The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-07-09
THE AMNESTY BILL.
Glasses of Persons; Exempted
from its Provisions.

Glasses OF PERSONS EKemapFeG
~ from its Provisions.
WAsHlNGToN, )une Il The follow
ing is the full text of the amnesty bill :
1t provides for all general grace, amnes-
ty, and oblivion Of certain wrongful
acts, doings, or omissions, of all persons
engaged in the war of the late rebellion !;
perpetuated, insurreeted, or forfeited,
between the 18th day Of April, 1861,
and the goth day Of August, 1866, with
full restoration of all the rights and
privileges lost or injured thereby and
therein. The following classes Eof per-
sons, and the right, titles and causes of
action, are exempted from all provisions
of this act. and none other.
l. Whoever, having been educated
at the Military Academy at West Point,
or the Naval Academy at Annapolis, who
shall have engaged in the rebellion and
insurrection against the United States,
or who, having given aid and comfort
to the enc, lies thereof
2. Whoever, having been a member
of either house of the Congress of the
United States, and shall have engaged
in the rebellion against the same, or
given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof, and whoever was member
of the so-called Confederate Congress.
3. Whoever shall have held the Office
of head of one of the executive depart
ments of the Government of the United
States, or Minister Plenipotentlary. or
Minister Resident, or Judge of any
court under the United States, and shall
have engaged in rebellion, Or insurrec-
ton against the same. of given aid and
comfort to the enemies thereof, and
whoever shall have held either of the
like Offices under the so-called Confede-
rate States.
4, Whoever shall have voted for or
signed any ordinance of secc ion of any
State or held the office of Governor of
such State while the same was in re-
bellion
8. Whoever while in the service Of
the so-called Confederate States treated
with cruelty, or otherwise than aecor-
ding to the usages of war, any prisoner
of war held by authority of the so-called
Confederate States.
6. Whoever having charge and in
custody of the public moneys of the
United States entrusted to them between
said dates, and who have not duly ac-
counted for and paid over the same, and
whoever shall have embezzled Or secreted
public stores, public goods, chattels,
moneys, provisions, or military and IA.
val property of the United States,
7. All deserters from the army and
navy of the United States and all boun.
ty jumpers: ~
s. All property, and rights of proper
ty by any levy Judgment OR extort,
made and executed upon any lands, ten
ements, goods or chattels, or other valu-
able thing whatever, aud any sale or
forfeiture by eonfscation OF taxation,
whereby any rights or titles have be-
come vested either in the United States
or in third persons.
8. Every piece aad parcel of land,
however it may be described or bounded,
which now is. or has been used as a
national cemetery, in which the bodies
of the soldiers, of the United States are
inferred, or which is in the occupation
of the United States for a proposed
cemetery. Which parcels of land are
herby declared to be the property of
the United States, in fee by capture in
war and power dedicated to the uses and
purposes of cemeteries for soldiers of
the United States for such purposes,
inalienable forever, provided that nothing
herein contained shall effect OF impair
the validity of any act of Congress re-
moving the political disabilities of any
person herein exempted from the benefits
of the provisions of this act.
| This act of amnesty and oblivion
shall extend to all acts and omissions
made or done, or omitted to be done, by
any officer or soldier, or other agent of
the United States, in carrying out, OF
putting in execution, the laws of the
United States known as the reconstruct
ton acts, and the other acts for the
government of the rebelious States,
| however the same may be entitled, as
fully, and with the same benefit, and to
| the same extent, as If the said acts OF
omissions had been done or omitted by
such officers and soldiers during the
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