ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 THIRD SESSION 
 
 PEOVISIONAL CONGRESS 
 
 CONFEDERATE STATES, 
 
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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 No. 193.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the appointment of A-genta to sign Treasury 
 
 Notes. 
 
 Section I. Tht is of the Confederate States do enact, 
 
 That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint 
 offici Lst the Register and Treasurer in preparing and 
 
 signing such Treasury Notes as are already authorized, or 
 r be authorized, by a< t of Congress ; and the 
 iture of any such officer in behalf of the Register or of 
 the Treasurer, shall be as effectual to all intents and pur- 
 poses, as if the same had been made by the Register or the 
 Treasurer in person. 
 
 A] > ■ d, July 2-1, 1861. 
 
 [94.] AN ACT 
 
 Relating to the Pre-payment of ] . in certain ca; 
 
 • tion 1. The Congress of t ! >c Confederate Sides of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That all letters and. other matter authorized by 
 law* to be transmitted through the mails, written or sent by 
 any officer, musician or prival army engaged in the 
 
 actual - in i< e of the < itted 
 
 through the mails to any other place in the Confederate 
 it pre-paymenl of ; uch 
 
 collected u] iry of su 
 
 : Provided, nevertheless, that in all Buch c 
 the I .' rs and other mail m " be endoi • e 1 with 
 
 I shall 1 »unt el' the individual SCI 
 
 '. Bhall conti in a . who 
 
sends the same, by endorsement of his military title, if an 
 officer, or of the company and regiment to which he belongs, 
 if a musician or private. 
 
 Sec. 2. That letters and other mail matter sent to any 
 officer, musician or private, in the Confederate States Army, 
 at any point from which the said officer, musician or private 
 may have been lawfully removed, shall be forwarded to the 
 person to whom directed at the post office nearest which he 
 may have been removed, free of additional postage. 
 
 Sec. 3. That on letters transmitted by a member of Con- 
 gress, with his official signature endorsed on the same, pre- 
 payment of postage shall not be required, but the same may 
 be paid on the delivery of the letters thus transmitted. 
 
 Sec 4. Any person attempting to violate the provisions 
 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for- 
 feit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered be- 
 fore any Justice of the Peace having cognizance thereof. 
 
 Approved, July 29, 1861. 
 
 No. 195.] A RESOLUTION 
 
 To dispose of Donations made by certain Churches on the 
 late Fast Day. 
 
 Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate S'.ates of Ame- 
 rica, That the sum of five thousand two hundred and seven- 
 ty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents, reported by the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury as received into the Treasury from 
 donations by churches, on the late fast day, be appropriated 
 as a fund for the use of the soldiers and officers wounded at 
 the late battle of Manassas ; and that the same be disbursed 
 and applied by the Secretary of. the Treasury, with the con- 
 currence of the Chairman of the Committee of the House. 
 
 Approved, July 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 106.] RESOLUTIONS 
 
 In relation to the. First Regiment of North Carolina Vol- 
 unteers. 
 
 Resolved by the Congress of the Confedei-ate States of Ame- 
 
rica, That the President be and he is here])}-, authorized to 
 receive and muster, into the service of the Confederate 
 States of America, the First Regiment of North Carolina 
 Volunteers, now stationed at Yorktown, for the term of six 
 months, from the time they were sworn in and mustered into 
 the service of North Carolina, and to discharge them after 
 the expiration of that period; said period to ci e at 
 
 the time the first company of said regiment was mustered 
 into the service of North Carolina. 
 
 Rewired, further. That the Cadets from 1 lie North Carolina 
 Institute, at Charlotte, who may have been acting with 
 regiment, be mustered into service in the same manner as 
 the residue of the regiment, and recognized as part thereof. 
 with the pay of privates. 
 
 Approved, July 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 197.] AN ACT 
 
 Relative to money deposited in the Registries and Receivers 
 of the Courts. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 do e?iact, That all moneys heretofore paid into the 
 Registries and Receivers of the several Courts of the United 
 States, formerly existing in these < lonfederate Slates, shall be 
 sited in the Treasury of the Confederate States; and it 
 shall be the duty of the Judges of (lie several Corn- of the 
 Confederate States, now having jurisdiction v\ er the disj 
 of the said sums of money, to withdraw the same from the 
 R istries and Receivers of the Courts, and pay the amount 
 thereof to th ry of the Tl 
 
 . It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury ;<> issue, in lieu of the amounts of money paid to him 
 
 foresaid, an equal amount in bonds of these Confed- 
 . bearing interest a; five per c sntum per annum. 
 
 I d into such sums as shall '"• required by the Judges 
 making the payment ; the capital and interest of said b 
 being made payable only when payment thereof shall be 
 ordered by a decree of i' I having jurisdiction ■ 
 
 the disposal thereof. Said bonds shall be made payable to 
 the order of the Judge of the Court by whom tie' payment 
 is made into the Treasury, and of his successors in office ; 
 
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 and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to 
 make payment of said bonds and all accruing interest, on 
 demand and presentation thereof, accompanied by a duly 
 certified copy of the order of Court directing such payment. 
 Sec. 3. That all sums of money deposited in the Regis- 
 tries and Receivers of the several Courts of these Confede- 
 rate States, or that may hereafter be so deposited, shall, if 
 remaining undisposed of during six months from the date of 
 the deposit, be transferred in like manner as is above 
 provided, to the Treasury of the Confederate States, and be 
 replaced by bonds to be issued in like manner, and payable 
 on the like terms and conditions, in all respects, as provided 
 in the second section of this act. 
 
 xIpproved August 1, 1SG1. 
 
 No. 198.] AN ACT 
 
 Further to amend an Act entitled an " Act to establish the 
 Judicial Courts of the Confederate States of America." 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- 
 ica, do enact, That so much of the act approved March 16, 
 ) 861, entitled " An act to establish the Judical Courts of 
 the Confederate States of America," as directs the holding 
 of a session of the Supreme Court of the Confederate States 
 in January next, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and 
 no session of the Supreme Court shall be held until that 
 Court shall be organized under the provisions of the Perma- 
 nent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the laws 
 passed in pursuance thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. All writs of error and. appeals taken or prosecuted 
 from the District Courts of the Confederate States, prior to 
 the organization of the Supreme Court, under the Perma- 
 nent Constitution, shall be made returnable on the second 
 Monday of the first term to be held by the Supreme Court, 
 after its establishment under the Permanent Constitution. 
 
 Sec 3. It shall be lawful for the Clerks of the several 
 District Courts to issue writs of error under the seal of said 
 District Courts, returnable to the Supreme Court, in the 
 same manner, as nearly as may be, as the Clerk of the 
 Supreme Court may, by law, issue such writs, and with the 
 same force and effect as if issued by said Clerk of the Su- 
 preme Court. 
 
Sec. 4. The jurisdiction of the District Courts of the 
 Confederate States, shall extend to all cases in law or equity 
 arising under the Revenue Laws of the Confederate States. 
 for which other provisions are not already m law; 
 
 and, if any person shall receive any injury to his person 
 or property, for, or on account of any act by him done, 
 under any law of the Confederate rotection. 
 
 or collection of the revenue, he shall be entiil •] to main 
 suit for damage therefor, in the District Court of the Con- 
 federate States, under who i diction the party doing the 
 injury may reside. 
 
 Approved July 31, 18G1. 
 
 No. 199.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of 
 the A. 13. Thompson, condemned as a pri 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of . 
 That the proceeds of the sale of the ship A. 13. Thompg 
 taken by the Confederate States shin of war, the > ady Da^ is, 
 and condemned as a prize, under a decree of the Confederate 
 States Court, for the Di of South Carolina, when paid 
 
 into the Treasury, shall he distributed by the Secretar; 
 
 Navy, according to the ' ms of the act of the United 
 States of April 23d, 1800, entitled '-An a the better 
 
 government of the Navy < I': 1 '" United Slates," and made of 
 force by an act of the Congress of the Confederate States, <>!' 
 February 9th, 1861, entitled " o continue in force cer- 
 
 tain laws of the United Stal of America."' ra ing Captain 
 Elliott and his detachment — declared joint captors by the 
 said decree — as marines, according to their r 
 ranks. 
 
 ArrnovF.D August 1, 1861. 
 
 AX ACT 
 
 To .amend An " act to establish the Judicial I f the 
 
 Confederate States of America. 
 
 The f'oDpri -s < f the ('< 
 That the ion i|*i : ion of the "Act to 
 
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 establish the Judicial Courts of the Confederate States of 
 America," which allows mileage to the District Attorney, 
 shall he modified to read as follows, namely, " And when 
 there are two or more divisions in the District for which he 
 is appointed, he shall be allowed mileage at the rate of ten 
 cents per mile, for going to and returning from the Court 
 which is most distant from his place of residence ; to be 
 computed on the most usual line of travel." 
 
 Approved August 1, 1861. 
 
 No. 201.] AN ACT 
 
 To make provision for the care of supplies for the sick and 
 
 wounded. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the Secretary of War shall forthwith appoint a clerk 
 in the office of the Surgeon-General, to take charge of all 
 Hospital supplies and other articles which may be contrib- 
 uted for the use of the sick and wounded ; and the same to 
 dispose of, according to the wishes of the contributors, 
 under the direction of the Medical Department of the army ; 
 the salary of the said clerk not to exceed one thousand dol- 
 lars ; and the said clerk shall be authorized, under the 
 direction of the Surgeon-General, to procure and fit up a 
 proper place for the safe keeping and proper disposal of the 
 said articles. 
 
 Approved August 2, 1881. 
 
 No. 202.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend an Act, entitled " An act to make further provis- 
 ions for the Public Defence," approved 11th May, 1861 ; 
 and to amend an Act entitled "An act to increase the 
 Military Establishment of the Confederate States ;-" and 
 to amend the " Act for the establishment and organization 
 of the Army of the Confederate States of America." 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the third section of the act entitled "An act to make- 
 further provision for the public defence," approved 11th May, 
 1S61, be amended by striking out of said section the words, 
 
 
" detailed from the regular army ;" and further, that the 
 ninth section of the act entitled "An act to increase the 
 military establishment of the Confederate States," and to 
 amend the "act for the establishment and organization of 
 the army of the Confederate States of America," approved 
 16th May, 1861, be amended, by adding thereto the follow- 
 ing clause: " And thai the President may, in his discretion, 
 upon the application and recommendation of a Major Gen- 
 eral, or Brigadier General, appoint from civil life persons to 
 the staff of such officer, who shall have the same rank and 
 pay as if appointed from the army of the Confederate 
 States. 
 
 Approved August 3, 1861. 
 
 No. 203.] AN ACT 
 
 To provide for an additional field officer to volunteer % 
 battalions, and for the appointment of Assistant Adjutants 
 General for the Provisional forces. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by 'the Congress of the. Confederate 
 States of America, That the eighth section of the act of 
 March 6th, 1861, " To provide for the public defence," he, 
 and the same is hereby, so far amended that whenever bat- 
 talions of volunteers in the service of the Confederate States 
 shall consist of not less than six companies, there may be 
 allowed, in the discretion of the President, to each battalion 
 so constituted, two field officers, one with the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant Colonel and the other with the Vank of Major. 
 
 . J. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 to appoint for the volunteer forces in the Confederate service, 
 as many assistant Adjutants-General as the service may 
 require, whose rank' shall correspond with the rank of the 
 assistant Adjutants-General in the regular army, and who 
 shall receive the same pay and allowances, according to their 
 respe< tive grades. 
 
 Approved August 2, 1861. 
 
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 No-. 204.] AN x\CT 
 
 To extend the provisions of an Act entitled Ci An act to 
 prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Confederate 
 States, except through the seaports of said States, and to 
 punish persons offending therein," approved May 2 J, 
 1861. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate State.s of America, do 
 enact, That the provisions of the above recited act be, and the 
 same are hereby extended, andjmade applicable to the exporta- 
 tion of tobacco, sugar, rice, molasses, syrup and naval stores, 
 from the Confederate States, from and after the tenth day of 
 August next. 
 
 Approved August 2, 1861. 
 
 No, 205.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend an act in relation to the issue of Treasury Notes. 
 
 Whereas, by an act of Congress, approved the 9th March 
 1861, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue 
 certain Treasury Notes in lieu of a first issue of such notes ; 
 and it is provided that the whole issue shall at no time ex- 
 ceed one million of dollars ; and it is deemed advisable now 
 to remove the restriction, the Congress of the Cbfrj 
 States of America do enact, That the other Ti\. 
 authorized to be issued by the Secretary of, t> 
 under the provisions of the said act>q^k-feiis, in 
 at any time, with the Approbation ,o0«k 
 before or after the calling in of the fir^r m-rr.~ 
 that the whole issue outstanding -at any one tr 
 exceed two millions of dollars. . ' 
 
 Approved August 3, 1861. 
 
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 No. 206.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend " An Act to provide Revenue from Commodities 
 Imported from Foreign Countries," approved May 21, 
 1861. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the following alterations and amendments be, and the 
 
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 same arc hereby, made to the " Act to provide reven 
 commodities imported from foreign countries," approved 
 May 21, 1861, to wit : That the woi La," 
 
 and the words "paving and roofing tiles and bricks and 
 roofing slates* and fire bricks," in schedule C of said 
 be. and the same are hereby, stricken out of an aled 
 
 in said schedule, and that in the 
 
 ■numeration of the various kinds of iron, after the \ 
 "slabs.'" the word " sheet or other form," are hereby inser- 
 ted and made part of said schedule ; and in schedule 
 D of said act, the terms "lac sulphur" and "sulphur 
 lour of," be, and the same are hereby, stricken out of and 
 repealed in said schedule. And the terms " Terra Japonica 
 and Catechu" arc hereby transf m schedule D to 
 
 schedule E. they being considered in commerce as the same 
 articles of merchandize a s cutch, which is enumerated in 
 schedule E of said act. 
 
 Approved August 3, 1861. 
 
 No. : AN ACT 
 
 T<> amend an act entitled " An Act making appro; 
 
 for the support of the navy, for th year ending fourth 
 February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two." 
 
 The Congress of the Cor do enact, 
 
 That the eighth item of said act I sd that thirty 
 
 thousand (hilars be deducted from the appropriation 
 lour thousand three hundred and sixty vein 
 
 made for the pay of officers and oth srs at the Navy-Yard at 
 
 acola, and be appropriated to the same object 
 
 -Yard at Norfolk. 
 
 Approved August 3, 1861. 
 
 ITa 808.] AN ACT 
 
 T<> provide for the safe custody, printing, publication and 
 distribution of the laws, and to pr the appoint- 
 
 ment of an additional Clerk in the Department of Jus- 
 
 tON 1 . T'i- ngn ts of th S ' 
 
 
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 ica do enact, That all bills and resolutions passed by the 
 Congress and approved and signed by the President, or 
 which may otherwise become laws, shall be deposited in the 
 Department of Justice, and the originals carefully preserved 
 in said Department. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General, as 
 soon as conveniently may be, after he shall receive the same 
 to select from the laws, orders and resolutions passed at 
 each session, such as may be of a public nature, and as in 
 his judgment, require early publication, and cause the same 
 to be inserted, weekly, for one month, in one public gazette 
 "published at the seat of government in each State, and shall 
 also publish all the laws in two gazettes published at the 
 Capital of the Confederate States ; and the compensation 
 for this publication shall not exceed one dollar and a half 
 per page, estimated according to Little and Brown's edition 
 of the laws of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General, at 
 the close of each session of Congress, to cause all the laws 
 and resolutions having the force of laws, and all treaties 
 entered into by the Confederate States, to be published 
 under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Prin- 
 ting. The laws shall be arranged in the order of their date ; 
 shall have marginal notes to each section ; shall be fully 
 indexed ; and shall be published to the number of three 
 thousand copies, in a style equal in execution and upon 
 paper equal in quality to the edition of the laws of the 
 United States, as annually published by Little and Brown ; 
 they shall be bound in pamphlet, in a style not inferior to 
 that in Avhich the laws published by Little and Brown, are 
 bound annually ; and one thousand copies thereof shall be 
 preserved to be bound in calf, in a solid and substantial man- 
 ner, as often as the number of pages shall be sufficient to 
 form a volume of not less than eight hundred, nor more than 
 one thousand pages. And whenever the volumes are thus 
 bound, a new index shall be made, comprising the contents 
 of the whole volume thus bound. 
 
 Sec 4. The printing of the laws, as required, by the 
 foregoing section, shall be executed by the Public Printer ; 
 the binding in pamphlet form and in volumes, as provided 
 in the foregoing section, shall be executed by contract to 
 be entered into by the Superintendent of Public Printing, 
 after advertising for sealed proposals ; and the paper for the 
 printing of the laws shall be furnished to the Public Printer, 
 
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 : by the Superintendent of Public Pri in accordance 
 
 •with the fourth section of the act of 14th May, I enti- 
 tled " an acl further to organize the Bureau of Superinten- 
 j dent of Public Printing." 
 
 Sec. 5. The price allowed to the Public Printer for prin- 
 i ting the laws, under the provisions of this act, shall be the 
 following, and no more, to wit: for composition, plain, sev- 
 j enty-live cents per thousand ems ; lor rule and Bgure work, 
 I one dollar and fifty cents per thousand erne ; for press v 
 j octavo forms, of sixteen pages, seventy-five cents per token. 
 . 6. The laws, when bound in pamphlet form, shall be 
 distributed as follows, to wit : One copy to each member of 
 the Congress For the time being ; twenty copies each to the 
 Secretary of the Senate and. the Clerk of the House of 
 Representatives; owe copy to each Committee of the two 
 Houses of < !ongress ;, live copies each to the President and 
 W ice-President ; two hundred copies to the Departmenl of 
 State, for its own uve, and for distribution amongst the Dip- 
 lomatic and Consular officers of the Confederate States; 
 two hundred copies to the Department of the Treasury, for 
 its own use, and for distribution amongst the Revenue offi- 
 
 of the Government; one hundred o the l Vi : 
 
 pent of Justice, for its own use. and for distribution 
 amongst the Judges, Clerks, Marshals and Attorneys of the 
 Confederate States ; fifty copies each io the Department of 
 A\ i r and Navy, and to the Postmaster-General; five co 
 lach to the Governors of the several States, for the use of 
 the Si al 3. The remaining copies shall be preserved in 
 Department of Justice, subject to the further order of Gon- 
 
 Sfx. 7. The Attorney-General is authorized I I an 
 
 Additional clerk in the Departmenl of Justice for the ; 
 
 of carrying into effect the of thia act, to be 
 
 bailed the Law Clerk of said Depai . •; a salary iA' fif- 
 
 - hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 . 8. All laws and parts of laws h< i ed, 
 
 br riding for the safe custody, pre >n, printing, pub- 
 
 lication and distribution of the I led. 
 
 Approved Aujjusi 5. 186 I . 
 
 No. 209.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize a Ivanees to be mad' 1 in certain ca 
 The Cm 
 
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 That the Secretary of War, with the approbation of the 
 President, be authorized, during the existence of the present 
 war, to make advances upon any contract, not to exceed 
 thirty-three and one-third per cent., for arms or munitions 
 of war : Provided, that security be first taken, to be approved 
 by the Secretary of War, for the performance of the contract, 
 or for a proper accounting for the said money. 
 
 Approved August 5, 1881.. 
 
 No. 211.] AN ACT 
 
 To give aid to the people and State of Missouri. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of America 
 do enact, That to aid the people of the £>tate of Missouri, in 
 the eifort to maintain, within their own limits, the constitu- 
 tional liberty, which it is the purpose of the Confederate 
 States in the existing war to vindicate, there shall be, and 
 is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury 
 not otherwise appropriated, one million of dollars, to sup- 
 ply clothing, subsistence, arms and ammunition to the troops 
 of Missouri who may co-operate with those of the Confeder- 
 ate States, during the progress of the existing war; said sum 
 to be expended under the discretion of the President of the- 
 Confeclerai^ite±cfs', c for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 Approved August 6, 1861. 
 
 No. 213] AN ACT 
 
 To provide for the construction of a newly invented imple- 
 ment of war. 
 
 Whereas, Charles S. Dickinson alleges that he has in- 
 vented a machine, generally known as 'Winan's Gun,' 
 whereby balls can be projected with such force, rapidity and 
 precision as to render it a valuable implement of war, both in 
 the Army and Navy. The Congress of the Confederate 
 States of America do, therefore, enact, That the President 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to cause 
 one machine of this description, calculated to throw balls 
 measuring about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and 
 weighing about two ounces, to be constructed under the di- 
 

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 rection of said Dickinson; Provided that the cost thereof 
 shall not exceed five thousand dollars. 
 
 Approved, August G, 1SG1. 
 
 No. 214.] RESOLUTIONS 
 
 Of thanks to Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Gustave T. 
 
 Beauregard, and the officers and troops under their com- 
 mand at the Battle of Manassas. 
 
 Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of 
 America. That the thanks of Congress are eminently due, 
 and are hereby cordially given, to Generals Joseph E. John- 
 ston and Gustave T. Beauregard, and to the officers and 
 troops under their command, for the great and signal victo- 
 ry obtained by them over forces of the United Stales far 
 exceeding them in number, in the battle of the twenty-first 
 of July at Manassas; and for the gallantry, courage and en- 
 durance evinced by them, in a protracted and continuous 
 struggle of more than ten hours; a victory, the great results 
 of which will he realized in the future successes of the war, 
 and which, in the judgment of Congress, entitles all who 
 contributed to it. to the gratitude of their country. lle- 
 solved farther, That the foregoing Resolution be made known 
 in appropriate General Orders, by the Generals in command, 
 to the officers and troops to whom they arc addressed. 
 
 Approved Aug. 6, 1861. 
 
 No. 215.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the President of the Confederate States to 
 grant Commissions to raise Volunteer Regiments and 
 Battalions, composed of persons who* are or ha^ sb 
 residents of the States of Kentucky. Missouri, Maryland 
 and Delaware. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the President of the Confederate States he. and he is 
 hereby, authorised to grant commissions to officers above the 
 
 grade <>\' ('apt;. in. to such pen think fit, to 
 
 rais and command Volunteer Regiments and Battalions for 
 the irviceofthe Confederate States, said Regiments and 
 
 
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 Battalions to be composed of persons' who are, or have been, 
 residents of the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, 
 or Delaware, and who have enlisted, or may enlist, under 
 said officers : upon the condition, hoAvever, that such officers 
 shall not hold rank or receive pay, until such Regiments or 
 Battalions have been raised and are mustered into service. 
 
 Approved August 8, 1861. 
 
 No. 216.] AN ACT 
 
 Respecting Alien Enemies. ' 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That whenever there shall be a declared war 
 between the Confederate States and any foreign nation or 
 government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall be 
 perpetrated, attempted or threatened against the territory of 
 the Confederate States, by any foreign nation or govern- 
 ment, and the President of the Confederate States shall make 
 public proclamation of the event, or the same shall be pro- 
 claimed by act of Congress, all natives, citizens, denizens, 
 or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males 
 of fourteen years of age and upwards, who shall be within 
 the Confederate States, and not citizens thereof, shall be lia- 
 ble to be apprehended, restrained or secured, and removed 
 as alien enemies : Provided, That during the existing war, 
 citizens of the United States, residing within the Confederate 
 States, with intent to become citizens thereof, and who shall 
 make a declaration of, such intention, in due form, and ac- 
 knowledging the authori y of the government of the same, 
 shall not become liable as aforesaid, nor shall this act 
 extend to citizens of the States of Delaware, Maryland, Ken- 
 tucky, Missouri, and of the District of Columbia, and the 
 Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian 
 Territory south of Kansas, 'who shall not be chargeable with 
 actual hostility or other crime against the public safety, and 
 who shall acknowledge the authority of the government of 
 the Confederate States. 
 
 Sec. 2. The President of the Confederate States shall be, 
 and he is hereby, authorized, by his proclamation or other 
 public act, in case of existing or declared war, as aforesaid, 
 to provide for the removal of those who, not being permitted 
 to reside within the Confederate States, shall refuse or neg- 
 
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 lect to depart therefrom ; and to establish such regulations 
 in the premises as the public safety may require. 
 
 Sec. 3. Immediately after the p' SBage of this act, the 
 President of the Confederate States shall, by proclamation, 
 require all citizens of the United States, being males of 
 fourteen years and upwards, within the Confederate States, 
 and adhering to the Government of the United States, and 
 acknowledging the authority of the same, and not being citi- 
 zens of the Confederate States, nor within the proviso of the 
 firsl section of this act, to depart from the Confederate States 
 within forty days from the date of said proclamation; and 
 such persons remaining within the Confederate States after 
 that time, shall become liable to be treated as alien enemies: 
 and in all cases of declared war as aforesaid, aliens, resident 
 within the Confederate States, who shall become liable as 
 enemies as aforesaid, and who shall not be chargeable with 
 actual hostility or other crime against the public safety, 
 shall be allowed the time for the disposition of their effects 
 and for departure, which may be stipulated by any treaty 
 witli such hostile nation or government; and when no such 
 treaty may exist, the President shall prescribe such time as 
 may h<> consistent witli the public safety and accord with the 
 dictates of humanity and national hospitality. 
 
 Sec 4. After any declared war. or proclamation, as afore- 
 said, it shall be the duty of the several Courts of the Con- 
 federate States, and of each State having criminal jurisdiction, 
 and ol the several judges and justices of (be Courts of the 
 Confederate States, and they are hereby authorized, upon 
 complaint againsl any alien, or alien enemies, as aforesaid, 
 or persons coming within the purview of this act. who shall* 
 be resident, or remaining in the Confederate State's, and 
 at large within the jurisdiction or districl of such Judge or 
 Court, as aforesaid, contrary to the intent of this act and of 
 the proclamation of the President of the Confederate States, 
 or the regulations prescribed by him. in pursuance of this 
 
 act. to cause such alien or aliens, person or persons, as 
 
 aforesaid, to lie duly apprehended and convened before such 
 
 COUrt, judge or justice, for examination; and after a full ex- 
 amination and hearing in such complaint, ami sufficient cans.' 
 therefor appearing, shall or may order such alien or aliens. 
 
 person or persons, to be removed out of the territory of the 
 
 Confederate State's, or to be otherwise dealt with or restrain- 
 ed, conformably to the intent of this act. and the proclama- 
 tion or regulations which may be prescribed as aforesaid, 
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 and miy imprison or otherwise secure, such alien persons 
 until the order which shall be made shall be performed. 
 
 Sec. o. It shall be the duty of the Marshal of the Dis- 
 trict, in which any alien enemy or person offending against 
 the provisions of this act, shall be apprehended, who by the 
 President of the Confederate States, or by order of any 
 court, judge or justice, as aforesaid, shall be required to de- 
 part, to be removed as aforsaid, to execute such order by 
 himself or deputy, or other discreet person, and for such ex- 
 ecution the Marshal shall have the warrant of the President, 
 or the court or judge, as the case may be. 
 
 Approved August 8, 1861. 
 
 No. 217.] AN ACT 
 
 Further to provide for the Public Defence. ' 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica, do enact, That in order to provide additional forces to 
 repel invasion, maintain the rightful possession of the Con- 
 federate States of America, and to secure the independence 
 of the Confederate States, the President be, and he is hereby, 
 authorized to employ the militia, military and naval forces of 
 the Confederate States of America, and to ask for and ac- 
 cept the services of any number of volunteers, not exceeding 
 foui' hundred thousand, who may offer their services, either 
 as cavalry, mounted riflemen, artillery, or infantry, in such 
 proportions of these several arms as he may deem expedient, 
 to serve for a period of not less than twelve months, nor 
 more than three years after they shall be mustered into ser- 
 vice, unless sooner discharged. 
 
 Sec. 2. That whenever the militia or volunteers are called 
 and received into the service of the Confederate States, un- 
 der the provisions of this act, they shall be organized under 
 the act of the 6th of March, 1861, entitled "An Act to 
 provide for the Public Defence," with the same pay and al- 
 lowances of said act, and the same time for the service of 
 the militia. 
 
 Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to extend 
 to, or in anywise to alter any act heretofore passed, author- 
 izing the President to receive troops offered directly to the 
 Confederate States for the war, or for any less time. 
 
 Approved Augusts., 1861. 
 
No. 219.] RESOLUTIONS 
 
 Touching certain points of Maritime Law, and defining the 
 position of the Confederate States in respect thereto. 
 
 Whereas, The Plenipotentiaries of Greal Britain, Am- 
 feria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey, in a Coi - 
 ference held at Paris, on the Kith of April. 1856, made cer- 
 tain declarations respecting maritime law, to serve as uni- 
 form rules tor their guidance, in all eases arising under the 
 principles thus proclaimed : Ami, whereas, it being desira- 
 ble, not only to attain certainty and uniformity, as far as 
 may lie practicable in maritime law, but also to maintain 
 whatever is just and proper in the established usages of na- 
 tions, The Confederate States of America deem it impor- 
 tant to declare the principles by which they will be governed 
 in their intercourse with the rest of mankind. Now, there- 
 fore. 
 
 Be if resolved by /'< Congress of the Confederatt States qj 
 America. 1. That we maintain the right of privateering, as it 
 has been long established by the practice and recognized h\ 
 the law of nations. 
 
 2. That the neutral Hag covers enemy's goods, with the 
 exception of c mtraband oi war. 
 
 3. That neutral goods, with the exception of contraband 
 of war, are not liable to capture, an ler enemy's flag. 
 
 4. That blockades, in order to b i binding, must be effec- 
 tual ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really 
 to prevent access to the coasl of.the enemy. 
 
 Approved August 1.). 186 ! . 
 
 No. 220.] AX ACT 
 
 To provide Tor tin 1 appointment of Surgeons and Assistant 
 Surgeons for Hospital . 
 
 Section I. The Congress of /he Confederate StaU ■ of Ame- 
 rica, do mini. That the President be, and he i> hereby au- 
 thorized to appoint in the Provisional Army as many Sur- 
 geons and Assistant Surgeons, for the various hospitals of 
 the Confederacy, as may be necessary. 
 
 Approved August 14, 1861. 
 
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 No. 221.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend the Law in relation to the Export of Tobacco and 
 other commodities. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America, do enact, 
 That the act pissed at the present session, entitled " An 
 Act to extend the provision's of an act entitled An Act to 
 Prohibit the Exportation of Cotton from the Confederate 
 States, except through the seaports of said States, and to 
 punish persons offending therein," approved May 21, A. T>. 
 1861, shall go into effect immediately after the approval of 
 this act. 
 
 Approved August 16, 1861. 
 
 No. 223.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the Issue of Treasury Notes, and to provide a 
 War Tax for their Redemption. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica, do enact, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he 
 is hereby, authorized, from time to time, as the public neces- 
 sities may require, to issue Treasury Notes, payable to 
 bearer at the expiration of six months after the ratification of 
 a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the 
 United States, the said notes to be of any denomination not 
 less than five dollars, and to be reissuable at pleasure, until 
 the same are payable ; but the whole issue, outstanding at 
 one time, including the amount issued under former acts, 
 shall not exceed one hundred millions of dollars ; the said 
 notes shall be receivable in payment of the War Tax hereinafter 
 provided, and of all other public dues except the export duty 
 on cotton, and shall also be received in payment of the sub- 
 scriptions of the net proceeds of sales of raw produce and 
 manufactured articles. 
 
 Sec 2. That for the purpose of funding the said notes, and 
 of making exchange for the proceeds of the sale of raw pro- 
 duce and manufactured articles, or for the purchase of spe- 
 cie or military stores, the Secretary of the Treasury, with 
 the assent of the President, is authorized to issue Bonds, 
 payable not more than twenty years after elate, and bearing a 
 rate of interest not exceeding eight per centum per annum, 
 
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 tmtil they become payable, the interest to be paid semi-an- 
 nually ; the said Bonds not to exceed, in the -whole, one 
 hundred millions of dollars, and to be deemed a substitute 
 
 for thirty millions of the Bonds authorized to be issued by 
 the Act approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-one ; and this act is to he deemed a revocation of the 
 authority to issue the said thirty millions. The said Bonds 
 shall not ho issued in less sums than one hundred dollars, 
 nor in fractional parts of a hundred, except when the sub- 
 scription is less than one hundred dollars, the said Bonds 
 may he issued in sums of fifty dollars. They may he sold 
 for specie, military and naval stores, or for the proceeds of 
 raw produce and manufactured articles, in the same manner 
 as is provided by the act aforesaid ; and. whenever suhscrip- 
 tions of the same have been, or shall he made, payable at a 
 particular date, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have 
 power to extend the time of sales until such date as he shall 
 see fit to indicate. 
 
 Sec. 3. The holders of the said Treasury notes may. at 
 any time, demand in exchange for them. Bonds of the Con- 
 federate States, according to such regulations as may he 
 made by the Secretary of the Treasury. But whenever the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall advertise that he will pay 
 off any portion of the said Treasury Notes, then the privi- 
 lege of funding, as to such notes, shall cease, unless there 
 -shall he a failure to pay the same in specie on presentation. 
 
 Sec. 4. That, for the special purpose of paying the prin- 
 cipal and interest of the public debt, ami of supporting the 
 Government, a War Tax shall he assessed and levied, of 
 fifty cents upon each one hundred dollars in value, of tli^ 1 
 following property, in the Confederate States, namely: Real 
 estate of all kinds ; slaves ; merchandize ; Bank Slocks ; 
 Railroad and other Corporation Stocks ; Money at interest, 
 or invested by individuals in the purchase of Bills, Notes, 
 and other securities for money, except the Bonds of the 
 Confederate States of America, and cash on hand or on de- 
 posit in Bank or elsewhere; cattle, horses and mules; gold 
 watches. L r ohl and silver plate, pianos and pleasure carriages : 
 Provided, /nnrtrrr, that when tin- taxable property herein 
 above enumerated, of any head of a family, is of value less 
 than the hundred dollars, such taxable property shall he ex- 
 empt from taxation under this act: And provided, further, 
 that the property of Colleges and Schools, and of charitahle 
 or religious corporations or associations, actually used for 
 
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 the purposes for which such colleges, schools, corporations 
 or associations were created, shall be exempt from taxation 
 under this act: And provided, further. That all public lands, 
 and all property owned by a State for public purposes, bo 
 exempt from taxation. 
 
 Sec. o. That, for the purpose of ascertaining all property 
 included in the above classes, aryd the value thereof, and the 
 person chargeable with the tax, each State shall constitute a 
 tax division, over which shall be appointed one Chief Col- 
 lector, who shall be charged with the duty of dividing the 
 State into a convenient number of collection districts, sub- 
 ject to the revisal of the Secretary of the Treasury. The 
 said collector shall be appointed by the President, and shall 
 hold his office for one year, and receive a salary of two 
 thousand dollars. He shall give bond with .sureties to dis- 
 charge the duties of his office in such amount as may be 
 prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall take 
 oath faithfully to discharge the duties of his office, and to 
 support and defend the Constitution. The said Chief Col- 
 lector shall, with the approbation of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, appoint a tax collector for each collection district, 
 whose duty it shall" be to cause an assessment to be made on 
 or before the first day of November next, of all the taxable 
 property in his district, included in each of the above men- 
 tioned classes of property, and the persons then owning or 
 in possession thereof; and in order thereto, the said Tax 
 Collectors may appoint Assessors, who shall proceed through 
 every part of their respective districts, and, after public 
 notice, shall require all persons owning, possessing, or 
 having the care and management of any property liable to 
 the tax aforesaid,' to deliver written lists of the same, which 
 shall be made in such manner as may be required by the 
 Chief Collector, and as far as practicable, conformable to 
 those which may be required for the same purpose under the 
 authority of the respective States ; and the said assessors 
 are authorized to enter into and upon, all and singular, the 
 premises for the purposes required by this Act. 
 
 Sec 6. If any person shall not be prepared to exhibit a 
 written list when required, and shall consent to disclose the 
 particulars of taxable property owned or possessed by him, 
 or under his care and management, then it shall be the duty 
 of the officer to make the list, which., being distinctly read 
 and consented to, shall be received as the list of such per- 
 son. 
 
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 Sec. 7. That, if any person shall deliver or disclose to 
 any collector or assessor appointed in pursuance of this act 
 and requiring a list as aforesaid, any false or fraudulent list, 
 -with intent to defeat or evade the valuation or enumeration 
 hereby intended to be made, sneli person, so offending, shall be 
 fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to lie re- 
 covered in any Court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 8. Any person who shall fail to deliver to the collec- 
 tor or assessor a list of his taxable property, at the time 
 prescribed by him, shall he liable to a double tax upon all 
 his taxable property; the same to he assessed by the collec- 
 tor or assessor, and to be collected in the same manner and 
 by the same process as is herein provided as to the single 
 tax. 
 
 Sec 9. The lists shall he made in reference to the value 
 and situation of the property, on the first day of October 
 next, and shall he made out. completed and he delivered into 
 the hands of each of the tax collectors on the first day of 
 December next ; and upon the receipt thereof, each tax col- 
 lector may. for twenty-one days next ensuing the said first 
 December, hear and determine all appeals from the said as- 
 sessments, as well as applications for the reduction of a 
 double tax. when such tax may have been incurred, to a sin- 
 gle tax. which determination shall he final. , 
 
 l^i-.i-. lo. The several tax collectors shall, on or before the 
 first day of February ensuing, furnish to the chief collector 
 of the State' in which his district is situated, a correct and 
 accurate list of all the assessments made upon each person 
 in his district, and of the amount of tax to he paid by such 
 person, specifying each object of taxation ;, and the sad 
 chief collector slial! collate the same in proper form, and 
 forward the collated list to the Secretary o'f the Treasury. 
 
 Sec. 11. The said several collectors shall, on the first day 
 of May next, proceed to collect from every person liable 
 for the said tax. the amount-; severally due and owing, and 
 he -hall previously give notice for twenty days in one news- 
 paper, if any he published in his district, and by notifica- 
 tions in at least lour public places in each township, ward 
 or precinct within his District, of the time and place at 
 which he will receive tli • -aid tax; an 1 on failure to pay 
 the same, it shall he the duty of the Collector, within twen- 
 ty days after the first day of May aforesaid, by himself Or 
 his deputies, to proceed to collect the Said taxes liy distress 
 
 and sale of the goods, chattels, or effects of the persons de- 
 
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 linquent. And in case of such distress, it shall be the duty 
 of the officer charged with the collection, to make, or cause 
 to be made, an account of the goods or chattels which may 
 be distrained, a copy of which, signed by the officer making 
 such distress, shall be left with the owner or possessor of 
 such goods, chattels or effects, or at his or her dwelling, 
 with a note of the sum demanded, and the time and place of 
 sale ; and the said officer shall forthwith cause a notification 
 to be publicly advertised or posted up at two public places 
 nearest to the residence of the person whose property shall 
 be distrained, or at the court-house of the same county, if 
 not more than ten miles distant, which notice shall specify 
 the articles distrained, and the time and place proposed for 
 the sale thereof, which time shall not be less than ten days 
 from the date of such notification, and the place proposed 
 for the sale not more than five miles distant from the place 
 of making such distress : Provided, That in any case of dis- 
 tress for the payment of the taxes aforesaid, the goods, 
 chattels or effects so distrained,, shall and may be restored to 
 the owner or possessor, if, prior to the sale thereof, pay- 
 ment, or tender thereof, shall be made to the proper officer 
 charged with the collection, of the full amount demanded, 
 together with such fee for levying, and such sum for the ne- 
 cessary and reasonable expense of removing and keeping the 
 goods' chattels or effects so distrained, as may be allowed in 
 like cases by the laws or practice of the State wherein the 
 distress shall have been made ; but in case of non-payment 
 or tender as aforesaid, the said officers shall proceed to sell 
 the said goods, chattels or effects at public auction, and shall 
 and may retain from the proceeds of such sale, the amount 
 demandable fof the use of the Confederate States, with the 
 necessary and reasonable expenses of distress and sale, and 
 a commission of five per centum thereon for his own use, 
 rendering the overplus, if any there be, to the person whose 
 goods, chattels, or effects shall have been distrained : Pro- 
 vided, That it shall not be lawful to make distress of the 
 tools or implements of a trade or profession, beast of the 
 plough, and farming utensils necessary for the cultivation of 
 improved lands, arms, or such household furniture or apparel 
 as may be necessary for a family. 
 
 Sec. 12. That if the tax assessed on any real estate shall 
 remain unpaid on the first day of June next, the tax collec- 
 tor of the district wherein the same is situated shall, on the 
 first Monday in July thereafter, proceed to sell the same, 
 
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 or a sufficiency thereof, at public outcry, to the highest bid- 
 der, to pay said taxes, together with twenty per centum on 
 the amount of said taxes and costs of sale, said sale t o be at 
 the court -ho use door of the county or parish wherein said 
 real estate is situated; and. if there shall be more than one 
 county or parish in a district, the said tax collector is au- 
 thorized to appoint deputies to make such sales in bis name 
 as he cannot attend to himself, and for all lands BO sold by 
 said deputies, the deeds as hereinafter provided for shall be 
 executed by said collector, and such sales so made shall be 
 valid, whether the real estate so gold shall lie assessed in the 
 name of the true owner or not. But in all cases where the 
 property shall not be divisible so as to enable the collector, 
 by a sale of part thereof, to r,,ise the whole amount of the 
 tax. with all costs, charges and commissions, the whole of 
 such property shall be sold, and the surplus of the proceeds 
 of the sale, after satisfying the tax, costs, charges and com- 
 missions, shall be paid to the owner of the property or his 
 legal representatives, or if he- or they cannot be found, or 
 refuse to receive the same, then such surplus shall be depos- 
 ited in the Treasury of the Confederate States, to be there 
 held for the use of the owner or his legal representatives 
 until be or they shall make application therefor to the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, who, upon such application, shall, by 
 ■warrant on the Treasury, cause the same to be paid to the 
 applicant. And if the property offered for sale as aforesaid 
 cannot be sold tor the amount of the tax due thereon, with 
 
 the said additional twenty per cerium thereto, the collector 
 shall purchase the sane in behalf of the Confederate Slates 
 for the amount aforesaid: Provided, That the owner or super- 
 intendent of the property aforesaid, before the same shall 
 have been actually sold, shall be allowed to pay the amount 
 of the tax thereon* with an addition of ten per centum on the 
 same, on the payment of which the sale of tin' said property 
 shall not take place: Provided, also, That the owners, their 
 heirs, executors or administrators, or any persOD on their 
 behalf, shall have liberty to redeem any lands and other real 
 
 property -old as aforesaid, within two years from the time of 
 
 sale, upon payment to the collector for the USC of the pur- 
 
 chaser, hi- heir- or assignees, of the amount paid by such 
 purchaser, with interest for the same a! the rate of twenty 
 
 per centum per annum; aid no deed shall be given in pursu- 
 ance of such sale until the time of redemption shall have ex- 
 pi] ed : Provided, furth* r, That when the owner of any land, or 
 
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 other real property sold for taxes under the provisions of 
 this act, shall be in the military service of the Confederate 
 States, before and at the time said sale shall have been made, 
 the said owner shall have the privilege of redeeming the said 
 propert}- at any time within two years after the close of his 
 term of service. And the collector shall render a distinct 
 account of the charges incurred in offering and advertising 
 for sale such property, and shall pay into the Treasury the sur- 
 plus, if any there be, of the aforesaid addition of twenty per cen- 
 tum, or ten per centum, as the case may be, after defraying the 
 charges. And in every case of the sale of real estate, which shall 
 be made under the authority of this act for' the assessment and 
 collection of direct taxes by the collectors or marshals re- 
 spectively, or their lawful deputies respectively, or by any 
 other person or persons, the deeds for the estate so sold shall 
 bo prepared, made, executed, and proved or acknowledged, at 
 the time and times prescribed in this act by the collectors re- 
 spectively within whose collection district such real estate 
 shall be situated, or in case of their death or removal from 
 office, by their successors on payment of the purchase mo- 
 ney 'or producing a receipt therefor, if already paid, in such 
 form of law as shall be authorized and required by the laws 
 of the Confederate States, or by the law of the State in which 
 such real estate lies, for making, executing, proving and ac- 
 knowledging deeds of bargain and sale, or other conveyances 
 for the transfer and conveyance of real estate : and for every 
 deed so prepared, made, executed, proved and acknowledged, 
 the purchaser or grantee shall pay to the collector the sum of 
 five dollars for the use of the collector, marshal or other per- 
 son effecting the sale of the real estate thereby conveyed. 
 The commissions hereinafter allowed to each collector shall 
 be in full satisfaction of all services rendered by them. The 
 assessors appointed under them shall be entitled to three dol- 
 lars for every day employed in making lists and assessments 
 under this act, the number of days being certified by the col- 
 lector and approved by the chief collector of the State, and 
 also five dollars for every hundred taxable persons contained 
 in the list as completed by him and delivered to the collector : 
 Provided, That when the owner of any real estate is unknown, 
 or is a non-resident of the State or tax district wherein the 
 same is situated, and has no agent resident in said district, 
 the assessor shall himself make out a list of such real estate 
 for assessment. 
 
 Sec. 13. Separate account shall be kept at the Treasury 
 
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 of all moneys received from each of the respective Staffs. 
 and the chief collector shall procure from each tax collector 
 Buch details as to the tax. and shall classify the same in 
 such manner as the Secretary ol the Treasury shall direct, 
 and so as to provide full information as to each subject of 
 taxation. 
 
 Sec. 14. Each collector shall becharged with an interest 
 of live per cent, per month for all moneys retained in his 
 possession beyond the time at which he is required to pay 
 over the same bylaw, or by the regulations established by 
 the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 Sec 1.5. Each collector, before entering upon the duties 
 of his office, shall give bond in such sum as shall be pre- 
 scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with sufficient 
 sureties, and shall take an oath faithfully to execute the du- 
 ties of his office, and that he will support and defend the 
 Constitution of the Confederate States. 
 
 Sec 1<». Upon receiving the tax due by each person the 
 collector shall sign receipts in duplicate, one whereof shall 
 he delivered to the person paying the same, and the other 
 shall lie forwarded to the chief collector of that State. The 
 money collected during each month or during any shorter 
 period which may he designated by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, shall lie also immediately forwarded to the said 
 chief collector, and by him be disposed of according to the 
 direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the -ae! 
 chief collector shall report the sam • immediately to the 
 retary of the Treasury, and shall furnish him with a list 
 rig the nam, - and amounts of each of the receipts 
 
 which shall have been forwarded to him as aforesaid bv the 
 
 district collectors. 
 
 Sec. 17. The taxes a* 1 on each person shall he a 
 
 statutory lien for one year upon all the propeny of t'eit per- 
 son, in preference to any other lien; the said lien to take 
 
 from the first day of October, to which the valuation has 
 relation, and the lands and other property of any collector 
 shell lie bound by statutory Lien for live year- lor all mon- 
 
 sCeived by him for taxes v the date of such lien to c 
 mence from the time ol his reci iving the money. 
 
 Sic. is. The compensation of the tax collectors shall 
 
 five per cent, on thefirel ten thousand dollars received, and 
 
 two and a half per cent, on all sum- beyond that amount 
 
 until the compensation shall reach eight hundred dol 
 beyond which no farther compensation shall he paid. 
 
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 Sec 19. The* Secretary of- the Treasury is authorized to 
 establish regulations suitable and proper to carry this act 
 into effect; which regulations shall be binding on all officers; 
 the said Secretary may also frame instructions as to all de- 
 tails which shall be obligatory upon all parties embraced 
 within the provisions of this act. He may also correct all 
 errors in assessments, valuations, and tax lists, or in the col- 
 lection thereof, in such form and upon such evidence as the 
 said Secretary may approve. 
 
 Sec. 20. Corporations are intended to be embraced under 
 the word " persons," used in this act ; and whenever the 
 capital stock of any corporation is returned by the corpora- 
 tion itself and the tax paid, the stock in the hands of indi- 
 viduals shall be exempt from tax ; and also all the real estate 
 owned by the corporation and used for carrying on its busi- 
 ness ; and the capital stock of all corporations shall be re- 
 turned, and the tax paid, by the corporations themselves, and 
 not by the individual stockholders. The term "merchandize," 
 is designed to embrace all goods, wares and merchandize 
 held for sale,, except the agricultural products of the coun- 
 try. Money at interest, is intended to include the principal 
 sum of all money belonging to any person, other than a bank, 
 upon which interest is paid or to be paid by the debtor, as 
 the same stands on the first day of October. The term, 
 "cattle, horses and mules," is intended to include all such 
 animals as are raised for sale, and not such as are raised 
 merely for food and Work on the plantation or farm where 
 they are held. The term " ,eal estate," is intended to in- 
 clude all lands and estates therein, and all interests growing 
 thereout, including ferries, bridges, mines, and the like, and 
 in all cases the actual marketable value of property is to be 
 assessed. 
 
 Sec. 21. If any person shall, at any time during the ex- 
 istence of the present war between the Confederate States 
 and the United States, or within one year after the ratifica- 
 tion of a treaty of peace between them, falsely make, forge, 
 or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged 
 or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, 
 forging, or counterfeiting any note in imitation of, or purpor- 
 ting to be a treasury note of the Confederate States ; or 
 shall falsely alter, or cause, or procure to be falsely altered, 
 or willingly aid orassistjn falsely altering any treasury note 
 of the Confederate States ; or shall pass, utter, or publish,- or 
 attempt to pass, utter, or - publish as true, any false, forged 
 
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 or counterfeited note purporting to be a treasury note of tiro 
 Confederate States, knowing the same to be falsely forged or 
 counterfeited; or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to 
 pass, utter or publish, as true, any falsely altered treasury 
 note of the Confederate States, knowing the same to be false- 
 ly altered, or shall conspire, or attempt to conspire, with an- 
 other, to pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or 
 publish as true, any falsely forged or counterfeited, or any 
 falsely altered treasury note of the Confederate States, 
 knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeited, or 
 falsely altered ; every such person shall be deemed and ad- 
 judged guilty of felony, and being thereof convicted by due 
 course of law. shall suffer death. 
 
 Sec. 22. Tf any person shall, at any time, falsely make, 
 forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made. 
 forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid, or assist, in falsely 
 making, forging, or counterfeiting any bond, or coupon, in 
 imitation of, or purporting to be a bond, or coupon, of the 
 Confederate States; or shall falsely alter, or cause, or pro- 
 cure, to In 1 falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely 
 altering any bond, or coupon, of the Confederate States; or 
 shall pass, utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or 
 publish as true, any false, forged or counterfeited bond, pur- 
 porting to be a bond, or coupon, of the Confederate States, 
 knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeited ; or 
 shall pa<s. utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or pub- 
 lish, as true, any falsely altered bond, or coupon, of the 
 Confederate States, knowing the same to be falsely altered ; 
 or shall conspire, or attempt to conspire, with another, to 
 pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, 
 as true, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, or coupon. 
 purporting to be a bond or coupon of the Confederate States, 
 
 Or any falsely altered bond, or coupon, of the Confederate 
 States, knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeit- 
 ed, or falsely altered ; every such person shall lie deemed 
 and adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof convicted 
 by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned 
 and kept at hard labor for a term not less than fire years, 
 nor more than ten years, ami be fined in a sum not exceed- 
 ing ii\ e thousand dollar,-. 
 
 DEC. 23. If any person shall make, or engrave, or eau-e, 
 
 or procure to be made or engraved, or shall have in Ins i 
 tody or possession, any metalic plate engraved after the sim- 
 ilitude of any plate from which any notes or bonds issued as 
 
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 aforesaid, shall have been printed, with intent to use such 
 plate, or cause, or suffer the same to be used in forging or 
 counterfeiting any -of the notes or bonds issued as aforesaid; 
 or shall have in his custody, or possession, any blank note 
 or notes, bond or bonds, engraved and printed after the sim- 
 ilitude of any note, or bond, issued as aforesaid, withintent 
 to use such blanks, or cause, or suffer the samp to be used 
 in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes or bonds issued 
 as aforesaid; or shall have in his custody or possession, 
 any paper adapted to the making of notes or bond, 
 and similar to the paper upon which any such notes 
 or bonds shall have been issued, with intent to use 
 such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in 
 forging or counterfeiting any of the notes or bonds issued as 
 aforesaid; every such person being thereof lawfully convict- 
 ed by due course of lav/, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned 
 and kept to hard labor for a term not less than five, nor more 
 than ten years, and fined in a sum not exceeding five thous- 
 and dollars. 
 
 Sec 21. If any State shall,- on or before the first day of 
 April next, pay, in the Treasury notes of the Confederate 
 States, or in specie, the taxes assessed against the citizens 
 of such State, less ten per centum thereon, it shall be 
 the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the same 
 to the several tax collectors in such State, and thereupon 
 their authority and duty under this act shall cease. 
 
 Sec. 2o. If any person shall, at any time, after one year 
 from the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Con- 
 federate States and the United States, commit any of the 
 acts described in the twenty-first section of this act, such 
 person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and be- 
 ing thereof convicted, by due course of law, shall be sen- 
 tenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor, for a period 
 of not less than five years, nor more than ten years, and be 
 fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. 
 
 Approved August 19, 1861. 
 
 No. 225.] • AN ACT 
 
 To aid the State of Missouri in repelling invasion by the 
 
 United States, and to authorize the admission of said 
 
 State as a member of the confederate States of America, 
 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 "Whereas, the people of the State of Missouri have been 
 
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 prevented, by the unconstitutional interference of the Gov- 
 ernment of the United States, from expressing their will 
 through their legally constituted authorities, in regard to a 
 union with the Confederate States of America, and are now 
 engaged in repelling a lawless invasion of their territory by 
 armed forces; and whereas, it is the right and duty of the 
 Confederate (States to aid the people and government of the 
 said Stale in resisting such invasion, and in securing the 
 means and the opportunity of expressing their will upon all 
 questions affecting their rights and liberties; now. there- 
 fore — 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 Thai the President of the Confederate States of America be, 
 and he is hereby authorized to co-operate through the mili- 
 tary power of this Government with the authorities and the 
 people of the State of Missouri in defending that State 
 against a lawless invasion by the United States, and in 
 maintaining the liberty and independence of her people; and 
 that he be authorized and empowered, at his discretion, to 
 receive and muster into the service of the Confederate 
 States, in the Stat- 1 of Missouri, such troops of that Sta1 
 may volunteer to serve in thearmy of the Confederal 
 subject to the rules and regulations of said army, and in ac- 
 cordance with the laws of Congress; and said troops may I c 
 received into service by companies, battalions or regiments, 
 with their officer 8 elected by the troops, and the officers 
 so elected shall be commissioned by the President; and when 
 mustered into service said companies, battalions or regiments 
 may be attached to Buch brigades or divisions as the Presi- 
 dent may determine; and the President shall have power to 
 appoint field officers for all battalions and regiments 
 organized out ofseperate companies mustered into Ben 
 and to add to battalions a Buffii ient number of separate com- 
 panies to complete their organization into regiments, and to 
 appoint the additional field officers necessary for the com- 
 plete organization of the regiments SO formed; and all va- 
 cancies that may occur among the commissioned officers of 
 troops mustered into service under this act. shall be filled in 
 the manner provided in the act entitled "An act for the es- 
 tablishment and organization of the army of the Confederate 
 States of America, 9 approved sixth March, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-one. 
 
 Si'.e. 2. That the State of Missouri shall he admitted a 
 member of the Confederate States of America, upon an 
 
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 equal footing with the other States under the Constitution 
 for the Provisional Government of the same, upon the con- 
 dition that the said Constitution for the Provisional Govern- 
 ment of the Confederate States shall be adopted and ratified 
 by the properly and legally constituted authorities of said 
 State, and the Governor of said State shall transmit to the 
 President of the Confederate States an authentic copy of 
 the proceedings touching said adoption and ratification by 
 said State of said Provisional Constitution ; upon the receipt 
 whereof, the President, by proclamation, shall announce the 
 fact ; whereupon, and without any further proceedings upon 
 the part of Congress, the admission of said State of Missou- 
 ri into this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the 
 Provisional Government of the Confederate States, shall be 
 considered as complete ; and the laws of this Confederacy 
 shall be thereby extended over said State of Misso.uri as 
 fully and completely as over other States now composing the 
 same. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the Congress of the Confederate States re- 
 cognize the government of which Claiborne F. Jackson is 
 the chief magistrate, to be the legally elected and regularly 
 constituted Government of the people and State of Missouri ; 
 and that the President of the Confederate States be, and he 
 is hereby empowered, at his discretion, at any time prior to 
 the admission of the said State ,as a member of this Confed- 
 eracy, to perfect and proclaim an alliance, offensive and 
 defensive, with the said Government, limited to the period of 
 the existing war between this Confederacy and the United 
 States ; the said treaty or alliance to be in force from the 
 date thereof, and until the same shall be disaffirmed or 
 rejected by this Congress. 
 
 Approved August 20, 1861. 
 
 No. 226.] AN ACT 
 
 To empower the President of the Confederate States to ap- 
 point additional Commissioners to Foreign nations. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- 
 ica do enact, That the President of the Confederate States 
 be, and he is hereby, empowered to determine and designate 
 to what nations, the Commissioners of the Confederate States 
 now in Europe, shall be accredited, either separately or 
 
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 unitedly ; and to prescribe the duties he may think proper 
 to assign to each of them. 
 
 Sf.c. 2. And be it further enacted. That the President be 
 and he is hereby empowered to appoint two other Commis- 
 sioners to represent the Confederate States, either separately 
 or unitedly, to such foreign nations as lie may deem ex- 
 pedient 
 
 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the additional 
 Commissioners authorized by this act. shall receive the same 
 pay and emolument as the Commissioners now in Europe re- 
 ceive; and the President shall appoint the Secretaries or 
 Clerks, required by said missions, and determine their com- 
 pensation. 
 
 Approved August 20, 1861. 
 
 No. 227.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize payment to he made for certain Horses pur- 
 chased for the Army, by Col. A. W. McDonald. 
 
 SECTION 1. T/i" Congress of the Confederate States of Ame^ 
 rica do enact. That the Secretary of War lie. and he is here- 
 by authorised, to cause payment to be made to the vendors. 
 upon an audit of the accounts, of certain horses, heretofore 
 purchased, by order of Colonel Angus W. McDonald to 
 
 mount the men he was authorised to raise by order of the 
 President o\' the Confederate States; and upon the payment 
 of tic said accounts, said horses shall become the property of 
 the Government, and shall he >subjed to the control of the 
 Quartermaster's Department; Provided, hovxver, that the 
 Quartermaster General shall he, and he is hereby empowered 
 to permit said horses* to remain in the possession of the vo- 
 lunteers who now have them, subject to tin- general law con- 
 trolling cavalry troops, upon the written agreement of said 
 volunteers that Baid horses will he paid for by them out of 
 the allowances HOW made for cavalry troops. 
 
 Approved Afiigusl 21. 1861. 
 
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 No. 228.] AN ACT 
 
 Making appropriation for the Services of Physicians to be 
 employed in conjunction with the Medical Staff of the 
 Army. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That there be appropriated, out of any money 
 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year end- 
 ing the eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 two, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, for the services of 
 physicians to be employed in conjunction with the Medical 
 Staff of the Army. 
 
 Approved August 21, 1861. 
 
 No. 229.] AN ACT 
 
 To provide for Local Defence and Special Service. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby au- 
 thorized to accept the services of volunteers of such kind 
 and in such proportion as he may deem expedient, to serve 
 for such time as he may prescribe, for the defence of exposed 
 places or localities, or such special service as he may deem 
 expedient. 
 
 Sec. 2. And such forces shall be mustered into the ser- 
 vice of the Confederate States, for the local defence or spe- 
 cial service aforesaid, the muster roll setting forth distinct- 
 ly the services to be performed ; and the said volunteers shall 
 not be considered in actual service until thereunto specially 
 ordered by the President. And they shall be entitled to pay 
 or subsistence only for such time as they may be on duty un- 
 der the orders of the President or by his direction. 
 
 Sec 3. Such volunteer forces, when so accepted and or- 
 dered into service, shall be organized in accordance with and 
 subject to all the provisions of the act entitled " An Act to 
 provide for the Public Defence," approved March 6th, 1861, 
 and may be attached to such divisions, brigades, regiments 
 or battalions as the President may direct, and when not or- 
 ganized into battalions or regiments before being mustered 
 into service, the President shall appoint the field officers of 
 
So 
 
 the battalions and regiments, when organised as such by 
 him. 
 
 Approved August 21, 1861. 
 
 No. 230.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the employment of Cooks and Nurses, other 
 than enlisted men, or volunteers, for the military service. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the better to provide for the sick and 
 wounded, the Secretary of War is authorized to direct the 
 employment, when deemed necessary, of nurses and cooks, 
 other than enlisted men, or volunteers, the persons so em- 
 ployed being subject to military control, and in no case to 
 receive pay above that allowed to enlisted men, or volunteers. 
 
 Sec 2. That there be appropriated for the pay of the 
 nurses and cooks, provided for in the above section, one hun- 
 dred and thirty thousand dollars. 
 
 Approved August 21, 1861. 
 
 No. 231. J AN ACT 
 
 Providing for the disposition of Unclaimed Goods deposited 
 in warehouse, as prescribed by existing laws. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. 
 That from and after the passage of this act, any Collector of 
 the Customs is hereby authorized, under such regulations 
 and directions as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 
 scribe, to take possession of, either on board the importing 
 vessel, or at the place of landing, and there to sell at public 
 auction, upon due notice, any imported goods, wares, or mer- 
 chandize, remaining unclaimed beyond the period prescribed 
 by law for the unlading of the same from the importing ves- 
 sel, that may, in the opinion of such Collector, from its 
 bulky character, or from its perishable or explosive nature, 
 or from ot^er like causes, render it impracticable to deposit 
 the same in warehouse, as prescribed by law for unclaimed 
 goods. 
 
 Approved August 21, 1861 
 
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 No. 232.] AN ACT 
 
 Making appropriations for the Public Defence. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the. Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That there be appropriated out of any money 
 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year 
 ending the eighteenth February, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-two, the sum of fifty-seven millions dollars for the 
 pay of officers and privates of the army, volunteers and 
 militia, in the public service of the Confederate States; for 
 Quartermaster's supplies of all kinds, transportation and 
 other necessary expenses; for the purchase of subsistence, 
 stores and commissary property- for the ordnance service 
 in all its branches; for engineering, anil for the surgical 
 and medical service of the Army, in all supplies and neces- 
 Siry expenditures. 
 
 Skc. 2. That the above appropriation shall be distributed 
 amongst the several objects of appropriation above speci- 
 fied, in such proportions as shall be determined by the Secre- 
 tary of War, with the approval of the President. 
 
 Approved August 21, 1861 
 
 No. 233.] AN ACT 
 
 Making Appropriation for Military Hospitals. 
 
 Section 1. T/ie Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and 
 the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the 
 Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment 
 and support of Military Hospitals, during the current fiscal 
 year ending February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-two. 
 
 Approved Aug. 21. 1861. 
 
 No. loL] A RESOLUTION 
 
 In Relation to the Equipments of Volunteer Cavalry Com- 
 panies. 
 
 Kesotved by the Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica. That the Secretary of War be. and he is hereby au- 
 
thorized, in his discretion, to furnish to Volunteer Cavalry 
 Companies, whose services are accepted for the war by the 
 Confederate States, all necessary equipments. 
 
 Approved Aug. 81, 1861. 
 
 No. 235.] AN ACT 
 
 Supplemental to " An act to put in Operation the Govern- 
 ment, under the Permanent Constitution of the Confed- 
 erate Stales of America." 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 
 That where, in any State of this Confederacy, there shall be 
 n<> regular session of the Legislature to he held prior to the 
 eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, it 
 is hereby provided, in obedience to the seventh Article of 
 the Permanent Constitution, that the election of Senators 
 for the first Congress may he made at any special or extra 
 session of the Legislature of such State, prior to the said 
 eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 ArpROVED Aug. 21, 1SG1. 
 
 No. 236.] AN ACT 
 
 To Increase the Corps of Artillery, and for other Purposes. 
 
 Section" 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That there be added to the Corps of Artillery. 
 Confederate States Army, one Lieutenant-Colonel and two 
 Majors, with the pay and allowances authorized by existing 
 laws for those grades respectively. 
 
 Sec 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, author- 
 ized to appoint, in addition to the Storekeepers authorized 
 by the fifth section of the Act of May sixteen, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-one, " for tHe establishment and organi- 
 zation of the Army of the Confederate States.'' as many 
 Military Storekeepers of Ordnance, with the pay and allow- 
 ances ot a Captain of Infantry, as the safe keeping of the 
 public property may require* no! to exceed in all four Store- 
 keepers, who shall, previous to entering on duty, give bonds 
 with good and sufficient security, in such sums as the Secre- 
 
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 tary of War may direct, fully to account for all moneys and 
 public property, which they may receive. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the President be, and he is hereby, author- 
 ized, whenever in his judgment the interests of the service 
 may require, and where officers of the Army cannot be as- 
 signed to these duties, to appoint one or more Superintend- 
 ents of Armories for the fabrication of small arms, whose 
 salary shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars 
 per annum, with allowance for quarters and fuel at the rate 
 fixed for a Major in the Army. And that the President be 
 also authorized to appoint two or more Master Armorers, 
 with a salary not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars per an- 
 num, with allowance of quarters and fuel at the rate fixed 
 for a Captain in the Army. 
 
 Sec. 4. That during the existing war, the President may, 
 as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, appoint, at his discre- 
 tion, for his personal staff, two Aids-de-Camp, with the rank, 
 pay and allowances of a Colonel of Cavalry. 
 
 Sec 5. That hereafte.-, there shall be allowed one addi- 
 tional Sergeant to each Company in the service of the Con- 
 federate States, making in all, five Sergeants per Company, 
 who shall receive the same pay and allowances as are pro- 
 vided by existing laws for that grade. 
 
 Approved Aug. 21, 1861. 
 
 No. 237.] PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 Concerning Brigadier-General Ben. McCullough. 
 
 Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe to the 
 armies of the Confederate States another glorious and impor- 
 tant victory in a portion of the country where a reverse 
 would have been disastrous by exposing the families of the 
 good people of the State of Missouri to the unbridled license 
 of the brutal soldiery of an unscrupulous enemy : There- 
 fore, be it 
 
 Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States, That the 
 thanks of Congress are cordially tendered to Brigadier Gen- 
 eral Ben. McCullough and the officers and soldiers of his 
 brave command, for their gallant conduct, in defeating, after 
 a battle of six and a half hours, a force of the enemy equal in 
 numbers and greatly superior in all their appointments; thus 
 proving that a right cause nerves the hearts and strengthens 
 
3!) 
 
 the arms of the Southern people, fighting, as they are, for 
 their liberty, their homes and firesides, against an unholy 
 despotism. 
 
 Resolved, further, That in the opinion of Congress, Gener- 
 al McCullough and his gallant troops arc entitled to, and will 
 receive, the grateful thanks of our people. 
 
 Resolved, further, That the foregoing Resolutions be com 
 munieated to that command by the proper Department. 
 
 Approved Aug. 22. 1861, 
 
 No. 238.] AN ACT 
 
 Making appropriations to carry into effect section two of an 
 act approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and six- 
 ty-one, entitled **An Act to define with more certainty 
 the meaning of an act entitled * An Act to fix the duties 
 on articles therein named.' " approved March fifteenth, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 
 
 Thf Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That, for the purpose of carrying into effect the second sec- 
 tion of an act approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-one, entitled "An Act to define with more cer- 
 tainty the meaning of an act entitled * An Act to fix the 
 duties on articles therein named/ " approved March fifteenth, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-one. the sum of two thousand 
 three hundred and seventy nine dollars and eighty cents be, 
 and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to he paid to Charles T. 
 Pollard, President of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Com- 
 pany, being the difference between fifteen and twenty-four 
 per cent, duty on Railroad iron of the value of twenty-six 
 thousand four hundred and forty-two dollars And twenty-six 
 cents, withdrawn from Warehouse at Pensaeola, Flori- 
 da, in the month of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 
 
 Approved Aug. 22. 1861. 
 
 No. 239.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for the 
 carriage of the Mails on the route hereafter mentioned. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- 
 ica do enact. That the following mail route be. and the same 
 
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 is, hereby established to wit : From station seventeen, on 
 the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road, commonly called 
 Groover's Station, in the State of Georgia, to the town 
 of Monticello, in the State of Florida. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster 
 General be, and is hereby authorized, to make the first con- 
 tract for carrying of the mail over said route, without the 
 necessity of advertising for bids for said contract as required 
 by existing law; and that this act do take effect and be in 
 force, from and after its passage: Provided, however, that 
 nothing in this Act contained, shall be so construed as to re- 
 quire the Postmaster General to put the mail upon said 
 route, unless in his opinion the public interest demand it. 
 
 Approved Aug. 22, 1861. 
 
 No. 240.] AN ACT 
 
 To establish a uniform rule of naturalization for persons en- 
 listed in the armies of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That every person not a citizen of one of the 
 Confederate States engaged in the military service of the 
 said Confederate States during the existing war against the 
 United States of America, shall thereby, and whilst in such 
 service, be under the protection of the Confederate States as 
 fully as if he were a citizen thereof, the .rights of a citizen 
 being to such extent hereby conferred, and moreover shall 
 have the right to become naturalized and to become a citizen 
 of any one of the Confederate States, and shall thereby be 
 entitled to all the rights and privileges of a citizen of said 
 State of the Confederate States upon taking an oath to sup- 
 port the Constitution of such State, and well and faithfully 
 to serve the Confederate States of America, to maintain and 
 support the Constitution and laws thereof, and to renounce 
 all allegiance and obedience to any foreign Government, 
 State, Sovereignty, -Prince or Potentate, and particularly by 
 name the Government, State, Sovereignty, Prince or Poten- 
 tate of which he may be, or have been, a citizen or subject, 
 and stating which one of the Confederate States he intends 
 to become a citizen of; but if the State in which the said 
 applicant shall have resided next before his application shall 
 
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 afterwards become a member of this Confederacy, the citi- 
 zenship of said applicant shall remain in said Slate a1 his 
 election, notwithstanding proceedings ander this act. 
 
 Sbc. 8. The oath prescribed in the preceding section may 
 be made by all persons helnw the rank of Colonel, before the 
 Colonel or commanding offieerof the regiment to which such 
 persons may he attached; and said oath may be made by 
 Colonels, and all officers superior in rank to Colonels, and 
 by all persons enlisted in the military service of the Con- 
 federate States not attached to regiments, before any com- 
 missioned officer of the Confederate States of rank higher 
 than that of Colonel. And it shall he the duty of the Sec- 
 retary of War to provide blank forms of the oalh required 
 to lie taken as aforesaid, and to cause the same to he dis- 
 tributed whenever necessary, and to make the regulations 
 necessaryfor informing all persons now engaged in the mili- 
 tary service of the Confederate States of the provisions of 
 this act. and to cause all the oaths so taken as aforesaid to be 
 returned to the War Department : And it shall be further 
 the duty of the Secretary of War to file for record, in the 
 District Court of the Confederate States for the State and 
 District where the Capital may he situated, all the oaths so 
 returned to the War Department as aforesaid. And it shall 
 be the duty of the Clerk of said District Court to record all 
 oaths of naturalization filed with hiiu as aforesaid, and to 
 keep an index of the same; for which seryice he shall he en- 
 titled to a fee of twenty-five cents for each naturalization 
 oath, to he paid out of the public treasury in the same man- 
 ner as his other fees of office. 
 
 Approved Augusl 22, 1SG1. 
 
 No. 841.] AN ACT 
 
 Making appropriations for the expenses of Government in 
 the Legislative, Executive and .Judicial Departments, for 
 the year ending eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred 
 
 and sixty-two. 
 
 TIu Congress of f/ir Confederate States of America do enact, 
 
 That the following SUH8 be, and the same arc hereby, ap- 
 propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not Otherwise 
 
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 appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for the 
 year ending the eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-two : 
 
 Legislative. — For compensation and mileage of members 
 of Congress, forty-five thousand dollars. 
 
 Executive. — For contingent and telegraphic expenses of 
 the Executive office, two thousand five hundred dollars. 
 
 Department of Justice. — For incidental and contingent 
 expenses, including printing and advertising the laws, two 
 thousand five hundred dollars. 
 
 For salary of the Law Clerk of the Department of Jus- 
 tice, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. 
 
 For salary of Superintendent of Public Printing, and 
 Clerk and Messenger in his office, three thousand dollars. 
 
 For purchase of paper for the printing of Congress and 
 the Executive Departments, under the fourth section of the 
 act of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, 
 seven thousand dollars. 
 
 Treasury Department. — For one Chief Clerk to aid the 
 First Auditor in auditing the accounts of the Post Office 
 Department, at two thousand dollars per annum, per act 
 approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, 
 the sum of one thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars 
 and ninety-seven cents. 
 
 For fifteen clerks, at twelve hundred dollars each, the sum 
 of thirteen thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars 
 and eighty-two cents. 
 
 For fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, the sum 
 of ten thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and 
 eighty-five cents. 
 
 For one messenger, at five hundred dollars per annum, 
 the sum of three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and 
 forty-nine cents. 
 
 For one Chief Clerk for Second Auditor's office, at four- 
 teen hundred dollars per annum, per act approved May 
 twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the sum of one 
 thousand forty-four dollars and thirty-nine cents. 
 
 For five clerks, per same act, at twelve hundred dollars 
 ■each, the sum of four thousand four hundred and seventy- 
 six dollars. 
 
 For five clerks, per same act, at one thousand dollars 
 each, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and thirty 
 dollars. 
 
 Judiciary. — For salaries of Judges and District Attor- 
 
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 neys of the Confederate. States, and incidental and contin- 
 gent expenses of Courts, twenty-two thousand dollars. 
 
 Public Debt. — For interest on the public debt, two hun- 
 dred and fifty thousand dollars. 
 
 Approved August 24, 1861. 
 
 No. 242. ] AN ACT 
 
 Making appropriations to carry into effect, "An Act to au- 
 thorize the issue of Treasury Notes, and to provide a war 
 tax for their redemption," and for other purposes. 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Aim - 
 rica do enact. That the following sums be, and the same are 
 hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
 otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect "An Act to au- 
 thorize the issue of Treasury Notes, and to provide a war 
 tax for their redemption," for the year ending the eighteenth 
 of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two : For one chief 
 Clerk, fifteen hundred dollars; for two Clerks, twelve hun- 
 dred dollars each, twenty-four hundred dollars ; for two Clerks, 
 at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollar-; for five 
 additional i 'lerks, if found necessary by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars ; 
 for printing forms and advertising, ten thousand dollars ; for 
 paper for Bonds, and for engraving and printing Treasury 
 Notes and Bonds, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 Approved August 24, 1861. 
 
 No. 243.] AN ACT 
 
 Making further appropriations for the service of the I 
 Office Department during the year ending the eighteenth 
 February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress if the Confederate States of A /Ul- 
 rica do enact. That the sum of live hundred thousand dollars 
 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money 
 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deft- 
 
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 ciencies in the revenue of the Post Office Department 
 during the year ending the eighteenth February, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 Approved August 29, 1861. 
 
 No. 245.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the issue of Inscribed Stock in the stead of 
 Coupon Bonds. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That in all cases where Bonds are authorized 
 to be issued under the acts of Congress, to raise money for 
 the use of the Confederate States, the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, at the request of the party interested, may cause to be 
 issued, instead of Bonds, Certificates of Inscribed Stock, 
 payable to order, transferable at the Treasury for the same 
 amount of principal, at the same rate of interest, and pay- 
 able at the same dates as are prescribed for the Bonds. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall 
 falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause, or procure to 
 be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or 
 assist in falsely making, or forging, or counterfeiting any 
 certificate of stock, in imitation of, or purporting to be, a 
 certificate of stock, issued in accordance with the provisions 
 of any acts of Congress, authorizing the issue of any certifi- 
 cate of stock, or shall pass, utter or publish, or attempt to 
 pass, utter or publish, as true, any false, forged or counter- 
 feited certificate of stock, purporting to be a certificate of 
 stock as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely made, 
 forged, or counterfeited, or shall falsely alter, or cause or 
 procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist in 
 falsely altering any certificate of stock, issued as aforesaid, 
 or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or 
 publish, as true, any falsely altered certificate of stock, is- 
 sued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely altered, 
 every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of 
 felony, and being thereof convicted by due course of law, 
 shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at labor for a 
 period of not less than three years, nor more than ten years, 
 and be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. 
 
 Approved August 24, 1861. 
 
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 No. 246 ] AN ACT 
 
 To establish Assay Offices at Charlotte and Dahlonega. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- 
 ica do enact. That the President be, and he is. hereby, 
 authorized to appoint an Assayer at Charlotte, North Caro- 
 lina, and another at Dahlonega, in the State of Georgia, 
 whose duty it shall be to assay and certify the fineness and 
 value of such gold and silver as may be submitted to them 
 respectively to he assayed. 
 
 Sec 2. The said Assayers shall, respectively, execute a 
 bond to the Confederate States, with sufficient Bureties, in 
 such sum as may be approved by the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, to discharge the duties of his office, and shall take oath to 
 discharge the said duties and to support the Constitution of 
 the Confederate States; whereupon the Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall place in his charge, and subject to his use, 
 the buildings used for the mint, and the tools and. implements 
 us.'d therein. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said Assayer to take 
 proper care of the said buildings, grounds, and property, 
 Keep the same in good repair, and to restore the same to the 
 Confederate States in like condition in which they were 
 received; he shall hold his offiee for two years, and shall 
 employ under him. at Buch rates as he may agree upon, such 
 men and inferior officers as he may see fit. 
 
 Sec. i. The whole expense of the establishment shall be 
 defrayed by the Assayer; and. in order to defray the same. 
 and to receive a reasonable compensation for his services, he 
 shall be entitled to retain from all metals or ores submitted 
 to him for assay, such seignorage or charge as -will enable 
 him to receive an annual salary not exceeding two thousand 
 
 dollars. 
 
 . .). The said Assayers shall, from time to time, a 
 required by the Secretary of the Treasury, make an accurate 
 
 report of all proceedings at their offices, in such form as may 
 be required by the said Secretary; and they and their 
 officers shall, at all time-, be Bubjecl to such orders and reg- 
 ulations as th( tary of the Treasury may. from time to 
 ;ine'. make or direct. 
 
 Am August J 1. 1861. 
 
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 No. 247.] AN ACT 
 
 Making additional appropriations for the Navy of the Con- 
 federate States, for the year ending February eighteenth,, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That there he appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, 
 not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending February 
 eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the following 
 sums for the Navy : 
 
 For the purchase and building of steamers and gun boats 
 for coast defences of the Confederate States, the sum of fifty 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 For repairing and fitting the steamer Merrimac as an iron- 
 clad ship, the sum of one hundred and seventy-two thousand 
 five hundred and twenty-three dollars. 
 
 For raising the ships-of-the-line Columbus, Delaware, 
 Pennsylvania and brig Dolphin, the sum of twenty-five 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 For pay, subsistence, and other wants of five hundred 
 additional seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys, and 
 firemen and coal heavers, the sum of ninety thousand dollars. 
 
 For medical supplies and surgeon's necessaries, the sum 
 of four thousand dollars. 
 
 To pay employees at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Vir- 
 ginia, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-one, to the eighteenth of February, eighteen hun- 
 dred and sixty-two, the sum of six thousand seven hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 For floating defences for New Orleans, Louisiana, eight 
 hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 To construct sub-marine batteries for the destruction of 
 vessels, fifty thousand dollars. 
 
 To construct a centrifugal gun, invented by Charles S. 
 Dickinson, subject to the conditions of the Act passed for 
 that purpose, five thousand dollars. 
 
 For expenditures in the Ordnance Department of the 
 Navy Yard at Norfolk, for the year ending February eigh- 
 teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and 
 fifteen thousand and fifty-one dollars. 
 
 For the construction, equipment, and armament of two 
 iron-clad gun boats, for the defence of the Mississippi river 
 and the city of Memphis, one hundred and sixty thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 Approved August 24, 1861. 
 
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 No. 248.] AN ACT 
 
 To repeal the fourth section of "An Act to regulate Foreign 
 Coins in the Confederate States," approved March 16th, 
 1861, and for other purposes. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, 
 the fourth section of "An Act to regulate Foreign Coins in 
 the Confederate States," approved March 16, 1861. he, and 
 the same is hereby repealed, and that hereafter the following 
 gold coin shall pass current as money within the Confederate 
 Stall's of America, and he rcceivahle for the payment of all 
 debts and demands at the following rates, that is to say : 
 The Sovereign, of England, of no less a weight than five 
 pennyweights and three grains, and of the fineness of 
 (91 j 1-2) nine hundred and fifteen and one-half thousandths, 
 shall be deemed equal to four dollars and eighty-five cents ; 
 the Napoleon, of the weight of not less than (4dwt. and 3 1-2 
 grains) four pennyweights, three grains and one-half, and of 
 a fineness of uot less than (899) eight hundred and ninety- 
 nine thousandths, shall be deemed equal to three dollars and 
 eighty-five cents ; the Spanish and Mexican Doubloons, of 
 no less a weight than (1? dwt., 8 1-2 grs.) seventeen penny- 
 weights, eight -grains and one-half, and of the fineness of not 
 less than (899) eight hundred and ninety-nine thousandths, 
 shall be deemed equal to fifteen dollars and sixty cents. 
 
 Approved August 24, 1861. 
 
 No. 249.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend an act entitled "An act to create the clerical 
 force of the several Departments of the Confederate States 
 of America and for other purposes," approved .March 
 
 seventh, eighteen hundred and aixty-one. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the clerical force of the War Department 
 shall be increased totheextenl and in the manner following, 
 to wit : 
 
 Fob the Office of the Se< ri tar* of W \h. — < >ne clerk, 
 at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum ; for the pay- 
 ment of whom, from eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-one, to the eighteenth of February, eighteen hun- 
 
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 dred and sixty-two, there is hereby appropriated the sum of 
 one thousand dollars. 
 
 For the Office of the Adjutant General. — One clerk 
 at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk 
 at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum ; one clerk 
 at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum ; for whose 
 payment, from eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-one, to the eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-two, there is hereby appropriated the sum of fif- 
 teen hundred dollars. 
 
 For the Office of the Quartermaster-General three 
 additional clerks at twelve hundred dollars each per annum ; 
 three additional clerks at one thousand dollars each per an- 
 num ; for whose payment, from eighteenth of August, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to the eighteenth of Feb- 
 ruary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, there is hereby ap- 
 propriated the sum of three thousand and three hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 For the Office of the Commissary General, for two 
 clerks at the rate of twelve hundred dollars each per an- 
 num ; for whose payment, from eighteenth of August, eigh- 
 teen hundred and sixty-one, to the eighteenth of February, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-two, there is hereby appropria- 
 ted the sum of twelve hundred dollars. 
 
 For the Bureau of Engineers. — One clerk at twelve 
 hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one 
 draughtsman at twelve hundred dollars; for whose pay- 
 ment, from the eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-one, to the eighteen of February, eighteen hun- 
 dred and sixty-two, there is hereby appropriated the sum of 
 seventeen hundred dollars. 
 
 Approved, August 29, 1861. 
 
 No. 252.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the Construction of certain Gun-boats. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That in addition to the gun-boats heretofore 
 authorized by law, the President be, and he is hereby, au- 
 thorized, in his discretion, to cause to be constructed three 
 others, specially adapted to sea coast defence. 
 
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 Sec. 2. That the sum of four hundred and twenty thou- 
 sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to the 
 object specified in the foregoing section. 
 
 Approved August 29, [861. 
 
 No. 853.] AN ACT 
 
 To fix the fees and costs in Admiralty case-. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do mart. 
 That for all services rendered by clerks, marshals, and dis- 
 trict attorneys in admiralty cases in the Confederate Courts, 
 and for which no compensation is now fixed by law, there 
 shall be paid to said officers, and allowed to them in the settle- 
 ment of their accounts, the same costs and fees as were al- 
 lowed under the laws of the United States in like cases, 
 which were in force on the eighteenth February, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-one. 
 
 Ai proved August 29, 1861. 
 
 No. 254.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make certain 
 contracts without advertising for proposals. 
 
 The Congress of tin Confederate Studs of America do mart* 
 That the Secretary of the Navy be, ami he is hereby, au- 
 thorized, in case he should deem it advisable, to contract for 
 building any gun-boats for which appropriations have ! 
 or may he. made during the present or any previous 9essioD 
 of Congress, or for altering other vessels so as to convert them 
 into gun-boats, without advertising for proposals for such 
 work, as required by law: Provided, That the conl 
 made shall he in writing, and shall he placed 0D file iu the 
 Navy I h partment, and a copy thereof deposited, without de- 
 lay, in the office of the controller of the Treasury. 
 
 Approved August I'.K 1861. 
 
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 No. 255.] AN ACT 
 
 Making appropriation for the purchase of a steamer and 
 certain military supplies. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the sum of one million of dollars be, and 
 the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of a 
 steamer, and such supplies of leather, shoes, flannel and 
 woolen clothing and blankets for the use of the troops in the 
 service of the Confederate States — the said appropriation to 
 be expended under the direction of the President. 
 
 Approvd August 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 256.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend the second section of " An act concerning the 
 transportation of soldiers and allowance for clothing of 
 volunteers, and amendatory of the ' Act for the establish- 
 ment and organization of the Army of the Confederate 
 States." " 
 
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 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the Secretary of War be, and he is 
 hereby, authorized and required to provide, as far as pos- 
 sible, clothing for the entire forces of the Confederate 
 States, and to furnish the same to every regiment or com- 
 pany upon the requisition of the commander thereof, the 
 quantity, quality and kind thereof to be established by re- 
 gulation of the Department, to be approved by the Presi- 
 dent ; and, in case any State shall furnish to its troops and 
 volunteers in the Confederate service such clothing, then the 
 Secretary of War is required to pay over to the Governor 
 of such State the money value of the clothing so furnished. 
 
 Sec. 2. The commander of every volunteer company 
 shall have the privilege of receiving commutation for cloth- 
 ing at the rate of twenty-five dollars per man for every six 
 months, when they shall have furnished their own clothing. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
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 No. 257.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the establishment of Recruiting Stations for 
 Volunteers from the States of Kentucky. Missouri, Mary- 
 land and Delaware. 
 
 Skction 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby, au- 
 thorized to establish recruiting stations within the Confede- 
 rate States for the reception of volunteers into the military 
 Lee of the Confederate States from among persons 
 who are, or have been, residents of the States of Kentucky, 
 Missouri. Maryland and Delaware. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the President be authorized to grant com- 
 missions as Captains to such persons as he may think fit to 
 raise and command companies to be composed of such vol- 
 unteers ; upon the condition, however, that such officers 
 shall not hold rank or receive pay until such companies have 
 o raised and are mustered into service. 
 
 Sec C). Whenever such recruits shall amount to a sufficient 
 number to he formed into companies, the President may 
 direct the same to be so organized, appointing all commis- 
 sioned officers of the several companies in addition to the 
 captains provided for in the preceding section. And such 
 companies nury be organized into regiments in like manner 
 under the direction of the President. 
 
 Sec 4. Until such recruits shall amount to a sufficient 
 number to be organized into companies, they shall receive 
 no compensation except their clothing and rations. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 25S.] AN ACT 
 
 To Audit the accounts of the respective S ;ainstthe 
 
 ( Sonfederacy. 
 
 Section 1. The Con ' '■■■ Confedt rate Stt '■ i rica 
 
 . That it shall be the duty of such Auditor or Audi- 
 
 of tin- Treasury Department, as may be d I by 
 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, and to that end the said Sec- 
 
 , be authorised to appoint aa many extra clerks for the 
 
 time, as he may derm necessary, at the rate of .-alary now 
 
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 allowed for clerks of the Treasury Department, to audit the 
 accounts and claims of the respective States of the Confed- 
 eracy against the Confederate Government for the advances 
 and expenditures made by the said States respectively for 
 the use and benefit of the Confederacy in preparation for or 
 in conducting the war now existing against the United States, 
 and allclaims for advances or expenditures of any kind 
 made by any State prior to the passage of its Ordinance of 
 Secession, shall be shown to have been made in contempla- 
 tion of the Act of Secession afterwards consummated, and of 
 the war that might probably ensue, or in the seizure or ac- 
 quisition of forts, arsenals, navy yards, armaments, muni- 
 tions and other useful instrumentalities of war, or in the 
 purchase or manufacture of arms or munitions which have 
 since been transferred to the Confederacy, or in some regular 
 mode been brought into its service for the prosecution of the 
 war aforesaid, before such claims shall be audited and the 
 amount ascertained. 
 
 Sec. 2. And in auditing the claims of the States of Vir- 
 ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, reference shall be had 
 to the special compacts and engagements had with those 
 States respectively by the Confederate Government in view 
 of their proposed adhesion to the Provisional Constitution, 
 or of the support of their armaments and the prosecution of 
 the war afterwards, and all claims coming fairly within the 
 purview of such compacts, being properly verified by vouch- 
 ers, shall, in favor of said States, be audited and ascer- 
 tained. 
 
 Sec. 3. That proof shall be made in all cases by proper 
 vouchers to the satisfaction of the Auditor that the amount 
 claimed was actually advanced or expended, that the expen- 
 diture was proper, and no greater amount for pay and 
 services shall be audited than is allowed by the regulations 
 of the Confederate Government for pay and services in the 
 like cases, and the Auditor shall make a special report of his 
 action under this law to the Congress at its next session. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause notice 
 to be forwarded to the executive of each of the States of this 
 Confederacy, immediately after the passage of this Act, call- 
 ing on such executive to forward the claims which may be 
 held by his State, subject to be audited under the provisions 
 of this Act. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
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 No. 259.] AN ACT 
 
 To establish certain Tost Routes, therein named. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That there lie established the following post 
 routes, viz : From Loving Creek Post Office to Wade's Post 
 Office, in Bedford County, Virginia. Also, from Charleston, 
 in the County of Tallehatchie, to Friar's Point, in the I lounty 
 of Coahoma, Mississippi. Also from Cullodento Barnesville, 
 in the State of Georgia. Also, that a route he established 
 from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida Railroad, in the 
 County of Lowndes, in the State of Alabama, to Benton, 
 in said County, through Mount Willing and Gordons ville. 
 Also, a Post Route from Clarksville, in Mecklenburg County, 
 Virginia, to Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina. 
 From Mullens to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home, in Ala- 
 bama. Also, from Morganton, in Burke County. North 
 Carolina, to Johnson's Depot, Tennessee. Also, a Post 
 Route from Louisville, in the County of Winston, to Yai- 
 den, in the County of Carroll, in the State of Mississippi. 
 Also, from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Wadesboro', via 
 Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad. Also, 
 from Jefferson, Ashe County. North Carolina, to Marion, 
 Smyth County. Virginia. Also, from Clarksville to Spadra 
 Bluff, in Johnson County, Arkansas. 
 
 Approved Aug. 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 260.] AN ACT 
 
 Authorising the President to inflict Retaliation upon the 
 Persons of Prisoners. 
 
 Whereas, The Government of the United States has 
 placed in irons and lodged in dungeons, citizens of the Con- 
 federate States acting under the authority of Letters of 
 Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of the Confed- 
 erate States, by the President thereof, and have otherwise 
 
 maltreated the same, and have seized and confined sundry 
 
 other citizens of the said Confederate States, in violation of 
 all principles of humane and civilized warfare: Therefore — 
 l!< it enacted !>i///<< Congress of the Confederate Slat i if Ame- 
 rica, Thai the President l>e. and he 18 hereby, authorized 
 
 leet sueh prisoners taken from the United States, and in 
 Buch numbers as he may deem expedient, upon the persons 
 
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 of whom lie may inflict such retaliation, in such measure 
 and kind, as may seem to him just and proper. 
 
 Approved, Aug. 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 261.] AN ACT 
 
 To provide for the Defence of the Mississippi River. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 .rica do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby, au- 
 thorized to cause such floating defences, as he may deem best 
 adapted to the protection of the Mississippi River, against 
 a descent of iron plated steam gun-boats, to be constructed 
 or prepared with the least possible delay. 
 
 Approved Aug. 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 262.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend an Act entitled " An Act to establish a Patent 
 Office, and to provide for the granting and issue of pat- 
 ents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improve- 
 ments and designs," approved May 21, 1861. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- 
 ica do enact, That the Commissioner of Patents, with the 
 approval of the Attorney General, shall have power to ap- 
 point, in addition to the examiners of patents, provided by the 
 second section of the above recited Act, such assistant ex- 
 aminers at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, 
 as may be required to transact the current business of the 
 Patent Office with dispatch. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner, 
 with like approval, may appoint a messenger for said office, 
 at a salary of three hundred and sixty dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner 
 be, and he is hereby authorized to require applicants for 
 patents, and all other persons with whom he is obliged 
 to correspond or to whom drawings and other papers have 
 to be returned for alteration or correction, to deposit a suf- 
 ficient sum of money to pay the postage : Provided, That in 
 no single case shall the deposit so required exceed two 
 dollars. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
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 No. 264.] AN ACT 
 
 To provide a mode of authenticating claims for money 
 against the Confederate States, not otherwise provided 
 for. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- 
 ica do enact. That all parties having claims for money against 
 the Government of the Confederate States, for the proof 
 and payment of which there is no mode provided by exist- 
 ing laws, before receiving payment of the same, shall file 
 them in the office of the Attorney General ; and shall pro- 
 duce, before said officer, at such time, and in such manner as 
 he shall appoint, their testimony proving or tending to prove 
 such claims. And. at the next succeeding session of Con- 
 gress after the hearing of proof, or at any session of Con- 
 gress during which a hearing of proof upon any claim is 
 had by the Attorney General, he shall report to the Con- 
 gress such claims as he has allowed and recommend their 
 payment, and he shall also report such claims, as lie has 
 refused to allow. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all citizens of the Con- 
 federate States holding demands against the government of 
 the Unite;! States, may iile the same in the office of the At- 
 torney General; and the Attorney Genera] shall hear proof 
 of such claims, and cause such proof to be taken down in 
 writing and filed in his office; or lie may. in his discretion, 
 permit written testimony, taken by deposition, or in answer 
 to interrogatories filed, to he placed on file in his office, as 
 evidence of such claims. But he shall not pass upon the 
 Sufficiency of such evidence, nor make a report to Congress 
 upon such claims, until the close of the existing Avar. 
 
 An 'i .-:•, ed August 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 266.] AX ACT 
 
 To collect, for distribution, the moneys remaining in th" 
 
 several I'ost offices of the Confederate Si the time 
 
 the postal service was taken in charge hy said Govern- 
 
 ment. 
 
 Section 1. Tfu I t of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 
 rica do enact, That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster 
 General to collect all moneys due from the several Tost- 
 
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 masters within the Confederate States, and which they had 
 not paid over at the time the Confederate States took the 
 charge of the postal service, and the several Postmasters 
 are hereby required to account to the General Post Office of 
 this Government under the same rules, regulations and pe- 
 nalties that Avere prescribed by the law under which said 
 moneys were received. 
 
 Sec. 2. The moneys so received shall be kept separate 
 and distinct from the other funds of the Post Office Depart- 
 ment, and shall constitute a fund for the pro rata payment 
 of claims for postal service which accrued before the Post- 
 master General took charge of the postal service in the 
 States respectively comprising this Confederacy, as may 
 hereafter be provided. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Postmaster General 
 to make proclamation that all persons who are citizens of 
 the Confederate States of America, and who may have ren- 
 dered postal service in any of the States of this Confedera- 
 cy, under contracts or appointments made by the United 
 States Government before the Confederate States Govern- 
 ment took charge of such service, shall present their claims 
 to his department, verified and established according to such 
 rules as he shall prescribe, by a time therein to be set forth 
 not less than six months, and requiring the claimant to state 
 under oath, how much has been and the date of such pay- 
 ments, on account of the contract or appointment under 
 which said claim occurred, and what fund or provision has 
 been set apart or made for the further payment of the whole 
 or any portion of the balance of such claim, by the Govern- 
 ment of the United States, or of any of the States ; and 
 they shall also state, on oath, whether they performed fully 
 the service according to their contracts or appointments du- 
 ring the time for which they claim pay, and if not, what 
 partial service they did perform, and what deductions have 
 been made from their pay, so far as they know, on account 
 of any failure, or partial failure, to perform such service ; 
 and the Postmaster General shall, as soon as he shall have 
 collected such moneys from said Postmasters, and ascertained 
 the amount of claims against the Post Office Department and 
 the amount received respectively by the claimants as afore- 
 said, and the provisions, if any, for future payment, make 
 a report of the same, so that future action may be taken 
 thereon as respects the distribution. 
 
 Sec 4. All claims for postal service required to be pre- 
 
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 sented by this bill shall bo barred as against this fund, un- 
 less presented within six months after the proclamation of 
 the Postmaster General shall have been made. 
 
 Approved Aug. 30, 1S61. 
 
 No. 268.] AN ACT 
 
 To require the receipt by the Postmasters of the Confede- 
 rate States of Treasury Notes, in sums of five dollars and 
 upwards, in payment of postage stamps or stamped en- 
 velopes. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That, so soon as the Postmaster General shall 
 procure postage stamps and stamped envelopes, that the 
 Postmasters throughout the Confederate States be required 
 to receive the Treasury Notes of the Confederate States at 
 par, for said stamps and stamped envelopes, in all cases where 
 the amount of stamps or stamped envelopes applied for shall 
 be five dollars or other sums for which the Confederate Trea- 
 sury Notes are issued. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the endorsement by a 
 member of Congress of his name on newspapers or other 
 printed matter sent by him through the mail, shall not by 
 reason of such endorsement subject him to letter or other 
 increase of postage. 
 
 Approved Aug. 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 269.] AN ACT 
 
 For the Sequestration of the Estates, Properly and Effects 
 of alien Enemies, and for the indemnity of citizens of the 
 Confederate States, and persons aiding the same in the 
 existing war with the United States. 
 
 Whereas, The Government and people of the United 
 States have departed from the usages of civilized warfare in 
 confiscating and destroying the property of the people of the 
 Confederate States of all kinds, whether used for military 
 purposes or not; and whereas, our only protection against 
 BHCD Wrongs is to be found in sueli measures of retaliation 
 as will ultimately indemnify <>ur OWD citizens for their lo- 
 an d restrain t lie wanton excesses of our enemies : Therefore — 
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Section 1. Be it enacted by the Congress of the Confederate 
 States of America, That all and every the lands, tenements 
 and hereditaments, goods and chattels, rights and credits 
 within these Confederate States, and every right and inter- 
 est therein held, owned, possessed or enjoyed by or for any 
 alien enemy since the twenty-first day of May, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and sixty-one, except such debts due to 
 an alien enemy as may have been paid into the Treasury of 
 any one of the Confederate States prior to the passage of this 
 law, be, and the same are hereby, sequestrated by the Confede- 
 rate States of America, and shall be held for the full indem- 
 nity of any true and loyal citizen or resident of these Confed- 
 erate States, or other person aiding said Confederate States 
 in the prosecution of the present war between said Confed- 
 erate States and the United States of America, and for 
 which he may suffer any loss or injury under the act of the 
 United States to which this Act is retaliatory, or under any 
 other act of the United States, or of any State thereoi 
 authorizing the seizure, condemnation, or confiscation of 
 the property of citizens or residents of the Confederate 
 States, or other person aiding said Confederate States, and 
 the same shall be seized and disposed of as provided for in 
 this Act : Provided, however, When the estate, property or 
 rights to be effected by this Act were, or are, within some 
 State of this Confederacy, which has become such since said 
 twenty-first day of May, then this Act shall operate upon, 
 and as to such estate, property or rights, and all persons 
 claiming the same from and after the day such State so be- 
 came a member of this Confederacy, and not before : Pro- 
 vided, further, That the provisions of the Act shall not ex- 
 tend to the stocks or other public securities of the Confederate 
 Government, or of any of the States of this Confederacy 
 held or owned by any alien enemy, or to any debt, obliga- 
 tion, or sum due from the Confederate Government, or any 
 of the States, to such alien enemy : And provided, also, 
 That the provisions of this Act shall not embrace the pro- 
 perty of citizens or residents of either of the States of 
 Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky or Missouri, or of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, or the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, 
 or the Indian Territory South of Kansas, except such of 
 said citizens or residents as shall commit actual hostilities 
 against the Confederate States, or aid and abet the United 
 States in the existing war against the Confederate States. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it is, and shall be, 
 
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 the fluty of each and every citizen of these Confederate 
 States speedily to give information to the officers charged 
 with the execution of this law of any and every lands, 
 
 tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels, righto 
 and credits within this Confederacy, and of every right and 
 interest therein held, owned, possessed or enjoyed by or 
 for any alien enemy as aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. .'3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of 
 every attorney, agent, former partner, trustee or other per- 
 son holding or controlling any such lands, tenements or 
 hereditament-, goods or chattels, rights or credits, or any 
 interest therein, of or for any such alien enemy, speedily 
 to inform the Receiver hereinafter provided to be appointed, 
 of the same, and to render an account thereof, and. so far 
 as is practicable, to place the same in the hands of such 
 Receiver; whereupon, such person shall be fully acquitted 
 of all responsibility for property and effects so reported and 
 turned over. And any such person wilfully failing to give 
 such information and render such account shall be guilty 
 of a high misdemeanor, and upon indictment and convic- 
 tion, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding live thousand 
 dollars and imprisoned not longer than six months, said 
 fine and imprisonment to be determined by the court 
 trying the ease, and shall further be liable to be sued by 
 said Confederate States, and subjected to pay double the 
 value of the estate, property or effects of the alien enemy 
 held by him or subject to his control. 
 
 Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the several Judges of this 
 Confederacy to give this Act specially in charge to the Grand 
 Juries of these Confederate States, and it shall be their duty 
 at each sitting well and truly to enquire and report all lands, 
 tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels, rights 
 and credits, and every interest therein, within the jurisdic- 
 tion of said Grand Jury, held by or for any alien enemy, 
 and it shall be the duty of the several Receivers, appointed 
 under this Act, to take a copy of every such report, and to 
 proceed in obtaining the possession and control of all such 
 property and effects reported, and to institute proceedings 
 for the sequestration thereof in the manner hereinafter pro- 
 vided. 
 
 Si ( . .'). II, it further cnartid. That each Judge, of this 
 Confederacy shall, as early as practicable, appoint a Re- 
 ceiver for each section of the State for which he holds a 
 court, and shall require him, before entering upon the duties 
 
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 of his office, to give a bond in such penalty as may be pre- 
 scribed by the Judge, with good and sufficient security, to 
 be approved by the Judge, conditioned that he will dili- 
 gently and faithfully discharge the duties imposed upon him 
 by law. And said officer shall hold his office at the pleasure 
 of the Judge of the district or section for which he is ap- 
 pointed, and shall be removed for incompetency, or ineffi- 
 ciency, or infidelity in the discharge of his trust. And 
 should the duties of any such Receiver, at any time, appear 
 to the Judge to be greater than can be efficiently performed 
 by him, then it shall be the duty of the Judge to divide the 
 district or section into one or more other receivers' districts, 
 according to the necessities of the case, and to appoint a 
 Receiver for each of said newly created districts. And 
 every such Receiver shall also, before entering upon the 
 duties of his office, make oath in writing before the Judge 
 of the district or section for which he is appointed, dili- 
 gently, well and truly to execute the duties of his office. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty (i 
 the several Receivers aforesaid to take the possession, con 
 trol and management of all lands, tenements and heredita- 
 ments, goods and chattels, rights and credits of each and 
 every alien enemy within the section for which he acts. 
 And to this end he is empowered and required, whenever 
 necessary for accomplishing the purposes of this Act, to sue 
 for and recover the same in the name of said Confederate 
 States, allowing, in the recovery of credits, such delays as 
 may have been, or may be, prescribed in any State as to the 
 collection of debts therein during the war. And the form 
 a,nd mode of action, whether the matter be of jurisdiction in 
 law or equity, shall be by petition to the court setting forth, 
 as best he can, the estate, property, right or thing sought 
 to be recovered, with the name of the person holding, exer- 
 cising supervision over, in possession of or controlling the 
 same, as the case may be, and praying a sequestration 
 thereof. Notice shall thereupon be forthwith issued by the 
 clerk of the court, or by the Receiver, to such person, with 
 a copy of the petition, and the same shall be served by the 
 Marshall or his deputy and returned to the court as other 
 mesne process in law cases ; whereupon, the cause shall be 
 docketed and stand for trial in the court according to the 
 usual course of its business, and the court or Judge shall, 
 at any time, make all orders of seizure that may seem neces- 
 sary to secure the subject matter of the suit from danger of 
 
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 loss, injury, destruction or Waste, and may, pending the 
 cause, make orders of sale in cases that may seem to such 
 Judge or court necessary to preserve any property sued for 
 from perishing or waste : Provided, That in any ease when 
 the Confederate Judge shall find it to be consistent with the 
 safe-keeping of the property so sequestered, to leave the 
 same in the hands and under the control of any debtor or 
 person in whose hands the real estate and slaves were seized, 
 who may be in possession of the said property or credits, he 
 shall order the same to remain in the hands and under the 
 control bf said debtor or person in whose hands the real es- 
 tate and slaves were seized, requiring in every snch ease 
 such security for the safe-keeping of the property and cre- 
 dits as he may deem sufficient for the purpose aforesaid, and 
 to abide by such further orders as the court may make in 
 the premises. But this proviso shall not apply to bank or 
 other corporation stock, or dividends due or which may be 
 due thereon, or to rents on real estate in cities. And no 
 debtor or other person shall be entitled to the benefit of this 
 proviso unless he has first paid into the hands of the Re- 
 ceiver all interests or net profits which may have accrued 
 since the twenty-first May. eighteen hundred and sixty-one; 
 and. in all cases coming under this proviso, such debtor 
 shall be bound to pay over annually to the Receiver all in- 
 terest winch may accrue as the same falls due ; and the per- 
 son in whose hands any other property may be left shall be 
 bound to account for, and pay over annually to the Receiver, 
 the net income or profits of said property, and on failure of 
 suoh debtor or other person to pay over such interest, net 
 income or profits, as the same falls due, the Receiver may 
 demand and recover the debt or property. And, wherever, 
 after ten days' notice to any debtor or person in whose bands 
 property or debts may be left, of an application for further 
 security, it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the 
 court that the securities of such debtor or person are not 
 ample, the court may, on the failure of the party to give 
 sufficient additional security, render judgment againsl all 
 the parties on the bond for the recovery of the debt or pro- 
 perty: Provided, further, That said court may. whenever in 
 the opinion of the Judge thereof the public exigencies may 
 
 require it, order the money due as aforesaid to be demanded 
 
 by the Receiver, and if upon demand (d' the Receiver, made 
 
 in conformity to a decretal order of the court requiring -aid 
 Receiver to collect any debts for the payment of which. se« 
 
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 curity may have been given under the provisions of this Act, 
 the debtor or his security shall fail to pay the same, then 
 upon ten days' notice to said debtor and his security, given 
 by said Receiver, of a motion to be made in said court for 
 judgment for the amount so secured, said court, at the next 
 term thereof, may proceed to render judgment against said 
 principal and security, or against the party served with such 
 notice, for the sum so secured with interest thereon, in the 
 name of said Receiver, and to issue execution therefor. 
 
 Sec. 7. Any person in the possession and control of the 
 subject matter of any such suit, or claiming any interest 
 therein, may, by order of the court, be admitted as a defen- 
 dant and be allowed to defend to the extent of the interest 
 propounded by him ; but no person shall be heard in defence 
 until he shall file a plea, verified by affidavit and signed by 
 Mm, setting forth that no alien enemy has any interest in 
 the right which he asserts, or for which he litigates, either 
 fdirectly or indirectly, by trust, open or secret, and that he 
 litigates solely for himself, or for some citizen of the Confe- 
 derate States whom he legally represents ; and when the 
 defence is conducted for or on account of another, in whole 
 or part, the plea shall set forth the name and residence of 
 such other person, and the relation that the defendant bears 
 to him in the litigation. If the cause involves matter which 
 should be tried by a jury according to the course of the 
 common law, the defendant shall be entitled to a jury trial. 
 If it involves matters of equity jurisdiction, the court shall 
 proceed according to its usual mode of procedure in such 
 cases, and the several eourts of this Confederacy may, from 
 time to time, establish rules of procedure under this act, not 
 inconsistent with the act or other laws of these Confederate 
 States. 
 
 Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the court 
 shall, at the request of the receiver, from time to time, issue 
 writs of garnishment, directed to one or more persons, com- 
 manding them to appear at the then sitting, or at any fu- 
 ture term of the court, and t^ answer under oath what pro- 
 perty or effects of any alien enemy he had at the service of 
 the process, or sinee has had under his possession or control 
 belonging to or held for an alien enemy, or in what sum, if 
 any, he is or was at the time of service of the garnishment, 
 or since ha»s been indebted to any alien enemy, and the court 
 shall have power to condemn the property or effects, or debts, 
 according to the answer, and to make such rules and orders 
 
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 for the bringing in of third persons claiming or disclosed by 
 the answer to have an interest in the litigation as to it shall 
 seem proper ; but in no case shall any one be heard in respect 
 thereto until he shall, by sworn plea, set forth substantially 
 the matters before required of parties pleading. And the 
 decree or judgment of the court, rendered in conformity to 
 this act. shall forever protect the garnishee in respect to the 
 matter involved. And in all cases of garnishment under 
 this act, the Receiver may test the truth of the garnishee's 
 answer by filing a statement, under oath, that he believes 
 the answer to be untrue, specifying the particulars in which 
 he believes the garnishee has. by omission or commission. 
 not answered truly; whereupon the court shall cause an 
 issue to be made between the Receiver and garnishee, and 
 judgment rendered as upon the trial of other issues. And 
 in all cases of litigation under this act the Receiver may 
 propound interrogatories to the adverse party touching any 
 matter involved in the litigation, a copy of which shall be 
 served on the opposite party or his attorney, and which shall 
 be answered under oath within thirty days of such service, 
 and upon failure so to answer, the court shall make such 
 disposition cf the cause as shall to it seem most promotive 
 of justice, or should it deem answers to the interrogatories 
 necessary in order to secure a discovery, the court shall im- 
 prison the party in default until full answers shall be made. 
 
 Sf.c. 0. It shall be the duty of the District Attorney of 
 the Confederate States, diligently to prosecute all causes 
 instituted under this act. and he shall receive as a. compen- 
 sation therefor two per cent, upon and from tin 1 fruits of all 
 litigation instituted under this act : Provided, That no mat- 
 ter shall be called litigated except a defendant be admitted 
 by the court, and a proper plea be hied. 
 
 Sec. Kb Be it further enacted, That each Receiver ap- 
 pointed under this act shall, at least every six months, and 
 as much oftener as he may be required, by the court, render 
 a true and perfect account of all matters in his hands or 
 under his control under the law. and shall make and state just 
 and perfect accounts and settlements under oath of his col- 
 lections of monies and disbursements under this law. stat- 
 ing accounts and making settlements of all matters sepa- 
 rately, in the same way as if he were administrator of seve- 
 ral estates of deceased persons by separate appointments. 
 And the settlements and decrees .-hall be for each case or 
 
 estate separately, so that the transaction in respect to each 
 
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 alien enemy's property may be kept recorded and preserved 
 separately. No settlement as above provided shall, how- 
 ever, be made until judgment or decree of sequestration 
 shall have passed, but the court may at any time pending 
 litigation, require an account of matters in litigation and in 
 the possession of the Receiver, and may make such orders 
 touching the same as shall protect the interest of the par- 
 ties concerned. 
 
 Sec. 11. When the accounts of any receiver shall be 
 filed respecting any matter which has passed sequestration, 
 the Court shall appoint a day for settlement and notice 
 thereof shall be published consecutively for four weeks in 
 some newspaper near the place of holding the Court, and 
 the clerk of the Court shall send a copy of such newspaper 
 to the District Attorney of the Confederate States, for the 
 Court, where the matter is to be heard, and it shall be the 
 duty of said District Attorney to attend the settlement and 
 represent the Government and to see that a full, true and 
 just settlement is made. The several settlements preceding 
 the final one shall be interlocutory only, and may be im- 
 peached at the final settlements, which latter shall be con- 
 clusive, unless reversed or impeached within two years, for 
 fraud. 
 
 Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the Court having 
 jurisdiction of the matter shall, whenever sufficient cause is 
 shown therefor, direct the sale of any personal property, 
 other than slaves, sequestered under this act, on such terms 
 as to it shall seem best, and such sale shall pass the title 
 of the person as whose property the same has been seques- 
 tered. 
 
 Sec 13. All settlements of accounts of receivers for se- 
 questered property shall be recorded and a copy thereof 
 shall be forwarded by the clerk of the Court to the Trea- 
 surer of the Confederate States within ten days after the 
 decree, interlocutory or final, has been passed ; and all 
 balances found against the Receiver shall by him be paid 
 over into the Court, subject to the order of the Treasurer of 
 the Confederate States, and upon the failure of the Re- 
 ceiver for five days to pay over the same, execution shall 
 issue therefor, and he shall be liable to attachment by the 
 Court and to suit upon his bond. And any one embezzling 
 any money under this Act shall be liable to indictment, 
 and on conviction shall be confined at hard labor for 
 not less than six months nor more than five years, in the 
 
discretion of the Court, and fined in double the amount em- 
 bezzled. 
 
 Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That the President of the 
 Confederate States, shall, by and with the advice and con- 
 sent of Congress, or of the Senate, if the appointment be 
 made under the permanent Government, appoint three dis- 
 creet Commissioners, learned in the law, who shall bold at 
 the seat of Government two terms each year, upon notice 
 given, who shall sit so long as the business before them 
 shall require; whose duty it shall be, under such rules as 
 they may adopt, to hear and adjudge such claims as may be 
 brought before them by any one aiding this Confederacy in 
 the present war against the United States, who shall allege 
 that he has been put to loss under the act of the United 
 States, in retaliation of which this act is passed, or under 
 any other act of the United States, or of any State thereof, 
 authorizing the seizure, condemnation or confiscation of the 
 property of any citizen or resident of the Confederate 
 States, or other person aiding said Confederate States in tho 
 present war against the United States, and the finding 01 such 
 Commissioners in favor of any such claim shall be prima 
 facie evidence of the correctness of the demand, and when- 
 ever Congress shall pass the claim, the same shall be paid from 
 any money in the Treasury derived from sequestration un- 
 der this act: Provided, That said Board of Commissioners 
 shall not continue beyond the organization of the Court of 
 Claims, provided for by the Constitution; to which Court of 
 Claims the duties herein provided to he discharged by Com- 
 missioners shall belong upon the organization of said Court. 
 The salaries of said Commissioners shall beat the rate of 
 two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and shall be 
 paid from the Treasury of the Confederacy. And it shall 
 be the duty of the Attorney General or his assistant to re- 
 present the interests of this Government in all eases arising 
 under this act before said Board of Commissioners. 
 
 Sec* 15. Be it further enacted, That all expenses incurred 
 in proceedings under this Aet shall be paid from the 
 sequestered fund, and the Judges, in settling accounts with 
 Receivers, shall make to them proper allowances of com- 
 pensation, taking two and a half per cent, on receipts, and 
 the same amount on expenditure-, as reasonable compensa- 
 tion, in all eases. The t'rvs of the officers of COUll shall be 
 such as are allowed by law for similar Bervices in other 
 -, to be paid, however, only from the sequestered fund: 
 
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 Provided, That all sums realized by any Receiver in one 
 year for his services, exceeding five thousand dollars, shall 
 be paid into the Confederate Treasury, for the use of the 
 Confederacy. 
 
 Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Attorney-Gene- 
 ral shall prescribe such uniform rules of proceeding under 
 this law, not herein otherwise provided for, as shall meet 
 the necessities of the case. 
 
 Sec 17. Be it further enacted, That appeals may lie from 
 any final decision of the court under this law, in the same 
 manner and within the same time as is now, or hereafter 
 may be by law prescribed for appeals in other civil cases. 
 
 Sec 18. Bz it further enacted, That the word '"person" 
 in this law includes all private corporations ; and in all 
 cases, when corporations become parties, and this law re- 
 quires an oath to be made, it shall be made by some officer 
 of such corporation. 
 
 Sec 19. Be it further enacted, That the courts are vested 
 with jurisdiction, and required by this Act, to settle all 
 partnerships heretofore existing between a citizen and one 
 who is an alien enemy; to separate the interest of the alien 
 enemy, and to sequestrate it. And shall, also, sever all 
 joint rights when an alien enemy is concerned, and seques- 
 trate the interest of such alien enemy. 
 
 Sec 20. Be it further enacted, That in all cases of admin- 
 istration of any matter or thing, under this act, the court 
 having jurisdiction, may make such orders touching the 
 preservation of the property or effects under the direction 
 or control of the Receiver, not inconsistent with the fore- 
 going provisions, as to it shall seem proper. And the Re- 
 ceiver may, at any time, ask and have the instructions of 
 the court, or Judge, respecting his conduct in the disposi- 
 tion or management of any property, or effects under his 
 control. 
 
 Sec 21. That the Treasury Notes of this Confederacy, 
 shall be receivable in payment of all purchases of property 
 or effects sold under this Act. 
 
 Sec 22. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act 
 shall be construed to destroy or impair the lien or other 
 rights of any creditor, a citizen or resident of either of 
 the Confederate States, or of any other person, a citizen 
 or resident, of any country, State, or Territory, with which 
 this Confederacy is in friendship, and which person is not 
 in actual hostility to this Confederacy. And any lien or 
 
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 debt claimed against any alien enemy, within the meaning 
 of this Act, shall be propounded and filed in the court, in 
 which the proceedings of sequestration are had, within 
 twelve months from the institution of such proceedings for 
 
 sequestration ; and the court shall cause all proper parties 
 to be made and notices to be given, and shall hear and de- 
 termine the respective rights of all parties concerned : Pro- 
 vided, however, that no sales or payments over of money 
 shall be delayed for. or by reason of, such rights or pro- 
 ceedings ; but any money realised by the Receiver, whether 
 paid into the court, or Treasury, or still in the Receiver's 
 hands, shall stand in lieu of that which produced said money, 
 and be held to answer the demands of the creditors afore- 
 said, in the same manner as that which produced such money 
 was. And all claims not propounded and filed as aforesaid, 
 within twelve months as aforesaid, shall cease to to exist 
 against the estate, property, or effects sequestrated, or the 
 proceeds thereof. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 270.] AN ACT 
 
 To perpetuate testimony in cases of Slaves abducted or 
 harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, 
 wasted or destroyed by them. 
 
 Section 1. Th& Congress of the Confederate States of 
 
 America do mart. That when any slave or slaves own- 1 by a 
 ■citizen of the Confederate States, or an inhabitant thereof, 
 shall be, or may have been abducted or harbored by the 
 enemy, or by any person or persons acting under the au- 
 thority, or color of authority of the United States Govern- 
 ment, or engaged in the military or naval service thereof, 
 during the existing war. it shall be lawful for the owner or 
 
 his Attorney to appear before any Judge of the Confederate 
 States, or a Commissioner of any Court thereof, or any 
 Notary Public, or in case of there being no inch officer 
 within the county, city or corporation, where the proceed- 
 ings are instituted, before any Justice of the Peace or 
 
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 alderman, consenting to act in the premises, and adduce 
 proof, oral or written, of the fact of such ownership and 
 abduction or harboring. If the owner of such slave or 
 slaves is laboring under the legal disability ot infancy, in- 
 sanity or coverture, the evidence tending to establish such 
 ownership, and abduction or harboring, may be adduced by 
 the proper legal representative of the owner. In all cases 
 such owner, Attorney or representative shall make affidavit 
 of the loss. Such affidavit shall not be taken as evidence of 
 the fact of loss, unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of 
 the officer taking the same that no other and better evidence 
 can be obtained, which fact shall distinctly appear in the 
 certificate of such officer ; and it shall be the duty of the 
 judicial officer taking cognizance of the case, to reduce to 
 writing the oral evidence, and to retain the written evidence in 
 support of the alleged ownership and loss, and within thirty 
 days after the hearing, to transmit the same to the Secretary 
 of State of the Confederate States, to be filed and preserved 
 among the archives of the State Department, accompanied 
 by a certificate from the said judicial officer, authenticating 
 the report so made by him. And the said judicial officer 
 shall also state in his certificate of authentication, whether, 
 in his opinion, the evidence so heard and transmitted, is, or 
 is not, entitled to credit. It shall be the duty of the Secre- 
 tary of State to receive and file in his Department, the re- 
 port so transmitted, and to furnish to the owners, attorney 
 or representative a duly certified copy thereof, whenever the 
 same shall be demanded. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any pro- 
 perty, other than slaves, real or personal, belonging to any 
 citizen of the Confederate States, or any inhabitant thereof, 
 shall be seized, wasted or destroyed by the enemy, during the 
 existing war, or by any person or persons acting under the 
 authority or color of authority of the United States Go- 
 vernment, or engaged in the military or naval service there- 
 of, the mode of taking and preserving proof thereof, shall 
 conform in all respects to that prescribed in the above sec- 
 tion, and have like effect. 
 
 Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of 
 this act shall not be construed as implying that the Confed- 
 erate States are in any way liable to make compensation for 
 any of the property to which it refers. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
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 No. 271.] AN ACT 
 
 To provide for the Transmission of Money, Bonds or Trea- 
 sury Notes. 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 
 That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make 
 such arrangements for the transmission of the funds of the 
 Confederate States as he shall deem expedient ; and for that 
 purpose the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby ap- 
 propriated. 
 
 Approved August 31), 1861. 
 
 No. 272.] AN ACT 
 
 To amend an act entitled " An Act recognizing the Exist- 
 ence of War between the United States and the Confede- 
 rate States, and concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes 
 and Prize Goods," approved May sixth, eighteen hundred 
 ami sixty-one; and an aet entitled "An Aet Regulating 
 the Sale of Prizes and the Distribution thereof," ap- 
 proved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 
 
 Skction 1. The Congress of the Con fed rate States of Amer- 
 ica <h enact, That the seventh section of the tirst above re- 
 cited act he so amended as to permit and authorize the 
 breaking of hulk and the removal by the captors of the whole 
 or any part of the goods found on hoard a captured vessel 
 whenever such removal may he necessary for the safe car- 
 riage of such vessel into port, and also, in all cases where, 
 
 by grounding or otherwise, the securing el* the cargo or any 
 part thereof may require the removal: Provided, That the 
 persOD in command of the vessel making such capture shall, 
 :i- soon as practicable, after landing the cargo or any part 
 thereof, cause an exact inventory of the same to be made by 
 the nearest magistrate, wherein shall he specified each and 
 every article so landed, and the marks, if any thereon, and 
 forward the same immediately to the Collector of the nearest 
 port; the property so landed shall remain in the custody of 
 such magistrate, and he shall retain possession thereof until 
 the same can he delivered to the marshal ; and the court 
 before which BUch cargo shall be brought, in case the same 
 
 be condemned, may allow such compensation t<> the magis- 
 trate as to the court may seem just and proper: And, pro* 
 
 Vided, further, That when such removal shall he made for 
 the purpose of lightening over hars and shoals, and the 
 
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 goods removed shall, as soon thereafter as practicable, be 
 returned on board the prize vessel, the same may be carried 
 to port as if no removal had been made ; and no delivery, 
 as provided in the proceeding clause, to a magistrate shall be 
 required. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the first section of the last above recited act 
 be so amended as to allow the judge of a prize court, "where- 
 in any condemnation may be had, to order and decree that 
 the said vessel and the cargo, or any part thereof, may, in 
 his discretion, and to enhance the value thereof, be sold by 
 the marshal of the adjoining District, and at such place 
 therein as he may designate : Provided, always, That the 
 duties upon all dutiable goods shall be paid from the pro- 
 ceeds of sale. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 273.] AN ACT 
 
 Vesting certain powers in the Commissioners of the District 
 Courts of the Confederate States. 
 
 Section 1. Tlie Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the Commissioners appointed by the Dis- 
 trict Courts of the Confederate States shall have power to 
 issue warrants of arrest against offenders, for any crime or 
 offence against the Confederate States, or the laws thereof, 
 and to commit to prison or admit to bail such offender, as 
 the case may be, for trial before such court, as may have 
 cognizance of the offence, and with all the powers in rela- 
 tion to crimes and offences against the Confederate States, 
 or the laws thereof, which are conferred on Justices of the 
 Peace in relation to crimes and offences against the United 
 States of America, by the Act of the twenty-fourth of Sep- 
 tember, seventeen hundred and eighty-four, of the Congres3 
 of said United States, entitled " An Act to establish the 
 Judicial Courts of the United States." 
 
 Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That said Commission- 
 ers shall have such compensation for their services as is 
 given for like services to Commissioners of the United 
 States, by the Act of the Congress of said United States, 
 entitled " An Act to regulate the fees and costs to be al- 
 lowed Clerks, Marshals and Attorneys of the Circuit and 
 District Courts of the United States, and for other pur- 
 poses," passed on the twenty-six of February, eighteen 
 
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 hundred and fifty-three, or by the laws of the United States 
 at that time ; to be allowed by the Courts, and paid out of 
 the Treasury of the Confederate States of America. 
 
 Approved August 30, 1861. 
 
 No. 275.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the Appointment from Civil Life of Persons, 
 to the Staffs of Generals. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the President may. in his direction, upon the applica- 
 tion and recommendation of a General of the Confederate 
 
 States Army, appoint from civil life, persona to the staff 
 authorized by law of such officer, who shall have the same 
 rank and pay as if appointed from the Army of the Confed- 
 erate States. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 276.] AN ACT 
 
 Providing for the Appointment of Adjutants of Regiments 
 and Legions, of the grade of Subaltern, in addition to 
 the Subalterns attached to Companies. 
 
 Skotion 1. The Congress of the. Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That Adjutants of Regiments and Legions, 
 may be appointed by the President, upon the recommenda- 
 tion of the Colonel thereof, of the grade of Subaltern, in 
 addition to the Subaltern officers attached to Companies, and 
 said Adjutants, when so appointed, shall have the same 
 rank, pay and allowances as are provided by law to Adju- 
 tants of Regiments. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 277.] AX ACT 
 
 Providing for the Reception and Forwarding of Articles 
 sqnt to the Army by Private Contribution. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States <>f ^lm<ricn do enact, 
 That the Secretary of War be authorized and required to 
 make all necessary arrangements for the reception and for- 
 warding of clothes, shoes, blankets, and other articles of lie- 
 
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 cessity that may be sent to the Army by private contribu- 
 tion. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 278.] AN ACT 
 
 To allow Rations to Chaplains in the Army. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That Chaplains in the Army be, and they are hereby, al- 
 lowed the same rations as privates. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 279.] AN ACT 
 
 To reimburse the State of Florida. 
 
 Whereas, The State of Florida has made large out-lays 
 of money in the arming, equip[p]ing and maintaining troops 
 for the service of the Confederate States, and in the con- 
 struction of sea coast defences whereby the State of Florida 
 has exhausted her treasury, and has great need of money to 
 carry on her military operations : Therefore — 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to 
 issue to the State of Florida, upon the application of the 
 Governor of said State, three hundred thousand dollars in 
 Treasury Notes : Provided, That the said State deposit with 
 the Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States an 
 equal sum in the bonds of the State of Florida authorized 
 to be issued under an ordinance of the Convention of said 
 State, which bonds shall be held by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury until the account of the State of Florida, for ad- 
 vances made for military purposes, is adjusted as Congress 
 may direct. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 283.] [A RESOLUTION # 
 
 In relation to Drillmasters appointed by States.] 
 
 Whereas, Under the authority of some of the States, 
 Drillmasters were attached to various regiments; And, 
 whereas, such office[r]s are not recognized by the laws of the 
 
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 Confederate States, and consequently were not mustered into 
 service : And whereas, several of such Drillmasters have 
 nevertheless continued to do effective service, voluntarily, 
 with their respective regiments : Therefore — 
 
 Resolved, That such Drillmasters be granted an honorable 
 discharge whenever they shall apply therefor. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 284.] AN ACT 
 
 Making an additional appropriation for the payment of 
 Clerks and a Messenger for the Post Office Department, 
 and to authorize the Postmaster General to appoint an 
 additional Messenger for the Post Office Department. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact. That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and 
 the same is, hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of 
 such temporary Clerks as the Postmaster General may ap- 
 point for the Post Office Department, and for the payment 
 of an additional Messenger for the Post Office Department, 
 for the fiscal year ending February eighteenth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and sixty-two. 
 
 Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That the Postmaster Gene- 
 ral be, and he is, hereby, authorized to appoint an additional 
 Messenger for the Post Office Department, whose compensa- 
 tion shall not exceed four hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Approved August 31.1 SO 1 . 
 
 No. 285.] AN ACT 
 
 To establish the rates of postage on newspapers and periodi- 
 cals, sent to dealers therein through the mail, or by ex- 
 press over post roads. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That persons engaged as dealers in newspapers 
 and periodicals may receive by mail any quantity of 
 such papers and periodicals as they may order, on the pay- 
 ment at the place of delivery, of the same rate of postage 
 
 
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 as is required by the existing law to be paid by the regular 
 subscribers to such newspapers or periodicals. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for persons engaged in buying 
 and selling newspapers and periodicals, to carry any quan- 
 tity of such papers and periodicals over the post roads of 
 the Confederate States, outside of the mail, upon prepaying 
 the postage at the same rate charged to regular subscribers 
 to such papers and periodicals into the post office nearest 
 the place of publication or purchase thereof; and such pre- 
 payment shall be indicated by the stamp of such post office 
 or by writing upon the paper so sent. 
 
 Sec 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act 
 shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered 
 by action of debt in the name and for the use of the Con- 
 federate States. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 287.] RESOLUTIONS 
 
 To provide Troops in the field with Bread and fresh Provi- 
 sions. 
 
 Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 
 That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to 
 furnish to such of our troops in the field as desire it, upon 
 requisition made, and whenever practicable, in lieu of the 
 usual ration of flour an equivalent of well backed bread ; to 
 this end he is authorized to establish bakeries in such num- 
 bers and at such points as may be necessary or to make con- 
 tracts for the supply of such bread. 
 
 Resolved, That a daily ration of fresh vegetables be furn- 
 ish[ed] to all troops whenever the same can be provided at 
 reasonable cost and charges to the Government. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 288.] RESOLUTIONS 
 
 In regard to certain Moneys of the Congress. 
 
 Resolved, That J. J. Hooper, Secretary of the Congress, 
 be directed to place the sum of three hundred and twenty- 
 five dollars, for which he sold the iron safe of the Congress 
 
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 to the Governor of Alabama, to the credit of the contingent 
 fund of the Congress. 
 
 Resolved, further, That the sums for which the articles of 
 furniture of the Congress, at Montgomery, and of the Com- 
 mittee on the Revision of the Laws, -were sold, be also 
 placed to the credit of said contingent fund, by the Agent of 
 Treasury Department under whose direction the said articles 
 were sold. 
 
 Resolved, further, That said Secretary report to the Con- 
 gress, at its next session, his action under these resolutions. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
 No. 289.] RESOLUTIONS 
 
 In respect to the Accounts of the Congress. 
 
 Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate St at is of Ame- 
 rica, That the accounts against the Congress, based on and 
 being within the estimates of the Secretary for expenses 
 payable out of the contingent fund of the Congress, shall 
 be paid out of said fund, where such estimates are marked 
 "Approved" by the Chairman of the Committee on Ac- 
 counts, and where the said Secretary certifies the accounts 
 founded thereon to be just and correct. 
 
 Resolved, further, That accounts against the Congress, 
 approved by said Committee of Accounts, be paid out of 
 said contingent fund. 
 
 Approved August 31, 1861. 
 
By virtue of lie IPresident's Proolamatien hereunto sub- 
 joined, Congress re-assembled on the 3d day of Septem- 
 ber, 1861, when the two following A.ots -were passed 
 
 PROCLAMATION 
 
 BY THE 
 
 PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
 
 Whereas, through accident, a bill to authorize the Pre- 
 sident to continue the appointments made by him in the 
 military and naval service during the recess of Congress or 
 the present session, and to submit them to Congress at its 
 next session, failed to be delivered to the President for his 
 signature prior to the adjournment of Congress, and 
 whereas, the failure of said bill to become a law, would 
 cause serious inconvenience to the public service — 
 
 Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the 
 Confederate States, do issue this my proclamation, convoking 
 the Congress of the Confederate States for the transaction 
 of business, at the Capitol, in the city of Richmond, on the 
 3d day of September, at 12 o'clock, noon, of that day, of 
 which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as mem- 
 bers of that body are hereby required to take notice. 
 
 ####### Given under my hand and the Seal of the 
 
 *seal.# Confederate States, at Richmond, this 2nd 
 **##*## d a ,y of September, A. D. 1861. 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 By the President, 
 
 R. M. T. Hunter, Secretary of State, 
 
 No. 290.] AN ACT 
 
 To authorize the President to continue the appointments 
 made by him, in the Military and Naval Service, during 
 the recesses of Congress, or the last or present session, 
 and to submit them to Congress at its next session. 
 
 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact. That the President be authorized to continue 
 
/ / 
 
 the appointments made by him, in the Military and Naval 
 Service, during the recesses of Congress, or during the last 
 or present session, and to submit them to Congress at the 
 commencement of its next session. 
 
 Approved September 3, 1861. 
 
 No. 291.] AN ACT 
 
 Supplemental to an Act to establish the Rates of Postage 
 on Newspapers and Periodicals sent to dealers therein 
 through the Mails, or by Express over Post Roads. 
 
 Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- 
 rica do enact, That the word " the" where it last occurs in 
 the second section of said Act be, and the same is hereby, 
 stricken out, and the word " each" substituted in its stead. 
 
 Approved September 3, 1861. 
 
Confederate States of America, > 
 Department of Justice. ) 
 
 I do hereby certify that the foregoing Laws an^ Resolu- 
 tions have been carefully compare t with the original Rolls 
 on file in this Department. 
 
 JAMES M. MATTHEWS, 
 
 Law Clerk. 
 Richmond. 4th September, 1861. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 ACCOUNTS— 
 
 Against Congress : how paid, 
 
 feec title Claims and " '5 
 
 ADJUTANT GENERAL— ' " 51,52,55 
 
 ADjV5A^ rCeinhiS ° fficeiaCreftS ^ - - 48 
 
 Of Regiments and Legions, of the grade of Subaltern 
 
 ADMIrISy- PP ° mted - TlHir W iln(l **™*-> 71 
 
 ADVANCES- C0StsinAdmiraIt 7 cases, - - . 40 
 
 Upon contracts, 
 
 AIDS-DE-CAMP— " 13-14 
 
 Pr nai d sTaff Uth0 - riaed t0 apP ° int tn '° for his P*rso- 
 ALIEN ENEMIES— 38 
 
 APPE A ^™^f their Estates; Property ud'lflh^ Jfcg 
 
 From District Courts before organization of the Su 
 
 preme Court, when returnable - 
 Pr t ^ n d a e c fionsofthe Courts under the Sequestra! 
 APPOINTMENTS— " " " - 6fi 
 
 A PPROPrI SSofi?^ fc ° COngreSS at Ua -* -SK 1 76,77 
 
 F, li S'JKflSv' r h -\ s V' i!,,,s -"'Ployed in conjunc- 
 
 - to0 »™»tn« Medical Staff of the Army, - o. 
 
 For the Public Defence. - ^ " 3-1 
 
 For Military Jffospitals - " M 
 
 Por ^sidenftf Alabama and Florida'RaUroid Com; 36 
 
 For expenses of Government '. ' AA fl 
 
 For the Xaw, . " «-48 
 
 For construction of gun-boats, I " *J 
 
 suppii!'s! rCha - e ° f * StCi, " Ur a,,,1 C ° rtain ,,li,itar ^ 
 rorthe transmission ofthe Funds of the Confederate 
 
 For the payment of temporary Clerk's ;in ,l ^ .,,,,,,_■ 
 tional messenger for the P.ostoffice Department - 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 so 
 
 09 
 
 73 
 
82 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS— Continued. 
 
 To carry into effect an act to authorize the issue of 
 Treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their 
 redemption, ----- 43 
 
 To supply deficiencies in the revenue of the. Post Of- 
 fice Department, ----- 43-44 
 
 ARMORIES— 
 
 Superintendents of, to be appointed, 38 
 
 Master Armorers, ----- 38 
 
 A RMS- 
 Superintendent of Armories for the fabrication of 
 
 small arms, to be appointed, 38 
 
 ARMY— 
 
 Amendment of an act for its establishment and or- 
 ganization, ------ 9 
 
 Civilians may be appointed as Staff Officers, - %-ll 
 
 Two field officers allowed certain battalions of vol- 
 unteers, ______ 9 
 
 Assistant Adjutants Ceneral may be appointed for 
 
 volunteer forces. Their rank and pay, - - 9 
 
 Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Provisional 
 
 Army for the Hospitals, - 19 
 
 Provision for the payment of horses purchased for, 
 
 by Col. McDonald, ----- 33 
 
 Appropriation for the services of Physicians employ- 
 ed in conjunction with the Medical Staff of the Ar- 
 my, -------34 
 
 Volunteers for local defence and special service, - 34 
 
 >Cooks and nurses for, 35 
 
 Corps of Artillery increased, 37 
 
 Military storekeepers of ordnance to be appointed, 37 
 
 Also Superintendents of armories and Master Ar- 
 morers, ------ 38 
 
 Aid-de-Camp for President's Staff, 38 
 
 Additional Sergeants allowed each company, - 38 
 
 Clothing for the Army, 50 
 
 Adjutants of Regiments and Legions of the grade of 
 
 subaltern may be appointed, 71 
 
 Reception and forwarding of articles sent to the Ar- 
 my, by private contribution, - - - 71 
 Rations allowed Chaplains, 72 
 Drill-masters appointed by States, to be honorably 
 
 discharged on application - 72-73 
 
 Bread and fresh vegetables to be furnished^ - 74 
 
 ARTILLERY— 
 
 Corps of, increased, ------ .37 
 
 ASSAYERS— 
 
 See title Assay Offices, and, 45 
 
 ASSAY OFFICES— 
 
 Established, ------ 45 
 
 Assay ers to be appointed ; to give bond. Their du- 
 ties, ------- 45 
 
 Compensation of Assayers, 45 
 
 Assayers to make report to Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, ------- 
 
 45 
 
83 
 
 ASSESSORS— 
 
 Of war tax, to be appointed; their duties, - - 22 
 
 Compensation, " ~ - - - 26 
 
 AT T R N I ; Y ( 1 E X E R A L— 
 
 His duties as to printing, publication and distribu- 
 tion of the laws, - 12—13 
 Authorized to appoint Taw Clerk in the Department 
 
 of Justice. ---•-__ ]■■> 
 
 Duties of, under the act providing a mode of authen- 
 ticating claims against the Confederate Slates and 
 against the United States Government, - . 55 
 
 To proscribe uniform rules of proceeding under the 
 Sequestration Act, g« 
 
 ATTORNEYS— 
 
 Mileage of District Attorneys, - t^q 
 
 Fees of District Attorneys in admiralty cases, - 40 
 
 BAKERIES— 
 
 To be established, " ~ - - - 74 
 
 BEAUR EGARD, ( J ENER AL— 
 
 Resolution of thanks to. and to the officers and 
 troops under his command, - - _ |-, 
 
 BREAD— 
 
 For the aimy, - j 
 
 BUREAU OF ENGINEERS— 
 
 Clerical force in, increased, - - _ _ 10 
 
 CADETS— 
 
 From North Carolina Institute, acting with First 
 Regiment of Volunteers from that State, to be 
 mustered into service, - r 
 
 CHAPLAINS— 
 
 Allowed same rations as privates, --_-•! 
 CHURCHES— 
 
 Donations by, on Fast Dav. how disposed wC - •' 
 
 CL A IMS- 
 Mode of authenticating claims against the Confede- 
 rate States, - re 
 Auditing of claims of the States against the Confe- 
 derate Government, - 51-50 
 Of citizens of the -Confederate States against the 
 
 United States, where to be filed, and how proved, ;.. r ) 
 
 Report of Attorney General thereon to Congress, 55 
 
 For certain postal service rendered, how verified 
 and established; report of Postmaster General, 
 When such claims barred, - -,.• -~ 
 
 LERKS- 
 
 llow Clerks of District Courts to make out writs 
 
 of error, -----. q 
 
 Increase of, in the AYar Department, - _ 47-4g 
 
 Fees of, in admiralty cases, - _ 40 
 
 See title Offic«r$. 
 
 CLOTHING— 
 
 For the army, - _ -, 
 
 Commutation allowed for, - k< 
 
84 
 
 COLLECTORS— 
 
 Of "war tax, to be appointed. 22 
 
 Their duties, - - - - - 22-27 
 
 Compensation, - - - - - 26, 27 
 
 COMMISSIONERS— 
 
 Additional Commissioners to foreign nations, - 33 
 
 Their pay and emolument, 33 
 
 President to determine to what nations the Commis- 
 sioners now in Europe shall be accredited, - 32 
 Commissioners under Sequestration Act; their du- 
 ties and salaries, ----- 05 
 Certain powers vested in Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict Courts; their compensation, - - 70 
 COMMISSARY GENERAL— 
 
 Clerical force in his office increased, 48 
 
 CONFISCATION— 
 
 Of the property of alien enemies, - 57-07 
 
 CONGRESS— 
 
 Members of, may send letters without pre-paying 
 
 postage, - - - - 4 
 
 Secretary of? to place certain moneys in his hands 
 
 to the credit of the Contingent Fund of Congress, 74-75 
 Accounts against Congress to be paid out of the 
 
 said fund, - - , - - - - 75 
 
 CONTINGENT FUND— 
 
 Secretary of Congress to place certain moneys in 
 
 his hands, to the credit of its Contingent Fund, 74, 75 
 Accounts to be paid out of, - - - - 75 
 
 COOKS— 
 
 Employment of, for the military service, 35 
 
 COTTON— 
 
 Act prohibiting export of, except through the sea 
 ports of the Confederate States, to take immediate 
 effect, ._._-. 20 
 
 COUNT ERFEITIN G— 
 
 Of treasury notes, bonds or coupons,. - 28-29, 30 
 
 Uttering or publishing as true any forged or coun- 
 terfeited treasury note, bond or coupon, - 28-29 
 Making or engraving plates to be used in forging or 
 
 counterfeiting any such notes or bonds, - - 29-30 
 
 Of certificates of inscribed stock, 44 
 
 COURTS— 
 
 When Supreme Court to be held, - 
 
 "Writs of error and appeals from District Courts be- 
 fore organization of Supreme Court, when to be 
 made returnable, ----- G 
 
 Jurisdiction of District Courts, - 7 
 
 DEPARTMENTS— See several heads. 
 DISTRICT A TTORNEYS— 
 
 Their duties under Sequestration Act; compensa- 
 tion, _.---- G3-64 
 DISTRICT COURTS— 
 
 How clerks of, to make out writs of error, - 
 
 Jurisdiction. ------- 7 
 
85 
 
 DONATIONS— 
 
 Made by churches on the late Fast Pay, how dis- 
 posed of, - - - - - * 4 
 DRILLMASTERS— 
 
 Appointed by the Stales, to be honorably 
 charged on application, - 72-73 
 
 DUTIES— 
 
 Certain duty paid by the President of the Alabama 
 and Florida Rail Road Company} to be refunded, 30 
 
 ELECTION— 
 
 Of Senators for the first Congress under Permanent 
 Constitution, _____ 37 
 
 evidence- 
 How testimony perpetuated in case of abduction or 
 harboring of slaves by the enemy, and of other 
 property seized or destroyed, - 67-68 
 
 EXPORTS— 
 
 Of tobacco, sugar, &c«, and naval stores, except 
 through seaports of the Confedi rate States, pro- 
 hibited, 10 
 
 Act, prohibiting export of cotton except through 
 
 said ports, to take immediate eff - - 20 
 
 FEES— 
 
 In Admiralty cases, ----- 40 
 
 FELONY— 
 
 Forging or counterfeiting Treasury Notes, B 
 
 or Coupons, - - 28-29,30 
 
 Forcing or counterfeiting certificates of Inscribed 
 
 Stock. ___--- 44 
 
 FLOATING DJ S— 
 
 For .Mississippi River, _-_-,- 54 
 
 FLORIDA— 
 
 Treasury Nates to be issued to reimburse her for 
 money expended in arming, &C, troops of the 
 Confederate States, - 22 
 
 FOREIGN COIN— 
 
 Value of, fixed, - - 47 
 
 Receivable in payment of debts and dcmai - -L 
 
 FOREIGN NATIONS— 
 
 Additional Commissioners to; their pay and emol- 
 
 ument, -- - - - - - "' 
 
 To what nations the Commissioners D ■ .' in Europe 
 shall be accredited, - - - - 
 
 FORGERY— 
 
 Of Treasury Notes. Bonds or Coupons, 
 Uttering or publishing as true, any f tr : ;od or coun- 
 terfeited Treasury Notes, Bonds or Coupon, 
 Making or engraving plates to be used in 
 
 or counterfeiting any such notes or bonds, 
 Of certificates of Inscribed S1 :k, 44 
 
 Garnishment— 
 
 Writ of ------ 
 
 Government— 
 
 Appropriation for the expenses of - 
 
86 
 
 GUN-BOATS— 
 
 Construction of, authorized, - 48-40 
 
 Appropriation for, - - - - 49 
 
 HORSES— 
 
 Purchased for the Army, by C<A. McI>onald, to be 
 
 paid for, ■* - - - - - 33 
 
 HOSPITALS— 
 
 Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Provisional 
 
 Army for Hospitals, - - -" - 10 
 
 Appropriation for Military Hospitals, - - 3d 
 
 INJURIES— 
 
 Suits for, the recovery of damages on account of 
 injuries to person or property; in what Court to 
 be instituted, - 7 
 
 INSCRIBED STOCK— 
 
 Issue of, in lieu of Coupon Bonds, 44 
 
 Forgery or counterfeiting of, - - - 44 
 
 •JOHNSTON, GENERAL— 
 
 Resolution of thanks to, and to the officers and 
 
 troops under his command, - l r > 
 
 JURISDICTION— 
 
 Of District Courts, ----- 7 
 
 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 Bills and Resolutions passed by Congress, to be 
 
 deposited in, » 12 
 
 Attorney General authorized to appoint Law Clerk 
 
 in; his duties and salary, 13 
 
 LAWS— 
 
 Safe custody, printing, miblication and distribution 
 of, - - - " - - - - 11-13 
 
 LOCAL DEFENCE— 
 
 President authorized to accept volunteers for the 
 defence of exposed places or localities, or for 
 special service, ----- 34 
 
 Musterrollto set forth the services to be performed, 34 
 
 When such volunteers considered in actual service, 
 
 their pay or subsistence, 34 
 
 How organized, 34 
 
 President to appoint the field officers, - - 34-35 
 
 MAILS— 
 
 Mail route established from Groover's Station, in 
 
 Georgia, to Monticello in Florida, - - 39-40 
 
 First contract for carrying mail over said route to 
 
 be made without advertising for bids, 40 
 
 MARATIME LAW— 
 
 Resolutions respecting, 10 
 
 SlcCULLOCH, BRIGADIER GENERAL— 
 
 Resolutions of thanks to, and his troops, - - 30 
 
 MILEAGE— 
 
 Allowed District Attorneys, - 7-8 
 
 MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT— 
 
 Amendment of Act concerning, . 
 
 MILITARY STOREKEEPERS— 
 
 President may appoint Military Storekeepers of 
 
 Ordnance, their pay and allowances, - - 37 
 
87 
 
 , MILITARY SUPPLIES— ' 
 
 Appropriation for the purchase of, - . <,, 
 
 MISSISSIPPI RIVER— . 
 
 Floating defences for, . r , 
 
 MISSOURI— ° 4 
 
 Appropriation for, - 
 
 Assisted in repelling invasion by the United Stales" 1\ 
 
 Admission of, as a member of -Confederate States,' 31-^2 
 Recognition ot Government of, - to 
 
 MOLASSES— 
 
 Export of, except through seaports of Confederate 
 
 States prohibited, - -, 
 
 MONEY— 1U 
 
 See title Forrif/n Coin, and - .- 
 
 NATURALIZATION— " " 4 ' 
 
 Inifofin rule of, for persons enlisted in the Army, 40 
 
 UatO Ot, - _ _ _ <n 11 
 
 NAVAL STORES— " " 40 ' 4l 
 
 Export of, except through seaports of the Confeder- 
 ate States, prohibited, ... ](1 
 
 Appropriation for officers and others at Navv Yard 
 
 at Norfolk, J . 
 
 N general, appropriations for, - _ " 4Cl 
 
 OFFICERS- meDt ° f ' f ° r thC Militar y scrvicc > " - 35 
 
 To sign Treasury notes, - 
 
 Civilians may be appointed staff officers, - In 71 
 
 Iwo held otlieers allowed* certain battalions of vo- 
 lunteers, - 
 
 Assistant Adjutants Cencral for volunteer forces " <'» 
 
 ( o lectors and assessors of war tax, and their duties, 22-27 
 Additional Commissioners to foreign nations, and 
 
 their Secretaries, - o> 
 Field officers for battalions and regiments for local 
 
 defence and special service, - 34-35 
 Officers added to corps of artillery; their pay and 
 
 allowances, _ o- 
 
 Military storekeepers of ordnance, - - 37 
 
 Superintendents of armories and master armorers, 38 
 
 Aids-oe-camp for President's Staff, ... ■> 
 
 Additional Sergeants for companies. - . 3^; 
 
 Clerks in War Department increased, - - 47.4^ 
 
 Pees of officers in admiralty cases, 4') 
 Adjutants of regiments and legions; their rank. 
 
 pay and allowances. _ _ . _ -1 
 Drillmasters to be honorably discharged on appli- 
 cation, - _ _ _ . 
 
 Temporary Clerks and Messenger in Post Office De- 
 partment, - ,-., 
 PARTNERSHIPS— ■ " " 
 
 Between citizens and alien enemies to be settled up ; 
 interests of the latter therein to be sequestrated, G6 
 
 ■•">-■• 
 
88 
 
 PATENT OFFICE— 
 
 Assistant Examiners, 54 
 
 Messenger, ______ 54 
 
 Applicants for patents to deposit money to pay 
 
 postage, ------ 54 
 
 PERPETUATING TESTIMONY— 
 
 In cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the 
 
 enemy, and of other property seized or destroyed, G7-G8 
 PHYSICIANS— 
 
 Appropriations for services of, employed in conjunc- 
 tion with the Medical Staff of the Army, - 34 
 POSTAGE— 
 
 Pre-paymcnt of, not required of officers, &c, of the 
 
 army, ______ 3_4 
 
 Nor on letters sent by a member of Congress with 
 
 his official signature endorsed, - - - 4 
 
 Applicants for patents to deposit money to pay 
 
 postage, ------ 54 
 
 Treasury notes to be received at par for stamps and 
 
 stamped envelopes, 57 
 
 Endorsement by member of Congress of his name on 
 newspapers, &c, not to subject him to increase of 
 postage, ------ 57 
 
 Rates of postage on newspapers and periodicals $cnt 
 to dealers therein through the mails or by e'xpress 
 over post roads, - 73-74. 77 
 
 POSTAL SERVICE— 
 
 Claims for, under contracts or appointments made 
 with the United States Government, how veriiied 
 and established, --»--- 50 
 
 When claims barred, - 5G-57 
 
 POSTMASTER G EXERAL— 
 
 Authorized to contract for earning the mail over a 
 
 certain route, without advertising for bids, - 40 
 
 To collecj; and distribute moneys due from post- 
 masters, ___-_- 55-50 
 
 To make proclamation to persons who have ren- 
 dered postal service under the United States Go- 
 vernment, to present their claims to his Depart- 
 ment, ______ 50 
 
 To prescribe rules for verification of such claims, 50 
 
 To make report of the moneys received and amount 
 
 of claims ascertained, &_., 50 
 
 Authorized to appoint temporary clerks and an ad- 
 ditional Messenger in Post Office Department, - 73 
 POSTMASTERS— 
 
 To account with General Post Oil ce for certain mo- 
 
 ik'VS received; how said moneys distributed, - 50 
 
 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 Appropriation to supply deficiencies in the reve- 
 nue of, ----- - 43-44 
 
 Temporary Clerks and additional Messenger for, - 73 
 
 POST ROUTES— 
 
 Act establishing, _____ 53 
 
89 
 
 PRESIDENT— 
 
 Authorized to receive into service the First Regi- 
 ment of North Carolina Volunteers, - - 4,5 
 
 Also Cadets from the North Carolina Institute, act- 
 ing with said regiment, - 5 
 
 May appoint civilians as staff officers, - - 9,71 
 
 May appoint Assistant Adjutants General, - 9 
 
 Authorized to have constructed a newly invented 
 implement of "war, - 14 
 
 Authorized to grant commissions to raise volunteer 
 regiments and battalions of persons from Ken- 
 tucky. Missouri, Maryland and Delaware, - 15— 1C 
 
 Authorized to employ the militia, military and naval 
 
 forces, and to ask for and accept volunteers, - 18 
 
 Authorized to appoint Surgeons and Assistant Sur- 
 geons in the Provisional Army for the hospitals, 1'.' 
 
 Authorized to appoint Chief Collectors of Taxi S, - 22 
 
 Authorised to announce by proclamation the adop- 
 tion by Missouri of the Provisional Constitution 
 of the Confederate States, - 32 
 
 Authorized to perfect and proclaim an alliance with 
 the Government of Missouri, - 32 
 
 Authorized to appoint additional Commissioners to 
 foreign nations and their Secretaries, 
 
 Authorized to determine to what nation (he Com- 
 missioners in Europe shall It accredited. 
 
 Authorized to accept volunteers for the defi nee of 
 exposed places or localities, and to appoint the 
 field officers, ' - - - - - 34 
 
 Authorized to appoint military store keepers of 
 ordnance, -____- 37 
 
 Authorized to appoint superintendents of armories, 
 and master armorers, - 38 
 
 Authorized to appoint two aids-de-camp for his per- 
 sonal staff, ------- 38 
 
 Authorized to appoint assayers, - -l. r > 
 
 Authorized to have gun-boats constriN ted, - 48 
 
 Authorized to expend the appropriation for the pur- 
 chase of a steamer and certain military supplies. 
 
 Authorized to establish recruiting stations lor vo- 
 lunteers from certain Sta! - '-1 
 
 Authorised to direct organization of volunteers into 
 companies and regiments, - 51 
 
 Authorized to inflict retaliation upon the per 
 of prisoners, - - - - - 53 
 
 Authorized to cause floating d< f • ho con- 
 
 structed, for the protection of the Mississippi 
 river, ------- 54 
 
 Authorized to appoint Commissioners under th 
 questration Act, - - - - - 65 
 
 His duties under the act respecting alien 
 
 May appoint Adjutants of regiments and l» 
 
 the grade of subaltern, 71 
 
 Proclamation of. re-assembling I . - - 7' 
 
90 
 
 PRESIDENT— Continued. 
 
 Authorized to continue the appointments made by 
 
 him in the military and naval service, - - 70-77 
 
 To submit them to Congress at its next session, - 77 
 
 PRINTING— 
 
 Of the Laws, ..... 11-13 
 
 PRISONERS— 
 
 Retaliation upon the persons of, - - - 53-54 
 
 PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS— 
 
 Reception and forwarding of, for the army. - 71 
 
 PR/ZES— 
 
 Distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the A. 
 
 B. Thompson, condemned as a prize, - - 7 
 
 Breaking of bulk and the removal of goods on cap- 
 tured vessels, _____ 0'.) 
 
 Where vessel and cargo may be sold, - - 70 
 
 PROCLAMATION— 
 
 Postmaster General to make proclamation to per- 
 sons who have rendered postal service under the 
 United States (Government, _ _ _ 56 
 
 Of the President re-assembling Congress, - - 7<*> 
 
 PI BLIC DEBT— 
 
 Appropriation to pav interest on. - - - 43 
 
 PUBLIC DEFENCE— 
 
 Act making further provision for, amended, - 8-9 
 
 Employment of militia, military and naval forces, 
 
 and volunteers, - - - - - I s 
 
 Appropriation for, how distributed. - - 36 
 
 PUBLIC PRINTER— 
 
 Required to print the laws, *- - - 12 
 
 Allowance to, for printing, - - - - 13 
 
 QU AR T ER M A ST ER G E X E R A L— 
 
 Clerical force in his office increased, 4 X 
 
 RECEIVERS— 
 
 Moneys deposited in Receivers of the Courts to be 
 
 deposited in the Treasury, - - - 5, ft 
 
 Receivers under Sequestration Act, and their duties, 59-57 
 
 Their compensation, - 65 
 
 May ask and have the instructions of the Court, - 6ft 
 
 RECRU [TING STATIONS— 
 
 For volunteers from certain States, - - 51 
 
 REGISTRIES— 
 
 Moneys deposited in Registries of the Courts to be 
 
 deposited in the Treasury, 5, ft 
 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 Of thanks to Generals Johnson and Beauregard and 
 
 the officers and troops under their command, - 1"> 
 
 Touching certain points of Maratime Law, - 19 
 
 Relating to the equipments of volunteer cavalry 
 
 companies, _____ 36 
 
 Of thanks to Brigadier General McCullough and his 
 troops, ______ 3&-3 1 .* 
 
 To provide troops in tho»field with bread and fresh 
 
 vegetables, ------ 74 
 
91 
 
 RESOLUTIONS- Continued. 
 
 In regard to certain moneys of the Congress, - 74-75 
 
 In respect to accounts of the Congress, 
 RETALIATION— 
 
 Upon the persons of prisoners, - 58-54 
 
 Upon the property of alien enemies, - - 57-07 
 
 REVENUE— 
 
 Act providing, amended, - 10-11 
 
 RICE— 
 
 Export of. except through the seaports of the Con- 
 federate States, prohibited, - 10 
 SECRETARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 To place certain moneys in Ids hands to the credit 
 of the Contingent Fund of Congress, - - 74-7"> 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY— 
 
 Authorized to contract for gun-boats, - - 4' 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY— 
 
 Authorized to appoint olliccrs to sign Treasury 
 Notes. ..-.-■- 3 
 
 Authorized to issue Bonds in lieu of moneys with- 
 drawn from the Registries and Receivers of the 
 Courts, _.__-- 5-6 
 
 Authorized to issue Treasury Notes as the public 
 
 necessities may require, - - - - 20 
 
 Authorized to issue Bonds for the purpose of fund- 
 ing said notes, &c, - 20-21 
 
 Authorized to establish regulations to carry into 
 effect the act authorizing the issue of Treasury 
 Notes and providing a tax for their redemption. 28 
 
 May correct errors in assessments, valuations and 
 
 tax lists, - - - - - 28 
 
 May dispose of unclaimed goods, - - - 35 
 
 May cause to he issued certificates of Inscribed 
 
 Stock in lieu of Coupon Bonds, - - - *J 1 
 
 Duties under the act establishing assay offices, - 45 
 
 To designate auditor and appoint extra clerks to 
 audit certain accounts of the States against the 
 Confederate Government, • - - 51—52 
 
 To make arrangements for the transmission of the 
 
 funds of the Confederate States, - 69 
 
 To issue Treasury Notes to the State of Florida, - 72 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR— 
 
 Authorized to appoint clerk to take charge of arti- 
 cles for the sick and wounded, - 
 
 Authorized to employ cooks and nurses for the 
 
 military service, ------ 35 
 
 Authorized to furnish all necessary equipments to 
 
 volunteer cavalry companies, - 86-38 
 
 Authorized to provide and furnish clothing for the 
 
 army. - - - - - - 50 
 
 His duties under Naturalization act, - - 4! 
 
 Clerical force in his department increased, - 47 
 
 To pay to the Governor of any State, the value <>:' 
 clothing furnished by such State to its troops and 
 volunteers, - - - - - - 50 
 
92 
 
 SECRETARY OP WAR— Continued. 
 
 To make arrangements for the reception and for- 
 warding of articles sent to the Army by private 
 contribution, - - - - 71 
 
 To provide troops in the field with bread, &c, and 
 
 to establish bakeries, 74 
 
 SENATORS— 
 
 Election of, for first Congress under the Permanent 
 
 stitution, - - - - - 37 
 
 SEQUESTRATION— 
 
 Of the Estate, Property and Effects of Alien Euc- 
 mies, -..._. 57-G7 
 
 SERGE A XT- 
 One additional Sergeant allowed each company, - 3H 
 SICK AND WOUNDED— 
 
 Provision mule for the care of supplies for, - 8 
 
 slaves- 
 how testimony perpetuated in cases of slaves ab- 
 
 ducted or harbored by the enemy, - - C7-G8 
 
 SPECIAL ; i;;\ K 
 
 See title Lvnl Defence, and. - - - - 34-35 
 
 STAFF OFFICERS— 
 
 Civilians may be appointed, - ' - - - 9-71 
 
 Aids-de-Camps on President's Staff, - - 38 
 
 STATES— 
 
 Certain accounts and claims of, against the Confed- 
 erate Government to be audited, - 51-52 
 STEAM K RS— 
 
 Appropriation for the purchase of, 50 
 
 S CJGA It- 
 Export of, excepi through the seaports of the Con- 
 federate Slates, prohibited, . - 10 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRTNTING*- 
 
 To' contract for the binding of the laws, - - 12 
 
 To furnish piper to the Public Printer, - - 12-13 
 
 SUPPLIES— * • 
 
 Appropriation for the purchase of Military supplies, 50 
 
 Private contributions for the Army to be receivi 1 
 
 and forwarded, ----- 71-72 
 
 SUPREME COURT— 
 
 When to be held, - . - - - - 6 
 
 SURGEONS— 
 
 May be appointed in the Provisional Army for the 
 
 Hospitals; ------ 19 
 
 SYRUP— 
 
 Export of, except through the seaports of the Con- 
 federate Slates, prohibited, 10 
 
 TARIFF— 
 
 Act, amended, ----- 10-11 
 
 tax; 
 
 War tax provided, for the redemption of Treasury 
 
 notes, ------ 21 
 
 Collectors and Assessors of tax to be appointed, - , 22 
 
 Bond and security required of Chief Collector, - 22 
 
 Duties of Collectors and Assessors, - - - 22-27 
 
93 
 
 TAXES— Continued. 
 
 Distress for taxes, - 23-20 
 
 Taxes assessed to be a statutory lien, - - 27 
 
 Compensation of Tax Collectors, - 20 27 
 
 Correction of errors in assessments, valuations and 
 tax lists, ----,-_ 28 
 
 TOBACCO— 
 
 Exporl of, except through the seaports of the Con- 
 federate States, prohibited, 10 
 TRANSMISSION OF FINDS— Q9 
 TRANSPORTATION— 
 
 Of Supplies for the Army Furnished byprivate con- 
 tribution, ------ 71 
 
 TREAS1 RY— 
 
 Officers to sign treasury notes, - 3 
 
 Moneys deposited in the Registries and bceeivcrs 
 
 til' the Courts to be deposited in the treasury, - 5-6 
 
 Bo ds to lie issued in lieu of the amounts deposited, 5-0 
 
 When treasury notes may be issued in lieu of first 
 
 issue, - - _ . . iQ 
 
 Treasury nbtes may be issued as the public necessi- 
 ties may require; war tax provided for their re- 
 demption, ---_._ 20-30 
 
 Provision for the funding of said notes, &c, - 20-21 
 
 Forging or counterfeiting of treasury notes. bonds, 
 
 or coupons, ---___ 28-30 
 
 Notes to l>c received at par for stamps and stamped 
 envelopes, - - - - ' _ 57 
 
 Notes receivable in payment of purchases of pro- 
 perty sold under Sequestration Act, - - 00 
 
 Notes to lie issued to State of Florida, 72 
 
 UNCLAIMED GOODS— 
 
 May lie disposed of by the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury, --_.__ 35 
 
 VEGETABLES— 
 
 Fresh vegetables to be furnished troops, - - 74 
 
 VOLUNTEERS— 
 
 President authorized to receive into service the First 
 
 Regiment of North Carolina volunteers, - - 4-5 
 
 And to grant Commissions to raise volunteer regi- 
 ments and battalions oi' persons from Kentucky, 
 Missouri. Maryland and Delaware, - - 15-10 
 
 Two Field Officers allowed certain battalions of 
 
 volunteers, ______ «,i 
 
 A.S! ;a,n Adjutants General for volunteer forces, 9 
 
 Services of volunteers may be asked for and accept- 
 ^ ed by the President. - - - - 1> 
 
 For local defence and special service, - - 34 
 
 Volunteer Cavalry companies to lie furnished with 
 necessary equipments, - 30-37 
 
 Recruiting stations for volunteers from certain 
 
 Slates/ ._._.. 51 
 
 Commissions to Captains, 51 
 
 Organization of companies ami regiments. - - 51 
 
 Compensation, - r •- - 51 
 
94 
 
 WAR — 
 
 Appropriation for the construction of a newly in- 
 vented implement of, 14 
 
 Indemnity of persons aiding the Confederate States 
 
 in the war against the United States, - - 57-67 
 
 War tax, - - - - - 20-30 
 
 See Title Army, 
 W A R 1 ) E PA R T M E N T— 
 
 Clerical force increased, - 47-48 
 
 To establish regulations for clothing the Army, - 50 
 
 WAR TAX— 
 
 Provided for, the redemption of treasury notes, - 20- 10 
 
 See title Taxes, 
 WRITS — 
 
 Of Error, from District before organization of Su- 
 preme Court, when returnable, . - (', 
 
 Of Garnishment, - 62—03 
 
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