Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-07-19

"a certificate of sale of said tract of twenty acres
from the direct tax commissioners or such Of
ficer as may be authorized to issue the same: but
no warrant shall be held valid longer than two
years after the issue of the same. 49,. f..
| SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the di-
rect tax commissioners for South Carolina are here
by authorized and required at the earliest day
practicable to survey the lands designated in
ton seven into lots of twenty acres each, with
proper metes and bounds distinctly marked, so
| that several tracts shall be convenient in form,
and practicable have an average of fer
hlty and woodland and the expense of such sur
veys shall be paid from the proceeds of sales of
said lands, or if sooner required out of any mon
eys received for other lands these Islands sold
| by the United States for taxes, and now in the
hands of the direct tax commissioners.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted That restora-
ton of lands now occupied by persons under Gen
raj Sherman special field order dated at Savan-
nah Georgia, January sixteenth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty shall not be made until the
crops of the present year shall have been gather
ed by the occupants of said lands nor until fair
compensation shall have been made to them by
the former owners of said lands, their legal
representatives, for all Improvements or better
ments erected Or constructed thereon, and after
due notice of the same being done shall have been
given by the assistant commissioner.
Sec. IL. And be it further e1aoted, That the Com
missioner shall have power to seiZe hold, use,
lease or sell all buildings and tenements, and any
lands appertaining to the same, otherwise, held
under claim of title by the late socalled Confede-
rate States, and any buildings or lands held in
trust for the same by any person or persons, aud
to use the same Or appropriate the proceeds de-
rived therefrom to the education of the freed peo
| pie and whenever the bureau shall cease to ex-
ist such of the late so-caled Confederate States
shall have made provisions for the education of
their citizens without distinction of color shall
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 Is. Andbe 1t further enacted, Thatthe Com
missioner of this Bureau shall, at all times COOP
crate with private benevolent associations of citi
zens in aid of freedmen, and with agents and
teachers, duly accredited and appointed by them,
and shall hire OF provide by lease buildings for
purposes of education whenever such associations
shall, without cost to the Government, provide
suitable teachers and means of instruction and
he shall furnish such protection as may be required
for the safe conduct of such schools
Sec IA. And be 1t further enacted That in every
State or district where the ordinary course of ju-
dicial proceedings has been interrupted by the
rebellion, and until the shall be fully re-
stored, and in every State district whose con-
stitutional relations to the Government have been
practically discontinued by the rebellion and I'M
til such State shall have been restored in such re-
lations, and shall be duly represented in the Con-
gross of the United States, the right to make and
enforce contracts to sue be parties and give evil
dence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and
convey real and personal property, and to have
full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings
concerning personal liberty, personal security and
The acquisition, enjoyment and disposition OF
estate real and personal, including the constitu-
tional right to bear arms, shall be secured to and
enjoyed by all the citizens of such State dis
trict without respect to race color, previous
condition of slavery. And whenever in either of
said States districts the ordinary course of ju-
dicial proceedings has been interrupted by the re-
bellion, and until the shall be fully restored,
and until such State shall have been restored in its
constitutional relations to the Government, and
shall be duly represented in the Congress of the
United States, the President shall, through the
Commissioner and officers of the Bureau, and I'M
der such rules and regulations the President,
through the Secretary of War, shall prescribe ex-
tend military protection and have military iuris-
dicton over all and questions concerning
the free enjoyment of such immunities and rights,
and no penalty or punishment for any violation of
law shall be imposed or permitted because of race
or color or previous condition of slavery, other or
greater than the penalty or punishment to which
white persons may be liable by law for the like
offense. But the Jurisdiction conferred by this
section upon the officers of the bureau shall not
exist in any State where the ordinary course of
judicial proceedings has not been interrupted by
the rebellion, and shall cease in every State when
the courts of the State and the United States are
not disturbed in the peaceful course of Justice,
and after such State shall be fully restored in it's
constitutional relations to the Government, and
shall be duly represented in the Congress of the
United States
Sec. 10 And be al further enacted, That all Off
GERS, agents. and employees of this bureau, before
entering upon the duties of their Office, shall take
the oath prescribed in the first section of the act
to which this is amendment and all acts or
parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed.
HoRsE-FLEsH IN PAR1s-The Project of Police
in Paris has issued certain regulations under which
the sale of horse flesh is permitted in the CITY,
The animals are to be killed in public slaughter
houses, in the presence of competent government
officials after previous examination the meat
is to be stamped before its removal which is to be
effected in close vehicles and the shops which
allotted for its sale will be indicated by special
signs. Any restaurant selling horse flesh without
clearly announcing the fact, or who shall fraudu-
lently mix it with other meat will be liable to
punishment under the penal code.
A FAMILY REUN1oN.-A family celebration of
great rarity has just been celebrated at Olmutz,
Moravia, in honor of M. Wisgrill landed pro-
prietor and his wife, whose united ages amounted
to just two hundred years, the husband being one
hundred and three and the wife ninety-seven
They were married on the 25th of May 1871, and
celebrated the seventy fifth anniversary of their
union.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE NEAR WHEEL1NG.-Last Sat-
urday afternoon Rebecca Burkett was making a
visit to her sisters about three miles from Wheel
ing, West Virginia, on the Hempfeld railroad
She was met on the roGd by party of roughs,
eleven in number, who dragged her through field
to log house and outraged her person in a most
inhuman manner. Eight persons were arrested,
five of whom she identified. Judge Good COM
mitted them all for the next term of the circuit
court which meets in August next.