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 1266 APPENDIX. N o. 14. my *»1°°°~ BY run rnmsmnur or run umrsn sums or Amnmcs A PROCLAMATION. Preamble. Wnmnnns, in and by the second section of an act of Congress passed on the 1862, ch. 98, 7th day of June, A. D. 1862, entitled “An act for the collection of direct taxes i2- AMB. P- 422- in insurrectienary districts within the United States and for other purp0ses,” lt is made the duty of the President to declare, on or before the first day of July then next following, by his proclamation, in what States and parts of States insurrection exists: _ Umm Sum Now, therefore, be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of gzdtpam °{.8,m the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that the States ,,dat:Sbgr{),fmb8]_ of South Carolina, Florida, Geer `a, Aabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, um, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and the State of Virginrakexcept the following counties : Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Marion, Menonalia, Preston, Taylor, Pleasants, Tyler, Ritchie, Doddridge, Harrison, Wood, Jackson, Wirt, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Barbour, Tucker, Lewis, Braxton, Upshur, Randol h, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, Cabell, Wayne, Boone, Le an, Wyoming, \Vebster, Fayette, and Raleigh, are now in insurrection and reiellion, and by reason thereof the civil authority of the United States is obstructed so that the provisions of the “Act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay the interest on the public debt and for other purposes," 1861, eh. 45. approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, cannot be peaceably Ante, p. 292- executed, and that the taxes legally chargeable u n real estate under the act last aforesaid, lying within the States and parts ofPStates as aforesaid, together with a penalty of fifty per centum of said taxes, shall be a lien upon the tracts or lots of the same, severally charged, till paid. In witness whereof; I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. Done at the City of Washington, this first day of July, in the year of [L. s.] our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-sixth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: F. W. Smwann, Acting Secretary of State. N0. 15. July 25, 1862- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Pm,,,,, ,,,,_ In pursuance of the sixth section of the act of Congress entitled “An act to paged in rebel- suppress insurrection and to punish treason and rebelhon, to seize and confiscate ion warned to the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and <£¤r:i:*2;*:iEu whic act, and the joint resolution explanaterylthereofi are herewith published; nam mmm a1_ I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,_President of the nited States, do hereby proclaim kg,,,,m,8_ to and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section to cease participating in, aidinv, eountenancing, or abetting the existing rebellion, or any rebellion, against the Uovcrnment of the United States, and to return to their 1862, ch. 195,§ 6. proper allegiance to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and seizures as ` AW. P- 591- within and by said sixth section provided. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-fifth day of July, in the [L. s.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eirrhty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: Wmrmm H. Snwann, Secretary of State.