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MESSAGE OF THE PllESlDENT. 
 
 Richmond, Va., Jiiu. II, |S('1. 
 To tk' ScnaU- and Ihxtse of J-ippirsfntatiirx : 
 
 I licrewith jsiiltmit for your consideration, a commuuicatiou tVotn 
 the Altoinoy (Jeneral, containing an estimate of an additional sutfi 
 required by the Departuicnt of Juf^tice. 
 
 1 recommend that ;in appropriation be made of the amount specifi«d 
 ior the purpose indicated. 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 (X)MMUNICATION FROM ATTOllNEY GENERAL. 
 
 CONFF.DEKATK Si AXES OF AmERICA, ) 
 
 Department of Jmtice^ ■ 
 Richmond, January 0, 1864. S 
 
 To inn President : 
 
 StK : The late and unexpecft-d large retjuisitians, which have been 
 drawn in favor of marshals, have shown a deficiency in the appro- 
 priatitm for llie sahiries of judges and attorneys and for incidentai 
 and contingent expenses of courts, from tlie 1st of July, 186.'j, to the 
 Slstof December, I8G3. 
 
 It is e-Jiii!jated that the sum of sevenieeu thousand dollars will be 
 rcjuired (o meet the deticiency. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 GEO. DAVIS, 
 
 Attorney General. 
 
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