BY AUTHORITY, THE Confederate States of America, PASSED AT TI1E FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND CONG-RES^; 18 6 4. (garcfullg collated roitlj tl)c (Driginals at fticljmonir EDITED BY JAMES M. MATTHEWS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND LAW CLERIC IX TIIE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY. RICHMOND: R. M. SMLTH, PRINTER TO OON 1864, ■,'ESS. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://archive.org/details/statutesatlargeoconfed PUBLIC LAWS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND CONGRESS; 1864. € q r e f u 1 1 m r o 1 1 a 1 1 ft to i 1 1) 1 1) f Originals at EiiljmuH^ EDITED BY JAMES M. MATTHEWS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, t A>JD LAW CI.ERK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY. RICHMOND: R. M. SMITH, PRINTER TO CONGRESS. 1864 E RRA T I.: M Page. Line. -88 6 For f: neutral,' 7 read "nmtnal. LIST OP THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. $cts of tt)e 0tconir Congress of % Confeocratc States. STATUTE I.— 1864. PAGE. Compensation of officers and employees in the departments at Richmond. An Act to continue in force and amend the provisions of an act, approved January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, increasing the compensation of certain officers and employees in the civil and legislative departments at Richmond. May 13, 1864, ch. 1 253 Withdrawal from the Treasury of money contributed by the ladies of South Carolina to bw'ld an iron- clad gun-boat. An Act to authorize the withdrawal from the Treasury of money contributed to build an iron-clad gun-boat by ladies of the State of South Cirolina, and deposited therein. May 19, 1864, ch, 2 253 Passports for members of Congress. An Act to provide passports for Senators and Representatives in Congress when traveling in the Confederate States. May 23, 1864, ch. 3 254 Franking privilege extended. An Act to extend the franking privilege. May 23, 1864, ch. 4 254 Commissaries for regiments of cavalry. An Act to authorize the- appointment of commissaries for regiments of cavalry. May 23, 1864, ch. 5 254 Machinery. &c, for railroads admitted free of duty. An Act to exempt railroad companies from the payment of certain duties. May 23, 1864, ch 6 254 Redemption of old issue of treasury notes held by certain Indian Tribes. An Act to provide for the redemption of the old issue of treasury notes held by certain Indian Tribes. May 24, 1864, ch. 7 255 Appointment of officers with temporary rank and command. An Act to provide for the appointment of officers with temporary rank and command. May 31, 1864, ch. 8, 255 Certain State officers allowed to purchase forage. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid any State in communicating with and perfecting records concerning its troops," approved six- teenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. May 31, 1864, ch. 9, 255 Appointment of Ensign for each battalion of infantry. An Act to amend an act entitled " An act creating the office of ensign in the army of the Confederate States." May 31, 1861, ch. 10, 255 Appointment of Chaplains to battalions and general hospitals. An Act to amend the several acta iu regard to chaplains. May 31, 1864, ch. 11, 256 Appointment of disbursing clerk in War Department. An Act to provide for the appointment of a dis- bursing clerk in the War Department. May 31, 1864, ch. 12, 256 Compensation and milea/e of members and officers of Congress. An Act to regulate the compensation and mileage of members of Congress and increase the compensation of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. June 2, 1861, ch. 13 256 Printing of the Laws. An' Act to secure the prompt printing of the laws of the Confederate States. June 3, 1864, eh. 14, '257 Elections for representatives in Congress in State of Tennessee. An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to provide for holding elections of Representatives in the Congress of the Confedera'e States in the State of Tennessee/' approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. June 3, 1864, ch. 15, 257 Transportation <» officers traveling under orders. An Act to furnish transportation to officers of the army and navy whilst traveling under orders. June 4, 1864, ch. 16, ,,.... 258 -A? A ■ vi LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS. % PAGE. Appointment of additional military storekeepers. An Act to provide for the appointment of additional military storekeepers in the provisional army of the Confederate States. June 4, 1S64, ch. 17, 258 Change of times and p aces of holding district courts. An Act to authorize the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States to appoint and change the times and places of holding the courts in their respective districts. June 4, 1864, ch. 18 258 New post-routes established. An Act to establish certain post-routes therein named. June 4, 1864, ch. 19 250 Bounty allowed to certain officers, &c, of the navy and of the marine corps. An Act to extend to the navy and marine corps the provisions of the third section of "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. June 7, 1864, ch. 20, 259 Certain officers, &c, of the navy and of the marine corps may be retired or discharged from service. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide an Invalid Corps," approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. June 7, 1864, ch. 21, 2C0 Punishment of the cavalry for lawlessness. An Act to promote the effic ency of the cavalry of the pro- visional army, and to punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof. June 7, 1864, ch. 22 ,260 Rations to officers of the army and navy. An Act to amend the act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty -four, entitled "An act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations, and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department." June 7, 1864, ch. 23, 260 Exemption of certain denominations af Christians from military service. An Act to amend so much . of an act entitled " An act to organize forces, to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, as relates to the exemption of certain religious denominations. June 7, 1864, ch. 24 261 Supplies of small stores to enlisted men of the navy. An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to regu- late the supplies of clothing to enlisted men of the navy during the war," approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. June 7, 1864, ch. 25...... 261 Transportation in kind to members of Congress. An Act to provide transportation in kind in certain cases to members and delegates in Congress. June 8, 18§4, ch. 26, 261 Pay and allowances to persons on detailed service. An Act to provide for the compensation of non- commissioned officers, soldiers, sailors and marines on detailed service. June 9, 1864, ch. 27... 261 Compensation of commissioners appointed under the habeas corpus act. An Act for the payment of commissioners appointed under the act entitled " An act to suspend Ihe privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases," and to confer certain powers upon said commissioners. June 9, 1864, ch. 28 262 Pay of non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians, increased. An Act to increase the compensa- tion of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the army of the Confederate States. June 9, 1864, cb. 29...... 2o2 Nitre and Mining Bureau. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a Nitre and Mining Bureau," approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty three. June 9, 1864, ch. 30, 263 Appropriations for the postal service. An Act making appropriations for the postal service of the Confederate States for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and eighteen hundred and sixty-three. June 10, 1864, eh. 31 263 Tax in kind. An Act to amend the laws relating to the tax in kind. June 10, 1864, ch. 3,2, 264 Organization of forces to serve during the war. An Act to amend "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen htindred and sixty-four. June 10, 1864, ch. 33, 264 Additional tax assessed on all subjects of taxation, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty -four. An Act to raise money to increase the pay of soldiers. June 10, 1864, ch. 34 265 Salary of the Treasurer. An Act concerning the salary of the Treasurer. June 10, 1864, ch. 35, 265 Tax remitted on slaves lost to the owners by the acts of the enemy. An Aft to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of tax payers in certain cases," approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. June 10, 1864, ch. 36,.... 265 Pay of general offi.cers. An Act to graduate the pay of general officers. June 10, 1864, ch. 37, 265 Appointment of additional officers of artillery. An Act to authorize the appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties. Juno 10, 1864, ch. 38, 266 Appropriations for the support of the Government. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America, from July 1 to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency. June 13, 1864, ch. 39 266 Exchange of ten year eight per cent, convertible bonds for ten year eight per cent, coupon bonds. An Act to authorize the owners of the registered eight per cent, ten year convertible bonds, issued under the provisions of the act approved May sixteenth, eighteen, hundred and sixty-one, to exchange the same for coupon bonds. June 13, 1864, ch. 40, 270 Manufacture of spirituous liquors. An Act to authorize the manufacture of spirituous liquors for the use of the army and hospitals. June 14, 1864, ch. 41, , '. 271 Claims for property taken or informally impressed for ihe use of the army. An Act providing for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally #• impressed for the use of the army. June 14, 1864, ch. 42, 271 .^ States holding old issues of treasury notes may exchange one half for new issue and fund the other half. An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue * of notes and bonds," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. June 14, 1864, ch. 43 272 fr- LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS. vii 41 PAGE. Tare*. An Act to amend the tax law. June 14, 1364, ch^ll 273 Compensation of heads of departments and others, increased. An Act t© increase the compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments, and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury, and of the Assistant Attorney General and the Comptroller of the Treasury and other officers therein named. June 14, 1864, ch 45 275 [\iy of clerks in the office of the Depositary. An Act in relation to the pay of clerks in the office of the Depositary. June 14, 1864, ch. 46 276 Additional appropriations for the support of the Government. An Act making additional appropria- tions for the support of the Government. June 14, 1864, ch. 47 276 States that exchanged Treasury Notes of the old issue, allowed to exchange the certificates or bonds received for the new issue. An Act further to amend " An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of bonds and notes," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. June 14, 1864, ch. 48 Jfc 277 Volunteer Navy. An Act to amend the several acts in relation to a volunteer navy. June 14, 1864, ch. 49 277 Provisional Nary. An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to create a provisional navy of the Confederate States," approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. June 14, 1864, ch. 50 277 Companies. &c, composed of supernumerary officers. An Act to authorize the formation of new com- mands, to be composed of supernumerary officers, who may resign to join such commands, and to limit and restrict the the appointment of officers in certain cases. June 14, 1864, ch. 51 273 Appointment of Quartermasters and Commissaries. An Act to authorize the appointment of Quarter- masters and Assistant Quartermasters and Commissaries and Assistant Commissaries in the provisional army in certain cases. June 14, 1864, ch 52 278 Military Courts. An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to organize military courts to attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts." June 14, 1864, ch. 53 , 279 Military Courts. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled ' An act to organize military courts to attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,' " approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. June 14, 1864, ch. 54 , 280 Commutation value of hoepital rations. An Act to amend the laws relating to the commutation value of hospital rations. June 14,1864, ch. 55 280 Imports. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of luxuries or of arti- cles not necessaries or of common use," approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty- four. June 14, 1864, ch. 56 280 Military Courts. An Act to amend an aet entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. June 14, 1864, ch. 57 280 General Staff. An Act to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field to serve during the war. June 14, 1864, ch. 58 2S1 PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS. Thanhs of Congress to North, Carolina Troops. Joint resolution of thanks to the thirty.- fourth and thirty-eighth regiments of North Carolina troops. May 17, 1864 283 Thanks of Congress to Texas Brigade. Joint resolutions of thanks to the Texas brigade in the army of northern Virginia. May 17, 1864 283 Thanks of Congress to Major General Hoke and Commander Cooke, and their commands. Joint resolution of thanks to Major General Hoke and Commander Cooke, and the officers and men under their command, for the brilliant victory over the enemy at Plymouth, North Carolina. May 17, 1864 . 283 Thanks of Congress to Brigadier General Joseph Fiunegan and his command. Joint resolu- tion of thanks to General Finnegan and the officers and men of his command. May 17, 1864 283 Thanks of Congress to Missiouri officers and soldiers. Joint resolution of thanks to Mis- souri officers and soldiers in the Confederate service east of the Mississippi river. May 22, 1864 284 Thanks of Congress to Major General N. B. Forrest and his command. Joint resolution of thanks to Major General N. B. Forrest, and the officers and men of his command, for their campaign in Mississippi, west Tennessee and Kentucky. May 23, 1864 28i Auditing accounts of members' of Congress for pay and mileage. Joint resolution authoriz- ing the auditing of accounts of members for pay and mileage. May 23, 1864 284 Standing Committees of Congress to be furnished copies of the laws. Joint resolution re- quiring the Department of Justice to furnish the standing committees of the two Houses with printed copies of the acts of Congress. May 23, 1864 284 Jurisdiction and sovereignty of Virginia to be maintained. Joint resolution responsive to the resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, asserting the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State of Virginia over her ancient boundaries. June 4, 1864 285 Thanks of Congress to the ninth regiment of Texas infantry. Joint resolution of thanks to the ninth regiment of Texas infantry. June 4, 1SG4..... 285 No. 1, No. 2. No. 3. No. 4, No 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. viii LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS. PAGE- No. 11. Thank* of Congress to Major General-Richard Taylor and his command. Joint resolution of thanks to Major General Richara Taylor, and the officers and men of his command. June 10, 1864 285 No. 12. Transportation and hfispital accommodations allowed sick and wounded officers. Joint reso- lution to allow sick and wounded officers of the army transportation to their homes and hospital accommodations. June 10, 1864 ;.. 285 No. 13. Principles and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States. Joint resolutions declaring the dispositions, principles and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States. June 14, 1864 286 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, Passed at the first session, which was oegun and held at the city of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, on Monday, the second day of May, A. D., 1864, and ended on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of June, A. D., 1864. Jefferson Davis, President. Alexander EL Stephens, Vice- President, and President of the Senate. Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Chap. I. — An Act to continu&in force and amend the provisions of an act, approved May 13, 1864. January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, increasing the compensation of cer- '■ tain officers and employees in the civil and legislative departments, at Richmond. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Provision of the the provisions of an act entitled "An act to increase the compensation act of January 30, of certain civil officers and eniplovees in the President's office, and in?® 8 ** " lcreasl . ng ■n • i t • i • t\ -rf i i p v -i. j tDe compensation Jixecutive and Legislative JJepartments, at iiichniond, tor a limited oi -certain ciril offi- period," approved January thirtieth, eighteen hundred acd sixty-four, cers and employees be, and the same are hereby, continued in force until the first daydf fo * * limited January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and that the benefits of the f n f , rce ti]1 j an . said act be, for the time aforesaid, continued to such clerks of the uarv 1, 1865. Treasury Department as have recently been removed from Richmond to Benefiis of the Columbia, South Carolina, and such other clerks as may be there em- e j^ 8 employed in ployed. Columbia, South Approved May 13, 1864. Carolina Chap. IT. — An Act to authorize the withdraxoal from the Treasury of money contributed May 19, 1864. to build an iron-clad gun-boat by ladies of the State of South Carolina^and deposited therein. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Maney contrib- the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appro- n * e ^ by , tb ° ,ad . ies priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, t0 build an iron- to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in clad gunboat, ap- the construction of iron-clad vessels at Charleston, South Carolina, this propriated for th» 254 SECOND CONGRESS. ' Sees. I.* Ch. 3, 4, 5, 6. 1864. construction of amoun fc haying been contributed by the ladies of South Carolina for this To^L:r h '°^> ">d paid into the Treasury. Approved May 19, 1864. iy 23 1864. Cha». III. — An Act to provide pawports for Senators and Representative* in Congress* — when travelling in the Confederate States. lassporte to be The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That furnished to Sena- it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State of the Confederate States* taiives in Congress" to f"™^) without application, each Senator and Representative in Con- an the Confederate States of America do enact, That Appointment of .the President be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice temporary officers and consent of the Senate, to appoint temporary officers of the rank f of tQeran:iot t,r 'g- ,'.•.,. , - a t 't i i r> i adier general, ma- brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general or general for tnej or general, lieu- provisional army, and assign them to any appropriate command. tenant general or Sec. 2. TL«,t tho said, officers, so appointed, shall only hoxd their said S t 'j ra - 1 • , -i ,i • •! ix. i .• ',1 . J • Howlongtohold rank and th«ir said command, for such time as the temporary exigency tn e ir rank and may require, at the .expiration of which time they shall resume their command. previous permanent rank and command. Approved May 81, 1864. Chap. IX. — An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid any State in communicating/ May 31 1S64. with and perfecting records concerning its troops," approved sixteenth February, ■ eighteen hundred and sixty-four. See ante, ch. 3J> page 190. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That g* a t e officers the above named act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to allow commissioned to to the State officer therein named, the right to purchase forage for one commun i cate W1 th horse in addition to the right granted thereby to purchase one ration, states allowed to said purchases to be made upon the same terms and conditions, and purchase forage, under the same circumstances under which officers of the provisional army may be allowed to purchase rations or forage. Approved May 31, 1864. 256 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10, 11, 12, 13. 1864. May 31, 1864. Chap. X. — An Act to amend an act entitled "An act creating the office of Ensign in the army of the Confederate States." See ante. ch. 76, page 234. Appointment of The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That ensign for each the above recited act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to allow atta ion o in an- ^q appointment of an ensign to each battalion of infantry. This act and the Sec. 2. That the said act, and this amendment thereto, shall be under- act of February 17, stood and construed to apply onjy to the provisional army of the Con~ 1864, (ante, page federate aiLt* ft J J V J 234,) to apply only leaerate States. to provisional APPROVED May 31, 1864. army. May 31, 1864. Chap. XL — An Act to amend the several acts in regard to chaplains. Appointment of jife Q mc , re8S f the Confederate States of America do enact, That taiions and genei * ne President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice ial hospitals. and consent of the Senate, to appoint, when in his judgment it may be proper to do so, chaplains to battalions and to general hospitals, who shall Pay and allow- receive the same pay and allowances now authorized by law to chaplains ances ' appointed to regiments and posts. Approved, May 31, 1864. May 31, 1864. Chap. XII.— An Act to provide for the appointment of a disbursing clerk in, the War — I • department. Appointment of f 1 ]^ Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That thf wlr S De r art D ^ iere sta11 be a PPO int ed by the Secretary of War, a clerk, with a salary ment. Salary. Du- of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, who shall be charged with ties. Bond. making the disbursements for the said department, and who shall give a bond, with sureties, for the faithful performance of the duties of his Acts repealed, office, in such sum as the Secretary of War shall prescribe. And all acts and parts of acts now providing for the appointment and salary of dis- Provisio as to bursing clerk for said department be, and the same are hereby, repealed: y ' Provided, said salary shall not continue for a period beyond the dura- tion of the war with the* United States. Approved May 31, 1864. June 2, 1864. Chap. XIII. — An Act to regulate the compensation and mileage of members of Congreis,, ■ and increase the compensation of the officers of the Senate and Mouse of Representa- tives. Compensation The Congress of the Confederate States -of America do enact, That and mileage o f fo Q compensation and mileage ot members of Congress, the first year of gress the second Congress, shall be double the amount now allowed by law. Compensation Sec 2. That the compensation of the officers of Congress for one year of officers ot Gtjn- f rom the passage of this act shall be double the amount allowed in the l-iTch. 6Y ' ' act entitled " An act to regulate the compensation of the officers of the Senate and of the House of Representatives," approved March twenty- fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and officers whose appointment has been authorized since the passage of said act, shall be entitled to .the same compensation as officers of like grade named therein ; but the provisions of this act shall not operate to reduee the compensation now SECOND CODjpRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 14, 15: 1864. 257 allowed by law to any officer of the Senate or of the House of Repre- sentatives. Approved June 2, 1864, Chap. XIV. — An Act to secure the prompt printing of the laws of the Confederate States. June 3, 1864. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Attorney Gene- the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ, from additional clerlcaJ • time to time, such additional clerical force as he may deem necessary f orC e to aid the law to aid the law clerk to prepare promptly for publication, immediately clerk. after the adjournment of each session of Congress, the acts, resolutions and treaties of the Confederate States, adopted during the session. Sec. 2. That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized Authorized to to contract for the printing, publishing and binding of the acts, resolu- eontr . act for tn ® tions and treaties adopted at each session of Congress, conformably to the ^ e ^f^ reaolu- • provisions of an entitled " An act to privide for the safe custody, print- tions and treaties, ing, publication and distribution of the laws, and to provide for the See acts of pro- appointment of an additional clerk in the Department of Justice/' f S ^°^ g 5 lsfi 6 " 8 approved fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, whenever, in his judgment, they may not be promptly executed by the public printer. Sec. 3. That all the printing required by the heads of the several execu- Printing for the tive departments (the Post-Office Department excepted,) shall be executed Exe cutive Depart- m^nts untlsr ctirGO-' under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Printing ; and such tion f s up ' t . f compensation shall be paid as may be agreed upon between the heads of Public printing, the departments, respectively, and the contractor or contractors doing the Compensation. work. The Superintendent of Public Printing shall have authority to apportion the work of said departments among any number of contractors Apportionme n t and printing establishments that may be necessary to secure the prompt of the work, execution thereof, and he may have the same done by job or otherwise. Sec. 4. In addition to the copy of the laws which the members of Number of copiea Congress are now entitled to receive by law, there shall be delivered to of .. t ? e l & \ 8 t0 c them by the Attorney General one copy of the acts of each session of congress are en- 'Congress, and one copy of the laws of the provisional Congress«now in titled, course of publication, and hereafter every new member of Congress shall be entitled to two copies of said laws. Approved June 3, 1864. ■ Chap. XV. — An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to provide for holding flections June 3, 1864. of Jtepresentatives in the Congress of th-e Confederate States in the State of Tennessee," approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Election for rep- tile act entitled "An act to provide for holding elections for Bepresen- fesentatives in tatives in the Congress of the Confederate, States in the State of Ten- g ta te of Tennessee, nessee," approved May first, eighteen hundred *and sixty-three, be Person receiving amended so that the person voted for as representative of any specified J he highest ° um ' distriet, receiving the highest number of votes of the whole vote of the WD ole vote of the State, shall be commissioned as representative of the district for which State, to be com- he is voted for. missioned. Sec. 2. That in all elections held under said act, polls shall be opened Where polls U jn the camps of the army, as well out of as in the State, and the election be °P eQed< 358 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.^, 17, 18. 1864. How election shall be conducted otherwise as provided in said act as amended by this conducted. act. Who entitled to Sec. 3. That in such elections all "persons entitled to vote under said Jaec* 1 " 1 at whataet out of tne count y of their residence, shall be allowed to vote at any of the places of voting out of the State. Approved June 3, 1864. June 4, 1864. Chap. XVI. — An Act to furnish transportation to officers of the army and navy while traveling under' orders. Officers of the The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That army or n a v y. , officers of the army and navy while traveling under orders of the oTdws^Howeci W ar or Navy Department, shall be allowed transportation in kind for transportation, themselves and their personal baggage, and ten dollars per day for and expenses. ( expenses while necessarily traveling in the execution of their orders. Approved June 4, 1864. , June 4, 1864. Chap XVII. — An Act to provide for the appointment of additional military store~ '- keepers in the provisional army of the Confederate States. Appointment of The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That additional military t ] ie p res i<} en t be authorized to appoint ten military storekeepers of ord- storeke epersof . , .. , n i' /V ■ ' « ■ - i o • i t ,'■ ordnance in provi- nance m the provisional army oi the Confederate btates, in addition to sionai army. those authorized by act of May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, See ante p. 161, en titled " An act to provide for the appointment of military storekeepers Pay and allow- ^ n the provisional army of the Confederate States," five with the pay ances. and allowances of a captain of infantry, and five with the pay and allow- ances of a first lieutenant of infantry. Bond. Sec. 2. That military storekeepers of the first class, so appointed, shall be required to give the usual bonds in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and those of the second class in the sum- of ten thousand dollars. Proviso. ' This act shall be in force from and after its passage : Provided, That no, one shall be appointed under its provisions except? persons who were per- forming the duties of acting military storekeepers prior to January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or have become incapacitated by wounds or sickness for active service. Approved June 4, 1864. June 4, 1864. Chap. XVIII. — An Act to authorize the judges of the district courts of the Confederate ■ States to appoint and change the times and places of holding the courts in their respect- ive districts. Judges. of the The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That district courts em- the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States have power and^cha'n ^t he aacl aut hority to appoint ar_d change the times and places of holding the times and places of courts in their respective districts, whenever, in their judgment, the holding the courts, public exigences may require ; and they shall have power in term time and provide for the or at c h aniDerg to pass all necessary orders to eiFect such appointment or removal of the re- , „ . ' *■ . . J . . „ ,, . r K , , cords and files. change oi time or place, and to provide lor the removal ot the records and files of the court. SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 19, 20. 1864. 2o9 Sec. 2. This act shall coutiuue in force only daring the existence of th» Aet %o continue present war with the United States. in force during the war. Approved June 4, 1864. Chap. XIX — An Act to establish certain post routes therein named. June. 4, 1864. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That New post-routes the following post routes be, and the same are hereby, established, established, namely : From the town of Americus, in Sumter county, Georgia, by way of Ellaville, in Schley county, and Buena Vista, in Marion county, to Geneva, in Talbot county, Georgia. Also from Black Mingo Post- Offie*, in Williamsburg district, South Carolina, to Cautley's, in the same district and State. Also from Manchester, in Cumberland county, North Carolina, to Reedy -Branch, in the same county. Also from Rutherford Court House, North Carolina, by William Huntley's, Mc- Dauiel's Mills, near Poor's Ford, E. G. Steadman's, Big Islaud, on Broad river, Ford Mills, North Carolina, Arrowood Post-Office, South Carolina, Buck Creek Post-Office, South Carolina, to Spartanburg Court House, South Carolina. Also from the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, to Gainsville, in Hall county, Georgia. Also from Athens, in Clark county, to Lawrenceville, Guinnet county, Georgia. Also from Dahlonega, -in Lumpkin county, by way of Cleveland, in White county, to Clarksville, in Habersham county, Georgia. Also from Independence, Grayson oouaty, Virginia, by way of Noah Loug's, John L. Harrington's and Samuel Perkins' to Big Meadows, in the said county of Grayson. Also from Rye Valley, in Smyth eounty, Virginia, by way of Esquire Ross's, in Grayson county, and BridUtCreek, to Independence, in said county of G^yson. Also from Big Lick, in Roanoke county, Virginia, to tocky Mount, Franklin county, by way of Benbrook. Also from War- ick Post-Office, in Worth county, Georgia, to Vienna, Dooly county, Georgia. Also from Isabella, Worth county, Georgia, to Irwinville, Jrwin county, Georgia. Also from Riedsville, in Rockingham county, North Carolina, via Wentworth and Leaksville, in said county, to Ridg- way, in Henry county, Virginia. Amend route No. twenty-one hundred Roota Ho. 2173 aud seventy-three so as to read " from Fayetteville, by Lumber Bridge, aruended ' Duqdarrach, Malta, Gilopolis, Lawrenburg, Springfield, Gibson's Store, and Brightsville, South Carolina, to Cheraw, South Carolina." Approved June 4, 1864. Chap. XX. — An Act to extend to the navy and marine corps the provisions of the third J ttn e 7 1864." section of " An act to organize fore.es to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That See ante. p. 211, the provisions of the third section of the act entitled " An act to or- ch. 65, ? 3. ganize forces to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, to w a "raBt officers eighteen hundred and sixty-tour, be, and the same are hereby, extended pilots, .-. • . i «> •• 1 • , « .1 • officers, &g. of the and tne non-commissioned omcers, musicians and privates of the marine marine corps, may corps ; and that assignments to duty of all omcers, men and boys of the be. relieved or dis- navy and of the marine corps, under the fourth section of the said act, vice! ge r ° m S6r " sna ^ be ma de by the Secretary of the Navy. Assignments to APPROVED June 7, 1864. duty to be made ' by Secretary of the Navy. • June 7, 1864. Chap. XXII. — An Act to promote the efficiency of the cavalry of the provisional army, and io punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof. When ol S Ge:rs or The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That airy may be dis- tne commanding general of any army in the field shall have the power mounted and to direct the dismounting of any non-commissioned officer or officers, sol- placed m the infan- &[ eT or soldiers, in the cavalry service in his command, and to place him or them in the infantry ; who shall misbehave before the enemy, or shall be guilty of illegally wasting, spoliating or appropriating to his own use any private property, or of doing any violence to any citizen. Horses of per- Sec. 2. That the horses belonging to persons so dismounted, araa sons dismounted w hi c h they may have had in the service, may be taken for the use of the l'3iiitn tor tii Q use 01 - ' ; '•* > an( ^ the appraised value thereof shall be paid to the owner. Apprised value Approved June 7", 186-4. paid the owner. . ' June 7, 1864. Chap. XXIII. — An Act to amend, the act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations f See ante. p. 191 an< ^ the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department." oh. 40. Rations allowed The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That officers of the army a ]} commissioned officers in the army and navy shall be entitled to one navy. ration, and all commissioned officers in the field and afloat, in addition thereto, shall be allowed to purchase from any commissary or other offi- cer required to issue subsistence to soldiers, marines, or* seamen, at the Number of ra- prime cost thereof, including transportation, as follows: One ration each turns omcers allow- f QY gj cers f aQC j below the rank of colonel ; two rations each for officers of the rank of brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general ; and three rations each for a general; one ration each for commissioned officers of the navy, of and below the rank of commander, and two Rations to offi- rations each for officers above that rank. oers.to he the same Sec. 2. That an officer shall not draw or purchase, at any time, more as issued to pn- f t he component part of a ration than is issued to the private soldier Va Act not to be at the same time. oonsimed as al- Sec. 3. That nothing contained in this act or the act to which this is lowing commuta- an amendment, shall- be construed as allowing commutation for rations. 1 Offieernot allow- or as authorizing an officer to receive or purchase rations, except when ed rations except he requires them for his own use. for his own use. g E0 . 4. That this act shall continue in force only during the war. How long act in ■ jf tr0 o. "Approved June 7, 1864. SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 24, 25, 26, 27. 1864. 261 Chap. XXIV. — An Act to amend so much of an act entitled " An act to organize forces June 7, 1864. to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- ■ four, as relates to the exemption of certain religious denominations. • See ante. p. 211, ch. 65. The Cohgress of 'the Confederate States of America do enact, That Exemptions the Secretary of War shall be authorized 'to grant exemptions to the '""to" tbe'mSm- menibers of the various denominations of Christians mentioned in the hers of certain de- exemption act of the eleventh W October, eighteen hundred and sixty-nominations of two, who, at that time, belonged to. the same, and who were in regular Christians - association therewith, upon the terms and conditions specified in that Terms and con- act, or upon such other terms and conditions as he is authorized to allow ' 10ns " exemptions or grant details under any of the clauses of the act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to which this is an amendment. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized Exemptions may to revoke any such exemptions under the act aforesaid, when the same f r a U d or error have been obtained by any fraud, misrepresentation or error. Approved June 7, 1864. Chap. XXV. — An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the supplies of cloth- June 7, 1864. ing to enlisted men of the navy during the war," approved April thirtieth, eighteen hun- • dnd and sixty-three. See ante. p. 132, ch. 55. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Supplies of small the act entitled " An axjt to regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted s ^™*\ ^enlisted men of the navy during the war," approved April thirtieth, eighteen me n of the navy, hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to issue supplies of small stores to the enlisted men of the navy, upon the same terms as provided for the Upon what clothing authorized by said act. Approved June 7, 1864. Chap. XXVI. — An Act to provide transportation in kind in certain cases to members and June 8, 1864. delegates in Congress. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That co ^ h m n an m ^ 3 ta ^ whenever the usually traveled routes between the homes of members of f urn i s htransporta- Congress and the capital are interfered with by the enemy, it shall be tion in kind to the duty of military commanders to facilitate the passage of members and members and dele- delegates going to or returning from Congress, by furnishing transporta- ° tion in kind for any distances over which they may state in writing they cannot provide themselves with transportation ; and such written appli- cation, endorsed "furnished," by the party receiving the transportation, shall be accepted as a sufficient voucher for the expenditure of the officer in furnishing the same. Approved June 8, 1864. CHAP. XXVII. — An Act to provide for the compensation of non-commissioned officers, June 9, 1864. soldiers, suiloTs, and marines 6n detailed sSrvice. ' — # The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That a ^ t ^ rs f^ a all persoas detailed from the army or after enrollment for military ser- detailed service. 262 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 28, 29. 1864. vice, or from the navy or marine corps, for special duty or extra duty, shall be allowed to receive their regular pay, rations and allowances, as if they were performing service in the field. Additional com- g EC- 2. That all such detached or detailed men shall he allowed, in ■ addition, not exceeding two dollars per day, and compensation for all extra work, or for any uncommon skill or industry displayed in the per- formance of duties to which they may be assigned, in proportion to the value of such extra labor or uncommon Skill or industry, whether it be in performing an unusual amount of work withiD the usual hours of labor, or work performed beyond the usual hours, or extraordinary skill and superior workmanship displayed in the execution of such duties, the value of said extra labor or uncommon skill or industry, to be determined by the officer or superintendent under whose immediate' direction said detached or detailed service may be performed, subject to the approval To be the same of the Secretary of War or Navy. The additional compensation provi- for both the War j ncrease d geveil dollars per month for the period oi one year from the passage of this act. Approved June 9, 1864. SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30, 5.1. 1864. 263 Chap. XXX. — An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to establish a Nitre and Mining June 9, 1864. Bureau,," approved April tutenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixtyHhree. See ante. p. 114, ch. 35. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That '"Officers of the the act approved Aprjl twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-tfiree, N i (re and Mining constituting the Nitre and Mining Bureau an independent bureau m the Burcau - War Department, be amended as follows : That the Nitre and Mining Bureau shall consist of one Colonel as Chief of bureau, two Lieuteuant Colonels, six Majors, twelve Captains, who shall have the same pay and p a y and allow allowances prescribed for officers of cavalry of the same grade. ances. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That chemists and professional assis- Appointment of tants, absolutely essential for the operations of the bureau, not to exceed f es ^onal a^iscants six of each class, shall be appointed by the Secretary of War, with pay p a y. in no case to be above that of Lieutenant Colonel of the commissioned corps. Sec. 3. That this act shall continue in force only during the present e How lon g actifl war. Approved June 9, 1864. force. Chap. XXXI. — An Act making appropriations for tlie postal service of the Confederate June 10, 1864. States for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and eighteen hundred and sixty- three. Whereas, in the administration of the affairs of the Post-Office Depart- Preamble, ment, ia the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, current expenses for mail service were met by drafts on postmasters, for accruing postage and revenue under regulations provid- ing for subsequent adjustment of such transactions at the treasury; And, ivhereas, it appears that estimates were submitted from time to time by the Postmaster General, for appropriations by Congress, of the reve- nues of the Department towards the • necessary expenses thereof, but from some cause certafn appropriations estimated for in eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three were omitted. To remedy this omission, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Appropriations the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any fo . T the P ostal ser - money in the treasury, being the revenues arising from postage, sales of postage stamps and emoluments from box rents for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, no appro- priations having been heretofore made for those years, viz : For transportation of the mails, compensation of postmasters and For the yea? clerks, ship, steamboat and way letters, advertising, mail bags, office 1862- furniture, blanks and printing, wrapping paper, mail locks, keys and stamps, mail depredations and special agents, postage stamps and mis- cellaneous payments for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, two hundred and seventy-six thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-three cents. For transportation of the mails, compensation of postmasters and For the year clerks, ship, steamboat and way letters, advertising, mail bags, office furniture, blanks and printing, wrapping paper, mail locks, keys and 6tamps, mail depredations and special agents, postage stamps and mis- cellaneous payments, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-three, two million seven hundred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and two dollars and thirty cents. Approved June 10, 1864. 264 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 32, 33. 1864. June 10, 1'864. Chap. XXXII. — An Act to amend the laws relating to the tax in kind. Amendment to The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That first proviso, fourth the ac t approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, of 'the act of Feb. enticed " An act to amend an act entitled ' An act to lay taxes for the 17, 1764, laying common defence and carry on the government of the Confederate taxes. See ante p. States,' approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty- Wben farmer or* nree >" be,and the same is hereby, amended as follows : Aftei*the word planter not subject "wool" in the first proviso of the fourth paragraph of section ten, the to tax in kind on words "in the aggregate," shall be inserted; and in the same article W °w"hen delivery an( ^ sect i° n > tne word "eight" shall be substituted for the word "five," to be made of so as to read : Provided, That post quartermasters shall direct such tithes in kind. delivery to be made at any time within eight months after the date of said estimates, &c. When crops sub- Sec. 2. In all cases where crops, subject to a tax in kind, have been, ject to tax in kind or ma „ -fo e destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or any other accidental are destroyed, the ' i. ,„. '.■ ' . „ . „ , ,i J in 1 part net destroyed cause, or by the enemy, it before assessment, the assessor shall regard to be regarded as the part of the crop not destroyed as all that was produced by the owner; all that was made, jf after assessment, and the destruction be satisfactorily proven, the post master to h a v e quartermaster shall also regard the portion of the crop' not destroyed as credit on his re- all that was produced, and the proof relieving the producer shall turn for the prop- Entitle the quartermaster to a credit on his return for the property thus- erty thus lost. ■. , * tr i. j Where the corn Sec. 3. In cases where the quantity of corn reserved from the tax in reserved from the kj n( j j g no t sufficient to supply the actual wants of the producer, with- tax in kmd is in- _ rr J ._ f } 4 sufficient for the out any default on his part, upon satisfactory evidence of the fact, the producer, he may Secretary of War is authorized to allow the money value to be paid for pay the money ^ tifch t th extenfc thug required . value for the time _J . _: • . ; . • * . n . „ to the extent re- sec. 4. lhe law imposing a tax upon the assessed value of property quired. shall not be so construed as to impose a tax upon the products of gar- Products of gar- (j ens intended for the use of the family of the owner, nor upon fruit clems cit) tl iruit tor domestic use 'not ra i se d f° r domestic use and not for sale. liable to tax. Sec. 5. That the account of slaughtered hogs required by the first ^ hen accoun t sect j on f gajjj ac ^ ghai] 5 e rendered on or ab*out the first day of March, slaughtered hogs, eighteen hundred and sixty-five and eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for each year preceding said date. Approved June 10, 1864. June 10, 1864. Chap, XXXIII. — An Act to amend " An act to organize forces to serve during the war," - . approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. See ante p. 211, , ' ' '■*'■■' The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and When persons the same is hereby, so amended . as to allow all white male residents, between the ages between the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty 45 and^o bevond y ears > wno were prevented from enrolling themselves within the time the limits' of the prescribed by the said act, by the occupation of their localities or country Confederate ar - by the public enemy, and whose homes are, and have been since the mies.mayorgvnize e f -^ t beyond the lines of the Confederate armies, to themselves into r v . , • % n -, i . • j? • i o. companies, Ac., organize themselves in pursuance of the sixth section of saia act, after and elect their offi- their homes or localities are brought within the lines of the Confederate cer '' armies ; and this privilege shall continue for the space of thirty days after the reoccupation is announced by an order issued by the general SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 34, 35, 36, 37. 1864. 265 commanding the department, and published in the military department in which such reoccupation may occur. Approved June 10, 1864. - . Chap. XXXIV. — An Act to raise, money to increase the pay of soldiers. June 10, 18(54. The Congress of Ike Confederate States of Ameaica x?o ei act, That Additional tax upon all subjects of taxation under existing tax laws, 'there shall be Qp S on 3e a if n BU bjeets assessed and levied a tax equal to oue-fifth of the amount of the present f taxation, lor tax on the same subjects for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the year 1864. which tax shall be payable only in Confederate treasury notes of the new issue, and shall be collected at the same times with the other taxes on the same subjects, under the laws now in force. • Sec. 2. The money arising from the tax hereby imposed shall be Appropriated to appropriated, first, to the payment of the increased compensation of the pa *™*?* ^ n "_ soldiers under the act passed at the present session. tion of soldiers. Approved June 10, 1864. Chap. XXXV. — An Act concerning the salary of the Treasurer. June 10, 1864. The Corgre s of the Confederate States cf America do enact, That Salary of the in estimating and ascertaining the increase of the salary of the Treasurer rea£Urer * under the several acts heretofore passed on the subject of salaries of public officers at Richmond, the permanent salary of the Treasurer shall be taken to be four thousand dollars, as fixed by the act approved See ante p. 191, February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the increase ' ^ " shall be estimated on that basis. Approved June 10, 1864. Chap. XXXVI. — An Act to amend an ant entitled " An act for the relief of tax-payers June 10, 1864. in certain cases," apjirwed February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sijety-four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Tax remitted on whenever slaves shall have been assessed, but between the time of the slaves * ost *° ih \ assessment and the " time fixed by law for the payment of the tax of'the enemy, thereon, such slaves shall be lost to the owner, by the act of the enemy, the said tax may be remitted in the manner pointed out by the second section of the act entitled " An act for the relief of tax-payers in cer- See ante p. 186, tain cases," approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- cn - 32 > § 2 - four. Approved June 10, 1864. Chap. XXXVII. — An Act to graduate the pay of general officers. June 10, 1864. The Congress of 'he Confederate States of America do enact, That Pay of general the pay of a general shall be five hundred dollars per month ; that of a officer8, lieutenant genial, four hundred and fifty dollars per month, and that of a major genera^ three hundred and fifty [dollars] per month; that a general 266 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 38, 59. 1864. commanding an army in the field shall receive in addition to the said sum of five hundred dollars per month, one hundred dollars; and a lieutenant general, a major general and a brigadier general shall, whilst serving in the field, each receive fifty dollars per month, in addition to the sum herein allowed, whilst so serving; and all laws allowing addi- tional compensation for commanding a separate army in the field be, and Act in force for they are hereby, repealed, except as herein provided ; and that this act one year. shall be in force for one year and no longer. Approved* June 1% 1864. , . June 10, 1864. Chap. XXXVIII. — An Act to miihorize the appointment of additional officer* of ' artillery for ordnance duties. I Appointment of The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That additional officers the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may nance dutfes° r01 " a PP°* nt fifty officers of artillery in the provisional army for the perform- ance of ordnance duties, in addition to those authorized by the act entitled " An act to authorize the appointment of officers of artillery in the provisional army," approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred See ante p. 49, and sixty-two, and " An act to authorize the appointment of additional cn - 66 - officers of artillery for ordnance duties/'' approved September sixteenth, eh. 2! an C P * ° ' eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and that the rank of said officers shall Bank, be as provided in said last named act. Approved June 10, 1864. June 13 1864. Chap. XXXIX. — An Act making appropriations for the support of the government of _ the Confederate States of America, from July 1, to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency Appropriations The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That for the support of the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any from July l to mone J i n the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Dec. 31, isei. Government, from. July first to December thirty -first, eighteen hundred arid sixty-four : Legislative.— Legislative. — For compensation and mileage of members and dele- Pay and mileage gates of the House of Representatives, two hundred thousand dollars. House™ 8rS * e For compensation, of officers and others employed in the House of Officers, &c, of Representatives, five thousand six hundred arid twenty-five dollars, the House. p ov contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, forty pensTs^Holse*" thousand dollars.^ Pay und mileage For compensation and mileage of members of the Senate, forty-nine of the Senate. thousand dollars. Officers and For compensation of officers and clerks of the Senate, ten thousand clerks of Senate, dollars Contingent ex- For incidental and contingent expenses of the Senate, ten thousand penses of Senate, dollars Executive: Pres- Bxecutive. — For compensation of the President of the Confederate idem. States, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Vice President. For compensation of the Vice President of the Confederate States, three thousand dollars. Private secreta- For compensation of the private secretary and messenger of the Pres- ry and messenger i,j enfc of the Confederate States, one thousand three hundred and fifty of President. , ,, ? J ■ dollars SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 39. 1864. 267 For compensation of the private secretary of the Vice President of Private secreta- the Confederate States, five hundred dollars. ^ n ° f Vice Pre3i " For contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Executive Depart- contingen t ^ x - ment, twenty thousand dollars. penses. Treasury Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury D e - Treasury, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, Treasurer aQ d^ r w ™ c ^,~ Secre " Register, and clerks and messengers, four hundred and eighty-four thou- sand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Depart- Contingent ex- ment, fifty thousand dollars. penses. For payment of interest on the public debt, twenty million dollars. Interest on pub- For engraving and printing treasury notes, bonds and certificates for lic debt, stocks, and for paper for the same, two hundred thousand dollars. printing Votes, &c For payment of the principal, under loan of August 19, 1861, due Payment of loan January 1, 1865, one million three hundred and ninety-three thousand of Au S- *9> 1861. nine hundred dollars. For rent of Executive buildings and President's house, twenty thou- Kent of execu- sand dollars. tive buildings. • For compenpation of the agent of the Treasury DepaVtment west of Officers of Trea- the Mississippi river, and auditor, comptroller, clerks and messengers in *? iy ] J?f p ' t . west °* their bureaus, twenty-five thousand dollars. J For advertising and other expenses incident to fundirj^ treasury notes, Expenses of three hundred thousand dollars. funding notes. For incidental and contingent expenses of the treasury serviee west of Contingent ex- the Mississippi" river, twenty thousand dollars. wesfof Mis rea - 8Ur7 For travelling and other expenses incident to the detection of persons Detection of per- engaged in preparing and passing forged treasury notes, five thousand sons. dollars. For salary, clerk hire, and other expenses of agent of Erlanger.loan, Agent of Erlan- in Paris,, ten thousand dollars. ger ° an * War Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of War, War Dep't: assistant Secretary, chief of bureau, clerks, messengers, and others em- Secret a r y's «ffice. ployed in the War Department, two hundred and five thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department, one Contingent ex- hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. • . penses. For salary of commissioner, chief clerk, and incidental Expenses of In- Indian bureau; dian bureau, nine thousand tfro hundred and fifty dollars. For contingent expenses of the Adjutant and Inspector General's De 7 Contingent ex- partment, twenty-five thousand dollars. Insp'r (jln'l! Dep't For incidental and contingent expenses of the army,-one hundred Contingent ex- thousand dollars. penses of the army. Quartermaster's Department. — For pay of the army, seventy-four Q™ <*rtermaper>a million two hundred and forty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-one army.' * 7 ° ° dollars. For disbursements for the public service of the Quartermaster's D# D i s bursements partment, one hundred and twenty-five million seven hundred and fifty forpubl,c serT1C0 - thousand and forty-nine dollars. Commissary Department. — For the purchase of subsistence stores ^Z 7 '* ^sub 'isten/ and commissary property, in addition to the unexpended balance of the stores and eommis- last appropriation, one hundred million dollars. sary property. So much of the appropriation for the Quartermaster and the Commis- Appropriation for sary Departments as may be necessary may be transferred from one to Quartermaster's the other by order of the Secretary of War, for the purpose of paying Dep't moybetrani- for supplies impressed or purchased according to the exigencies of the fened from one to service. . . the otn er. Ordnance Department. — For the ordnance service in all its branches, Ordnance service, twenty-five million dollars. 268 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 39. 186-1. Nitre and mining For the nitre and mining service, four million three hundred thousand service. dollars. Engineer service. Engineer Department. — For the engineer service, ten million <• dollars. Physicians. Medical Department. — For pay of physicians employed by con- tract, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Nurses and cooks. For pay of nurses and cooks, not enlisted as volunteers, three huudred and fifty thousand dollars. Laundresses. For pay of hospital laundresses, one hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars. Medical and hos- For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, fourteen million pual supplies. e[ght hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Military bespit- For the establishment and support of military hospitals, one hundred * ls - ' thousand dollars. * Hospital stew- For pay of hospital stewards, one hundred thousand dollars. ^Matrons ^ or P a ^ °^ matrons > assistant matrons and ward matrons, three hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars. Ward masters. For pay of ward masters, two hundred thousand dollars. Navy Depart- Navy Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of the office! 6Cre ary S Navy, clerks and messenger, in his office, twenty-two thousand nine hun- dred and thirty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents. Contingent ex- For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Department, fif- penses. teen thousand dollars. Pay of navy. For pay of the navy, one million six hundred and forty-seven thou- sand three hundred and eighty-four dollars and seventy-five cents. Provisions and For provisions and clothing in the Paymaster's Department, two mil- olothiug. Hon fif ty . one thousand five hundred dollars. Iron-clad ves- For the construction of iron-clad vessels in the Confederate States, sels - two million dollars. Ordnance and p or or dnance and ordnance stores, one million four hundred thousand ordnance stores. in dollars. Repairs of ves- j? or re p a j rg f vessels, three hundred thousand dollars. Equipments. &c, For equipment and stores of vessels, five hundred thousand dollars, of vessels. For the construction of sub-marine batteries, two hundred and fifty Sub-marine bat- thousand dollars. ' Contingent enu- For contingent enumerated, eight hundred thousand dollars, merated. For medical supplies and surgeon's necessaries, three hundred and Medical supplies, 8 } xty thousand dollars. Marine corps. ^or tne support of the marine corps, seven hundred and eleven thou- sand four hundred and eighteen dollars. State Dep't: State Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of State, Secretary's office. c i er k s ^ messenger and laborer, seven thousand and fourteen dollars. Foreign inter- For foreign intercourse, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars, course. Department OF Justice. — For compensation of Attorney General, JJ e p artment of . , - 1 111 Justice: Attorney Assistant Attorney General, clerks and messengers, ten thousand and General's office, twenty-five dollars and twenty-six cents. Contingent ex- For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred penses. dollars. Sup't Public For compensation of the Superintendent of Public Printing, clerks Printing. an d messenger, five thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-two cents. Arizona Terri- For compensation of Governor and Commissioner of Indian AfFairs, tory * of Secretary, and of Judges, Attorney and Marshal of Arizona Territo- ry, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona Territory, to be expended by the Governor, five hundred dollars. SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 39. I8G4. 26$ • For printing, binding and ruling for the several Executive Depart- Printing and ments, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. h ^ s forde P at «- For printing, binding and ruling for both Houses of Congress, includ- printing, Ac, for ing the printing of the laws, in the authorized form, and the journals Congress and of of Congress, forty thousand dollars. laws and J ourna ^ For printing and binding the digest of the laws, ten thousand dollars. Printing, £<•., of For the purchase of paper for the digest of the laws, twentv thousand duest of the laws. am 1 r 1 ° " Paper for thed:.- dollars. _ _ geat / For the publication and printing of the several acts and resolutions of Acts and re.=ola- Congress, five thousand dollars. tions °- Congress For the purchase of paper for the several Executive Departments and Paper for the de- /i Cifijii p a r t m o n ts aa.i Congress, seventy-live thousand dollars. Congress. For compensation of judges, attorneys and marshals, and incidental Judges, attor- and contingent expenses of courts, eighty thousand dollars. ney sand marshals, For compensation of three commissioners, appointed under the seo/ues- a " urts expenses ° tration act, and for clerk hire and contingent expenses, five thousand Comr's under ae- dollars. q u e s tration aef, Indian Affairs. — For amount required to comply with treaty stip- cle l k J^ xra ' f~. i • t • i i/-ifi at • t »■ Indian Affairs : ulations, entered into between the Confederate states and certain Indian Treaty stipulation tribes, one hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred dollars. Post-Office Department. — For compensation of the Postmaster Post- Office Dep't- General, chiefs of bureau, clerks and messenger, watchmen and ^^ ^ r P . 0Slm **" laborers, forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars. . For contingent fund of the Post-Office Department, five thousand dol- Contingent fund. lars. For compensation of the agent and clerks of the Post-Office Depart- Agent and clerks ment in the States west of the Mississippi river, nine thousand five ^ est ;o ' f Mi ' g8 ri ^ r hundred dollars. For house rent at Marshall, Texas, three thousand dollars. House rent. For contingent and miscellaneous expenses in the trans-Mississippi Contingent ex- department, five thousand dollars. penses. For compensation of agents, cost of material, and constructing, repair- Telegraph line*, ing and operating telegraph lines, seventy-eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For the nitre and mining service in the trans-Mississippi Department Nitre and mining from the first of July to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and service in trans- 8ixty-five, two million five hundred thousand dollars. Mlss - de P arfcmeHt Postal Service. — For the postal serviqe of the Confederate States, Postal service: to be paid by applying six hundred thousand five hundred and fifty dol- lars and seventy-one cents, the balance remaining unexpended of the revenues of the Po3t-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and in addition of two million seven hundred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and two dollars and thirty cents, the revenues arising from postages, sales of postage stamps, and emoluments from box rents from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, viz : For transportation of the mails, two million one hundred and fifty- Transportation of seven thousand eight hundred and for*.y-six dollars and forty-three cents. mai s ' For compensation to postmasters and clerks in post-offices, nine hun- p £ stma9ters *=<* dred and seventy-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and and twenty-three cents. For ship, steam-boat and way letters, seven hundred and seventy-one Sni P> steamboax dollars and forty-one cents. and way le . ttera " For advertising, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars and AdvertiBia £» sixty-two cents. : For mail bags, seven thousand threa hundred and nine dol'ars and Mail bags, eighty-five cents. 2 270 . SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 40. 1864. Office furniture. For office furniture, one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Elank3 and print-. For blanks and printing, seventy-four thousand and forty-seven dollars in £- and seventy-six cents. Wrapping paper. For wrapping paper, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and thirty- eight dollars and eighteen cents. Mail lock,?, keys p or m& \\ \ 0G k$ keys and stamps, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and stamps. , , a . and seventy-live cents. Mail dcpreda- For mail depredations and special agents, twenty-six thousand and lions and special s i x ty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents. ^Miscellaneous Eor miscellaneous payments, twenty thousand five hundred and thirty - pujments. nine dollars and sixty-nine cents. Postage stamps. For postage stamps, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy- two dollars and seventy-eight cents. Judges and at- For salaries of judges and attorneys, and for incidental and contingent tonieya and ex- ex pensesof courts, tosupply deficiencies for the year ending June thirtieth, peLses . gjghtggjj hundred and sixty-four, sixty thousand dollars. Seet'y of Navy, Por compensation of Secretary of the Navy, clerks and messenger in cWks, A.c. his office, from the fifteenth May to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-four, one thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents. Offijers of 2*T^vy. For pay of officers of the navy under certain circumstances, according to the act approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, from the sixteenth of February to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-four, two hundred thousand dollars. CLostaw Nation. For interest due the Choctaw Nation of Indians upon Virginia State bonds, which interest has been turned over to the Confederacy by that State, forty thousand five hundred dollars. Asen land clerks For compensation of the agent and clerks in the Post-Office Depart- T i -M^^de 't° f men ^ °f tne trans-Mississippi department from the first of April to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six thousand four hun- dred and ninety-four dollars and forty cents. Transportation For transportation of clerks, books, &c, to Marshall, Texas, three of clerk, Ac.,- to thousand dollars. M H S ous'e T rent'of For house rent of Post-Office Department, at Marshall, Texas, from P.O. Dep't,atMar- the first of April to the .thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- ahftl!, Texas. {qvly, two thousand dollars. capenses e of a p C °o! For furniture, fuel > lights and miscellaneous expenses of the Post-Office l)«p't west of Miss. Department, west of the Mississippi river, from the first of April to the river. thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and. sixty-four, ten thousand dollars. Geo. P. Evans & For amount of account due George P. Evans & Co., for printing, under Co., for printing. a con £ rac t mac !e by the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives, appointed to investigate the administration of the Navy Department, under its present head, three thousand two hundred and. eighty-four dollars and four cents. Uaexpended bal- Sec. 2. That no appropriation made under this act shall be drawn ances to the credit f rom ^ e Treasury until all unexpended balances standing to the credit Exhausted "before °f * ne department for which the appropriation [is] herein made shall the appropriations have been exhausted. ESS *2o»" U £ Approved June 18, 1364. treasury. — — Jane 13, 1864. Chap. XL. — An Act. to authorize the owners of the registered eight per cent, ten year 1 convertible bonds, issued under the provisions of the act approved May sixteenth, eSgh- teen hundred and sixty-one, to exchange the same for coupon bonds. Owners of regis- The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That tpred & per cent. ^ e owners of the registered eight per cent, ten year convertible bonds, SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 41, 42. 1864. 271 issued under the provisions of an act entitled " An act to authorize a ten year converti- loan and the issue of treasury notes, and to prescribe the punishment for ^ bond8 > l 9 ^ ei forging the same, and for forging certificates of stock and bonds," ap- 16, JS6I autuoi- proved sixteenth May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same ized to exchange are hereby authorized to exchange the same for coupon bondsf payable tbe same for ten ten years after the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and COU pon bonds, sixty-four, with eight per cent, interest, payable semi-annually; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to prepare „ k - eere tar 7 of ii _I.rcn.surv to iji*ti - and issue said bonds, which bonds, and the coupons attached thereto, pare anf j j s ,„ e tno may be issued with such authentication as the Secretary of the Treasury coupon bonds, may prescribe. Approved June 13, 1864. Chap. XLI. — A Act to authorize the manufacture of spirituous liquors for the use of June 14, 186*. the army and hospitals. The Congress "of the Confederate States of America, do enact, That Contract r an- it shall be lawful for the Surgeon General or the Commissary General to thonzed for t b « make all necessary contracts for the manufacture and distillation of co holic and spirit- whisky, bmndy, and other alcoholic and spirituous liquirs forthe supply uous liquors for of the army"and hospitals upon such terms as may be conducive to the tbe arm > T aud hos ~ public interest; and that the said contracts and any heretofore made Contract to ope- shall operate as a license to the contractor to manufacture the same for rate as a license to the purpose aforesaid. contractor. Sec. 2. That the Surgeon General and the Commissary General shall be o-^"^ c f° rie& authorized to establish manufactories or distilleries for the purpose of De established. 111 ^ obtaining the supplies aforesaid, and to employ laborers in the same, Laborers, instead of resorting to contracts, if they shall deem it more prudent to do so. Sec. 3. That no contractor or party shall, under the license granted Contractor not by this act, distil or make more alcohol, whisky, brandy, or other alco- h y lc or S pi r ;tuoua holic or spirituous liquors than he shall deliver to the Government or its liquors tban h e agents in fulfillment of his contract or contracts; nor shall it be lawful sba | 1 deliver to the for any such contractor to sell, or in any way dispose of, otherwise than prohibited from as said contract or contracts may require, any alcohol, whisky, brandy, selling or dispos- er other alcoholic or spirituous liquors manufactured by him under the lQ % ot same . license aforesaid; nor shall this act operate as a license to any contractor -Aot »<* to op • for any violation of the prohibitions herein contained, when such viola- r ** e . as f 10e,,setl> liii • -i i i -i ■ > f i ci • contractor for any tion shall be a crime or misdemeanor under the laws or the State in violation of i t a which the same may occur. prohibitions. Approved June 14, 1864. Chap. XLII. — 4v Act providing for the establishment and payment of claims for a June 1 ', 1?fV. certain description ^ • l- i i- aud take proof of each congressional district and tor each territory, an agent, not liable to claims for forag», military duty in the field, who shall, at stated times, in each e/junty or provisions, & c . » parish, under the direction of the post quartermaster nearest to him lurmsbt ' d t0 * he . ' , , c 3 ii • i ?• 11 i • -j v ' army by the owner receive and take proor. under oath, in relation to all claims in said dis- or taken or infor- trict for forage, provisions, cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, mules, teams and maiiy impressed, wagons heretofore furnished to the army by the owner, or heretofore taken or informally impressed for the use of the army and not yet paid 272 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 43. 18G4. for, by any officer in the military service, or by his order or direction, express or implied, from the use of the property, whether said officer Report to ac-bea line or staff officer, and whether he be a bonded officer or other- counting officers of w i S e, and report the facts and transmit the evidence in each case to 1 Audftins^a n d tne P ro P er accounting officers of the Treasury, together with his opinion payment of claims, as to the justice and validity of the claim; and the said accounting officers are hereby authorized to audit and control and order payment of such claims as appear to them to be equitable and just : Pro- Claims originat- vided, That all such claims originating west of the Mississippi river ing west of thecal] De reported to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department ississippi liver. es t a blished for the trans-Mississippi Department, who are hereby author- ized to audit, control and direct payment of the same in the same man- Oiiths to wit- ner as the accounting officers of the Treasury east of the Mississippi river. nesses and claim- ^ j t j ie ga -j ao . ent i s herebv authorized, in taking testimony in regard to said ants. , . i • ■ i" • i ■ p i i • i to , claims* to administer oaths to witnesses, and, it he think proper, to the .. Pay and mile- claimants themselves. The compensation allowed to said agent shall be age oi agents. ten (j ]| ai . s p er day while actually engaged in the ' performance of the duties imposed on him by this act, and thirty cents per mile for every mile actually traveled by him, to be paid under regulations to be pre-. Quartermasters scribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the Secretary of War or disabled a rm y m ay assign to the duty herein mentioned any quartermaster^or disabled pointed to the du- officer of the army; and, in that event, said officer or quartermaster shall, ties of agents in addition to the compensation now allowed him by law, be entitled to mile- Mileage allowed. ao . e a ^ ^h e rate f forty cents per mile : Provided, further. That the See- Also non-com- ° , ,,, • t. j • ■ ,j£„„j a* missioned officers re tary ot War may appoint and assign any non-comnussfoned officer or or privates unfit private to perform the duties under this act who may be unfit for active for -active service, service in the field because of wounds received or disease contracted in ,„ e ''f/ an a "said service, and the pay and allowances of such non-commissioned officer or private, when so appointed and assigned, shall be the same as are allowed to persons so appointed who may not be liable to npjitary service. When this act to Sec. 2. This act shall cease and determine on the firs't day of January, oeatfe - eighteen hundred and sixty-five, east of the Mississippi river, and on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty -five, west of the Mississippi All claims barred river ; and all claims of the description aforesaid, not presented to the not pre sen t e d a g en t a f 0resa jd prior to said dates at the respective places mentioned, shall JL^k,,,* not be entitled to the benefits of this act. prescribed. Approved June 14, 1864. T M 1RRA Chap. XLIII. — An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to " ae ' authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved February seventeenth, eighteen See ante, p. 207, hundred and sixty four. ch. 63, § 12. States holding The Congress of the Confederate Sttes of America do enact. That old issues of treas- instead of six per cent, bonds, authorized to be issued to the States, under «ry notes may ex- the twe if th section of the said act, the Secretary of the Treasury is author- •.han &o., a$- „ j • ,• i \.i i i i u i ii.i sessed and taxed in every description, whether incorporated or not, shall be assessed and taxed sanje manner as in the same manner, and to the same extent, as the property and 'assets of the property of in- individuals; the tax on such property and assets to be assessed against, and dl?lduals * paid by, such corporations, associations and joint stock companies Pro- Proviso. vided, That no bank or banking company shall be liable to pay a tax upon deposits of money to the credit of, and subject to the checks of, others : Provided further, That 'the stock, shares or interests, representing prop- Further proviso. erty or assets in corporations or joint stock companies, or associations, shall not be assessed or taxed : And provided further, That all property within Further proviso. 274 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 44. 1864. the enemy's lines be, and the same is hereby, exempted from all taxation so long as it remains in the enemy's lines. See an*e. p. 209, Sec. 3. That paragraph one of section three of an act entitled- "An g 1, paragraph 3. iiG ^ t ] eV y ac ] c ]jti r)al taxes for the common defence and support of the government," approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, be, and the same is, hereby amended and re-enacted, so as to read as On gold and B ii- follows : Upon the amount of all gold and silver coin, gold dust, gold or vercoin, gold dust, silver bullion, moneys held abroad, or bills of exchange, drawn therefor, bullion, moneys promissory notes, riVhts, credits and securities, payable in foreign coun- held abroad, Ac., J . -..-■■' \ . i • i • ■ Ai/i t a 5 per cent. tries, live per cent, to be paid in specie, or (Joniederate treasury notes at their value, as compared with specie at the time the taxis payable; the relative value of specie and Confederate treasury notes, for the purpose of payment under this act, to be fixed by regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Taxes, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. See ante. p. 226, Sec. 4. That section sixteen of the "Act to amend an act entitled 'An eh., 66, § 16. ac £ to ] a y taxes for the common defence and carry on the Government of the Confederate States,' " approved seventeenth February, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so as to read as follows : Incomes of hos- I- The income, property and money, other than Confederate treasury pitals, asylums, notes, of hospitals, asylums, churches, schools, colleges and other charita- churches, &c, ex- y^ Q institutions, shall be exempted from taxation under the provisions of Property of cer- t^ 8 act, or any other lav/. The property of companies formed under the tain companies ex- act entitled " An act to establish a volunteer navy," shall be exempt from empt, except on taxation, except on the income. See ante. p. 22'- ??■• That paragraph six, section seven, of the same act, be, and the 222, ch. 66, I 7, same is, hereby amended by adding thereto, as follows : paragraph 6. " If any person shall fail to make due return, ns required by said sec- makYdue return of t ' on ' 0I " tne income or profits taxed under any law of Congress, or in case income or profits of disagreement with the assessor, to submit the same to referees, as pro- taxed, or to pay vided by law, or shall fail or refuse to pay the tax thereon, within such tax thereon,^ ^ time as shall be prescribed by public notice, by the district collector, under default. the direction of the Commissioner of Taxes, such person shall be deemed Proviso. and held to be in default : Provided, That such person shall not be deemed and held to be in default, who may fail, or has failed to make payment, or due returns, in consequence of the presence or interference of the enemy, or the absence or neglect of the officers charged with the assessment and collection of taxes." Certain agricul- Sec. 5. That this act shall not be so construed as to-subject to taxation tural products, of CO rn, bacon and other agricultural products, which were produced in the Duetto taxation 1 y ear eighteen hundred and -sixty-three, and in the possession of the pro- ducer oh the seventeenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and necessary for the support^of himself and family during the present year, and from or on which taxes in kind have been deducted and deliv- ered or paid. See ante. p. 209, Sec. 6. That section four, paragraphs one and two, of the act approved ch. 64, #4, para- February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act ^Add^tion'al tax *° ' ev y additional taxes for the common defence and support of the Gov- of 30 per cent, eminent," be so amended as to levy an additional tax of thirty per cent, levied on profits on upon the amount of all profits made by selling the articles mentioned in ' he -V r co'rn fl °&c' t ^ XQ sa ' cr * paragraphs-, between the seventeenth day of February, eighteen and 'on money' hundred and sixty-four, and the first day of July next, which additional gold, silver, &o. tax shall be collected under said act. On treasury notes g EC , 7, That On all treasury notes of the old issue, of the denomination five dollars, out- °f five dollars, not exchanged for new issue prior to the first day of SECOND CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 45. 1861. 275 January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and which may remain out- standing on 1st standing on that day, a tax of one hundred per ceut. is hereby imposed. c ^ ■' p6r • Sec. 8. That section seven of an act entitled "An act to levy, addi- Act of Feb. 17, tional taxes for the common defence ands ipport of the Government," ap- 18*54, ch. 64, § 7, proved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the ^™j** d p - lu " 10 ~ same is hereby, repealed, and 'the following inserted in lieu thereot: I. That the first section of «the "Act to lay taxes for the common 1st ? act 24th defence and to carry on the Government of the Confederate States," April. 1863, («i-r«. , .,«•!• i iii i • i • p. 115,1 suspenduil. approved twenty-tourth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, is sus- pended for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four. II. In all eases where a tax is levied on income derived from property, Ad valorem tax real, personal and mixed of every description, on the amount or value of to bc deducted which an ad valorem tax is laid, the ad, valorem tax shall be deducted t ^ m on game^rop- from the income tax: Provided, That in no case shall less be paid than e rty. the ad valorem tax. . Proviso. III. In the assessment of income derived from manufacturing or mining, Deductions &:- there shall be deducted from, the gross income or profits, the necessary lowed in the assess i t .1 * i e ill men t of income d3^ annual repairs, not exceeding ten per cent, on the amount ot the income r | ve< i from. manuf ' • derived therefrom. And, in addition to the deductions now allowed by r mining. law in the assessment of incomes derived from any source, the following Further deduc- shall be made, namely: The Confederate taxes actually paid by the tioas * Uo ™ d \? 9* ,.' ' iii- ■ • ii i « i i i assessment ot la- owner on sales made by htm, and the commissions actually paid by the comes derivedfiom eonsignor or shipper for selling, and in the production or manufacture of any source, pig metal or other iron, the cost of fuel. Seo. 9. That all citizens of any one of the Confederate States, tempora- Citizens of the P. rily residing in another State, shall be liable to be assessed and taxed in s - ma / be •as^esed the State*or district in which he may temporarily reside ; and it shall be g tate r district in the duty of all such who have not heretofore made return of their taxable whieh they tempo- property to the district assessor where they may temporarily reside, within warily reside, thirty days after the passage of this act, to make such return ; and any one taxable' property liable to be assessed and taxed as aforesaid who shall fail or refuse, within Penalty for Mk the said period of thirty days to make such return, shall be liable to all ureto make return, the pains and penalties imposed by the laws of the Confederate States in such case. Approved June 14, 1SG4. much of the last clause of the first-section of an act entitled " An act to Secret ary ot , . Treasury author- increase the compensation ot certain officers ot the .treasury, approved ized to fix the sala- February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as limits the salaries ?i<3s of clerks em f c ] er k- s era pl yed by any assistant treasurer or depositary to fifteen hun- $>Ioygci by a.ny &s~ v j j j ^ i j aiatant treasurer dred dollars, be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and that the said clause or depositary. of said section be so amended as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to fix the salaries of said clerks at the rate of compensation paid for simi- lar clerical services at the place where the said clerks may be employed : Proviso. Provided, The amount to be paid to any such clerk shall not exceed three thousand dollars per annum. Approved June 14, 1864. June 14 1864. Chap XLVII. — An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the Govern- ment. Additional ap- The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That propnationsforthe ^ ie following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any forTlie pdriod^nd- morie y m the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support, of the tag Dec. 31, 1864. Government, in addition to appropriations heretofore made, for the period ending the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Executive: Pri- Executive Depaktment. — For pay of salaries of the private Secretary rate Secretary of f the President of the Confederate States and messenger, from May six- Se fi s P en e S. eat aUd teenth to- December thirty-first eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-five cents/ Legislative: Pay Legislative Department. — For compensation and mileage of members ,tnd mileage of the of the Senate, for ten months ending thirty-first December, eighteen hun- oonate. dred and sixty-four, ninety-two thousand and eight hundred dollar's. •Officers and clerks For compensation of officers and clerks of the Senate, for the ten months of the Senate. ending thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Pay and mileage For compensation and mileage of members and delegates of the House of the House. f Representatives, for the period ending thirty-first December, eighteen! hundred and sixty-four, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Officers and For compensation of officers and others employed in the House of Rep- others o eliouse resen Natives, for the period ending thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten thousand and fifty dollars. State JDep't : State Department. — For compensation of clerks and messenger in the Clerks and mes- State Department, for the period ending thirty-first December, eighteen aonger. hundred and sixty-four, four thousand and eighty-one dollars. Treasury Dept : Treasury Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of the Secretary's office. Treasury, assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, Treasurer and Regis- ter, and clerks, messengers, watchmen and laborers, in the Treasury De- partment, for the period ending thirty- first December, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six hundred and five thousand seven hundred atsd two dol- lars and fifteen cents. War Dep't .- War Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of War, Sesretary's office. a3S j s tant Secretary, chief of bureau, clerks, messenger and other employees, for the period ending thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, two hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars. Post- Office Dep't: Post-Office Department. — For compensation of the chiefs of bu re aus* Chiefs of clerks, toj.„ B eir and others. Department, tor the period ending thirty-first J )ecember,. eighteen _hu»drftl ■rks topograph- clerks, topographer, watchman, messengers and laborers in the Post-Offiee SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 48, 49, 50. 1864. 277 and sixty-four, fifty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and six cents. Approved June 14, 1864. Chap. XLVIII. — An Act further to amend" An act to reduce the currency and to au- Junel4 1S64. thorize a new issue of bonds and notes," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hun- . dred and sixty-four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That See ante, p. 207, the above recited act be further amended, so as to allow States which have cn - 63 > § 12 - funded the treasury notes of the old issue held by them- under the P^-f^ndedVrea^uTy visions of the "Act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes of the old notes and bonds," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and issue, allowed to sixty-four, to exchange the certificates or bonds so received for the new issue ?* e r* B & e lh ® ce J- ,■'."' . ° , . , , ,.. tmcates or bonds ot treasury notes, m the same proportion, and on the same conditions as rece iv e d, for the provided in said act, and the act amendatory thereof, authorizing the new i^sue. exchange of old notes held by the States for notes of the new issue. s™ ante, p. 272, Approved June 14, 1864. Chap. XLIX. — An % Act to amend the several acts in relation to a volunteer navy. June 14 1864 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That ^ ct f y. j-j the act. entitled " An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish ,al8o4, ante, p. 185, volunteer navy,'" passed eleventh February, eighteen hundred and sixty- ch 30, amended. r i ii u m. jLi *" 4 It • c xi Persons alluwed tour, be so amended as to allow persons to volunteer in tne service ot the to volunteer in the volunteer navy : Provided, Such persons are resident foreigners or Mary- service of the vol- landersj and the President is hereby authorized to cause passports to be unteer nav T' issued to such persons as shall volunteer as aforesaid, and shall be accepted re siden°fore,aners by the President of the company by which such vessel was fitted out, or Mary landers, either within or beyond the Confederate States. Passports. Approved June 14, 1864. Chap. L. — An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to create a provisional navy of the -r , . -iqs± Confederate States," approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. . '_ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact } That gee u 161 in the first line of the fourth section of the act entitled " An act to create c h. 85, £ 4! a provisional navy of the Confederate States," the word "provisional" shall be substituted for the word "regular," so that the said fourth section shall read as follows : All commissioned officers of the provisional navy r, - A ».+„„„ 1 u 1 • a i i. 1 • tV ■ 1 1.11 i • President to ap- shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent point co'mmission- of the Senate, whenever, in his judgment, the public service requires their ed officers of the appointment, and in such numbers as he may think necessary, to the provlsloual navy * following ranks and grades, viz : Admirals, vice admirals, rear admirals, Ranks and commodores, and to such other ranks and grades as may exist in the regular grades. navy. Approved June 14, 1864. « ^ ♦ r 278 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 51, 52. 1864. June 14, 18C4. Chap. LI. — An Act to authorize tJie formation of new commands, to be composed of super- numerary officers, who may resign to join such commands, and to limit and restrict the appointment of officers in certain cases. Organization of The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That companies, Ac, of the President is hereby authorized to grant authority for the organization ficers. nU " 0I> companies, battalions or regiments, to be composed of supernumerary officers of the provisional army. Supernumerary Sec 2. ThatitshalJ be lawful for any supernumerary officer to join officers may join sa \,± organizations, or any other company in the Confederate service, which o^other^mpauy 1 ^ oes not exoee d the maximum prescribed by law, upon tender to the pro- on tender of resig- per authorities of his resignation for that purpose. nation. g EC . 3. That the offices left vacant, by such resignations shall not be cant b°y such resi*- ^ e ^ aric ^ that hereafter the lowest grade of commissioned officer shall nations not to be not be filled unless there are upon the rolls of the company for service at filled. least forty-six non-commissioned officers and privates; nor shall the posi- jyhen the lowest t « Q f sen j or sec0 nd lieutenant be filled, in case of a vacancy therein, unless sioned officers of a there are upon the rolls of the company for service at least thirty non- company, the posi- commissioned officers and privates ; nor shall the position of first lieu- tion of senior se- tenant De filled unless in case of a vacancy there are at least twenty cond lieutenant • • j .a* j • j.\ 11 > r -il »" and of first lieu- non-commissioned officers and privates on the rolls 01 the company for tenant, may b e service, which fact shall in each case be certified to by the captain of the fill ® d - . company and approved by the colonel of the regiment, before such promo- non can be made. quired of tacts. ArPKovEO- June 14/1864. t i < 1CA4 Chap. LII. — An Act to authorize the appointment of Quartermasters and Assistant ' tao * - Quartermast' rs and Cummiessarits and Assistant, Commissaries in the provisional army in certain cases > Appointment of The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That additional qua r- the J resident is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent -of termaster s and t h e g ena te, to appoint, for the provisional army, additional quartermasters provisional army. ari( ^ commissaries, with the rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel and major : Rank. Provided, 'ihat such additional quartermasters and commissaries, with the Number. rank of colonel, shall not exceed the number of military departments and separate armies existing at the time of their appointment; and that the additional quartermasters and commissaries, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, shall not exceed the number of army corps existing at the time of their appointment; and that the additional quartermasters and commissa- ries, with the rank of major, shall not exceed the number of divisions of the Appointment of army existing at the time of the appointment; and for the collection, control additional quar- anc i distribution of railroad and field transportation and army supplies, the termaste r s a n p res j ( jo T j* ma y appoint such additional quartermasters and assistant quarter- commissanes for * •> ri , t . t. the control, Ac, of masters and commissaries as may be necessary lor the efficient execution or railroad and field the duties of the quartermaster's and commissary's departments; and such transportation and jjgsjricr agents or transportation agents may be employed as the service army supplies. * p » , • , .. '• 4 . ..{?, •' , r , •> Pure basing raay require, who shall not have military rank, and whose compensation agents or trans shall not exceed the pay of a captain of infantry, and who may be required porfation agents. t give bond for the faithful performance of those duties ; but nothing herein Bond. ' ' " contained shall be construed to prohibit the assignment/of quartermasters and commissaries, or assistant quartermasters or commissaries to any of the fore- From what per- g°i n g duties, or to the duty of paying troops '.Provided, That all said appoint- Bons the appoint- ments shall be made from persons who are over forty-five years of age, or meats to be made. w ] 10 are incapacited itfiysically for service in the field, or who have been in the service over tweiro ftaonths, or have been heretofore discharging any SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 53. 1864. 279 of the aforesaid duties: Provided, further, That additional assistant quar- When' additional tennasters and commissaries shall not be appointed, if there are officers ai,sis ' tant quarter- ... . . r , r . ' . , . masters and com- already in service who can be assigned to such duties without detriment to m i SS aries not to be the service. appointed. Sec. 2. That it shall be no longer incumbent on the President to President n o t appoint or to keep in service an assistant quartermaster, with the rank of re( l uired t0 a P- captain for each regiment or battalion in the field, but he may assign the g«vMe°re»imentai quartermaster of any army corps, division, brigade, regiment or battalion, or battalion quar- or the commissary of any army, army corps, division or brigade, to duty tennasters. as quartermaster or commissary elsewhere, and to assign quartermasters f s t slsuinon *^ , assistant quartermasters and commissaries and assistant commissaries an d commissaries, appointed to posts or depots, or for other duties, to serve with armies, army corps, divisions or brigades in the field, whenever, in his opinion, the public interest will be promoted thereby. Sec. 3. That in case the services of any regimental quartermaster, or When quarter- anv other quartermaster or assistaut quartermaster, or commissary or master . s and com " ». , * . . , , j ,i . . ,i . . e J .-. imssanes may be assistant commissary, appointed under this act, can, in the opinion ot the dropped from the President, be dispensed with, and such officer cannot be otherwise appro- rolls. priately employed to the public interest, his name shall be dropped from the rolls, and he shall cease to be an officer of the provisional •army. Sec. 4. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint Appointment of one quartermaster, with the rank of major, for each State, and one assis- quartermaster for. tant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, for each Congressional dis- corieres-ioua^d'is- trict in the several States, to execute the duties of the act in reference to triet to execute du- the tax in kind : Provided, That the appointments to be made in pur- ties in reference to suance of this section, shall be made with the same restrictions and limita- if 6 *^ ax m ' ' tions as are set forth in the first proviso to the first section of this act. Proviso. Approved June 14, 1864. Chap LIII. — An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to organize military courts to June 14, 1864. attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts." The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That See ante p. 71- the above entitled act be so amended that in all instances in which the ^ 2 >, cn - 36 - particular division, corps, district or other subordinate organization, to of the ^rmy^or which a military court is or may be hereafter appointed or assigned, the dep't may empower commander of the army or department may by order, when in his discre- commander .°( po- tion it shall be proper and safe to dp so, direct and empower the com- " rdinat * division, mander ot the subordinate division, corps, district, ore., to pass upon and tion in relation to refer for trial all charges and specifications to come before said court, review charges, Ac, to and confirm or disapprove the records thereof, transmit the same direct to come before IBlli * tiirT courts the War Department, remit or suspend sentences (where lawful) and take all action and exercise all jurisdiction in that behalf which pertains under » existing laws to the commander of the army or department. Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this act, when any person where person is shall have been tried by any military court or court martial, and acquitted acquitted, finding of the charge or charges preferred, the finding of the court shall be ot the cou , rt . t0 be o t o i * o Jin nourj cGU. hum-do- announced immediately, and the person so tried and acquitted, if a soldier, diately, and the shall be released from arrest and returned to duty; and if other than a person released, soldier, discharged from custody without awaiting the examination or report of the reviewing officer of such court. Approved June 14, 1864. 280 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 54, 55, 56, 57. ' 1864. June 14, 1864. Chap LIV. — An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled ' An act to organize military court* to attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,' " approved February thirteenth, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-four. See ante. p. 1S6, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That ch AT i- the proviso to said act, and also so much thereof as requires that the iudsfe No notice re- ,. r ... , .' ,1.11 in- , ^ 1 . « 1 ' quired of the time °t the military court in north Alabama shall give ten days notice of the and place of hold- times and places of holding said courts before the same are held, be, and tug military courts the same are hereby, repealed. in north Alabama. ' . r _ Approved June 14, 1864. _ June 14, 1S64. Chap. LV. — An Act to amend the laws relating to the commutation value of hospital ~ ■ rations. Commutation The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That lions' ofTick and ^ e c° mm "tation value of rations of the sick and wounded officers and w o unded officers soldiers in hospitals or other places, used in camp or the field as hospitals, be and soldiei-3 in hos- fixed at'the government cost of said rations, and one hundred per centum *' Hospital fund thereon: Provided, That said one hundred per centum on the government cost of each ration commuted shall constitute a hospital fund, and be drawn and appropriated as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary, to purchase supplies for the use of the sick and disabled of the army in hospitals. Approved June 1.4, 1804. June 14, 1864. Chap. LVI. — An Act to amend an act entitled " An act to prohibit the importation of luxuries or of articles not necessaries or of common use," approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. , . > So much of the The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That (ante. p. 181 eh' so mncn °f the act entitled " An act to prohibit the importation of luxu- 24,) as forbids the ries or of articles not necessaries or of common use," approved sixth Feb- icaportationofpre- ruary, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as forbids the importation of pre- fruits meats 1 &c' P are< ^ "vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry and game, sealed or inclosed in repealed. ' cans or otherwise, and brooms and brushes of all kinds," is hereby repealed. Approved June 14, 1864. • June 14, 1864. Chap. LVII. — An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to — ■ attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. So much of act The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That cf Oct. 9, 1862, so muc h f the said act as empowers the said military courts to appoint aTempowers mill- their clerks and marshals, and provides for the payment of the salaries of tary courts to ap- the said officers, is hereby repealed ; and hereafter it shall be the duty of point their clerks the Secretary of War to detail and assign persons to fill said offices from peale-L^ 8 ^ re " military officers and non-commissioned officers and privates unable to per- form duty in th« field, and the compensation of such persons shall only SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 58. 1864. 281 be the pay to which they may be respectively entitled by virtue of their Sect'yof War to s v* ' " '■' ' • detail persons to military commissions. fiU said p offices> APPKOVED June 14, 1864. Compensation. Chap. LVIII. — An Act to provide and organize a General Staff for armies in the June 14, l c 04. field to serve during the war. Ihe Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That General staff of hereafter the general staff of the army shall constitute a corps, and staff tute^'corpa^'Not officers shall no longer, except by assignment, be attached to any partic- to be attached to ular military organization, or be held to duty at any post. That promo- an .y partieub r tions in said corps shall be by selection, based upon capacity, merit and ™ 0I J U ^g or & aima - services, and no one shall be appointed in said corps, unless he has been Promotions, two years, at least, in the military service during this war, or is over forty-five years of age, or is unfit for military service in the field. Sec. 2. That the President is hereby authorized to assign all officers Assignment of of the staff to such appropriate duties as he may think proper, except ^ t ,* ff officers to that he shall not assign them to commands in the line, unless in cases of Not to hold com- emergency, and then only for a short time ; and no officer shall be allowed missions the to hold, at the same time, a commission or appointment in the staff and f. taff and m the , ,. J rr line, at the same in the line. ti me . Sec. 3. That the President is hereby authorized, upon the application Appointment of of any general commanding an army ia the field, to appoint, by and with s h en ir er ] al j° ffi t C u r the advice and consent of the Senate, or assign for duty with such gen- direction of a gen- eral, whilst so commanding, a general officer, who shall be charged, under ral, with the ad- the direction of the general, with the administration of his army ; there ministration of hie shall also be allowed to a general, so commanding, two assistant adjutants ar ™^'g- ffi cers a i- general, one chief quartermaster, one chief of ordnance, and one chief com- lowed a general missary, each with the rank, pay and allowances of a colonel of cavalry; commanding an a surgeon as medical director, with the pay and allowances of a colonel xhefr^ank pay of cavalry ; one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay aud allowances of a and allowances, colonel of cavalry; and one aid-de-eamp, with the rank, pay and allow- ances of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry. Sec. 4. That to a lieutenant general commanding a corps d'armee shall Sfcaff officers al- be allowed, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and con- „° e ^era* c^mmand- sent of the Senate, two assistant adjutants general, with the rank, pay in g a corps d'armee. and allowances each of a colonel of cavalry; a chief of ordnance, a Kank, pay and al- chief quartermaster, and a chief commissary, e>ach with the rank, pay owanoes - and allowances of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry ; he shall also be allowed one surgeon, as medical director, to be appointed by the Presi- dent, with the advice and consent of the Senate, with the pay and allow- ances of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry; and to be appointed as above, one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a lieutenant colo- nel of cavalry, and one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a major of cavalry. Sec. 5. That to a major general commanding a division shall be allowed, Staff officers al- to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Iowed am.jorgen- ,, , r , r . > J . ... . ' , • i ,i i i ii oral commanding a Senate, two assistant adjutants general, with the rank, pay and allowances division. Rank. each of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry ; one chief of ordnance, one chiei F a 7 an * allow- quartermaster, and a chief commissary, each with the rank, pay and anoos ' allowances of a major of cavalry; also' a surgeon, with the pay and allowances of a major of cavalry; one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a major of cavalry ; and one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry. 282 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 58. 1864. Staff officers al- Sec. 6. That to a brigadier general. commanding a brigade shall be lowed a brigadier a "llo-wed, to be appointed as hereinbefore directed, two assistant adjutants general command- ' r -r . p ,\ , , •> . ing a b rigade. general and one assistant inspector general, with the rank, pay and Rank, pay and al- allowances each of a major of cavalry; one surgeon, with the pay and lowanccs. allowances of a major of cavalry; one ordnance officer, with the rank, pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry ; one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry; and one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a first lieutenant of cavalry. Number of staff Sec. 7. That the President is hereby authorized to reduce the number officers a.llowed f officers allowed by this act to the staff of any general officer, or to increased ° C i ncrea . se tue same when, in his opinion, the service will be benefitted thereby. Appointments to Sec. 8. That all appointments under this act shall be made from those be made from those already in service. Approved June 14, 1864. I SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 1, 2, S, 4. 1864. I 233 RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] — Joint resolution of thanks to the thirty -fourth and t hi ■ iy- eighth regiments of May 17, 1361. North Carolina troope. . — — The Congress of tJie Confederate States of America do resolve, That Thanks of Con- the thanks of Congress are eminently due, and are hereby tendered, to thegress to 34th and thirty-fourth and thirty-eighth regiments of North Carolina troops, for th® CmrolSf^trooM H '" promptness and unanimity with which they have re-enlisted for the war. Appboved May 17, 1864. [No. 2.] — Joir.t, resolution of thanks to the Texas brigade in the army of Northern May 17, 1S64. Virginia. The Coxn.gr 'ess of the Confederate States of America do resolve, That Thanks of* Con the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to the Texas ress t0 Texas bri- brigade, composed of the first, fourth and fifth Texas and third Arkansas ga e * regiments, for their eminently patriotic conduct in re-enlisting for the war. Approved May 17, 1864. [No. 3.] — Joint resolution of thanks to Major General Hoke and Commander Cooke, Mav 17, 1864. and the officers and mm vnder their command, for the brilliant victory over the enemy . at Plymouth, North Carolina. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That Thanks of Cod- the thanks of Congress and the country are due, and are tendered, g re8S t0 Ma i- GeD - to Major General Robert F. Hoke, and Commander James W. Cooke, and °„ ^ *p„„i,„ oni " i ai i it- p i i "ii • manaer Oooke. the otneers and men under their command, for the brilliant victory over the enemy at Plymouth, North Carolina. f Approved, May 17, 1864. [No. 4.J — Joint resolution of thanks to General Finnegan and the officers and men of his «# j* jgg< command. ' Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That Thanks of Con- the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Brigadier gress to Brig. Gen. General Joseph Finnegan, and the officers and. men of his command, for Jose Pk Finnegaa the skill and gallantry displayed in achieving the signal victory of Ocean Rn l3 comman Pond, Florida, on the twentieth of February last. Approved May 17, 1864. 284 • SECOND CONGRESS. Sess.X. Res. 5, 6, 7, 8. # 1864. May 23, 1864. [No. 5.] — Joint resolution of thanks to Missouri officers and soldiers in the Confederate — service east of the Mississippi river. Thanks of Con- Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That gross to Missouri the thanks f Congress are eminently due, and are hereby tendered, to diersln the service Brigadier General F. M. Cockrill, and the officers and soldiers composing east of the Missis- the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth regiments of Missouri infantry, siypi river. fi r st, second and third regiments" of Missouri cavalry, the batteries of Bledsoe, Landis, Guibor, Walsh, Dawson and Barrett, and Woodson's detached company, all in the service of the Confederacy, east of the Mis- sissippi river, for the prompt renewal of their pledges of fidelity to the cause of Southern independence for forty years, unless independence and peace, without curtailment of boundaries, shall be sooner secured. ' Approved May 23, 1864. May 2.3 1864. [No. 6.] • Joint resolution of thanks to Major General 2f. B. Forrest, and the officers and men of his command, for their campaign in Mississippi, West- Tennessee and Kentucky. • Thanks of Con- Resolved by the Congress of the. Confederate States of America, That g-ress to Maj. Gen. j.j ie thanks of Conyress are eminently due, and are herebv cordially ten- xv. Is. iorrest and . » ^ J ' •> J his command. dered, to Major General jN. B. Forrest, and the officers and men ot his « command, for their late brilliant and successful campaign in Mississippi, west Tennessee and Kentucky-.— a campaign which has conferred upon its authors fame as enduring as the records of the struggle which they have so brilliantly illustrated. ■ , ■ ■. Approved May 23, 1864. Mav 23 1864 [No. 7.] — Joint resolution authorizing the auditing of accounts of members for pay and 1 ° mileage. Auditing of ao- The Congress of the Confederate States of America do resolve, That counts of members the committee on pay and mileage of each House be authorized to audit all of first Congress acccun ts of members of either House of the late Congress for any balances agei of. pay or mileage that maybe due to them, and the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, respectively, to sign accounts for the same, in the same manner as if such balances were due to members of the present Congress. Approved May 23, 1864. Mav 2° 1864 [No. 8.] — Joint resolution requiring the Department of Justice to furnish the standing ... ? ' ' '__ committees of the two Houses with printed copies of the acts of Congress. Copies of acts of The Congress of the. Confederate States of America do resolve, That Congusstobefur- the Department of Justice, upon the application of the chairmen of the mshed the several severa i standing committees of the two Houses, be, and it is hereby, required standing commit- . . , . , fa ■ . , • ,> i • ; J i . . en n^i tees of the two ' to furnish said; committees copies 01 the printed acts ot Congress, tor the Houses. use-of.such committees.-. _„.,.. . , Approved May 23, 1861. • ■ ~ SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 9, 10,11,12. 1864. 285 [No. 9 ] — Joint resolution responsive to the resolutions of the General Assembly of Yir- June 4, 1864. ginia, aiserting the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State of Virginia over her ancient boundaries. T Whereas, Resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, adopted Preamble. October eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, have been communi- cated to Congress by the Governor of that State, at the request of the General Assembly, wherein that body, referring to former proceedings and to the attempt of the enemy to form a new State out of the State of Virginia; declares that "it is the firm determination of the State, and known to be that of the Confederate Government, to assert and maintain the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State of Virginia to the uttermost limits of her ancient boundaries, at any and every cost:" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do resolve. That Jurisdiction and in no event will this Government consent to a division or dismemberment !°y er . e .' S a l J °* of the State of Virginia, but will assert and maintain her jurisdiction and .^^03!* limits "of sovereignty to the uttermost limits of her ancient boundaries, at any and her ancient bound- *8very cost. ar j es *° De maia- Approved June 4, 1864, [No. 10.] — Joint resolution of thanks to the ninth regiment of Texas infantry. June 4, 1864. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do resolve. That Tbanks of Coa- the thanks of Congress are eminently due, and are hereby cordially ten- press to ninth ren- dered, to the ninth" regiment of fexas infantry, for their patriotic conduct.j.^ 4 of Texas in * in re-enlisting for the war, and tendering their energies, lives and honor to the service of the Confederate States, till it is ended and our independence achieved. Approved June 4, 1864. [No. 11.] — Joint resolution of thanks to Major Oentrai Richard Taylor, and the officers Jnne 10, 1864, and men of his command. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That Thanks of foa- the thanks of Congress are eminently due, a«d are hereby, most cordially g^lmrd ^» y iTi tendered, to Major General Richard Taylor, and the officers and men of his and the officer* command, for the brilliant successes obtained by them over the enemy in and men of hi a Louisiana during the past year, and particularly for the victories at Mans- command - field and Pleasant Hill, on the eighth and ninth of April last, and their subsequent operations against the retreating army of the Federal General Banks, in the valley of the Red river. Resolved, That the President communicate this resolution "to Major President to •General Taylor and the officers and men of bis command. £J2S£?*" ** Approve® June 10, 1864. [No. 12.] Joint resolution to allow sick and wounded officers of the army ttentaporta- June 10, 1864. tion to their homes and hospital accommodations. _-——__ Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Sick and wonnd- That sick and wounded officers on leave, upon certificates of a board of transportation, surgeons, be allowed transportation to their homes and hack to their commands, as in the case of enlisted men on furlough ; the indulgence 3 286 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 13. 1864. hereby accorded to continue in force for ninety days after the next meet- ing of Congress. Also h ospital Resolved, further, That all sick and wounded officers in the naval and accommodation* military service shall be entitled to enter any hospital and receive such treatment and rations as now provided by law, free of charge. Approved June 10, 1864. June. 14, 1864. [No. 13.] Joint resolution declaring the dispositions, principles and purposes ef the '•*-* i Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States. Preamble. "Whereas, It is due to the great cause of humanity and civilization, and especially to the heroic sacrifices of their gallantarmy in the field, that no means consistent with a proper self-respect, and the .approved usages of nations, should be omitted by the Confederate States to enlighten the public opinion of the world with regard to the true character of the struggle in which they are engaged, and the dispo- sitions, principles and purposes by which they are actuated ; there- fore — President to Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, ^iuhb copies of fol- That the following manifesto be issued in their name and by their be^transmkted^o authority* an( * that the President be requested to cause copies thereof our com'rs abroad, to. be transmitted to our commissioners abroad, to the end that the same to be laid before may be laid before foreign governments: foreign gov'ts. 3fanifesto of the Congress of the Confederate States of America relative to the existing war with the United States. Manifesto of The Congress of the Confederate States of America, acknowledging Congress declaring their responsibility to the opinion of the civilized world, to the great the dispositions, j of Christian philanthropy, and to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, principles and pur- „ , ,7 1 n t , f ■ i i 1 J. poses of the C. S. Ior the part they have been compelled to bear in the sad spectacle 01 in relation to the war and carnage which this continent has, for the last three years, existing war with exhibited to the eyes of afflicted humanity, deem the present a fitting ' occasion to declare the principles, the sentiments, and the purposes by which they have been, and are still, actuated. They have ever deeply deplored the necessity which constrained them to take up arms in defence of their rights and of the free institutions derived from their ancestors; and there is nothing they more ardently desire than peace, whensoever their enemy, by ceasing from the unhallowed war waged upon them, shall permit them to enjoy in peace the sheltering protection of those hereditary rights and of those cherished institutions. The series of successes with which it has pleased Almighty God, in so signal a manner, to bless our arms on almost every point uf our invaded borders since the opening of the present campaign, enables us to profess, this desire of peace in the interests of civilization and humanity without danger of having our mbtives misinterpreted, or of the declaration being ascribed to any unmanly sentiment, or any distrust of our ability fully to maintain our cause. The repeated and disastrous checks foreshadow- ing ultimate discomfiture, which their gigantic army, directed against the capital of the Confederacy, has already met with, are but a contin- uation of the same providential successes for us. We do not refer to these successes in any spirit of vain boasting, but in humble acknowl- edgement of that Almighty protection which has vouchsafed and granted them. . The world must now see that eight millions of people ; inhabiting so SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 13. 1364. 287 extensive a territory, with such varied resources, and such numerous facilities for defence as the benignant bounty of nature has bestowed Upon us, and animated with one spirit to encounter every privation and sacrifice of ease, of health, of property, of life itself, rather than be degraded from the condition ot free and independent States into which they were born, can never be conquered. Will not our adversaries them- selves begin to feel that humanity has bled long enough, that tears and blood and treasure enough, have been expended in a bootless undertaking, covering their own land, no less than ours, with a pall of mourning, and exposing them far more than ourselves to the catastrophe of financial exhaustion and bankruptcy, not to speak of the loss of their liberties by the despotism engendered in an aggressive warfare upon the liberties of another and kindred people? Will they be willing, by a longer perse- verance in a wanton and hopeless contest, to make this continent, which they so long boasted to be the chosen abode of liberty and self-govern- ment, of peace and a higher civilization, the theatre of the most cause- less and prodigal effusion of blood which the world has ever seen, of a virtual relapse into the barbarism of the ruder ages, and of the destruc- tion of constitutional freedom, by the lawlessness of usurped power ? These are questions which our adversaries will decide for themselves. We desire to stand acquitted, before the tribunal of the world, as well as in the eyes of Omniscient justice, of any responsibility for the origin or prolongation of a war as contrary to the spirit of the age as to the traditions and acknowledged maxims of the political system of America. On this continent, whatever opinions may have prevailed elsewhere, it has ever been held and acknowledged by all parties, that government, to be lawful, must be founded on the consent of the governed. We were forced to dissolve our federal connection with our former associates by their aggressions on the fundamental principles of our compact of union with them, and, in doing so, we exercised a right consecrated in the great charter of American liberty — the right of a free people, when a government proves destructive of the ends for which it was established, to recur to original principles and to institute new guards for their security.' The separate independence of the States, as sovereign and coequal members of the Federal Union, had never been surrendered, and the pretension of applying to independent communities, so constituted aud • organized, the ordinary rules for coercing and reducing rebellious subjects to obedience, Was a solecism in terms as well as an outrage on the principles of public law. The war made upon the Confederate Spates was, therefore, wholly one of aggression ; on our side it has been strictly defensive. Born freemen, aud the descendants of a gallant ancestry, we had no option but to stand up in defence of our invaded firesides, of our desecrated altars, of our violated liberties and birthright, and of the prescriptive institutions which guard and protect them. We have not interfered, nor do we wish in any manner whatever to interfere, with the internal peace and prosperity of the States arrayed in hostility against us, or with the freest development of their destinies in any form of action or line of policy they may think proper to adopt for themselves. All we ask is a like immunity for ourselves, and to be left in the undis- turbed enjoyment of those inalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" which our common ancestors declared to be the equal heritage of all parties to the social compact. Let them forbear aggressions upon us, and the war is at an end. If there be questions which require adjustment by negotiation, we have ever been willing, and are still willing, to enter into communication with our adversaries in a spirit of peace, of equity, and manly frankness. Strong in the persua- 288 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 13. 1864. si on of the justice of our cause, iu the gallant devotion of our citizen- soldiers and the whole body of our people, and above all, in the gracious protection of Heaven, we are not afraid to avow a sincere desire for peace on terms consistent with our honor and the permanent security of our rights, and an earnest aspiration to see the world once more restored to the beneficent pursuits of industry and of neutral intercourse and exchanges so essential to its well being, and which have been so gravely interrupted by the existence of this unnatural war in America. But if our adversaries, or those whom they have placed in authority, deaf to the voice of reason and justice, steeled against the dictates of both prudence and humanity, by a presumptuous and delusive confidence in their own numbers or those of their black and foreign mercenaries, shall determine upon an indefinite prolongation of the contest, upon them be the responsibility of a decision so ruinous to themselves and so injurious to the interests and repose of mankind. For ourselves, we have no fear of the result. The wildest picture ever drawn of a disordered imagi- nation comes short of the extravagance which could dream of the con- quest of eight millions of people resolved with one mind "to die freemen rather than live slaves," and forewarned by the savage and exterminating spirit in which this war has been waged upon them, and by the mad avowals of its patrons and supporters of the worse than Egyptian bondage that awaits them in the event of their subjugation. With these declarations of our dispositions, our principles, and our pur- poses, we commit our cause to the enlighteued judgment of the world, to the sober reflections of our adversaries themselves, and to the solemn and righteous arbitrament of Heaven. Approved June 14, 1864. • • INDEX TO THE FOREGOING PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OP THE CONFEDERATE STATES. Accounts, auditing of accounts of members of first Congress for pay and mileage, 284 Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, appropriation for contingent expenses of,... 267 Admirals, appointments of, in the provisional navy,... 277 Advertising, I appropriation for, 267 £ Agents of the Post- Office Department, ? franking privilege extended to, 254 ; appropriations for, ....269, 270 ) Agent of- the Treasury Department, ( appropriation for, 267 ', Agents, . < appropriation for salary, Ac, of agent of ( Erlanger loan, in Paris, 267 I appointment of agents to receive and take / proof of claims for forage, provisions, ? Ac, furnished to the army by the owner > or taken or informally impressed, 271 / duties, 271-272 j may administer oaths to witnesses and I claimants,, 272 I pay and mileage, 272) who eligible, 272 < Agricultural Products, i certain agricultural products, of the year / 1863. exempt from taxation, 274 •; Alabamn, ? no notice required of time and place of hold- I ing military court in North Alabama,,.... 280 t Alcoholic Liquors, / eou tracts authorized for the manufacture of > alcoholic and spirituous liquors for the / army and h sp tals, 271 '/ centra it to operate as a license to the con- ] tractor 271 > manufactories or distilleries may bo estab- \ lishe.l, 271 \ employment of laborers, 271 \ Alcoholic Liquors, (continued.) contractor not to make more alcoholic or spirituous liquors than he shall deliver to the Government, 271 prohibited from selling or disposing of the same, .'. 271 act not to operate as a license to con-, tractor far -any violation of its pro- hibitions, 271 Appointmen Is, of temporary officers of the rank of briga- dier general, major general, lieutenant general or general for the provisional army, 25S how long to hold their rank and com- mand, 255 of ensign for each battalion of infantry,.... 256 of chemists and professional assistants for nitre and mining bureau, 26.'» of additional officers of artillery for ord- nance duties, 266 of agents to receive and take proof of claims for forage, provisions, &c, far- nished to the army or impressed, '. 271 of commissioned officers of the provisional navy, 277 of additional quartermasters and commis- saries, 278 , of purchasing agents, and transportation agents, 27* , so much of act of October 9, 1862, as author- izes military courts to appoint their clerks and marshals, repealed, 280 of quartermaster for each State and Con- gressional district to execute duties in reference to the tax in kind, 279 in the corps composed of the general staff of the army, 281-28:.' who eligible to iippointmcnt to office in the general staff, ,„ 281 no officer to hold commission or appointment in the staff and in the line, at the same time, 281 11 INDEX. Appointments, (continued.) ) Appropriations, (continued.) of general officer charged*, under the direc- i tion of a commanding general, with the / administration of his army, 281 ', Appropriations, £ money contributed by the ladies of South X Carolina to build an iron-clad gun-boat, ) appropriated for the construction of iron- ^ clad vessels, at Charleston, 253 j for the postal service, for the years 1862'and I 1863, , 263 for the support bf the government from X July 1 to December 31, 1864, and to sup- ? ply a deficiency, viz : ? Legislative, . pay and mileage of members of / the House,. .' 266 ) officers, Ac, of the House, 266 X contingent expenses of the House, 266 X pay and mileage of the Senate,.... 266 X officers and clerks of the Senate,... 266 ( contingent expenses of the Senate, 266 j Executive, 266 > President 266 \ Vice-President, 266 / private secretary and messenger l of President,.. 266 / private secretary of the Vice-Pres- > ident, 267 ) contingent expenses, 267 / Treasury Department,. 267 X Secretary's office, 267 > contingent expenses, ..< 2(57 ^ interest on public debt, 267 ' t engraving and printing notes, X bonds, Ac, 267 ', payment of loan of August 19, ( 18*61, 267 rent of executive buildings, 267 < officers of the treasury department i west of the Mississippi river,.... 267 > expenses incident to funding notes, 267 i contingent expenses of treasury ? service west of the Mississippi t river, i.i 267 '/ detection of persons passing forged \ treasury notes, 267 > agent of Erlanger loan, in Paris,.. 267 S War Department, 267 \ Secretary's office, 267 \ contingent expenses 267 X Indian bureau, 267 ( contingent expenses of Adjutant X and Inspector General's depart- ( ment, 267 contingent expenses of the army,.. 267 I pay of the army, 267 \ disbursements for the public ser- ? vice of the quartermaster's de- ) partment, 267 j subsistence stores and commissary > property, 267 \ appropriation for quartermaster's and commissary department may be transferred from one to the other, 267 ordnance service in all its branches, 267 nitre and mining service, 268 engineer service, 268 physicians, 268 nurses and cooks, 268 laundresses, 268 medical and hospital supplies....... 268 military hospitals 268 hospital stewards, 268 matrons, 268 ward masters, 268 Navy Department, 268 Secretary's office, 268, 270 contingent expenses, 268 pay of the navy, 268, 270 provisions and clothing, 268 iron-clad vessels, 268 ordnance afed ordnance stores, 268 repairs of vessels, 268 equipments, Ac, of vessels, 268 sub-marine batteries, 268 contingent enumerated, 268 medical supplies and surgeon's ne- cessaries, 268 marine corps, 268 State Department, : 268 Secretary's office, 268 foreign intercourse, ., 268 Justice Department, 268 Attorney General's office, 268 contingent expenses. 268 superintendent of public printing, clerks and messenger, 268 Arizona Territory, 268 Post Office Department, 269 office of Postmaster General, 269 contingent fund. 269 agent and clerks of department west of Mississippi river,.... 269, 270 contingent and miscellaneous ex- penses in the trans-Mississippi department, .../. 269 telegraph lines 269 house rent at Marshall, Texas 269 transportation of mails 269 postmasters and clerks 269 ship, steamboat and way letters,... 269 advertising 269 mail bags 269 office farniture 270 blanks and printing 270 •wrapping paper 270 mail locks, keys and stamps 270 mail depredations and special agents 270 miscellaneous payments 270 postage stamps 270 transportation of clerks, Ac, to Marshall, Texas 270 house rent of Post-Office Depart- ment, at Marshall, Tex&s, 270 miscellaneous expenses of the de- partment west of the Mississippi river 270 miscellaneous.. 269-270 printing and binding for the de- partments, 269 printing, Ac, for Congress and of laws and journals 269 printing and binding digest of the laws 269 paper for the digest 269 publication and printing of acts and resolutions of Congress 269 paper for the departments and Congress.......... 269 judges, attorneys and marshals and expenses of' courts....... .269-270 commissioners under sequestra- tion act, clerk hire, Ac 269 nitre and mining service in trans- Mississippi department 269 INDEX. in Appropriations, (continued.) for interest due the Choctaw na- tion 270 George P. Evans & company for printing, 270 Indians affairs 270 treaty stipulations 269 unexpended balances to the credit of the departments to be exhausted be- fore the above appropriations shall be drawn from the treasury 270 additional appropriations for the sup- port of the government for the pe- riod ending Dec. 31, 1864, viz : executive...... 276 private secretary and messenger of the President. 276 legislative 276 pay and mileage of the Senate 276 officers and clerks of the Senate,... 276 pav and mileage of the House 276 officers and employees of the House 276 State Department 276 clerks and messenger.. .£ 276 Treasury Department 276 Secretary's office 276 War department 276 Secretary's office 276 Post-Office^Department 276 chiefs of bureaus, clerks, topogra- pher, watchmen, employees and laborers 276-277 A rizona Territory, appropriation for governor, commissioner of Indian affairs, secretary, judges, at- torney and marshal 26S ; for incidental and contingent expenses, 268 Army. See Compensation — Officers. appointment of temporary officers of the rank of brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general or general for the pro. visional army, „ 255 commissaries allowed regiments of cavalry, 254 appointment, of ensign for each battalion of infantry, 256 of chaplains to*battalions and to gene- ral hospitals, _ 256 ■officers of the army traveling under orders allowed transportation and expenses, 258 when officers or soldiers of the cavalry may be dismounted and placed in the infantry, 260 horses of persons dismountad taken for tha nee of the army ^ appraised value paid the owner, 260 pay of non-commissioned officers, privates < and musicians, increased, 262 appropriation for incidental and contingent expenses, 267 ! for pay of the army, „ 2 agents ~ 278 ) Bounty, / allowed to warrant officers, pilots, seamen, ! > ic, of th,e navy, and to non-comEais.-ion- > ed officers, privates and musicians of the / •marine corps ............................... 259;! c. Ca valry, jj commissaries allowed regiments of... .». 2'54 ( .rank, pay and allowances 254<; when odjjers or soldiers of the cavalry may I be dismounted and placed in the' infants ? ry: W. 2&0/ horses of persons dismounted taken fur the / use of the army; appraised value paid I the owner... 260 > Chaplains, s appointment of, to battalions and to gene- ( Val hospitals 256 J • pay and allowances......... 25S-J Charitable Institutions, I incomes, &c, of, exempt from taxation...... 274 j C"ki.»ii.Hts, - ( appointment of chessists and professional as- / a is tan ts for nitre and uaiaing bureau ; their ? pay.. . 283 vkoctaica, afjpropriation to pay interest to, ......... 270 > Chwf.hes,' \ •' incomes, &c, of, exempt from taxation...... 274 \ Cl&iiiix, J appointment of agents to receive and take \ proof cf elaiias lor forage, provisions, \ &c, furnished to the army by the ownsr, \ or taken or inf'orsna ly impre.-sed......271, 272', report to the accounting officers of the ^ treasury 272 ) f auditing and payment of claims.... 272? claims originating west of the Mississippi > river 272? oaths to witnesses and claimants. 272 j pay and milage of agents 272^ W when claims bi.sied. ............ M »... 27& Clerk*, benefit of act of January 30, 1864, increas- ing the compensation of certain civil officers and emplyees, extended to the clerks employed in Columbia, South Car- » olina..... 253 appointment of disbursing clerk in the War Department; salary; duties and bond 25ft additional clerical force may be employed to aid the law elerk 257 compensation of clerks in the departments, increased ... 275- Secretary of the Treasury authorized to fix the salaries of clerks employed by any assistant treasurer or depositary...™...... 276 so m»ch of aet of October 9, 5862, as au- thorizes military courts to appoint their clerks and marshals, repealed,.... „.. 28G> Secretary of War may detail persons to fill said, offices..... „ 28© 1 Colleges, incomes, &c, of, exempt from taxation...... 274 CommissdHes, allowed regiments of cavalry 25i rank, pay and allowances ..... 254 appointment of additional commissaries ia the provisional army; rank; number.. .... 27& appointment of additional quartermasters and coiQ&miasaries for the collection and distribution of railroad and field trans- portion and army supplies..... 275 when assistant commissaries not to be ap- pointed 278" assignments of commissaries 279" when commissaries may be dropped from the rolls 279- Commissaiy's Dev-artmervt, appropriations for...... 26-7 Commissary General, authorized to make contracts for the manu- facture and distillation of alcoholic and spirituous liquors.™ 27$ Com miss ione. rs, compensation of, appointed uader aet sus- pending privilege of writ of habeas eor- $his...... ......... 265? compensation of their assistants.... 26-2 to have the powers conferred on commis- sioners appointed by the district courts... 262" appropriation for. conaraissioaers appointed under sequestration aet 269> Commi tees, copies of acts of Congress to be furnisbed the several standing commitiees of the two Houses &f Congress.. ......... 284 CjMmodorss, * may be appointed in the provisional navy.. 277" Commutation, commutation valae fixed o-f rations of sick and wounded officers and soldiers ia h.os- pitas P. 280 €b mpen sa tio n , act of January 39, 1884, increasing the' compensation of certain civil officers and employees for a limited period, continued in for.e till Januar 1, 1866. 252? benefit of the act extended to clerks 'employed ia Columbia, Sow h Caro- of disbursing clerk in the War Jejwirtnient, 25& of members of Congress...... 266i of officers of Congress... 266> of officers of the army and navy traveling nudcir «rdera,«. ;.«... vsaf-.". ........ „..u.... 258- INDEX. v Co-mpensation, (continued.) Cookg and Nurses, of additional military storekeepers of ord- < appropriation for, ; ..... 268 nance, 258 i Corn, of persons on detailed service, 261, 262 i where the'corn reserved from the tax in kind to be the same for both the war and navy / is insufficient for the producer, be may departments, 262 t pay the money value" for the tithe to the t of persons detailed- to government cvntrac- \ extent required, 264 tors, 262 ) Corporation*, of commissioners appointed under the act ^ property of, assessed and taxed in same suspending the privilege of the writ of ■ l i manner as property of individuals,.. 273 habeas corpus, , 262 '/ Courts. See District Courts, Military Court*. of their assistants, 262 \ appropriation for incidental and contingent of non commis-ioned officers, privates and '/ expenses, 269 musicians, increased 262 j Crops, of the treasurer, 265 < ( when crops subject to tax in kind are des- of general officers, 265-266^ troyed, the part not destroyed to be re- ef agents appointed to receive and take I garded as all that was made 264 proof of claims for forage, provisions, I p 03 j, quartermaster to have credit on his re- Ac, furnished to the army or taken or in- / turn for the property thus lost, 264 formally impressed 272^. where the corn reserved from the tax in compensation increased of the heads of the i kind is insufficient for the producer, he several executive departments and their / m aT p a y the money value for the tithe to assistants, comptroller of the treasury, '/ the extent required, ,. 264 and of clerks and employees in the de- > products of gardens and fruit for domestic partments 275 ) ase not liable to tax, 264 Secretary of the Treasury authorized to fix '/ the salaries of clerks employed by any J * assistant trea-urer or depositary, 276 \ i-f, of persons detailed by the Secretary of War ^ to fill the offices of marshal and clerk of military courts 281 Departments. See the seve-ral heads. pay and allowances of BtoffofficeW^f'^n" " \ P rin / in g for .' t0 •? ««"»te4 u " der direction r g rfltl e 281 i of superrr.tenaent of public printing. of' a *lieu;enani'geneVai^Z;"Z"Z/.' 2S1 \ Compensation. Apportionment of the ^ of a bSifrgeu'ral,'.'.'.'.'. Z7. .".'.'.'.*.'.'.'.'." 282 \ «<>»»P< Nation of heads of, increased,. ..... 257 auditing ot accounts of members of first »f clerks and employees m, increased,.... 2,5 Congress for pay and mileage,.... 284 ', Detailed bervi ce, ... Comptroller ' P av and allowances of non commissioned ' compensation increased, 275 i ° ffice f s > soldiers, sailors and marines on Cong ess, > detailed service, •• 261 - Senators and Representatives and officers of add tl0 , nal compensation,... ^b. each House to be furnished with pass- to.be the same for both the war and ports, 254 navv departments ..?.. 262 compensation and mileage of members,: 256 compensation of persons detailed to govern- compensation of officers, 256 \ . ment contractors, *>i numbers of copies of laws to which mem- / Details, bers entitled;. 257 / of pe«ons to fill the offices of clerk and when military commanders to furnish trans- i marshal of military courts ; compensa- ^ portation in kind to members and dele- ? tion, , »••• gates going to and returning from Con- $ Digest. of the Laws, _ _ . ■ _ regg 261 $ appropriation for printing and binding, ^os? appropriation for pay and mileage of mem- i Disbursing Clerk, ■ s „ bers and officers,. " 266, 276 appointment of, in the War Department,... 25& for printing, binding and-ruling,.... 269 s salary, ••• auditing of accounts of members of first machinery, materials, Ac, necessary for contract to operate as a license to contractor, 271 / railroads, admitted free of duty,- 254-255 Contributions, ( money contributed by the ladies of South t JJ Carolina to build an iron-clad gun-boat, / appropriated to 'he construction of iron- / elad vessels, in Charleston, 253 / Elections, Cooke, Commander James W., • ' j> Tn Tennessee: thanks of Congress to, and to his command, 283 for representative* in Congreas,.... 257 VI INDEX. Elections, (continued.) person receiving the highest number of votes of the whole vote to be com mis- sioned, 257 where polls to be opened, 257 how election conducted, 258 who entitled to vote, and at what places,... 258 Employees, in the departments; compensation increased, 275 Engineer Service, appropriation for,.'. - 268 Ensiyns, , appointment of, to each" battalion of infan- try, 256 Erlanger Loan, appropriation for salary, olerk hire and ex- penses of agent of, in Paris, 267 Evans, George P., and Company, appropriation for, for printing, 270 Exempts, members of certain denominations of chris 7 tians may be exempted from military service, 261 terms and conditions of exemption, 261 Finnegan, Brigadier General Joseph, thanks of Congress to, .and to his command, 283 'Forage, State officers, commissioned to communi- cate with State troops, allowed to pur- chase, 255 Foreigners, resident foreigners allowed to volunteer in the service of the volunteer navy, 277 Foreign Intercourse, appropriation for, ; 268 Forgery and Counterfeiting, appropriation for detection of persons en- gaged in preparing and passing forged treasury notes, 267 Forrest, Major General N. B., thanks of Congress to, and t« his command, 283 Flanking Privilege, extended to the agent of the Post Office. De- partment west of the Mississippi river, and to the auditor for the trans- Missis- sippi department, 254 Fmit, raised for domestic use, not taxable, 264 G. Gardens, ' products of, intended for the use of the fam- ily of the owner, not taxable, 264 General Officers, pay of a general, rr. 265 of a lieutenant general, 265 of a mrijur general, 265 additional pay of a general, lieutenant gen- eral, major general and brigadier general, • respectively, whilst serving in the field,.. 266 General Staff, See Staff Officers, and, .....281-282 Government, appropriations for the support of, from July 1 to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency, 26H-270 additional appropriations for the support of, for the period ending December 31, 1864, 276-277 H. Habeas Corpus, compensation of commissioners UDder the act suspending the privilege of the writ of, 262 compensation of their assistants, t562 commissioners to have the power conferred on commitsioners. appointed by the dis- trict courts, 262 Hogs, when account to be rendered of slaughtered • hogs, 264 Holce, Major General Robert F., thanks of Congress to, and his command,.. 283 Horses, » of persons dismounted taken for the use of the army 2«0 appraised value paid the owner 260 Hospital Fund, of what constituted 280 how drawn and appropriated : 280 Hospitals, appointment of chaplains to general hospi- tals 256 incomes, &c, of, exempt from taxation 274 commutation value fixed ot rations of sick and wounded officers and soidiers in hos- pitals 280 100 per per cent, on the government cost of each ration commuted to constitute a hospital fund ; how drawn and appropri- ated 280 sick and wounded officers in the naval and military service allowed hospital accom- modations free of charge 286 House of Representatives, passports to be furnished members 254 pay and mileage of members increased 256 pay of officers increased 256 appropriations for pay and mileage of mem- bers and officers 276 Imports, so much of the act of February 6, 1864, as forbids the importation of prepared vege- tables, fruits, meats, &c, repealed 280 Incomes, of hospitals, asylums, churches, Ac, ex- empt from tax 274 ad valorem tax to be deducted from the in- come tax on same property 275 deduction allowed in the assessment of in- come derived from manufacturing or mining a ». 275 further deductions allowed in the assess- ment of income derived from any source. 275 Indian Affairs, appropriation for bureau of. 269 Indian Bureau, appropriation for 267 Indian Nations, new notes authorized to be issued to, in ex- change for any of the treasury notes held by them or individuals thereof, on Julyl, 1864 255 redemption of the notes held to be under tbe direction of the Commissioners of In- dian Affairs 255 INDEX. vii nfantry, Manifesto, (continued) appointment of ensign for each battalion of < cdpies to be transmitted to commissioners infantry 256$ . abroad to be laid before foreign govern- Invahd Corps, I ' ments 2S6 ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys of the {Manufactories, navy, and non-commissioned officers, mu- \ for alcoholic and spmtuous liquors 27ifl^ sicians and privates of the marine corps, < t Marine Corps, may be retired or discharged from ser- i bour.ty allowed to non-commissioned offi- Yice .' 260 ( cers, musicians and privates 259 assignments to duty to be made by the \ non-commissioned officers, musicians and Secretary of the Navy 260; privates may be retired or discharged / from the service 260 T ( appropriations for 268 ' Marshals, ,..„,_,. \ i appropriations for 269,270 Joint Stock Companies, _ so much of act of October 9,1862, as au- property of, assessed and taxed n same , %eg m{ comts tQ > their manner as property of individuals 273 j ^^ &u& ^^ r , ve ^ e ^ 280 Judges, „^;„+ 5 Secretary of War to detail persons to fill of the district courts empowered to appoint i . , jg 2S0 and change the times and places of hold- ' f M Undl , rH ing the courts and provide for the re- > in owed ' to volunteer in the service of the moval of the records and files 2o8 volunteer navy £ 77 appropriation for 269-270 ? Ma tron* Justice Department i appropria{ion f or 268 appropriation for 268 , j^ ^ Hospital Supplies, i appropriation for 268 Xi. ( Messengers, | appropriation for 267-269 Laborers, ( Mileage, employment of, for manufactories and distil- t of members of Congress 256 lcries of alcoholic liquors 271 ^ of agents appointed to receive and take Laundresses ^ proof of claims for forage, provisions, Ac. 272 appropriation for 26S '/ auditing of accounts of members of Frst « Law Clerk, ] Congress for pay and mileage 284 additional clerical force may be employed ' t Military Commanders, to aid thei... 257 J when to furnish transportation in kind to Laws of the Confe7erate'states"'' J members and delegates going to or return- Attorney General authorized to contract for { ing from Congress -61 the printing, publishing and binding of voucher for the expenditure of the officer in . the acts, resolutions and treaties 257 \ . . furnishing the same 261 number of copies of the laws to which >. Military Courts, members of Congress entitled 257 '. ^ nen commander of the array or depart- copies of acts of Congress to be furnished \ ment may empower commander of subor- the standing committees of the two / dinate division, corps, Ac, to take all ac- Houses. . .. 2S4 { ti° n m relation to charges and specifica- ' provision' 'of 'tn'e'aei of Jttt^'ifclM*, tions to come before military courts 279 increasing the compensation of certain I where person is acquitted, finding of the civil officers and employees for a limited ', court to be announced immediately and ^ period, continued in force till January 1, ; tne person released ...... -<9 1865 253 / no n °ti ce required of the time and place of act efgatinVthe 'd^' tf"iril^"fe'''tta { holding military court in north Alabama, 280 army to apply only to the provisional so .much of the act of Oct. 9, 1862, as em- arm y mm # 256; powers military courts to appoint their acts aUowVng'commissVoned'officers' of'the < clerks and marshals, repealed, 280 army and navy rations. Ac, not be con- \ Secretary of War may detail persons to fill strued as all'wing commutation for ra- '/ . . sa -id offices, ^80 tions or the purchase of rations except \ Military Hospitals, for their own use 260 appropriation for, 268 BO much of act of February 8, 1864, as ' Military Service, _ forbids the importation of prepared vege- > members of certain denominations of chns- tables, fruits, meats, Ac, repealed 280 V tians ma y be exempted from; terms and eo much of act of October 9, 1S62, as empow- \ conditions 261 ers military courts to appoint their clerks / exemption may be revoked for fraud, and marshals, repealed 280 ', misrepresentation or error, 261 < Military Storekeepers, \r i appointment of additional military store- "■*■• keepers of ordnance, 258 ' pay and allowances, 258 Mail Routes. See Post Routes. l t bond, 258 Manifesto, / Missouri Officers and Soldiers, declaring the dispositions, principles and ] thanks of Congress to, in the service east of purposes of the Confederate States in re- / the Mississippi river, 284 lation to the existing war with the United ' Musicians, States, 286-288 5 pay increased, 2f2 Till INDEX. N. Navy. See Volunteer Nawfc Provisional Navy. \ 9' officers of, traveling under orders, allowed j transportation and expenses, 258 / boutaty allowed to warrant officers, pilots, ( seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen and ) ooys, 259 'i ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys of the ) navy may be retired or discharged from ? the service, 260; assignments to duty to be made by the > Secretary of the Navy, 260 supplies of small stores may be issued to enlisted men of the navy ; on what terms, 261 sick and wounded officers in the naval ser- vice allowed hospital accommodations, free of charge, 286 Navy Department, \ appropriation for, 268, 270 \ Navy Secretary of the, / appropriations for his office, 268, 279 l compensation increased, 275 ? Nitre and Mining Bureau, ; of what officers to consist, 263 { their pay and allowances, 263 I appointment of chemists and professional > assistants; their pay, 263 5 appropriation for, 268 J Nitre and Mining Service, ( appropriation for, 269 f f North Carolina Troops, > thanks of Congress to 34th and 38th regi- 5 ments of, 283 I NurSes and Conks, '? appropriations for, 268 \ Officers, (continued.) as to organization of comrames, Ac., of su- pernumerary officers. See Supernumerary Officers, and, 278 when the lowest grade of commissioned officers of a company, the position of senior second lieutenant and of first lieutenant, may be filled, 278 sick and wounded officers of the army al- lowed transportation, 285 sick -and wounded officers in the naval and military service allowed hospital accom- modations and rations, free of charge,..,, 286 Ordnance Department, appropriation for, 267 Ordnance Duties, a; poiniment of additional officers of artil- lery for ordnance duties ; rank, ... 2C8 Ordnance Stores, appropriation for, 268 P. 0. Officers. See Clerks. Compensation. ? act of Jan. 30, 1864, increasing compensa- } tion of certain civil officers and em- j ployees for a limited period, continued in 5 force till Jan. 1, 1865, 253 passports to be furnished officers of each < House of Congress, 254 ■ < appointment of temporary officers of the / rank of brigadier general, major general, t lieutenant general or general. How long \ to hold their rank and command, 255 ) of the army and navy traveling under or- 1 ders allowed transportation and expenses, 258 / when officers or soldiers of the cavalry may ) be dismounted and placed in the infantry, 260 ' when military officers to furnish transpoita- S tion in kind to members and delegates 5 going to and returning from Congress,... 261 ) of the nitre and mining bureau, 263 I pay of general officers, 265-266 ] appointment of 'additional officers of artil- lery for ordnance duties; their rank, 266 disabled army officers may be appointed agents to lake and receive proof of claims for Jo rage, provisions, Ac, furnished to the army or impressed, 272 appointment of commissioned officers of the provisional navy, ". 277 of udditiona'. quartermasters and com- i misstiries, 278 I / of purchasing agents or transportation j agents, 278 J Paper, • appropriation for, . 269 ports, to be furnished to Senators and Representa- tives in Congress and officers of each House, 254 to issue to such persons as volunteer in the volunteer navy, /. 277 Physicians, appropriation for, 268 ages, franking privilege extended, 254 Postal Service, appropriation for, for the years 1862 and 1863, 283 further appropriations for, 26a Postmaster General, compensation increased, 273 appropriation for his office, 276-277 Post- Office Department, appropriation for, 269, 276, 276 Post Quartermasters. See Quartermasters. Post Routes, new post routes established, 295 route Wo 2,173 amended, 259 President of the Confederate States, authorized to appoint temporary officers of the rank of brigadier general, major gen- eral, lieutenant general or general, 255 authorized to appoint chaplains to battalions and to general hospitals 256 may appoint additional military storekeepers of ordnance, 285 appropriation for, 266 to issue pas -ports to such persons as volun- teer in the volun'eer navy, 277 to appoint commissioned officers of the pro- visional navy, 277 may grant authority for the organization of companies, battalions or regi iients to be composed of supernumerary officers of the provisional army, *. 278 may appoint additional quartermasters and commissaries for the provisional army,... 278 not required to appoint or keep in service quartet masters for regiments and battal- ions 279 may appoint quartermaster for each State and congressional district to execute duties in reference to tax in kind, 279 INDEX. IX President of the Confederate States, (continued.) to appoint officers of the general staff of the army,. ...'. ~. 28 1-282 to assign staff officers to duties, 281 may iippoiut or assign for duty a general officer charged, under the direction of a commanding general, with the adminis- tration of his army, 281 to cause copies of manifesto of Congress, touching the existing wmt with the United States, to be transmitted to our commis- sioners abroad, 286 Printing, Attorney General authorized to contract for the printing, Ac, of the acts, resolutions and treaties, 257 for the several executive departments tp be executed under the direction of superin- tendent of public printing, 257 compensation allowed, 257 apportionment of the work among con- tractors and printing establishments, 257 appropriation for printing for departments, 269 for priming for Congress, 269 for printing digest of the laws, 269 for printing, to George P. Evans and com- pany 270 Private Secretaries, appropriation for private secretary of the President 266, 276 of the Vice-President, 267 ' Privates, pay increased, 262 Props, additional tax levied on profits of liquors, flour, wheat, corn, Ac, ana on money, gold, silver, Ac, 274 Promotions, in the oorps composed of the general staff; how made, 281 Property, as to claims for forage, provisions. Ac, fur- nished to the army or taken or ii formally impressed, see Claims, and, 271-272 Provisional Navy, President to appoint commissioned officers; ranks and grades, 277 Public Be't, appropriation to pay interest on 267 to pay interest on loan of Aug. i9, 1861,. 267 Public Printing, Superintendent of, printing for the executive departments to be executed under his direction, 257 may apportion the work among contractors and printing establishments,, 257 appropriation for his office, 268 Purchasing Agents, employment of,.... 278 compensation, . ;... 278 bond, 278 Q. Quartermaster s Department, appropriation for, 267 "Quartermaxters, when post quartermasters to direct delivery to be made of tithes in kind, 264 to have credit on their returns for prop- erty destroyed by the enemy or acci- dental cause, „ 264 n;ay be assigned to the duties of agents to take proof of claims for provisions, Ac, furnished to the army or impressed, 271 Quartermasters, (continued.) appointment of additional quartermasters in the provisional army, 278 appointment of additional quartermasters and commissaries for the collection and distribution of railroad and field trans- portation and army supplies 278 when additional assistant quartermasters not to be appointed, 279 President not required to appoint or keep in service re % imental or battalion quarter- masters, 279 / assignments of quartermasters 279 > when quartermasters-may be dropped from the roll 279 ) appointment of quartermaster for each State 5 and congressional district to execute du- ] ties in reference to the tax in kind, 279 It. Railroads, machinery, materials, Ac, necessary for railroads, admitted free of duty 254-255. Rank, of officers in the provisional navy 277 of staff officers 281-282 Rations, allowed officers of the army and navy 260 \ number of rations officers allowed to pur- \ chase 26d ? rations to officers to be the fame as issued to privates 260 > act not to be conttrued as allowing commu- > tation for rations 260 i officer not allowed rations 'except for his > own use 260 £ commutation value fixed of rations of sick 5 and wounded officers and soldiers in hos- J pitals 280 i allowed sick and wounded officers in the < naval and military service, in hospitals, the removal of the records and files of S the court 258 I Resolutions, of thanks to the thirty- fourth and thirty - fiighth regiments of North Carolina roups 283 of thanks to the Texas brigade in the aimy of .Northern Virginia -. 283 of thanks to Major General Hoke and Com- mander Cooke and the officers and men under their command 28S of thanks to General Finnegan and the officers and men of his command 283 of flanks to Missouri officers and soldiers in the Confederate service east of the Mississippi river 284 of thanks to Major General N. B Forrest and the officers and men of his command 284 authorizing the auditing of accounts of members for pay and mileage 284 requiring the Department ot Justice to furnish the standing committees of the two Houses with printed copies of the acts of Congress 284 responsive to the resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, asserting the juris- diction and sovereignty of the State of Virginia over her ancient boundaries 265 INDEX. Resolutions, (continued.) ©f thanks to the ninth regiment of Texas infantry — 285 of thanks to Major General Richard Tay- lor and the officers and men of his com- mand i 285 /State Officers, / Staff Officers, (continued.) ) appointments to be made from those in. ] Service 282 *! State Department, approp iationsfor 268,276 to allow sick and wounded officers of the army transportation to their homes and hospital accommodations 285 i State, Secretary of. commissioned to communicate with State troops, allowed to purchase forage 255 declaring the dispositions, principles and purposes of the Confederate States in re- relation to the existing war with the United States 286 S. Salaries. See Compensation. ( Schools, I incomes, Ac, of, exempt from taxation 274 ( Seriate, t passports to be furnished members 254 I compensation and, mileage of members and / officers 256 \ appropriations for pay and mileage of mem- ) bers and officers.... 276 ] Sequestration, I appropriation for commissioners 269 4 fer clerk hire 269 i for contingent expenses 260 '/ Sick and Wounded, \ commutation value'fixed of rations of sick < and wounded officers and soldiers in hos- < pitals 280 I hospital fund for the purchase of supplies \ Suppl to furnish certificate or passport to each i. Senator and Representative in Congress.. 254 / compensation increased 275 v appropriations for his office 276 l z States, i holding old issues of treasury notes may < exchange one-half for new issue and fund <■ the other half in certain bonds 272 < States that have funded treasury notes, of < the old issue, allowed to exchange the certificates or bonds received, for the' new issue 277 Storekeepers, See Military Storekeepers, and, 258 Sub-Marine Batteries, appropriation for 268 Subsistence Stores, appropriation for, 266 Supernumerary Officers, organization of companies, battalions or regiments composed of supernumerary officers of the provisional army, 278 may join said organizations or other com- pany on tender of resignation, 278 offices made vacant by such resignation not to be filled, 278 for : 280 '/, sick and wounded officers of the army al- t lowed transportation to their homes and i back as in the case of enlisted men on \ ' furlough 285^ sick and wounded officers in the naval and military service allowed hospital accom- modations free of charge 286 Slaves, tax remitted on slaves lost to the owner by the act of the enemy 261 jl Surgeons' Nece of small stores may be issued to enlisted '/ men of the navy, 261 '/ appropriation for medical and hospital sup- \ plies, 268 S for medical supplies and surgeons' ne- i eessarie.?, : 268 $ Surgeon General, $ authorized to make contracts for the manu- facture and distillation of alcoholic and spirituous liquors, 271 cessaries, Small Stores, e of tithes in kind, 264 where crops subject to tax in kind are de- stroyed, the part not destroyed to be re- garded as all that was made, 264 post quartermaster to have credit on his re- port for the property thus lost, 264 where the corn reserved from the tax in kind is insufficient for the producer, he may pay the money value for the tithe to the extent required, 264 products of gardens and fruit, for domestic use, not liable to tax, 264 when account to be rendered of slaughtered- hogs, , •■■• 264 additional tax assessed and levied upon all subjects Of taxation for the year 1864,... 265 payable only in treasury notes of the new issue, • 265 appropriated to payment of increased compensation of soldkrs... .........;.. 265 INDEX. XI Taxes, (continued.) £ tax remitted on slaves lost to the owner by ? the act of th« enemy 265 / additional taxes levied 273 > on property real, personal and mixed,.... 273 > on gold and silver wares, plate, jewels, > jewelry and watches, 273 , on what basis taxes on above property to \ be assessed, 273 property of corporations, associations and joint stock companies, assessed and taxed in same manner as property of individuals...... 273 on gold and silver coin, gold dust, bul- lion, moneys held abroad, Ac , 274 incomes of hospitals, asylums, churches, Ac, exempt, 274 person failing to make due return of in- come or profits taxed or to pay tax thereon, Ac, deemed to be in default,.. 274 pertain agricultural products of the year 1863 not subject to taxation, 274 |uj>rofits on liquors, flour, wheat, corn, ^., and on money, gold, silver, Ac.,... 274 Rireasury notes of five dollars, of the Cold issue, outstanding on Jan. 1, 1865, 274 ad valorem tax to be deducted from the income tax on same property, 275 deductions allowed in the assessment of in- come derived from manufacturing or mining, 275 further deductions allowed in the assessment of incomes derived from any source, 275 citizens of the Confederate States may be assessed and taxed in any State or dis- trict in which they temporarily reside,... 275 return of their taxable property to district assessor, 275 penalty for failure to make return, 275 I appointment of quartermaster for each State I and congressional district to execute du- / ties in reference to the tax in kind, 279 ? Taylor, Major General Richard, / thanks of Congress to, and his command,.. 285 £ President to communicate the resolution,... 285 i Telegraph Lines, > appropriation for, '. 269 I Tennessee, \ as to election of representatives in Congress, ) see Elections, and, 257-258 ', Texas Troops, thanks of Congress to Texas brigade, 283 £ to ninth regimtnt of infantry, 285 > T fans-Mississippi Department, < franking privilege extended to the auditor ; for, and to the agent of the Post-Office f Department west of the Mississippi river 254 / appropriations for, 269, 270 / Transportation, ' officers of the army and navy traveling un- der orders allowed transportation in kind for themselves and baggage, and expenses, 258 • when military commanders to furnish trans- portation in kind to members and dele- gates going to or returning from Congress, 261 skk and wounded officers of the army al- lowed transportation, 2S5 Transportation Agents, may be employed, 278 compensation; bond 278 Treasurer, salary, m 265 Treasury. See Treasury Notes, Bonds, etc., appropriation for contingent expenses of, west of the Mississippi river, 267 Treasury Department, appropriation for, 267, 276 for agent oi, west of the Mississippi river, 267 Treasury Notes, Bonds, etc., , new nutes authorized to be issued to certain Indian nations, in exchange for any of - the treasury notes held by them or indi- viduals thereof, on July 1, 1864 255 redemption of the notes held, to be under the direction of commissioner of Indian affairs, 255 the additional tax levied for the ye r 1804, payable only in treasury notes of the new issue, , 265 appropriation to pay for engraving and printing notes, Ac, 267 for advertising and other expenses in- cident to funding of treasury notes, Ac. 267 for detection of persons engaged in preparing and passing forged trea- sury notes, 267 owners of registered 8 per cent, ten year convertible bonds, issued under act May 16, 1861, authorised to exchange the same for ten year 8 per cent, coupon bonds 270-271 Secretary of the Treasury to prepare and issue the coupon bond3 271 States holding old issue of treasury notes may exchange one-half for new issue and fund the other half in certain bonds 272 tax on the treasury notes of the old issue, of the denomination of five dollars, out- standing January 1, 1865 274-275 States that have funded treasury notes of the old issue allowed to exchange the certificates or bonds received, for the new issue 277 Treasury, Secretary of the. See Treasury Notes, Bonds, etc. appropriations for his office 267, 276 compensation increased 275 authorized to fix ihe salaries of clerks em- ployed by assistant treasurer or deposita- ry 276 u. United States, manifesto of Congress declaring the dispo- sitions, principles and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the ex- isting war with the United States 286-288 V. Vacancies, offices made vacant by the resignation of supernumerary officers, not to be filled... 278 when the lowest grade of commissioned offi- cers of a company, the position of senior second lieutenant and first lieutenant, may be filled 278 Vessels, certain money contributed by the ladies of South Carolina appropriated to the con- struction of iron-clad vessels at Charles- ton 253 appropiiation for the construction of iron- clad vessels -. 26 for repairs of vessels 26g xn INDEX. Vessels, (continued.) J for equipments and stores.... 268 i Vice Admirals, s may be appointed in the provisional navy... 277 ', Virginia, jurisdiction and sovereignty of, to the utter- most limits of her ancient boundaries, to be maintained 285 Volunteer Navy, persons allowed to volunteer in the service ? of...... . 277 volunteers to be resident foreigners or Mary- J landers 277 \ Volunteers, See Volunteer Navy, and....... 277 w. War, Manifesto of Congress declaring the dispo- £ sitions, principles and purposes of the $ Confederate States in relation to the ex- < isting war with the United States... ...286-288 r War, (continued.) copies to be transmitted to our commission- ers abroad to be laid before foreign gov- ernments 286 War Department, appropriations for 267,276 disbursing clerk to be appointed in 251 Ward Masters, appropriation for 268 War, Secretary of, to appoint disbursing clerk in the War De- partment 266 to appoint chemists and professional assist- ants for the nitre and mining bureau 263 appropriations for his office 267, 27C compensation increased.... 275 hospital fund to be drawn and appropria- ted as the Secretary of War may direct... 288 may detail persons to fill the offices of clerk and marshal of military courts 280 Wool, when farmer or planter not subject to tax in kind on........... ,..-,„4. 264 PBIVATE LAWS ■ OK THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OK THE- SECOND CONORESS; 1864. tfiarffaUj) rollateft ti; it!) t\)c ©riginals at Rirfjmc ;:>. EDITED BV JAMES M. MATTHEWS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ISO UH CIKRE IN THE DEI'AKTMENT OF JTTSTICK. TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY RICHMOND: K. M. SMITH, .PRINTER TO CONGRESS. 1814 LIST OF THE PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OP CONGRESS. plcts of tlje Saonb (Hongnss of % €anhfoxatt States. STATUTE I.— 1864. pag a. Pay and allowances due the late Brigadier General L. A. Stafford. An Act for the relief the widow and heirs of the late Brigadier General Leroy A. Stafford of the Confederate army. May 19, 1864, ch. 1, .'. IT PRIVATE RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Postmaster General authorized to increase the rent of Goddin's Hall, Richmond city, occupied by the Post-Offi.ce Department. Joint resolution for the relief of Wellington Goddin. June 14, 1864 1? [No. 2.] Secretary of the Treasury authorized increase the rent of the Monument House, Richmond city, occupied by the Treasury Department. Joint resolution for the relief of James Lyons. Jane 14, 1864 li PRIVATE ACTS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES,] Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, on Monday, the second day of May, A. D. , 1864, and ended on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of June, A. D., 1864. Jefferson Davis, President. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice- President, and President of the Senate- Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Chap. I. — An Act for the relief of the widow and heirs of the late Brigadier General May 19, 1864, Leroy A. Stafford, of the Confederate States army. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Pay and allow the Treasurer of the Confederate States be, and he is hereby, authorized »nces due the late to pay to Mrs. Sarah C. Stafford, widow of the late Brigadier General L. L "^ a sufford^to A. Stafford, through her son, George W. Stafford, the pay and allowances be paid by the still due her late husband, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Treasurer to his Approved May 19, 1864. . 18 SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 1, 2. 1864. RESOLUTIONS. June 14, 1864. [No. 1.] — Joint resolution for the relief of Wellington Goddin. Postmaster Gen- Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That erai authorized to ^ g p os t, ma ster General be authorized, if, in his judgment, he deem it right of "Goddin's and proper, to increase the rent of " Goddin's Hall," now occupied by the Hall," occup i e d Post-Office Department, in the city of Richmond, to such amount and on by the Post-Office suc fa terms and conditions as he may deem equitable and just, said increase to date from the time the rent may be increased by the Postmaster General. Approved June 14, 1864. Tune 14 1864 [No. 2.] — Joint resolution for lite relief of James Lyons. Secretary of the Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That Treasury author- £j^ Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to raise the rent of the Monu- ren * ; °^ ^he Monument House, the property of James Lyons, now used and ment House, occu- occupied by the Treasury Department, in the city of Richmond, if, in his pied by the Treas- opinion, it be reasonable and just to do so ; such increased rent to com- nry epar men . menC8 f rom ^ e