[House Bill.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Jan. 12, 1864.— Ordered to be printed. SUBSTITUTE Of Mr. BoTELER for Mr, Wilcox's bill. An Act to provide for the payment of horses killed, captured, lost or permanently disabled in the Confederate States service. 1 Section. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America cJ.j 2 enact. That any regular or volunteer, field, staff or other commiS' 3 sioned officer, or mounted volunteer, ranger, cavalry or mounted 4 militia, engaged in the military service of the Confederate States 5 since the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and 6 sixty-one, who has or iihall sustain d;^mage, without any fault or 7 neglig^ce on tiis part, whilst in the regular and proj^er discharge of 8 his duty, by the loss cf a horse killed in battle, or which having 9 been wounded in battle, has since died, or become porraanently 10 disabled by said wcnnd, or being so wcundeJ, bhall hive been cr 1 1 shall be consequently abandoned by order of his immediate com- 12 manding officer and lost, or who shall sustain damage by the loss 13 of a horse by an unavoidable accident or capture, or by abandon- 1 4 ment by order of his immediate commanding officer, or bepause 15 the rider or owner was dismounted or separated from his horse 16 by order of his officer, and on duty in the field or station detached 17 from his horse, or by the loss of the usual and necessary equip- 18 page in consequence of the loss of his horse as aforesaid, shall 19 be allowed and paid the value thereof, which shall be ascertained 20 by satisfactory evidence, under rules and regulations furnished 21 by the Secretary of War, according to the appraised value at the 22 time of their muster into service. 1 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That horses disabled in action, or 2 by other casualties of the service whilst the soldier is in the 3 regular and proper discharge of his duty, shall be turned over to 4 the quartermaster of his post, regiment, brip-ade or division, 5 as the case may be, to be sold for the benefit of the Confederate 6 States, and theiA- owners shall be allowed compensation for them 7 according to their appraised value, under the rules to be pre- 8 scribed as afiresaid. Kt:-