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Excerpt from The Confiscation Act of 1861, for the Seizure and Condemnation of Property Used for Insurrectionary Purposes, as Prize of War: Brief in the Cases of the United States Vs, Clark's Foundry
We propose to discuss the various questions that have been raised by opposing counsel in the cases at bar, instituted under the confiscation act of August 6, 1861. This act is for the confiscation of property used for insurrectionary purposes. It directs proceedings in rem for the condemnation of the offending thing. It also applies the rights of belligerents to captures made on land as well as upon water. It rests upon the right of Congress to provide for the forfeiture of property by the actio in rem, where the jus in re arises from some illegal act done by or with the thing; and also upon the right to make rules concerning captures on land and water. The act declares prop erty used for insurrectionary purposes to be lawful subject of prize and capture, wherever found. 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.
