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176 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 200. 1866. Personsholding vided For in section seven, For the term of six years; but at any time Liiigngggagg thereafter, upon the payment of a sum not exceeding one- dollar and fifty uio_ cents per acre, the person holding such lease shall be entitled to a certifi. cate of sale of said tract of twenty acres from the direct tax commisb Norvinfrnnt to sioner or such officer as may be authorized to issue. thehsame; buft po ° '“ l‘ °" °'°* warrant shall be held valid lonver than two years a ter the issue o the two years. Same.

Luvés <l¤¤ig· Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the directltax commissioners Qgsgg Q2 §;°;;.lf for South Carolina are hereby authorized and required at the earliest day veyedintoiotsot practicable to survey the lands designated in section seven into lots of “"°"*Y *`*°‘°° twenty acres each, with proper metes and bounds distinctly marked, so that Each' &°' the several tracts shall be convenient in form, and as near as practicable have an average of fertility and woodland; and the expense of such surveys shall be paid from the proceeds of sales of said lands, or, if sooner required, out of any moneys received for other lands on these islands, sold by the United States for taxes, and now in the hands of the direct tax commissioners.

R¤¤*<>¤¤*l*{¤ of Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That restoration of lands occupied L”;",l:egQ$g°,;°gu_ by freedmen under General Sherman’s field order dated at Savannah, der General Georgia, danuary sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-Eve, shall not be iosggd made until after the crops of the present year shall have been gathered made mm, gm by the occupants of said lands, nor until a fair compensation shall have been made to them by the former owners of such lands, or their legal representatives, for all im rovements or betterments erected or constructed thereon, and after duepuotice of the same being done shall have been given by the assistant commissioner.

U<>mmi=Si¤¤¤f Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner shall have ?‘$Ya=;‘QI;l;lQ‘:`nd power to seize, hold, use, lease, or sell all buildings and tenements, and buildings held any lands appertaining to the same, or otherwise, formerly held under Eg'nQl;j(¤ll°d color of title by the late so-called confederatc states, and not heretofore Bwés and ,,0,, disposed of by the United States, and any buildings or lands held in trust disposed of, &c. for the same by any person or persons, and to use the same or appropril’1j<>¢¤¤dS how ate the proceeds derived therefrom to the education of the freed people; “Y’{Q‘Qg;l bureau and whenever the bureau shall cease to exist, such of said so·called couceascstcdeiillst, fedcrate states as shall have made provision for the education of their “**“**I’°“ e citizens without distinction of color shall receive the sum remaininrr unex- g° pended of such sales or rentals, which shall be distributed amoilg said states for educational purposes in ro ortion to their o ulation.

Commissioner Sec. 13. And be itjcrther enagedi) That the com£i;ioner of this bu- Q:ji8;";lff;_Q;’ M_ reau shall at all times co·operate with private benevolent associations of mv0i€,,mgs0c;,,__ citizens in aid of freedmen, and with agents and teachers, duly accredited i¤g¤<;f· and appointed by them, and shall hire or provide by lease buildings for ,6 provide ‘* purposes ot education whenever such associations shall, without cost to buildings and the government, provide suitable teachers and means of instruction; and hte shall furnish such protection as may be required for the safe conduct o such schools.

immunities Sec. 14. Am! be it further enacted, That in ever State or district 3??*,;;;*3;;;,;;} Lvhere the drdinarydcourse of judicial proceedings had been interrupted in certain States y the rebel ion, an until the same shall be full restored, and in ever wd di“*`i°‘s- State or district whose constitutional relations th the government hav; lpleen lpractically discontinued by the rebellion, and until such State shall ave een restore in such relations, and shall be dul re resented in the Congress of the United States, the right to make and eiilorce contracts, to sue, be parties, aéid give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, an convey rea an person ro ert, and to have full and e ual benefit of all laws and proceedings coiicegniné personal liberty, persogal security, and the acquisition, enjoyment, and disposition of estate, real and personal, including the constitutional right to bear arms, shall be secured to and enjoyed by all the citizens of such State or district without respect to race