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The Daily Dispatch: June 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], $150 reward. (search)
The act of General Robbery of the South. On the 28th ult., the House of Representatives of the Federal Congress passed a bill which originated in the Senate, the design of which is to appropriate all the property of the loyal Southern citizens to the use of the Federal Government. The title of the bill is. "A bill to collect direct taxes in insurrectionary districts and for other purposes." It provides, as we learn from the Philadelphia Inquirer, for the appointment of a Board of Tax Commissioners, who shall enter upon their duties whenever and wherever the Federal military authority shall be established. In all cases where the owners of land fail to pay their taxes the property is to be sold. Provision is made for the redemption of the land, and it be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that the owner has not taken part in, or is any manner aided or abetted the rebellion, and that, by reason of the insurrection, he has been unable to pay the tax. In cases where th