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[House of Representatives, No. 343.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 20, 18G5— Read 
 first and second times, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Herkert, from the Committee on Claim?. 
 
 A BILL 
 
 To be entitled An Act providing for the auditing and payment of 
 properly authenticated claims against the Cotton Bureau 
 in the Trans Mississippi .Department. 
 
 1 "Whereas. Under authority of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, com- 
 
 2 manding the Trans-Mississippi Military Department, large quan- 
 
 3 tities of cotton have been purchased for the use of the Confeder- 
 
 4 ate States, by W. A. Broadwell, appointed for that purpose, and 
 
 5 for which certificates have been given, providing that payment 
 <i should be made as Congress might thereafter prescribe. And 
 
 7 whereas, Said claims cannot be paid without the sanction of 
 
 8 Congress, according to the terms of the contract, Therefore, 
 
 1 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do t 9nact, 
 
 2 That the Secretary of the Treasury do cause all such claims for 
 
 3 cotton sold and delivered to the said W. A. Broadwell for the 
 
 4 use of the Confederate States, to be examined and audited by 
 
 5 the proper accounting officer of the Trans-Mississippi Military 
 
 6 Department, according to snch regulations as he may deem just 
 
 7 and proper, and that tkere be paid therefor just compensation 
 
 8 out of any funds appropriated thereto. 
 
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