...pursuance of the sixth section of the act of Congress entitled, "An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which act and the joint resolution explanatory therein, are herewith published,...

...that the provisions of the third clause of the fifth section of ' An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,' shall be so construed as not to apply to any act or acts done prior to the passage thereof ; nor to...

...the session. Finally a bill which was adjusted by conference and passed (entitled "An act to suppress treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,") was sent to the Executive only a few days before the adjournment. He found it objectionable in some...

...purposes." The other purposes we have nothing to do with here. It is so much of this act as undertakes "to punish treason and rebellion," "to seize and confiscate the property of rebels," that the court has to do with in the cases now before it. The first section of this act it is not necessary...

...purposes." The other purposes we have nothing to do with here. It is so much of this act as undertakes "to punish treason and rebellion," "to seize and confiscate the property of rebels," that the court has to do with in the cases now before it. The first section of this act it is not necessary...

...provide the payment and fix the terms of payment 1 Chapter 195. An Act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes. of our soldiers do of necessity apply to and cover the claims of all colored as well as all white men,...

...the assumed authority of the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes" (12 Stat. L., 589); and to have been in a State wherein at that date the war of the rebellion was yet,...

...used for Insurrectionary Purposes " was passed 6 August 1861 and " An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes " was passed 17 July 1862. The latter authorized the president to extend pardon and amnesty to persons...

...the assumed authority of the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes" (12 Stat. L., 589); and to have been in a State wherein at that date the war of the rebellion was yet,...

...confiscate real estate under the act of July 17, 1862, entitled "An act to suppress Insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels," etc., are not proceedings In admiralty, although the act declares that they shall be in rem and conform...