Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-27

VOL. XX---NO. $50.

ated by their purchaser within six wears
from and after the passage of This act. 100
Section s. That the school farms in the
parish of st. Helena shall be sold, subject
TO any leases of the same, by said commits
sioner at public auction. or or before the
lst day Of January, 1867, at net less than
81 per acre and lots in the city Of Port
Royal, as laid down by said Tax Commits
siOners, and lots and houses in the town Of
Beaufort, which are still held in like man
ner, be sold at public auction, and the pro-
ceeds of said sales, after paying expense Of
surveys and sales, shall be invested in. Uni-
ted States bonds, and the interest shall be
appropriated, under the direction of the
commissioner, to support a school, without
distinction Of color or race, on the Island
and the parishes of St. Helena and st.
/ Luke.
Section 0. The Assistant Commissioners
in Georgia and Nsrth Carolina shall sx-
anime the claims made under General Sher-
mans order, and in the case Of each valid
claim grant a warrant for twenty acres of
land, which warrant the tax commissioner
shall issue 10 the person presenting such,
or to his or her heir, but in no case shall the
| warrant entitle person 10 hold tho land for
a term of more than six years, but it may
at any time be converted into a certificate
Of sale on the payment of 81 so per acre.
Section 10. The district tax ax'eommissioners
| Of South Carolina are required to survey the
| lands designated and lay them out in surI-
able tracts of twenty acres each.
Section II. After the completion of the
transfer of said lands in the manner speci-
fed, the President Of the United States may
restore TO the former owners lands occupied
by persons under General Sherman's order,
exespt such lands as have been sold for
taxes, but such restoration shall not be made
until the crops of the present year have been
gathered, nor till fair compensation shall
have been paid to the occupants for ell i'm
provements.
Section 12 The Commissioners shall
have power to seize, hold and sell lands and
buildings formerly owned or claimed by the
sO-called Confederate States, and not here
tOfore disposed OF by the United States.
The proceeds thereof shall be appropriated
to the education of the freed people, and
when the Bureau shall have been with
drawn, the States which have made prOvi-
sion for the education oftheir citizens with
out distinction of color shall receive the
sums remaining unexpended, the distribu.
ton to be made for educational purposes in
proportion to population.
Section Is. The Commissioner shall CO
operate with private associations for the
benefit of the freedmen, and protect schools |
established by them. ---
Section IA. In all the States lately in re-
belIion, and until such States are duly re-
presented in Congress, the right to make |
and ienfOrce contracts and all other civil |
rights shall be enjoyed by all citizens with |
out distinction OF color, and until the con-
stitutional relations of such States are re-
stored, the President of the United States |
shall through the officers ofthelBureau pre-
scribe military protection and have mill
tary Jurisdiction concerning the enjoyment /
of such immunities, and no greater punish
ment shall be inflicted upon eolored people /
for violations oflaw than that to which white |
persons are liable. The jurisdiction con- /
ferred upon officers of the Bureau by this
section shall cease in every State where the
administration of justice by the State and
United States Courts is undisturbed and the
State is represented in Congress.
Section Is. All officers ofthe Bureau shall /
take the oath Of office, and all acts or parts /
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of |
this act are repealed.
AT half-pssf two O'Clock the Senate went
into Executive session.
Adjourned.