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THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 195. 1862. 591 Sec. 6. And be if further enacted, That if any person within any P*‘°P°’*Y» &°·i State or Territory of the United States, other than those named as afore- S,Ql;l_ said, after the passage of this act, being engaged in armed rebellion against lion, engaged, the government of the United States, or aiding or abetting such rebellion, ‘gJ;";c:;’sl;;; shall not, within sixty days after public warning and proclamation duly to éjyg Such ajd given and made by the President of the United States, cease to aid, coun- Withi¤ Sixty <l¤>’S tenance, and abet such rebellion, and return to his allegiance to the United $£;r,gY°:;;'}igS_ States, all the estate and property, moneys, stocks, and credits of such per- identfliable to son shall be liable to seizure as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the Seizure &°· President to seize and use them as aforesaid or the proceeds thereof And all sales, transfers, or conveyanccs, of any such property after the Sa1es,&c. void. expiration of the said sixty days from the date of such warning and proclamation shall be null and void; and it shall be a sufficient bar to any suit brought by such person for the possession or the use of such property, or any of it, to allege and prove that he is one of the persons described in this section. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That to secure the condemnation Proceedings to and sale of any of such property, after the same shall have been seized, gigs: g32d;'?' so that it may be made available for the purpose aforesaid, proceedings in Such Ijwpélly, rem shall be instituted in the name of the United States in any district court thereof, or in any territorial court, or in the United States district court for the District of Columbia, within which the property above described, or any part thereof; may be found, or into which the same, if movable, may first be brought, which proceedings shall conform as nearly as may be to proceedings in admiralty or revenue cases, and if said property, whether real or personal, shall be found to have belonged to a person engaged in rebellion, or who has given aid or comfort thereto, the same shall be condemned as enemies’ property and become the property of the United States, and may be disposed of as the court shall decree and the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury of the United States for the purposes aforesaid. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the several courts aforesaid Powerofcourts shall have power to make such orders, establish such forms of decree in Such ***5- and sale, and direct such deeds and conveyances to be executed and delivered by the marshals thereof where real estate shall be the subject of sale, as shall fitly and eiiiciently effect the purposes of this act, and vest in the purchasers of such property good and valid titles thereto. And the said courts shall have power to allow such fees and charges of their officers as shall be reasonable and proper in the premises. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who Certain slaves shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the government of the gag; United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escap— ,0 be M ,»,,,,.,_ ing from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the government of the United States; and all slaves of such persons found on [or] being within any place occupied by rebel forces and afterwards occupied by the forces of the United States, shall be deemed captives of war, and shall be forever free of their servitude, and not again held as slaves. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no slave escaping into any Escaped slaves State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, from any other State, shall 3;:3 :;,;‘;‘""“' be delivered up, or in any way impeded or hindered of his liberty, except claiméng sflmll for crime, or some offence against the laws, unless the person claiming said ¤g¤kil0¤fl5¢h¤¤ fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service is i:y:f°&2jm" of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner, and has not borne arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto; and no person engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service.