Year: 1864

condemned to-wit: lst. OF any person hereafte
'ctilig as an officer of the army navy of the rebel
IN aims against the Government of the Cnitcc
States Secondly, of any person hereafter acting AZ
President, Vice President, member of Congress
Judge of any Court, Cabinet officer, Foreign Minis
ter Commissioner or Consul of the so-called Confed
crate States of America. Thirdly, of anv persor
acting as Governor of State member of a Con
vention or Legislature or a Judge of any Court O
any OF the so-called Confederate States of America
Filthy, of any person hereafter holding anv ofc,
or agency under the socalled Confederate States ~
the States thereof, or under the laws of either o
them. provided that the persons thirdly, fourthly
and filthy above named shall have accepted theil
office since the date of any pretended ordinance o
secession of the State or shall have taken the oal
OF allegiance to- or to support the constitution of the
so-cailed Confederate States. Sixthly, of any per.
son owning property in loyal State shall hereafter
assist and give aid and comfort to the rebellion and
all sales transfers and conveyances of the property
OF the classes of offenders before stated shall be null
and voId, and if any such offenders shall sue any
one for their property their offences NAV be pleaded





lives in State declared in insrrection engaged in
armed rebellion against the United States. or aiding
or abetns such rebellion and who shall not within
sixty days after public warning bv proclamation.
cease to aid, countenancc and abet such rebellion.
and to return to his allegiance to the United States
all the estate, and property, monies, stocks, and
credits of such person shall be forfeited, and the
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use of the army Of the United States


All sales, conveyanccs and transfers of anv such
property after the expiration of the sixty davs from
such warning by proclamation shall be utterly void
The proclamation of the President only affects and
Is only required in the last named class of offenders
The orfeureS of the other cla>se. of offender, are


my & waTnn5 sa at & ~ &RF2Gamat&n Gi 1h9 g
whereby sale of any property forfeited under any
of the provisions of said act shall be effectod and
which is as follows, to-wit: Whenever anv such
property shall have been seized, proceedings in rem
shall be instituted in the name of the United States
in the district court in the district in which the prop
erty forfeited, or any part thereof may be found or
If there shall be court when such property or anv
part thereof shall be found such proceedings shall
be instituted in the district court in the district in
which the property shall be first taken, if movable:
and such property, whether real or personal shall
be found to have belonged to IL person engaged in
rebellion, or who has given aid or comfort to the re-
bellip, the said property shall be decried to be the
property. of the United States, and disposed of bv
deere Of said court and the proceeds thereof shall
be dereed to be paid into the treasury of the United
State.


TR eighth section of ssid act gives said court full
pow to make all orders and decrces to effect sales
of sfh forfeited property. and to cause good and
and aid titles to be made to the purchasers of such
proprty whether real or personal


Tie act is broad and comprehensive, and embraces
within its terms all persons who have in any man
ner een engaged or still engaged in rebellion
against the United States, or who have, or shall
hereafter in any manner give aid or comfort to the
rebellion. This act is also so specific in the descrip-
tionbf the property forfeited that there can be no
dout upon this subject. 1t includes lands, and
eveE species of personal property together with
Railroad or other stocks debts due the rebels, money
andall'otksr property.


Tie act of the 18th of March, 1863, enacts that
the ecretary of the Treasury shall appoint agent
or AGENTS, to seize captured abandoned property
in tie disloyal States provided that such property
shal not include any used OF which from its char
actd would be useful in carrying on the war Such
for Instance, as arms ships forage, munitions of war
&c. all of which, and such like, the act contem-
pas shall go at once into the hands of the military
for he purposes of the war.


Al captured or abandoned property apprais-
inert may be turned over to be used by the military