Year: 1867

Be it enacted b, the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives of the United States Of America In
Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for
the Secretary of the Treasury, from and after the
passage of this act, as he shall from time to time
see tit, to appoint special agent or agents to re-
ceive and collect all abandoned or captured prop
erty in any state or territory, or any portion of
any state or territory, of the United States, des-
ignated in insurrection against the lawful Gov.
ernment of the United States by the proclamation
of the President OF July first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two: Provided, That such property
shall not include any kind or description which
has been used, or which was intended to be used,
for waghg or carrying on war against the United
States, such as arms, ordnance, ships steamboats,,
Or other water craft, and the furniture forage
military supplies, munitions of war.


Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That any
part OF the goods or property received or collec-
ted by such agent or agents may be appropriated
to public use on due appraisement and certificate
thereof, or forwarded TO any place of sale within
the loyal states, as the public interests NAV re.
quire and all sales of such property shall be at
auction to the highest bidder and the proceeds
thereof shall be paid into the treasury of the Uni
ted States.


Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That. the
Secretary of the Treasury may require the special
agents appointed under this act to give A bond
with such securities and in such amount as ia
shall deem necessary, and to require the increase
of said amounts, and the STRENGTHENING of said
security, as circumstances may demaud: and he
shall also cause book or books of account to be
P kept, showing .S rom whom such property was re-





OF the sale thereof. And any person Claiming to
have been the owner of any such abandoned or
captured property may, at any time within two
years after the suppression of the rebellion pre-.
fer his claim to the proceeds thereof in the court
OF claims and on proof to the satisfaction of said
court OF his ownership of said property, of his
right to the proceeds thereof and that he has new
r given any aid or comfort to the present rebel.
'on, to receive the residue of such proceeds. af-
er the deduction of any purchase-money which
lay have been paid, together with the expense Of
ransportafton and sale of said property and any
ther lawful expenses attending the disposition
hereof.


Sec 4. And be it further enacted That all
roperty coming ints any of the United States not
cleared IN lnsurrection as aforesaid from within
~ OF the states declared In insurrection through
oy any other person than any agent duly ap,
9lnted under the provisions of this act or under
lawful clearance by the proper officer of tho
reasnry department, shall be conlscated to the
sc OF the government of the United States. And
ie proceedings for the condemnation and sale Of
ny sneh property shall be instituted and conduc-
ID under the direction of the Secretary of the
Freasury, in the mode prescribed by the eighty.
NTH and ninetieth sections of the act of March
cond, seventeen hundred and ninety nine, en-.
tied An act to regulate the collection of duties
import and tonnage.nl And any agent or
gents, person or persons, by or through whom
1ch property shall come within the lines of the
;nited States unlawfuly, aforesaid, shall be
1dged guilty OF u misdemesnor, and on copvio-