Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Order to Edward Bates1Jump to section

Executive Mansion
Ordered by the President: January 8. 1863.

Whereas on the 13th day of November, 1862, it was ordered ``that the Attorney General be charged with the superintendence and direction of all proceedings to be had under the Act of Congress of the 17 of July 1862 entitled ``an Act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, and to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes'' in so far as may concern

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the seizure, prosecution and condemnation of the estate, property and effects of rebels and traitors as mentioned and provided for in the fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of the said Act of Congress.''

And whereas, since that time it has been ascertained that divers prosecutions have been instituted in the Courts of the United States, for the condemnation of property of rebels and traitors under the Act of Congress of August the 6th 1861, entitled ``an Act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes'' which equally require the superintending care of the Government: Therefore---

It is now, further ordered by the President: That the Attorney General be charged with the superintendence and direction of all proceedings to be had under the said last-mentioned Act (the Act of 1861) as fully in all respects, as under the first-mentioned Act (the Act of 1862). ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Annotation

[1] Copy, DLC-Nicolay Papers. In the Official Records (III, IV, 408-409) this order is printed as an enclosure in a letter from Bates to General Lewis Wallace, May 25, 1864. See also Lincoln's order to Bates, November 13, 1862.

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