I lloLSK ]>ILL, No. I i.>. 1 
 
 HOUSK OF REPR-GSKNTATIVES, May id, IS(J4.— Read first 
 and second times, made the special order for Monday, at 12 o'clock, 
 and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Lvon, tVom the Conuuittec ot" Ways and Means.] 
 
 ^'s. BILL. 
 
 To be entitled An Act making appropriations for the support of the 
 Government of the Confederate States of America from July I to 
 
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 December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency. 
 1 Sf.ction 1 . The Congress of the Confhkrate States of America do 
 
 3 enact, That the following sunks be, and the same arc hereby, ap- 
 
 3 propriated, oiit of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
 
 4 appropriated, for the support of the Governmient, from July first 
 
 5 to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four : 
 
 1 Lkgislative. — For compensation and mileage of members and 
 
 2 delegates of the House of Representatives, two jiundred thou- 
 
 3 sand dollars, ($200,000.) 
 
 4 For compensation of officers and others employed in the House 
 
 5 of Representatives, five thousand six hundred and twenty-five 
 
 6 dollars, ($5,625.) 
 
 7 For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, 
 
 8 forty thousand dollars, ($40,000.) 
 
1) For coinpensiitioii and mileage of luembcrs ul" tlie Senate, 
 
 10 forty-nine thousand dollars, ($ 19,U<iii.) 
 
 11 For compensation of -officers and cleiks gi tlie Senate, ten 
 
 12 thousand dollars, ($ 1 1),( mo.) 
 
 13 For incidental and contingent expenses ot the Senate, ten 
 
 14 thousand dollars, ($ Id, (KMl.) 
 
 1 Executive. — For compensation of the President of the Con- 
 
 2 federate States, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, ($12,300.) 
 
 3 For compensation of the Vice President of the Confederate 
 
 4 States, three thousand dollars, ($3,000.) 
 
 5 For compensation of the private secretary antl messenger of 
 
 6 the President of the. Confederate States, one thousand three 
 
 7 hundred and fifty dollars, ($i,35H.) 
 
 8 For compensation of the private secretary of the Vice Presi- 
 
 9 dent of the Confederate States, five hundred dollars, ($500.) 
 
 10 For the contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Executive 
 
 11 Department, twenty thousand dollars, ($20,00i).) 
 
 1 Treasurv Department. — For compensation of the Secretary 
 
 2 of the Treasury, Assistan Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, 
 S Treasurer and Register, and clerks and messengers, four hundred 
 
 4 and eighty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and 
 
 5 fifty cents, ($484,562 50.) 
 
 6 For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury 
 
 7 Department, fifty thousand dollaw, (50,000.) 
 
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 S ' For payment of interest on the public debt, twenty million ^"'■ 
 9 dollars, ($20,000,000.) 
 
 10 For engraving and printing treasury notes, bonds and certifi- 
 
 11 cates for stocks,, and for paper for the Carrie, two hundred thou- 
 
 12 Pand dollars, ($200,000.) , 
 
 13 For payment of the principal, under loan of August 19, 1861, 
 
 14 due January 1, 1865, one million three hundred and ninety- 
 
 15 three thousand nine hundred dollars, ($1,393,900.) 
 
 16 For rent of Executive buildings and President's house, twenty 
 
 17 thousand dollars, ($20,000.) 
 
 18- For onnipensation of the agent of the Treasury Department 
 
 19 west of the Mississippi river, and auditor, comptroller, clerks 
 
 2(^ and messengers in their hnreaup. twenty-five f'l'^usand dollars, 
 
 21 ($25,000.) 
 ,22 For ndvertisinir J'Tid other expermos incident to funding treas- 
 
 23 ury notes, three hundred th'ousand dollars, ($30'). 000.) 
 
 24 For incidental and contingent expenses of the treasury service 
 
 25 west of the Mississippi river, twenty thousand dollars, ($20,000.) 
 
 26 For travelling and other expenses incident to the detection of 
 
 27 persons engaged in prepai-ing and j assing forged treasury notes, 
 
 28 five thousand dollars, ($5,(»00.) 
 
 29 For salary, clerk hire, and other expenses of agent of Er- * 
 
 30 langer loan, in Paris, ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.) 
 
 1 War Department. — For compensation of the SeCFCtftrv of 
 
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 2 War, assiBtant Secretary, chief of bureau, clerks, messengers, 
 
 3 and others employe'l in the War Departmont. two hundre<l and 
 
 4 five thousand dollars, ($205,«M)0.) 
 
 5 For incidental and contingent expenses of the War Depart- 
 
 6 nient, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, ($13r>,lii)().) 
 
 7 For salary of commissioner, chief clerk, and incidental 
 5 expenses of Indian bureau, nine thousand two hundred and fifty 
 9 dollars, (§;9,25(i.) 
 
 10 For contingent expenses of the Adjutant and Inspector (Jen- 
 
 11 eraPs Department, twenty-five thousand dollars, (;S;2o,0()U.) 
 
 12 For incidental and contingent expenses of the army, one hun- 
 
 13 dred thousand dollars, (S100,0()(».) 
 
 1 Quartermaster's Department.; — For pay of the army, 
 
 2 seventy-four million two hundred and forty-nine thousand nine 
 
 3 hundred and fifty-one dollars, ($74,249,951.) 
 
 4 For disbursements for the public service of the Quartermas- 
 
 5 ter's Department, one hundred and twenty-five million seven 
 
 6 hundred and fifty thousand and fovty-nine dollars, ($125,- 
 
 7 75U,U49.) 
 
 1 Commissary Department. — For the purchase of subsistence 
 
 2 stores and commissary property, in addition to the unexpended 
 
 3 balance £>f the last appropriation, one hundred million dollars, 
 
 4 ($100,000,000.) 
 
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, 1 Orunance Department — For the ordnance service in all its 
 
 2 branches, twenty-five million dollars, ($25,(100,000.) 
 
 3 For the nijre and mining service, four million three hundred 
 
 4 thousatad dollars, ($::,300,(iOO.) 
 
 1 Engineer Department. — For the enf^ineer service, ten million 
 
 2 dollars, ($U),!;00,Oi.O.) 
 
 1 Medical Department. — For pay of physicians employed by 
 
 2 contract, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ($250,000.) 
 
 3 For gay of nurses and cooks, not enlisted as volunteers, three 
 
 4 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ($360,000.) 
 
 5 ' For pay of hospital laundresses, one hundred and fifty thou- 
 
 6 sand dollars, ($150,000.) 
 
 7 For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, four- 
 
 8 teen million eight hundred and twenty thousand dollars, 
 
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 9 ($14,820,000.) 
 
 10 For the establishment and support of military hospitals, one 
 
 1 1 hundred thousand dollars, ($lOO,0(tO.) 
 
 12 For pay of hospital stewards, one hundred thousand dollars, 
 
 13 ($100,000.) 
 
 14 For pay of matrons, assistant matrons and war<l matrons, 
 
 15 three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ($35t),000.) 
 
 16 For pay of ward masters, two hundred thousand dollars, 
 
 17 ($200,000.) 
 
 1 Navv Department. — For compensation of the Secretary of 
 
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 2 the Navy, clerks Hnd niOF8cn<:or. in h'\^ office, twenty-two 
 
 ?, tlK>u.''and nine hundrcti an«l thirty-one dollars and thirty-seven 
 
 .4 cents, ($22,931 37.) 
 
 5 For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Depart- 
 
 6 ment, fifteen thousand dollars, ;$15,t^i)i>.) 
 
 7 For pay of the navy, one million six hundred and forty-seven 
 S thousraid, three hundred and ei.^hty-four dollars and seventy-five 
 cents, ($1,647,384 75.) 
 
 1(1 For provisions and clothing in the Paymaster's Dtpartment, two 
 
 1 1 million fifty- one thousand five hundred dollars, ($2,051,500.) 
 
 12 For the construction of iron-clad vessels in the Confederate 
 
 13 States, two million dollars, ($2,000,000.) 
 
 14 For ordnance and ordnrnce stores, one million four hundred 
 
 15 thousand dollars, ($1,4(U),000.) 
 
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 16 For repair*" of vesseh', three hundred thousand dollars, 
 »17 (30-1,000.) 
 
 18 For equipment and stores of vessels, five hundred thousand 
 
 19 dollars, (500,000.) 
 
 20 For the construction of submarine hatteries. two hundred and 
 
 21 fifty thousand dollars, ($250,000.) 
 
 22' For contin_c;ent enumerated, eiirlit hundred thousand dollars, 
 
 23 ($800,01)0.) 
 
 24 For medical supplies and surj^eons' necessaries, three hundred* 
 
 25 and sixty thousand dollars, ($360,(»00.) 
 
2i) For riupport of the uiariue corjj,^, seven huudrcti and eleven 
 
 27 thousand four hundred and eighteen dolhirs, ($71 1,4^S.) 
 I State Dkpautmf.nt — For conipon.sation of the Secrctarj of 
 
 2 State, clerks, messenger and laborer, seven thousand and 
 
 3 fourteen dollars, ($7,(114.) 
 
 4 . For foreign intercourse, thirty. seven thousand nine hundred 
 
 5 dollars, ($37,900.) 
 
 1 Department of Justick. — F'or compensation of Attorney 
 
 2 General, Assistant Attorney General, clerks and messengers, 
 f3 ten thousf^nd and twenty -five dollars and twenty-six cents, 
 
 4 (10,025 26.) 
 
 5 For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand five 
 G hundred dollars, ($2,500.) ' • 
 
 7 For compensation of the Superintendent of Public Printing, 
 
 8 clerks and messenger, five thousand three hundred and sixteen 
 
 9 dollars and thirty-two cents, ($5,316 32.) 
 
 10 For compensation of Governor and Commissioner of Indian 
 
 1 1 Affairs, of Secretary, and of Judges, Attorney and Marshal of 
 
 12 Arizona Territory, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, 
 J3 ($4,650.) 
 
 1 4 For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona Territory, to 
 
 15 be expended by the Governor, five hundred dollars, ($500.) 
 
 Tl 6 For printing, binding and ruling for the several Executive De- ' 
 
 17 partments, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ($150,000.) 
 
IK For printing, biii<lin;r ao'i ruhnj; for both Houses of Congress, 
 
 in inclu<ling th*» printin;; of th«» law . in the «uth«»ri7,(^il form, and 
 
 2ii the journals of C"on<;rc>s, forty th«iusui'l lollnrs,' ($4'i. '*''*' ) ' 
 
 21 For prinlinjr nn'l hui'linjr tlu' <li;^C9t of tlio laws, ton tli )usiin'l 
 
 22 dollars, (^H»,<»n<i.) 
 
 23 For the purchase of paper for the digosi of the lii>Ys, twenty 
 
 24 thousand dollars, (:$2(),(l(Ml.) 
 
 2J For the publication and printing of the several acts and reso- 
 
 26 lutions of Congress, five thousand dollars, (:$5, <•((().) 
 
 27 For the purchase of paper for the several Exeoutive Depart^ 
 
 28 meats and Congress, seventy-five thousand dollars, ($75, <J(Ml.) 
 
 29 For compensation of judges, attorneys and marshals, and 
 50 incidental and contingent expenses of courts, eighty thousand 
 
 31 dollars, ($8(),0<l(l.) 
 
 32 For compensation of throe commis.sioi>ers, appointed under 
 
 33 the sequestration act, and for clerk hive and contingent ex- 
 3-1 penscs, ($o,(l(Mi.) 
 
 3a Inuian Affairs. — For amount ro<iuirod to comply with treaty 
 
 30 stipulations, entered into between tiio Confederate States and 
 
 37 certain Indian tribes, one hundred and forty-two thousand two 
 
 38 hundred dollars, ($142,200.) 
 
 1 rosT-OFFicE Department. — For compensation of the FostHJll 
 
 2 master General, chiefs of bureau, clerks and messenger, watch-^' 
 
*S men and laborers, forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty- 
 
 4 nine dollars, ($43,339.) 
 
 5 For continojent fund of the Poat-OflRce Department, five 
 
 6 thousand dollars, ($5,000.) ; , 
 
 T For compensation of the agent and clerks of the Post-Office 
 
 8 Department in the States west of the Mississippi river, nine 
 
 9 thousand five hundred dollars, ($9,500.) 
 
 JO For house rent at Marshall, Texas, three thousand dollars, 
 
 11 ($3,000.) 
 
 12 For contingent and miscellaneous expenses in the trans-Mis- 
 
 13 sissippi department, five thousand dollars, ($5,000.) * fTff':«f 
 
 1 4 For compensation of agents, cost of material, and constructing, 
 
 15 repairing and operating telegraph lines, seventy-eight thousand 
 
 16 two hundred and fifty dollars, ($78,250.) 
 
 17 For the nitre and mining service in the trans-Mississippi 
 
 18 department from the 1st of July to the 30th of June, 1865, two 
 
 19 million five hundred thousand dollars, ($2,500,000.) 
 
 1 Postal Sfrvicf.. — For the postal service of the Confederate 
 
 2 States, to he paid hy applying six hundred thousand five hundred 
 
 3 and fifty dollars and seventy-one cents. ($600,550 71,) the 
 
 4 balance remaining unexpended of the revenues of the Post-Ofl5ce 
 
 5 Department for the year ending .Tune 30th, 1863, and in addition 
 
 6 of two million seven hundred and thirty-seven thousand three 
 
 7 hundred and two dollarB and thirty cents, ($2,737,302 30,) the 
 
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 8 revenues arising; from postages, sales of postage stamps, and 
 
 9 emoluments from'box rents from July 1st, 1864, to June 30th, 
 
 10 1865, viz:- 
 
 11 For transportation of the-mails, two millions one hundred and 
 
 12 fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars and 
 
 13 forty-three cents, ($2,157,846 43 ) 
 
 14 For compensation to posta asters and clerks in post-offices, 
 
 15 nine hupdredand seventy-nine thousand twohuntlredand twenty- 
 
 16 six dollars and twenty-three cents, ($979,226 23.) 
 
 17 For ship, steamboat and way letters, seven hundred and 
 
 18 seventy-one dollars and forty-one cents, ($771 41.) 
 
 19 For advertising, twelve thousand nine hundred .and fifteen 
 
 20 dollars and sixty-two cents, ($12,916 62 ) 
 
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 21 For mail bags, se'ven thousand three hundred and nine dollars 
 
 22 and eighty-five <!ents, ($7,309 f^o.) 
 
 23 For office furniture, one thousand four hundred and sixty 
 
 24 dollars, ($1,460.) 
 
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 25 For blanks, printihg, seventy-four thousand and forty-seven 
 
 26 dollars and seventy-six cents, ($74,047 76.) 
 
 27 For wrapping paper, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and 
 
 28 thirty-eight dollars and eighteen cents, ($29,338 18 ) 
 
 29 For mail locks, keys and stamps, seven hundred and fifty-six 
 
 30 dollars aad seventy-five cents, ($756 75.) 
 
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 31 For mail depredation'^ and special agents, twenty-six thousand 
 
 32 and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents, ($26,U68 31.) 
 
 33 For miscellaneous payments, twenty thousand five hundred 
 
 34 and thirty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents. i(;f|;2<>. 539 6:^.) 
 
 35 For ]1ostage stamps, twenty-peven thousand five hundred. and 
 
 36 seventy-two dollnrs and seventy-eight cents, (:$27,572 78.) 
 
 37 For snlaries of judges and attorneys, and for incidental and 
 
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 38 contingent expenses of courts, to supply deficiencies for the year 
 
 39 ending Juno 3(ith. 1864. sixty thousand dollars, ($60,000 )* 
 
 40 For compensation of Secretary of the Navy,cjerks and messenger 
 
 41 in his office, from the loth May to the 30th of June, 1864, one 
 
 42 thousand t*ix hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty-six 
 
 43 cents, ($1,689 66.) * 
 
 44 For pay of oKicers of the navy under certain circumstances, 
 
 45 according to the act approved March 1 6th, 1861, from the 16th 
 4G of February to the 3()th of June, 1864, two hundred thousand 
 
 47 dollars, (S2<)(),000.) 
 
 48 For interest due to the Choctaw Nation of Indians upon 
 
 49 Virginia State bonds, which interest has been turned over to the 
 5(^ Confederacy by that State, forty thousand five hundred dollars, 
 51 ($40,500.) 
 
 .52 For compensation of the agent and clerks in the Post-OflSce 
 
 53 Department of the trans-Mississippi department from the Ist of 
 
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 .^4 April to the SUtk of June, ISf)!». six thousand four hundred and 
 
 .'t'j ninety-four dolltirs an I forty cents. f$G.494 4ti ) 
 
 56 F'or transportation of clprks. hooks. \c.. to Marshall, Texas, 
 
 .)7 three thousand dollars, (#3, "'•<•. ^ 
 
 .■>h . For House rent of Posf.OffieeJ)epartment, at Marshall, Texaa, 
 
 59 from the 1st of April to the 3' th o( .lune. 18ti4. two thousand 
 
 60 dollars, (S2,<in(».) 
 
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 61 For furniture, fuel, licrhts and miscellaneous expenses of the 
 6i tost-Office Department, west of the Mississippi river, from the 
 
 63 1st of April to. the 30th of June, 1864, ten thousand dojlara, 
 
 64 (SlO.Odd.) 
 
 65 For amoujit of acccount due Geo. P. Evans <fc Co., for printing, 
 GG under a contract made by the Joint Committee of the Senate and 
 67 House of Representatives, nppointed to investigate the ddminis- 
 OS tration of the Navy Department, under its present head, three 
 
 69 thouaanii two hundred and eighty-four dollars and four cents, 
 
 70 ($3,284 04.) *