Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... 8. Where property has been impressed for temporary use, and is lost or destroyed without the fault of the owner, the government of the Confederate States shall pay a just compensation therefor; to be appointed by appraisers, appointed and qualified as provided in the first section of this act. If such property when returned has, in the opinion of the owner, been injured while in the public use, the amount of damage thereby sustained to be determined in the manner described in the third section of this act, the officer returning the property being authorized to act in behalf of the government; and upon such inquiry the certificate of the value of the property when originally impressed shall be received as prima facie evidence of value thereof. 9. Where slaves are impressed by the Confederate Government to work on fortifications or other public works, the impressment shall be made by said government according to the rules and regulations provided in the laws of the state where they are impressed, and in the absence of such laws in accordance with such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as the Secretary of War shall from time to time prescribe: Provided, That no impressment of slaves shall be made when they can be hired by consent of the owner or agent. 10. That previous to the first day of December next, no slaves laboring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted to the production of provisions and grain, shall be taken for the public use without the consent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity. 11. That any commissioned or non-commissioned officer or private who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be tried before the Military Court of the corps to..."
