Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-01

army, or 6Hllbtcu MdIs WuO, ~ I'll On4cSEt
shall serve without additional compensa-
ton or allowance, and If q citizen or
enlisted man, shall reeeive salary of
rot less fban Eve hundred dollars nor
more tharastweITe hundred doIlaHa annn.
ally, according to the services rendered,
in full compensation for such service;
and such agent shall. before entering on
the duties of bis Office, take, the< cath
prescribed in the first section of the act
to which. this is-an amendment And
the Commissioners may, when the same
shall be necessary, assign to each Assist
ant Commissioner not exceeding three
clerks, and to each of said agents one
clerk, at an annual salary not exceed
ing one thousand dollars each, provided
suitable clerks cannot be detailed from
the army. And the President of the
United States through the War Depart
ment, and the Commissioner, shall ex-
tend military jurisdiction and protection
over all employees, agents, and officers
of this Bureau in the exercise of the
duties imposed or authorized by this act
or the act to which this is additional.
SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted,
That the Secretary of War may direct
such issues of provisions, clothing, fuel,
and other supplies, including medical
stores and transportation, and afford
such aid, medical or otherwise, as he
may deem needful for the immediate and
temporary shelter and supply of destitute
and suffering refugees and freedmen,
their wives and children, under such
rules aHd regulations as he may direct:
Provided, That no person shall be deem
ed Hesitate" suffering" or depend
ent upon. the Government for support"
within the meaning Of this act, who,
being able to find employment, could, By
proper industry and exertion avoid such
destitution, suffering and dependence.
Sec. A. And be 1T further enacted,
That the Presidents hereby authorized
TO reserve from sale or from settlement,
under the homestead or presumption
laws, and to set apart for the use of
freedmen and loyal refugees, male or
female, 2 unoccupied public lands in
Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisi-
ana and Arkansas, not exceeding in sll,
5000, 600 of acresa0f good land (; and
the Commissioner, under the direction
of the President, shall canse the same
from time 10 time to be allotted and as
signed, in parcels not exceeding forty
ACRES each, to the loyal refugees and
freedm en-, who shall be projected in the
nse and enjoyment thereof for such
term of time and at such annual rent as
may be agreed on between the Commits
sioner and such refugees or freedmen.
The rental shall be based upon a yaluar
ton of the land, to be ascertained in
sueh manner as the Commissioner may,
under the direction of the President, by
regulation prescribe. At the end Of
such term,s or sooner, if the Commits
sioner shall assentthereto, the occupants
of any parcels SO assigned, their heirs
and assigns, may purchase the land
and receive title thereto from the
United States In fee, upon paying there
for the value of the land ascertained as
aforesaid.
SEC. S. And be ft further enacted,
That the occupants Of land under Major
General Sherman's special field order,
! dated at Savannah, January Is, 1865,
are hereby confirmed in their posses
sions 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, un-
/ less a settlement shall be made with
said occupant, By the former owner,
satisfactory to the Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau. Provided, That
whenever the owners Of lands occupied
under Gen. Sherman's field order shall
make application for restoration of said
lands, the Commissioner is hereby au-
thorized, upon the agreement and with
the written consent of said occupants,
to procure other lands for them by rent
or purchase, not exceeding forty acres
for each occupant, or to set apart for
them, out of the public lands assigned
4 for that purpose in section four of this
bill, forty acres each, upon the terms
and conditions named in said section.
SEC. 8. Aad be ii further enacted,
That the Commissioners shall, under the
direction of the President, procure, in
the name of the United States, By grant
or purchase, such lands within the dis
triets aforesaid as may be required for
refugees and freedmen dependent on the
Government for support, and be shall
provide or cause to be erected suitable
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no such purchase shall be made, nor
Other, expense occurred, until after APP
preparations shall have been provided By
Congress for such purposes. And no
payments shall be made for lands pur-
chased under this section, except for
asylums and schools, from any moneys
not specifically appropriated therefor.
And the Com missioner shall cause such
lands, from time to time, to be valued,
allotted, assigned, and sold in manner
and form provided in fourth section Of
this act, at price not less than the cost
thereof to the United States. 81.
SEC Z. ARd be ii further enacted,
That whenever in any State or district
In which the ordinary course of judicial
proceedings has been Interrupted by the
rebellion and Wherein in consequence
of any State or local law, ordinance, DO
lice. or other regulation, custom or preiu-
dice, any of the civil rights or immuni>
ties belonging TO white persons including
the right to make and enforce contracts,
toasue, beiparties, and give evidence, 70
inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and
convey resi- and personal property and
to have full and equal benefit Of all laws
and. proceedings for security OF person
and estate, including the constitutional
right of bearing arms, are refused or de-
MED to negroes, mulattoes, freedmen,
refugees or any other persons, on account
of race, color, or any previous condition
of slavery and involuntary servitude, or
wherein they or any Of them are subject
ed to any other or different punishment,
pains, or penalties, for the commission
Of any act, or offense, than are prescribed
for white persons com hitting like acts or
offenses, it shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent of the United States, through the
Commissioner, to extend military pro-
lection and Jurisdiction over all cases
affecting such persons so Disseminated
against Il sasq sea .salssg $3.50 ~ hsa =
SEC. s. And be 1T further enacted,
That any person who, undereolor of any
State or local law, ordinance, police OF
other regulation or custom, shall, in any
State or district in which the ordinary