45J Conf Pam 12mo #51 3 f House Bill No. 1.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— February 2, 1863.— Read first and second times, made special order for to-morrow, morning hour, February 3, 1863, and from day to day until concluded, and ordered to be printed. [ By Mr. Kenner, from Committee on Ways and Means.] To be entitled an Act making appropriations for the support of the Government, for the period from February 1, to June 30, 1863, inclusive, and to supply deficiencies arising prior thereto. 1 The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do cnazt, That 2 there be appropriated and paid out of any money in th? treasury, 3 not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money, and for •i the following purposes, viz : 1 Legislative. — For compensation and mileage of members and 2 delegates of the House of Representatives, one hundred and 3 seventy-four thousand two hundred dollars, ($174,200.) 4 For compensation of officers, clerks, &c, of the House of 5 Representatives, five thousand five hundred dollars, ($5,600*) 6 For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, ten 7 thousand dollars, ($10,000.) 8 For compensation and mileage of members of the Senate, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars, ($29,900.) 10 For compensation of officers, clerks, &c, of the Senate, six 11 thousand dollars, ($6,000.) 12 For contingent expenses of the Senate, six thousand dollars, 13 (§6,000.) 1 Executive. — For compensation of the President of the Confed- 2 crate States, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, 3 ($6,250.) 4 For compensation of the Vice President of the Confederate 5 States, one thousand five hundred dollars, ($1,500.) 6 For compensation of the private secretary and messenger of 7 the President, one thousand and seven dollars and thirteen cents, 8 (1,007 13.) 9 For compensation of the private secretary of the Vice Presi- 10 dent, seven hundred and fourteen dollars and forty cents, 11 ($714 40.) 12 For contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Executive 13 office, four thousand dollars, ($4,000.) 1 Treasury Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of 3 2 the Treasury, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, Trea* 3 surer, and Register, and clerks, and messengers in said depart- 4 ment, three hundred and fiity seven thousand eight hundred and 5 ninety-seven dollars and ten cents, ($357,897 10.) G For incidental and contingent expenses of the treasury depart- 7 ment, twenty- one thousand eight hundred dollars, ($21,800.) 8 For interest on the public debt, twenty million dollars, 9 ($20,000,000.) 10 For engraving and printing treasury notes, bonds and certifi- 1 1 cates of stock, and for paper for the same, three hundred and 12 fifty thousand dollars, ($350,000. 13 For the transfer of funds to foreign parts, five million dollars, 14 ($5,000,000.) 15 For the transmission of Confederate States funds, two hundred 16 thousand dollars, ($200,000.) 1 War Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of War, 2 Assistant Secretary, Chief of Bureau, clerks, messengers, &c, 3 in said department, ninety-six thousand seven hundred and fifty 4 dollars, ($96,750.) 5 For incidental and contingent expenses of the war department, G fifty-four thousand dollars, ($54,000.) 1 Quartermasters Department. — For the pay of the army, one 4 3 hundred and nineteen million two hundred and seventy thousand 3 seven hundred and seventy-one dollars, ($119,270 } 771.) 4 For the transportation of troops and their baggage, of quarter- 5 master's stores, subsistence, ordnance and ordnance stores, from 6 place of purchase to troops in the field, purchase of horses, 7 mules, wagons and harness, purchase of lumber, nails, iron and 8 steel for erecting storehouses, quarters for troops and other re- 9 pairs, hire of teamsters, laborers, &c, forty- seven million sevne 10 hundred and eight thousand three hundred and eight dollars, 11 (§47,708,308.) 12 For pay for horses of non-commissioned officers and privates 13 killed in battle, under act No. 48, section 7, and for which pro- 14 vision is to be made, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol- 15 lars, ($125,000.) 16 For pay for property pressed into the service of the Confed- 17 erate States, under appraisement, said property having been 18 either lost or applied to , the public service, one hundred and 19 eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, ($187,500.) 20 For the sustenance of prisoners of war, under act No. 181, 21 section 1, and the hire of the necessary prisons, guard houses ; 22 &c, for the safe keeping of the same, or so much thereof as may 23 be necessary, one million dollars, ($1,000,000.) 5 24 For the bounty of fifty dollars to each non-commissioned offi- 25 cer, musician and private now in the service for three years or 26 for the war, to be paid at the expiration of the first year's service, 27 on the basis that sixty thousand men will have to be paid, three 28 million dollars, ($3,000,000.) 29 For pay of the officers on duty in the offices of Adjutant and 30 Inspector General's Department, the Quartermaster General's 31 Department, medical, engineer, ordnance and subsistence depart- 32 ments, three hundred and twenty. three thousand three hundred SPj and fifty dollars, ($323,350.) 1 Commissary Depart?ne7it, — For the purchase of subsistence 2 stores and commissary property, forty-eight million six hundred 3 and fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars, ($48,658,500.) 1 Ordnance Department. — For the ordnance service in all its 2 branches, twelve million five hundred thousand dollars, 3 ($12,500,000.) 4 For the purchase of pig and rolled iron, three million dollars, 5 ($3,000,000.) 6 For the purchase and manufacture of nitre, four hundred 7 thousand dollars, ($400,000.) 1 Engineer Department. — For the engineer service, three million % dollars, ($3,000,000.) I 1 Medical Department. — For pay of private physicians employed 2 by contract, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,- ($150,000.) 3 For pay of nurses and cooks, not enlisted or volunteers, two 4 hundred and forty thousand dollars, (§240,000.) 5 For pay of hospital stewards, sixty thousand dollars, ($60,000.) 6 For pay of matrons, assistant matrons and ward matrons, two 7 hundred and forty thousand dollars, ($240,000.) 8 For pay of ward masters, one hundred and fifty thousand 9 dollars, ($150,000,) 10 For pay of hospital laundresses, fifty thousand dollars, 11 ($50,000.) 12 For medical and hospital supplies, two million five hundred 13 thousand dollars, ($2,500,000.) 14 For the establishment and support of military hospitals, one 15 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ($150,000.) 1 Navy Department, — For compensation of the Secretary of 2 the Navy, clerks and messenger, twelve thousand one hundred 3 and sixty- three dollars and thirty-nine cents, ($12,163 39.) 4 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Depart- 5 roent, ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.) 6 For pay of the Navy, one million three hundred and ninety- 7 nine thousand five hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty- 6 five cents, ($1,399,571 25.) 9 For provisions and contingencies in the paymasters depart- 10 ment, one million three hundred and twenty-one thousand six 1! hundred and fifty dollars, (§1,321,650.) 12 For construction of iron-clad and other vessels in the Con- 13 federate States, three million dollars, (§3,000,000.) 14 For ordnance and ordnance stores, one million eight hundred 15 and seventeen thousand live hundred dollars, (§1,817,500.) 16 For purchase of nautical instruments, books and charts, fifteen 17 thousand dollars, (§15,000.) 18 For equipment and repair of vessels, two hundred and fifty 10 thousand dollars, ($250,000.) 20 For fuel for steamers, navy yards and stations, three hundred 21 thousand dollars, ($300,000.) 22 For contingent enumerated, two hundred and fifty thousand 23 dollars, ($250,000.) 24 For surgeon's necessaries, one hundred thousand dollars, 25 ($100,000.) 26 For support of the marine corps, two hundred and sixty-eight 27 thousand six hundred and twenty-seven dollars, ($268,627.) 1 State Department—For compensation of the Secretary of State, 2 clerks, messenger and laborer, five thousand three hundred and 3 fifty dollars, ($5,353.) I 4 For salaries of consuls and commercial agents., ten thousand 5 dollars, ($10,000.) 6 For salaries of commissioners and secretaries, twenty-three '/ thousand four hundred dollars, (§23,400.) 8 For incidental and contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, 9 ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.) 10 . For necessities and exigencies under laws already passed, or 11 which maybe passed, or from causes which now exist or may 12 hereafter arise, and unforeseen emergencies, subject to the re- 1 1 quisition, and under the control of the President of the Confede- M rate States, one hundred thousand dollars, ($100,000.) 1 Department of Justice. — For compensation of the Attorney 2 General, Assistant Attorney General, clerks and messenger, in- 3 eluding pay of messenger prior to March Dili, 1861, six thousand A and six dollars and eighty-five cents, (§6,006 85.) .3 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of 6 Justice, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, ($1,260.) 7 For the salaries of Superintendent of Public Printing, clerk 8 and messenger, two thousand and sixty-two dollars and fifty 9 cents, ($2,062 50.) 1 For compensation of commissioner of Indian Affairs and Gov- 11 ernor, secretary, judges, attorney and marshal of Arizona Ter- 9 12 ritory, four thousand five hundred and ten dollars, ($4,510.) 13 For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona Territory, 14 to be expended by the Governor, four hundred and seventy-eight 15 dollars and fifty cents, ($478 50.) 1G For printing, binding and ruling for the several Executive IT Departments, seventy-five thousand dollars, ($75,000.) 18 For printing and binding for both Houses of Congress, in- 19 eluding the printing of the laws and journals in book form,. 20 twenty-five thousand dollars, ($25,000.) 21 For purchase of paper for the Executive Departments and 22 Congress, twenty-five thousand dollars, ($25,000.) 23 For salaries of judges, attorneys and marshals, and incidental 24 and contingent expenses of courts, twenty-five thousand dollars, 25 ($25,000.) 2o For compensation of three commissioners, appointed under the 27 sequestration act, and for clerk hire and contingent expenses, 23 five thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. ($5,325.) 1 Pcstoffice Department. — For compensation of the Postmaster 2 General chiefs of bureaux, clerks, messengers, watchmen and 3 laborers, forty-seven thousand four hundred and eight dollars 4 and thirty-four cents, ($47,408 34.) 5 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Postofiice Dc- 6 partment. five thousand dollars, ($5,000.) 9 10 r Miscellaneous.— For rent of executive buildings and President's 2 house, ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.) % For compensation of agents, cost of materials and construct- 4 ing, repairing and operating telegraph lines, fifty thousand dol- 5 lars, ($50,000.) Hollinger Corp. pH8.5