[House of Representatives— Secret Session.] 
 
 HOUSE OF R^RESENTATIVES. Dec. 31, 1863 —Re^d first 
 and second times, postponed, oplered to l>e printed, and made the 
 special onler for Monday next, and frcm chj to clay. 
 
 [By Mr. Baldwin, from the Special Committee on the Currency.] 
 
 j^ BILL 
 
 To be entitled An Act to organize the Treasury Note Bureau. 
 
 1 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America 
 
 2 do enact, That another bureau shall be organized in the Treasury 
 
 3 Department, to be known as the Treasury Note Bureau, which 
 
 4 shall have charge of the engraving, printing, and preparing of 
 a treasury notes and bonds, and of everything inf'dental thereto. 
 
 1 Sec 2. A chief of the said bureau shall be appointed by the 
 
 2 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
 
 3 with the same salary as the other heads of bureaus in the said 
 
 4 department, whose duty it shall be to provide the materials 
 
 5 necessary for every i-sue of notes or bonds, and to cause the said 
 
 6 notes and bonds to be engraved, printed, and prepared for issue, 
 
 7 and to sup^rinten 1 and have in charge all- the clerks employ j^d in 
 
 8 and about the said bureau, under the direction and control of the 
 
 9 Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 1 Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint a chief 
 
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 2 clerk of the said bureau to reside at Columbia during such time 
 
 3 as the engraving and printing may be conducted there, and 
 
 4 another chief clerk at Richmond, also two messengers and as 
 
 5 many clerks, male and female, as may be necessary to conduct 
 
 6 the business of the bureau. The chief clerk at Columbia shall 
 
 7 receive a salary of $2,500, and the other clerks and the mes- 
 
 8 sengers shall receive the same salaries as are provided by law 
 
 9 for the clerks of the same grade at Richmond. 
 
 1 Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish regula- 
 
 2 tions for the government and management of the said bureau and 
 
 3 for securing such safeguards against counterfeit notes, bonds, 
 
 4 or coupons, as he may deem expedient. 
 
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