The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-01

le may employ not exceeding six CLERK
1t one Of the third class and five OF th
,r first class and each agent of a sui
le district may employ two clerks OF tn
n first class. And the President of th
~ United States. through the War Dc
~ partmcnt aud the Commissioner shal
~ extend military jurisdiction over al
81 , the employees, agents, and officers o
"a this Bureau, in the exercise of th,
" duties imposed or autorizcd by thi
u act, or the act to which this act Il
supplementary.
n "SEcrloN .. That the Secretary o
s War may direct such issues of pro
4 vision, clothing, fuel, and other sup
. plies, including medical stores ant
Q transportation, and afford such aid
medical or otherwise, as he may deem
4 nccdiul for the immediate and tenn
b. lporary shelter and supply Of destitute
and suffering refugees aud freedmen
and their wives sud children, under
: such rules and regulations as he may
direct
\ "SEcrIoN 4. That the President be
authorized TO reserve from sale or
from settlement under the Homestead
or Pre- cmption Laws, and to set apart
for the use Of freedmen and refugees
unoccupicd public lands in Florida,
Mississippi, aud Arkansas, not cx.
cccding in all three millions of acres
of good land aud the Commissioner,
under the direction OF the President,
shall cause the same from time to
time TO bo allotted aud consigned
in parcels not exceeding forty acres.
each to loyal refugees aud freedmen,
who shall he protected in the use and
enjoyment thereof for such term of
time and at such annual rent as may
be agreed upon by the Commissioner
aud such refugees and freedmen. -
The rental shall be based upon valu-
alton of the land, to be ascertaincd in
such manner ns the Commissioner
may, under the direction of the Presi.
dent, by regulation prescribe at the
end of such term, or sooner if the
Commissioner shall assent thereto
The occupants of any parcels assign.
ed may purchase land and receive the
title thereto from the United States
IN fec. upon paying therefor the val.
lo fthc land ascertained az aforesaid.
" SECTION b. That occupants OF
and under Major.Gcneral Sherman's
special Field Order, dated at Sayan.
'ah, January 10, 1865, are hereby
onhrmcd in their posse sion for a
'crlod of three years from tho date
# said order, aud no person shall be
disturbed in or ousted from said pos
cssion during said three years unless
settlement shall be made with the
aid occupant by the owner satisfac-
ory to the Commissioner Of the Freed
icns Bureau.
SECTION q. That the Commissioner
hall under the direction of the Prosi-
ent, procure in the name of the Uni
ed States, by grant or purchase, such
lnds within the district aforesaid MS
iay be required for refugees and
rcedmcn dependent on the Govern.
lent for support, and he shall pro-
idc and cause to be built suitable
rhools and aylums. But no such
urchase shall bc made, nor other ex-
cnscs incurred, until after nppro-
shall have been provided by
ongrcss for the general purposes Of
his act, out of which payments for
aid lands shall be made aud the
Commissioner shall cause such lands
rom time to time to be allotted, as
igncd and sold, in the manner aud
orm provided in the preceding see
ions, provided always that the said
,nds shall not be sold for less than
hc cost thercofto the Uunitcd States.
"SEcTloN Z. That whenever in any
tate or district in which the ordina-
y course Of judicial proceedings has
cen interrupted by the rebellion, and
herein in consequence of any state
r local law, ordinance, police, or 9TH
regulation, custom or prejudice, any
the civil rights or immunitics be I
'nging to white persons, including !
nc right to make and enforce general
ontracts, to sue, to be parties and
i've evidence, TO inherit, purchase,
rasc, sell, hold and convey real and
crsonal property, aud 10 have full
nd equal benefit of all laws and pro-
ecdings for the security of person
nd estate, are refused or denied to
icgrocs, mulattoos or freedmen, or
efugees, or any other persons on ac.
ount oil race, color or any previous
~ sonu.Non OF slavery or involuntary |,
N'.N"e, except ss punishment iorl ,
crime, whereot the party shaA hawai-,
been convicted, or Wherein they, q,
any of them, are subjected to any 9th.
cr or different punishment, pains or
penalties for the commission of any
act or offensc than are prescribed for
white persons committing like acts or
cilcnscs, il shall be the duty of the
President of the United States,
through the Commissioner, to extend
military protection and jurisdiction
over all eases Affecting such persons
so discriminatcd against.
"SEcrlos &. That any person who,
under color Of any State or local law f.,
ordinance, police or other regulation
or custom, shall, in any State or dis
trict in which the ordinary course of
judicial proceedings have been inter-
ruptod by the rebellion, suject or cause
to be subjected any negro, mulutto,
freedman, refugee, or other person on
account of race or color, or any pre-.
vious condition of slavery or involun,
tary scrvitude, except AS punish.
meut for crime, whereof the party
shall have been convicted, or for any
other cause TO the deprivation of civil
right secured to white persons, or TO
any other or different punishment
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