[HousK OF Reprerentatiyes. No. 287.] 
 
 HOUSE OP REl^liEHKNTATi VE'S, Docon.l.or 2-1, 1804.-Rcad 
 first and second tipics, referred to Sprcial Comuiittoc on ('lainis of 
 States, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. McCalldm. 
 
 To bo entitled An Art to r-uthorizo tlie 2d Auditor of the Treas- 
 ury, or a (^omraisfioner. to be a; pointed by the Secretary of 
 the Treasury with the oonsf-nl of the Tresidont, lo lake 
 proof ns to the exponditino^ of the State of Tenne«- 
 see, in constructins; military defences and the 
 «up])ort of hor army provioup 1o ils trnjisfor 
 to tlio (Vinfodornte Crovennnont,. 
 
 1 WiiH;r\v' Till' Sinic itf 'rcnnr -^ri' )ir. viii" : ili.t-i fd iii<';l.-iiro«» 
 
 2 lookil'lT 1 (1 ;iil fiiM \ \\ 1 1 ii'i III w ,1 1 ; I niii i lie I m h > : .^i .1 ic.-. ;i in i () 
 
 3 bccoiiiiii",^ a niomboi' of the ( 'oid'odoratc Slates," in theSprinjijof 
 
 4 1861, raiyod troojts foj- the C^Mifeiorate service, iind throip^h the 
 
 f, .|,r..l^,.^ ..I I,,- \r:; ;, ,1m! riM-ii. <■;..] i!,,ui-i .■.! i.:i ■,;H.iit: 
 
 livf millions ol d«»llar.-i 111 c«>ii.snucLiii,i< •ii.iliuu) dcicijCCn, the 
 
 7 purchase of aruis and munitions of war, ami the pay and sup- 
 
 8 port of her soldirr;- ; Axn, AVriE"F,\?, The pnnerR of the Milita- 
 
 9 ry aii'i I* iDMiicnii i»i';i:'t, i. y,<,'iii(i- wim tin- mosr ol ilie vouchers 
 
 10 from the different disbursing onicers — (including: the papers of 
 
 11 the Commissary General, Surtreon General, Chief of Ordnance 
 
 12 and other ofticrrs.) fell into the hands of the enemy on the evac- 
 
13 uation of Nasliville; some of the receipts of the Quartermaster 
 
 14 and Commi; s^ary having been destroyed a few weeks before, by 
 ].j tlie bnrninu- of the buildings occupied by them; Therefore, 
 
 1 T/ie Congress; of f/te Cojifcderafe Stnt'.s of America do enact, 
 
 ■2 That the Second Auditor of the Treasury or a Commissioner 
 
 8 to bo aiipointod ))y the Secretary of tlio Treasury, by and with' 
 
 4 the advice [wA eou.^oiit of tlie Pi-o^idcut, be hereby authorized 
 
 5 to talve proof of tbo amount cxpcnricd by the State of Tennessee 
 G in constructing military defeuccy, the purchase of arms and mu* 
 
 7 uitions of war, and the pay and sup})ort of her army previous to 
 
 8 the date of its transfer to the government of the Confederate 
 
 9 States, (allowing credit for payments made, if any, and report 
 10 the amount owing the State of Tennessee from the Confederate 
 il States,) together with tlie sums reimbursed, if any, by the Con- 
 12 federate Government. He will also take proof as to the loss of 
 
 V6 the vouchers of the disbursing officers by the State being over- 
 Id run by the enemy and by the burning of the buildings occupied 
 
 15 by the Quartermaster and Commissary, and other unavoidable 
 
 16 causes. He will also take proof as to the items of expenditure 
 
 17 as far as the same can be established ; also as to the general 
 
 18 character of the expenditures, and such other secondary proof 
 
 19 as the. State may be able to adduce, and report his action there- 
 
 20 on, together with the proof and documentary evidence to Con- 
 
 21 gress.