or offense, than are
prescribed for white persons committing
like acts or offences, it shall be the duty
of the President of the United States,
through the Commissioner, to extend
military protection and Jurisdiction over
all cases affecting such persons so dis
eliminated against.
8. That any person who, under color
Of any State or local law, ordinance,
police or other regulation, shall, in any
State or district in which the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings has been
by the rebellion, subject, or
cause to be subjected, any negro, mulat.
to, freedman, refugee or other person, on
account of race or color, or any previous
of slavery or involuntary Servi-
tude, except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly
or for any other cause to the
deprivation of any civil right secured to
white persons, or to any other or differ.
ent punishment than the white persons
are subjected to, for the commission of
like acts and offences, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and be punish-
ed by fine not exceeding $1,000, or inn
prisonment not exceeding one year, or
both and it shall be the duty of the
officers and agents Of this Bureau
to take Jurisdiction of, and determine
all offences committed against the provis-
ions of this section, and also OF all cases
negroes, mulattoes, freedmen,
refugees, or other persons who are dis
eliminated against, in any Of the particu-