Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-02
Omoia1.
LAWS OF THE
UNITED STA TIE s. 4,
GENERAL NATURF--No. 1871
PASSED AT fHn
SECOND SESSION OF THE 40d CONGRESS.

courts.
BE il enactad by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That dep
uty or deputies Of any clerk Of any court Of
the United States may be appointed by such
court upon the application Of the clerk, and
be removable Mt the pleasure Of the court;
and the compensation of any such deputy
shall be paid by the clerk and In case Of the
death Of the clerk, his deputy or deputies
shall, unless removed by the judge, continue
In Office and perform tne duties of the clerk,
in his name, until his successor be duly ap"
pointed and qualified; and for the defaults or
misfeasances in Office of any such deputy,
whether in the lifetime Of the clerk or after
his death, the clerk, and his estate, and the
sureties in his official bond shall be liable;
and his executor OF administrator shall have
snch remedy for any such defaults or mis-
feasances committed after his death rs the
clerk would be entitled to If the same had
occurred in his lifetime.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 100.
AN ACT to provide for the redemption and
sale Of lands held by the Uuitod States un-
der the several acts levying direct taxes,
and for other purposes.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives oftho United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That all the lands
now owned or held by the United States, by
virtue of proceedings under the act entitled
" An act for the collection Of direct taxes in
insurrectionary districts within the United
States, and for other purposes" approved
June seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty
two, and uuder acts supplementary thereto,
or upon the same subject-matter, may be re-
deemed and restored to such persons MS shall
make applicatin therefor to the Secretary of
the Treasury, through the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue, within two years from the
passage of this act, and furnish satisfactory
evidence to said Department that such per-
son or applicant in each case was, at the time
the United States acquired title thereto, the
legal owner of such land, or the heir at law,
or devisee, Cor grantee. in good faith, and for
valuable considerations Of such legal owner;
but before such redemption shall be awarded
and title restored on any such application and
proof such applicant shall pay into the treas
ury of the United States the direct tax charg-
ed against the lands described IN such appli-
cation, together with the cost of advertising
and of the sale of said lands, and all other
proper charges against the same. and interest
on said tax from the date of its assessment
mt the rate of ten per centum per annum, and
interest on said costs and charges Mt the same
rate, from the time they accrued and were
payable: Provided, however, That ifany 9TH
er person or pesons than such applicant shall
in any case make satisfactory evidence to
said department that he or they. after the
acquisition of title by the United States, and
before the passage Of this act, made valuable
and permanent Improvements on said land
in good faith and under color of legal title,
it shall then be the additional duty OF such
applicant for redemption to pay to such per-
son or persons the reasonable value OF such
permanent improvements ut the time OF ac-
tual redemption; and II the applicant and
such person or persons fail to agree upon and
amicably settle such claim for improvements,
then the value thereof shall be assessed and
reported to the Secretary of the Treasury,
under oath, by three competent and disinter-
ested freeholders, residents OF the county or
parish in which such land is situate, who
shall be appointed for that purpose by the
United States district Judge of the district
where the lands are situate, upon information
from the Secretary of the Treasury that n
claim for compensation for such permanent
improvements is pending in any case, and
unadjusted by the parties thereto. 1t shall
also be the duty of said board of freeholders
to state in their report the nature of said
improvements, when they were made, by
whom. and the reasonable value thereof, rs
aforesaid, and any other facts that may be in
their Judgment material to n fair and just
determination of the rights of the parties.
They shall send one copy of such report to
the Secretary of the Treasury, and file du-
plicate thereofin the Office of the clerk OF the
highest court of record of the State, in the
county or parish where such land is situate.
The reasonable fees of said board shall be
borne and paid equally by the parties to said
controversy.
SEC. .. That whenever the foregoing con-
ditons have been complied with. and re-
demption and restoration of title has been
awarded in any case by the Secretary of the
Treasury, it shall be the duty of the Com
missioner of the Internal Revenue to make
out u certificate of release ofthe interest and
title ofthc United States in and to such lands
in duplicate, which shall be approved, in
and his approval Endorsed thereon, and then
one copy thereof shall be delivered to such
applicant and the other filed in the office OF
said Commissioner.
SEC. 3. That the Commissioner of Intern
al Revenue. with the approval of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, shall, rs soon rs may
be after the passage of this act, prescribe, and
promulgate such rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with the provisions OF this act
as may he necessary and proper to facilitate
the execution of this act and secure the most
speedy and least expensive attainment OF the
purpose hereof that is practicable.
SEC. 4. That il, Mt the expiration OF the
time hcreinbciorc allowed for redemption
there shall remain any of said lands unrc
deemed, it shall then be the duty of the sale
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury
10 proceed to sell nj public auction. MS soor
rs may be consistent with the public interests
the lands not redeemed and restored, and Il
release and convey the same to the purchas
ers in the manner aforesaid, and in the meal
time and until so sold to release the same
SEC g. That all lands now owned by tn,
United States acquired under the provision
of any Of the United States direct-taX acts
situated in the State of South Carolina, in
GLIDING all tracts or lots of land purchase,
10, - ~ Snln IN
in full mt the present time, shall be included
in the provisions of this act: Provided, how
ever, That the applications ofthc purchaser
under army and navy sales shall, for 81,
months after the passage of this act, have
precedence so far rs relates to the land pur
chased by them.
SEC. 6. That all money derived from tn
sale of" school-flrm" lands, under the pro
visions of section eight ofan act entitled " Al
act to continue in force and to amend Al
act TO establish bureau for the relief o
freedmen, and refugees, and for other pur
poscs," approved July sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six and which money /
now in the custody of the Frcedmen's bureau
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated TO
the use and support of free public schools ii
the parishes of Saint Helena and Saint Luke
South Carolina, in equal parts, to be expend
ed under the direction and control of n spe
cial board Of three commissioners, who shal
be appointed by and act under the direction
of the Secretary of the Trasury, and shall b.
duly sworn that they will faithfully discharg
their duties as such commissioners, and shal
give such good and sufficient bonds thereto
MS said Secretary shall require, and who shaI
not receive more than one hundred dollar
per year each for their services.
SEC. 7. That the provisions Of this &c
shall not be construed to apply to or embrac
any lands, farms, plantations, or lots whic
are now, in whole or inlpart, used or occupie
by the United States for national cemeteries
or for the burial of the dead or other publ
purposes, or which have been set apart I
any such purpose, or which, under the in
struction of the President of the Unite
States, have been reserved for military q
naval purposes, or such lot Of land on Hum