HOUSE 01' llErl5SSi2^VTO\EEB,'lVW s;"lSG 1.— Read first 
 and second times, referred to^Tllu CoiiUflMoe on Military Aflfairs, and 
 ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Sexton. | 
 
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 To be entitled in Act to provide additional compensation for the sol- 
 diers of the aviiiy of the Confederate State?, and for the familicr* of 
 those who die in the service. 
 
 1 Section I . The Congress of the Confederate States of Amerim do 
 
 2 enact, Tliat there shall be issncd to every non-commissioned oflScer 
 
 3 or private v;ho ha« an honorable dischar^L^e from llu- Mvuiy of the 
 
 4 Confederate States, a bond, drawiuix ei;.dit per eenf, interest., for 
 
 5 an amount equal to the amount whieli ha.s been paid liim while iu 
 
 6 service, and that said bond shall bear even date ^Y^lh the discharge, 
 
 7 and the intotest thereon shall lie iiaA-able serai-annuallv. in coin, 
 
 8 by means of coupons attached to said bonds, and tbat one-half 
 
 9 of the principal of paid bond shall be payable i)t ten years, and 
 
 10 the other half in twenty yearfl, in coin, and thai '<aid bond, and 
 
 11 the intercpt due thereon, shall only be payable to the original 
 
 12 obligee durinp life, and to his legal representatives after his 
 
 13 death. 
 
I Sec. 3. That the wife and children, or widowed mother, of any 
 
 J private or non-commissioned officer who ehall die in service shall 
 
 3 bo entitled to a bond of like character and conditions, liciiriri* 
 
 1 date on the day of the death of the lather, husband '<r 8on. 
 I Sec. 3. The coupons of interest due on the bonds provided for 
 
 3 in this act Bhall be receivable for any taxes due the Confederate 
 S States, from the obligees of said bonds, and the bonds themselves 
 
 4 shall never be subject to taxation.