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shall be voluntarily absent therefrom and engaged either in arms, or otherwise, in aiding or encouraging the rebellion," and which remains unsold or otherwise disposed of are, and shall be considered as under the control of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, for the purposes hereinbefore set forth, and for the time authorized by the Act establishing the Bureau; and no part or parcel of said confiscated or abandoned property shall be surrendered or restored to the former owner thereof or other claimants thereto except such surrender or restoration be authorized by said Commissioner. 

III. Whenever any abandoned lands or other abandoned property that shall have come into the possession of the Bureau, does not fall under the definition of "Abandoned" as set forth in Sec. 2 of the Act approved July 2, 1864, it will be formally surrendered by the Commission or Asst. Commissioner of the Bureau upon clear proof that the claimant did not abandon the property in the sense defined in said Section and Act.

IV. In the surrender or restoration of any property, the requirements of Circular No. 3 Current Series from this Bureau will be carefully observed.

V. Asst. Commissioners will as rapidly as possible cause accurate descriptions of all confiscated and abandoned [[strikethrough]] property [[/strikethrough]] lands 

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