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 820 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 119, 120. 1863. Discrimination of the United States, and eiiicient in maintaining its authority and the f;:°:;°'°fI°Y“l peace of the Indians. Said Indians shall be Subject to the laws of the mgm ,0 be United Sums, and to the criminal laws of the stateor territory in which subject to laws, they may happen to reside. They shall also be subject to such rules and sudtorules regulations for their government as the Secretary of the Interim- may “‘d "°8`“l““‘°"" prescribe; but they shall be incapable of making any valid civil contract mgifg §Q§§Q°" with any person other than a native member of their tribe, without the oiviloontrarr, &c. consent of the President. The Secretary of the Interior shall also make Education. •reasonable provision for the education (pf said Indians, according to their ca acit and the means at his comman . HAPPQOVED, March 3, 1863. Mmh 3, 1863- Cnn. CXX. -An Act to provide for the Collection of abandoned Property and jb, me """’“`_'”' Prevention of Fraud: in insurrecticnmjy Districts within the United States. Ba it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Special agents States af America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the
 * g1{:::':;a‘:‘b Secretary of the Treasury, from and after the passage of this act, as he

dongd O,,,,,,,,,,,,,; shall from time to time see fit, toappoint a special agent or agents to re. P¤9P¢¤Yi¤ ¢<>F· ceive and collect all abandoned or captured property in any state or termn °°°°°S' ritory, or any portion of any state or territory, of the United States, designated as in insurrection against the lawful Government of the United States by the proclamation of the President of July first, eighteen hundred Proviso. 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 waging or carrying onwar against the United States, such as arms, ord— napce, ships, pteamboats, or othené water craft, and the furniture, forage, mi itarysupp ies, or munitions o war. such pmpmy Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any part of the goods or propmart:: pcpvwg erty received or collected by such agent or agents may be appropriated to EE: 0,. ,0,;:, ‘° public use on due appraisement and certincate thereof, or forwarded to any public auction in place of sale within the loyal states, as the public interests may require; °Y"·lSt“*“· and all sales of such property shall be at auction to the highest bidder, aénd the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the treasury of the United tates. Bond onpeom Sec. 3. And be itfurtlter 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 he shall deem necessary, and to reouire the increase of said amounts, and the strengthening of said security, as circumstances may demand; and he shall also cause a book k€Bpoks to be or hooks of account to be kept, showing from whom such property was P · received, the cost of transportation, and proceeds of the sale thereotl And Owners ofsuch any person claiming to have been the owner of any such abandoned or £;f’g°r;°0{;g:{u““° captured property may, at any time within two years after the suppres- ,,,,,,,0; c;,,,,,,,,_ sion of the rebellion, prefer his claim to the proceeds thereof in the court Upon what of claims; and on proof to the satisfaction of said court of his owner- EET;-may YB- ship of said property, of his right to the proceeds thereof, and that he has pever given any aid or comfort to the present rebellion, to receive the residue of such proceeds, after the deduction of any purchase-money which may have been paid, together with the expense of transportation and sale
 * 5;::; property, and any other lawful expenses attending the disposition

_ Property com- Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That all ro ert comin into giéghiggygates any of the United States not declared in insurrectihn pas iiforesaif from 2; vuthm any of the states dcclarednn insurrection, through or by any other Spmlil agmgfto EBIASOH thanfany agent duly appointed under the provisions of this act, 0I' be conssmm n er a aw ul clearance by the proper officer of the Treasury Departmp,;,,,,,,,;;,,g,,·,,,1é1ent, shall be confiscated. to the use of the Government of the United and ggznatxcn tates. And the proceedmgs for the condemnation and sale of any such