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 Message of the 
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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 Richmond, Va., Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 To the House of Representatives : 
 
 I herewith transmit, for your information, communications from the 
 Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, in regard to tho 
 sequestratioi^ of real estate belonging to alien enemies, in response to 
 your resolution of the 12th inst. 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 COMMUNICATION FROM SECRETARY OF TREASURY. 
 
 Treasury Department, C. S. A., ) 
 Richmond, Feb. 24, 1863. J 
 
 The President : 
 
 Sir : In response to the resolution of the House of Representatives, 
 requesting the President "to inform" that body •' what real estate, 
 if any, has been sold under the provisions of an Act entitled an Act 
 for the sequestration of the property and effects of alien enemies, and 
 for the indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States, and persons 
 aiding the same in the existing war with the Uniterl States, approved 
 August 30th, 1861, and Acts amending the same, where situated, and 
 what amount has been paid into the treasury arising from such sales," 
 I have the honor to enclose a report from the register of the treasury 
 giving all the information that has reached this department on the 
 subject 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 C. G. MEMMINGER, 
 Secretary of Treasury. 
 
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 COMMUNICATION FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
 
 C0NFEDER\TE StaTF.R OF AmERICA, J 
 
 Department of Justice, > 
 
 Richmond, 13th February, 1863. ) 
 
 To THE President : 
 
 Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the 
 resolution of the House of Representatives, asking what real estate, 
 if any, and where situated, has been sold under the original and 
 amended sequestration act, '* and what amount has been paid into the 
 treasury arising from such sales," and to say in reply, that this de- 
 partment is unable to furnish the information desired. 
 
 There is no law nor regulation requiring reports upon either of 
 the points, to be made to this department, and none such have been 
 made. 
 
 The 13th section of the original act requires a copy of all settle- 
 ments of accounts of receivers to be forwarded by the clerk of the 
 court to the treasurer of the Confederate States, within teu days *fter 
 the decree, interlocutory or final, shall have been passed, etc., but I 
 have no information of the action of the clerks under it. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 T. H. WATTS, 
 
 Attorney General. 
 
LETTER FROM REGISTER OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Treasury Department, > 
 Register's Office, February 24th, 1863. J 
 
 Hon. C. G. Memminger, 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury : 
 
 Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith a statement made in 
 pursuance of the resolution of the House of Representatives, adopted 
 on the 12th inst., and referred for reply to this office, requesting to 
 be informed what real estate has been sequestrated under the several 
 acts of Congress relating thereto, where located, and the amount paid 
 thereon into -the treasury. From an inspection of the statement, you 
 will readily perceive that it answers very meagerly the end intended 
 by the resolution. There has been, undoubtedly, such property 
 sequestrated in every State where the act has been put into operation ; 
 but the returns made to this department, from the several receivers, 
 while they state in detail +he amounts collected, are, in general, inex- 
 plicit, as regards the kind of property upon which they are made. It 
 would seem, from the nature of the proceedings instituted under these 
 acts, that such full and complete statements should be periodically 
 rendered to the office of the Attorney General, as the proper depart- 
 ment to receive them. Should it not involve too great a delay, it 
 woul(jl appear to be advisable that a copy of the resolution be sent to 
 each receiver, with a request for a report of sufficient comprehensive- 
 ness to furnish a satisfactory compliance with its terms. 
 
 I am, respectfully, 
 
 • Your obedient servant, 
 
 RO. TYLER, 
 Register of the Treasury. 
 
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