The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-03-27
rue CosFIsCATIOS BILL.
Thad stevens Seh~me 20 Rob q
People Under Military Ruie.


People Under Military Ruie.
On Saturday Thsd Stevens introduced
h,s threatepe,i Cen6scation Bill. The fol-
loving is sHabstras,:. .si ss
Section one declares all public lands be-
longing tn the srnrebsl States, are forfeit
ed to the United Stafes .h-.
Section two directs the President TO firth
with cause the seizure oil such property be
longing to the bellieeIent enemy as n deem
ed forfeited by the act Of July IL, 1867 and
appropriate' the same as the enemy =
properly, aud furiher;directs hun toFrocred
condemnation with that already s,lzed.
Section three preseribes Row property
shall be condemhed-by a commission OF
three persons for each rebel State, TO be
appointed by the President, to consist Of
one army officer and two non resident civil
ians, who shall adjudieite and condemn the
property aforesaid. under such iorms and
procredings as shall be pre-crihed by the
Attorney General Of the United States.
whereupon title to said proper shall become
vested iu the United States
Section tnnr prev ides that Of the lands
thus confiscated there shall D. distributed
to the liberated slaves as follows: To each
adult male, whether the head Of family ur
not, Forty acrss;to each widow or male per-
snn who is the bead OF a family. forty aeres,
to be held in fee single, but to the inalen-
able for the next ten years after they be-
come Seized. The .itle to these hnmesteads
shall be vested in trustees appointed by the
Secretary of War, and held for the use Of
the liberated persons aforesaid. but at the
end of ten years the absolute title TO said
homesteads snail be conveyed to said own
ers OF tie the heirs Of sdch as are dead. This
land il to be distributed and allotted by com,
missinocrs appointed by the Secretary OF
War.
Section FIVE provides that out of the bal
ancp OF the properly thus seized, and con.
fscated there shall be raised in manner
hereafter provided, a sum equal to $50 fn'
each homestead. to be applied by the trus.
tees hereinafter mentioned. toward the
erection of bu .dings on said hnmeSteads fnl
th- use of said slaves and further sum Of
$500 600, ,000, which shall be appropriated
a. follows.
Two hundred millions shall be invested
in United ) ates six per centum securitie-,
the interest thereof shall be semi annually
added to pensions, allowed y law to pen
sioners who hayc become so by reason ni
the ate war, $4,000 00O. or so much
thereof as mayb be needed, shall be appro.
priated to LAY the damage dome to loya
citizens by civil ar, military persons of the
government lately called tie Confederate
States of America. ..,s., . ,
Section sixth enacts exemption for al
persons whose property on the 4th o.
March, 1865, was worth less than s., 600
except such as Voluntarily became ohicAr,
in the civil or military service tf the rebe
government. and it declares thar in enforc
| ing the eouti .,cslian 5000 worth Of proper
| ty shall he lcft to each delinquent .4.
Section seventh makes it the duty of til,
Commissioners named in section third. t,
rake fair valuation of all property seizct
and forfeited, and when such valuation i
completed in the several States, all salt
Commissioners shall meet in the CITY o
Washington, and assesses the $500 600, O0C
aforesaid, as we'll as. allow a,ces for home
stead buildings pt0'rata. on each Of thu
properties or estates thus seized, and shal
give notice nf such assessment and appor
Il nm,nt by ruhieatron fpr sixty days.
S ction eight provides that it the owner
OF said seized and t,rleitcd estates. shal
within nineiy days after the first pnhlica
tons pay INTO the Treasury Of the Uni,e'
States the sum assessed on their estates re
spcc,iyely. oil e,tat,s and land, not actnall.
appropriated to the liberation Of slaves shal
be rel,a cd and restored to their owners
Section ninth d ulares that all property
n redeemed as aforesaid, shall be sold 70
the h.neit of the United States, providet
ia mt III re than three years c,edit shal
BE- given on the purchase money, and arabl
land shall not be sold in larger tracts tha
| five hundred acres. .s.I.,-s.