Excerpt from Public Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the First Congress, 1862: Carefully Collated With the Originals at Richmond Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the owners of property destroy ed under the operation of this Act, as well as those persons who shall. Voluntarily destroy their property to prevent the same from falling into the hands of the enemy, are hereby authorized to perpetuate the tes limony of such destruction, in the manner prescribed by an Act of the Provisional Congress, entitled An Act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other pro perty seized, wasted or destroyed by them, approved thirtieth August. Eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and such owners and persons shall be entitled to indemnity out of the proceeds of property sequestered and confiscated under the laws of the Confederate States, in such manner as Congress may hereafter provide. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.