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 The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive. Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Constitution for the Provisional Government, and the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the Treaties Concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes: Laws, etc. (Statutes at large of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America) Edited by James M. Matthews 474p. Richmond: R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress. 1864 Call number 19conf (Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS. THE STATUTES AT LARGE OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE Confederate States of America, FROM THE INSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 8, 1861, TO ITS TERMINATION, FEBRUARY 18, 1862, INCLUSIVE. ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, AND THE TREATIES CONCLUDED BY THE CONFEDERATE STATES WITH INDIAN TRIBES. EDITED BY JAMES M. MATTHEWS ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND LAW CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. RICHMOND: R. M. SMITH, PRINTER TO CONGRESS. 1864. TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. List of acts and resolutions, proclamations and treaties, v II. Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States 1 III. Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States 11 IV. Acts passed by the Provisional Congress 27 V. Proclamation of the President 219 VI. Indian Treaties 289 VII. Index 413 LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE PROVISIONAL CONGRESS, AND OF THE PROCLAMATIONS AND TREATIES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. Acts of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.STATUTE I.—1861. An Act to continue in force certain laws of the United States of America. February 9, 1861, ch. 1 27 An Act to continue in office the officers connected with the collection of the customs in the Confederate States of America. February 14, 1861, ch. 2 27 An Act to exempt from duty certain commodities therein named, and for other purposes. February 18, 1861, ch. 3 28 An Act to provide munitions of war, and for other purposes. February 20, 1861, ch. 4 28 An Act to authorize the President to appoint a Private Secretary. Feb 20, 1861, ch. 5 29 An Act to determine the salaries of the Vice-President and of the heads of Departments. February 21, 1861, ch. 6, 29 An Act to organize the Department of State. February 21, 1861, ch. 7 29 An Act to establish the Treasury Department. February 21, 1861, ch. 8, 30 An Act to establish the War Department. February 21, 1861, ch. 9 32 An Act to establish the Navy Department. February 21, 1861, ch. 10 33 An Act to establish the Post-Office Department. February 21, 1861, ch. 11 33 An Act to organize and establish an Executive Department, to be known as the Department of Justice. February 21, 1861, ch. 12 33 An Act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America and for other purposes. February 23, 1861, ch. 13 34 An Act to declare and establish the free navigation of the Mississippi river. Feb. 26, 1861, ch. 14 36 An Act to modify the navigation laws and repeal discriminating duties on ships or vessels. February 26, 1861, ch. 15 38 An Act to define more accurately the exemption of certain goods from duty. Feb. 26, 1861, ch. 16 38 An Act for the establishment and organization of a general staff for the army of the Confederate States. February 26, 1861, ch. 17 38 An Act in relation to public printing. February 27, 1861, ch. 18 39 An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to appoint an assistant. February 27, 1861, ch. 19 42 An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to establish additional ports and places of entry and delivery, and appoint officers therefor. February 28, 1861, ch. 20 42 An Act to raise money for the support of the government, and to provide for the defence of the Confederate States of America. February 28, 1861, ch. 21 42 An Act to raise provisional forces for the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. February 28, 1861, ch. 22 43 An Act supplemental to an act to regulate the rates of postage, and for other purposes. March 1, 1861, ch. 23 44 An Act to admit Texas as a member of the Confederate States of America. March 2, 1861, ch. 24 44 An Act to repeal so much of the Laws of the Confederate States of America as prohibit the introduction of liquors, except in casks or vessels of or above certain named capacity, and for other purposes. March 5, 1861, ch. 25 44 An Act to provide for the public defence. March 6, 1861, ch. 26 45 An Act to provide for the registration of vessels owned in whole or in part by citizens of the Confederate States. March 6, 1861, ch. 27 46 An Act to establish and organize a bureau in connection with the Department of the Treasury, to be known as the Light-House Bureau. March 6, 1861, ch. 28 47 An Act for the establishment and organization of the army of the Confederate States of America. March 6, 1861, ch. 29 47 An Act to create the clerical force of the several Executive Departments of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. March 7, 1861, ch. 30 52 An Act to create the clerical force of the Navy Department. March 8, 1861, ch 31, 53 An Act to admit certain material free of duty, for the construction of telegraph lines from Savannah, in the State of Georgia, to Fort Pulaski, and from Mobile, in the State of Alabama, to Fort Morgan. March 9, 1861, ch. 32 53 An Act to authorize the issue of treasury notes, and to prescribe the punishment for forging the same, and for forging certificates of stock, bonds or coupons. March 9, 1861, ch. 33 54 An Act to provide for an Assistant Treasurer of the Confederate States of America, and a treasurer for the mint in the city of New Orleans. March 9, 1861, ch. 34 57 An Act further to provide for the organization of the Post-Office Department. March 9, 1861, ch. 35 57 An Act to fix the pay of the members of the Congress of the Confederate States of America. March 11, 1861, ch. 36 58 An Act making appropriation for the support of three thousand men for twelve months, to be called into service at Charleston, South Carolina, under the third and fourth sections of an act of the Congress “to raise provisional forces for the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes.” March 11, 1861, ch. 37 58 An Act making appropriations for the support of the regular army of the Confederate States of America for twelve months, and for other purposes. March 11, 1861, ch. 38 58 An Act to establish a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction at Key West, in the State of Florida. March 11, 1861, ch. 39 60 An Act making appropriations to carry out the provisions of “An act to provide for the public defence.” March 12, 1861, ch. 40 61 An Act amendatory of an act for the organization of the staff departments of the army, and an act for the establishment and organization of the army of the Confederate States of America. March 14, 1861, ch. 41 61 An Act to regulate foreign coins in the Confederate States. March 14, 1861, ch. 42 62 An Act making appropriations or the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of government, for the year ending fourth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. March 15, 1861, ch. 43 63 An Act to authorize the appointment of commercial agents or consuls to foreign ports. March 15, 1861, ch. 44 65 An Act to authorize the construction or purchase of ten gun-boats. March 15, 1861, ch. 45 65 An Act to define and fix the pay of the officers of the Congress of the provisional government. March 15, 1861, ch. 46 65 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction at Key West, in the State of Florida.” March 15, 1861, ch. 47 66 An Act to appoint a Second Auditor of the Treasury. March 15, 1861, ch. 48 66 An Act vesting certain powers in the Postmaster General. March 15, 1861, ch. 49, 66 An Act to amend the laws relative to the compensation of the attorneys of the Confederate States. March 15, 1861, ch. 50, 67 An Act making appropriations for the custom houses at New Orleans and Charleston, and for other purposes. March 15, 1861, ch. 51 68 An Act to establish the Bureau of Indian Affairs. March 15, 1861, ch. 52 68 An Act to exempt from duty certain articles of merchandise therein named. March 15, 1861, ch. 53, 68 An Act to fix the duties on articles therein named. March 15, 1861, ch. 54 69 An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy for the year ending fourth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. March 15, 1861, ch. 55, 69 An Act to authorize the transit of merchandise through the Confederate States. March 15, ch. 56, 70 An Act to repeal the third section of “An act to exempt from duty certain commodities therein named, and for other purposes.” March 15, 1861, ch. 57, 70 An Act to provide for the organization of the navy. March 16, 1861, ch. 58, 70 An Act to provide for payment of light money in the Confederate States. March 16, 1861, ch. 59, 75 An Act authorizing President alone to make certain appointments. March 16, 1861, ch. 60, 75 An Act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America. March 16, 1861, ch. 61, 75 An Act supplementary to an act entitled an act to organize the navy. March 16, 1861, ch. 62 87 An Act supplemental to an act to define and fix the pay of the officers of the Congress. March 16, 1861, ch. 63, 87 An Act to appropriate money for certain civil purposes. March 16, 1861, ch. 64 87 An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the army, for the year ending the first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. March 16, 1861, ch. 65, 88 An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department, for the fiscal year ending the first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. March 16, 1861, ch. 66, 88 An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint special agents in certain cases. March 16, 1861, ch. 67, 88 An Act making appropriation for the service of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. March 16, 1861, ch. 68, 89 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the President alone to make certain appointments. March 16, 1861, ch. 69, 89 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. A resolution to appoint Messrs. Reid and Shorter printers to the Congress. Feb. 5, 1861, 90 No. 2. A resolution accepting the appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars by the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. February 8, 1861, 90 No. 3. A resolution for the preservation of the records of Congress. February 8, 1861, 90 No. 4. A resolution in regard to the State of North Carolina, and the commissioners from said State to this Congress. February 8, 1861, 90 No. 5. A resolution in relation to the occupation of the forts and aresenals, &c. February 12, 1861, 91 No. 6. A resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Congress to arrange for publication the provisional Constitution for the government of the Confederate States of America, with the autograph signatures of the members of Congress, &c. February 14, 1861, 91 No. 7. A resolution to authorize the judiciary committee to have such matter printed as they may desire to lay before Congress. February 14, 1861, 91 No. 8. A resolution to continue in office the officers of the customs. February 16, 1861 91 No. 9. A resolution giving certain powers to the committee on naval affairs. February 14, 1861, 92 No. 10. A resolution to provide for printing for the committees of the Congress. February 15, 1861, 92 No. 11. A resolution for the appointment of commissioners to the government of the United States of America. February 15, 1861, 92 No. 12. A resolution for the enforcement of the revenue laws. February 16, 1861, 92 No. 13. A resolution to provide an executive mansion. February 25, 1861, 93 No. 14. A resolution in regard to patents and caveats. March 4, 1861, 93 No. 15. A resolution in relation to international copy-rights. March 7, 1861, 93 No. 16. A resolution to continue the mints at New Orleans and Dahlonega. March 9, 1861 93 No. 17. Resolutions providing for a digest of laws. March 12, 1861 94 No. 18. A resolution accepting certain funds tendered to the Confederate States by the State of Louisiana. March 14, 1861, 94 No. 19. Resolutions in reference to forts, dock-yards, reservations and property ceded to the Confederate States. March 15, 1861, 94 No. 20. Resolutions in relation to the contingent fund of Congress. March 15, 1861, 95 No. 21. A resolution to provide for the auditing and payment of certain claims against the Congress. March 16, 1861, 95 STATUTE II.—1861. An Act to provide for the appointment of chaplains in the army. May 3, 1861, ch. 1 99 An Act to provide for a regiment of Zouaves in the army of the Confederate States. May 4, 1861, ch. 2 99 An Act to recognize the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States; and concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods. May 6, 1861, ch. 3 100 An Act to admit the Commonwealth of Virginia as a member of the Confederate States of America. May 7, 1861, ch. 4 104 An Act to raise an additional military force to serve during the war. May 8, 1861, ch. 5 104 An Act to amend “An act vesting certain powers in the Postmaster General,” approved March 15, 1861. May 9, 1861, ch. 6 105 An Act to amend “An act to provide for the public defence,” approved March 6, 1861. May 10, 1861, ch. 7 105 An Act to make further provision for the public defence. May 11, 1861, ch. 8 106 An Act relative to the telegraph lines of the Confederate States. May 11, 1861, ch. 9 106 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to fix the pay of members of the Congress of the Confederate States of America,” approved March 11, 1861. May 11, 1861, ch. 10 107 An Act in relation to the Confederate loan. May 11, 1861, ch. 11 108 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act further to provide for the organization of the Post-Office Department,” approved March 9, 1861. March 11, 1861, ch. 12 108 An Act to amend “An act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes,” approved February 23, 1861. May 13, 1861, ch. 13 109 An Act to suspend the operations of the mints. May 14, 1861, ch. 14 110 An Act to organize further the Bureau of Superintendent of Public Printing. May 14, 1861, ch. 15 111 An Act to authorize the transfer of appropriations. May 14, 1861, ch. 16 111 An Act to define the limits of the port of New Orleans, and for other purposes. May 14, 1861, ch. 17. 111 An Act regulating the sale of prizes, and the distribution thereof. May 14, 1861, ch. 18 112 An Act to provide for the auditing of accounts of the Post-Office Department. May 16, 1861, ch. 19 113 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.” May 16, 1861, ch. 20 114 An Act to provide a compensation for the disbursing officers of the several Executive Departments. May 16, 1861, ch. 21 116 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of chaplains to the army,” approved May third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. May 16, 1861, ch. 22 116 An Act to authorize the President 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. May 16, 1861, ch. 23 116 An Act to authorize a loan and the issue of treasury notes, and to prescribe the punishment for forging the same, and for forging certificates of stock and bonds. May 16, 1861, ch. 24 117 An Act to admit the State of North Carolina into the Confederacy, on a certain condition. May 17, 1861, ch. 25 118 An Act to admit the State of Tennessee into the Confederacy, on a certain condition. May 17, 1861, ch. 26 119 An Act to establish a mail route from Vermillionville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. May 17, 1861, ch. 27 119 An Act to provide an additional company of sappers and bombadiers for the army. May 17, 1861, ch. 28 119 An Act to authorize the extension of the mail service of the Confederate States in certain cases and upon certain conditions. May 20, 1861, ch. 29 120 An Act to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy. May 21, 1861, ch. 30 120 An Act amendatory of an act to provide for the organization of the navy. May 20, 1861, ch. 31 121 An Act to amend an act to provide for the organization of the navy, approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. May 20, 1861, ch. 32 121 An Act to establish a separate port of entry at Sabine Pass, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of Texas, and to provide for the appointment of a collector therein. May 21, 1861, ch. 33 121 An Act to put in operation the government under the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. May 21, 1861, ch. 34 122 An Act making appropriations in addition to those already made for the military service of the Confederate States of America, for the fiscal year ending the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. May 21, 1861, ch. 35 123 An Act to amend an act relative to telegraphic lines of the Confederate States, approved May 11, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. May 21, 1861, ch. 36 124 An Act making appropriations for the legislative and executive expenses of government for the year ending eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. May 21, 1861, ch. 37 124 An Act to provide for certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the Post-Office Department for the year ending February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. May 21, 1861, ch. 38 125 An Act concerning the transportation of soldiers, and allowance for clothing of volunteers, and amendatory of the act for the establishment and organization of the army of the Confederate States. May 21, 1861, ch. 39 126 An Act to be entitled an act to amend “An act to raise an additional military force to serve during the war.” May 21, 1861, ch. 40 126 An Act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command, for service with volunteer troops, on officers of the Confederate army. May 21, 1861, ch. 41 127 An Act to provide for the incidental expenses of the public service within the Indian tribes. May 21, 1861, ch. 42 127 An Act to divide the State of Texas into two judicial districts, and provide for the appointment of judges and officers in the same. May 21, 1861, ch. 43 127 An Act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries. May 21, 1861, ch. 44 127 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 the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. May 21, 1861, ch. 45 135 An Act to establish a Patent Office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements, and designs. May 21, 1861, ch. 46 136 An Act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America, in the State of Virginia. May 21, 1861, ch. 47 149 An Act to prescribe the mode of publishing the laws and treaties of the Confederate States. May 21, 1861, ch. 48 149 An Act to prescribe the salary of the private secretary of the President of the Confederate States. May 21, 1861, ch. 49, 149 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods,” approved May sixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. May 21, 1861, ch. 50 150 An Act to provide for the pay of additional officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the marine corps, to constitute a regiment, and for the additional clothing and subsistence of the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, for the year ending February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. May 21, 1861, ch. 51 150 An Act to increase the clerical force of the Treasury Department, in the Bureau of Second Auditor. May 21, 1861, ch. 52 151 An Act to authorize certain debtors to pay the amounts due by them into the Treasury of the Confederate States. May 21, 1861, ch. 53 151 An Act to transfer the testimony taken by commission in certain suits therein named, brought in the circuit and district courts of the United States of America to the State courts of the Confederate States, and to authorize the same to be read in said State courts. May 21, 1861, ch. 54 151 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. May 21, 1861, ch. 55 152 An Act to provide for the pay of the officers who have resigned from the United States navy, and whom it is proposed to add to the Confederate States navy. May 21, 1861, ch. 56 153 An Act to make temporary disposition of certain railroad iron. May 21, 1861, ch. 57 153 An Act to provide for the cession, on the part of the State of Arkansas, of the arsenal at Little Rock, and of Fort Smith, at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and the acceptance of the same by the said Confederate States. May 21, 1861, ch. 58, 154 An Act relative to prisoners of war. May 21, 1861, ch. 59, 154 An Act for the publication of the laws. May 21, 1861, ch. 60, 155 An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy, for the year ending eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. May 21, 1861, ch. 61, 155 An Act supplemental to an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America. May 21, 1861, ch. 62, 155 An Act relative to the library of Congress. May 21, 1861, ch. 63, 157 An Act for the relief of district attorneys of the Confederate States in the field. May 21, 1861, ch. 64, 157 An Act to secure copy rights to authors and composers. May 21, 1861, ch. 65, 157 An Act assigning the judge, district attorney and marshal for the district of Texas, to the eastern district of said State. May 21, 1861, ch. 66, 161 An Act making appropriation to defray the expenses of removing the seat of government to Richmond. May 21, 1861, ch. 67, 161 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. A resolution of thanks to Brigadier General G. T. Beauregard and the army under his command, for their conduct in the affair of Fort Sumter. May 4, 1861, 163 No. 2. A resolution to extend the provisions of a resolution approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. May 4, 1861, 163 No. 3. A resolution in regard to military expenditures made by the State of South Carolina. May 4, 1861, 163 No. 4. A resolution in relation to marine hospitals. May 16, 1861, 163 No. 5. A resolution in relation to imports from the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas. May 17, 1861, 164 No. 6. A resolution in relation to certain accounts. May 21, 1861, 164 No. 7. A resolution rescinding a resolution providing for a digest of laws, approved March twelfth. eighteen hundred and sixty-one. May 21, 1861, 164 No. 8. A resolution in regard to the clerical department of Congress. May 21, 1861, 164 No. 9. A resolution to provide for the removal of the seat of government. May 21, 1861, 165 No. 10. A resolution in reference to printing the tariff act, and other documents connected therewith. May 21, 1861, 165 No. 11. A resolution regulating the payment of unadjusted accounts. May 21, 1861, 165 No. 12. A resolution to confer certain powers on the Secretary of the Treasury. May 21, 1861, 165 STATUTE III.—1861. An Act to authorize the appointment of agents to sign treasury notes. July 24, 1861, ch. 1, 167 An Act relating to the pre-payment of postage in certain cases. July 29, 1861, ch. 2, 167 An Act further to amend an act entitled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America.” July 31, 1861, ch. 3, 168 An Act relative to money deposited in the registries and receivers of the courts. August 1, 1861, ch. 4, 168 An Act to authorize the distribution of the proceeds of the A. B. Thompson, condemned as a prize. August 1, 1861, ch. 5, 169 An Act to amend “An act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America.” August 1, 1861, ch. 6, 169 An Act to make provision for the care of supplies for the sick and wounded. August 2, 1861, ch. 7, 170 An Act to provide for an additional field officer to volunteer battalions, and for the appointment of assistant adjutants general for the provisional forces. August 2, 1861, ch. 8, 170 An Act to extend the provisions of an act entitled “An act to prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Confederate States, except through the sea-ports of said States, and to punish persons offending therein,” approved May twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Aug. 2, 1861, ch. 9, 170 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to make further provisions for the public defence,” approved eleventh May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one; 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.” August 3, 1861, ch. 10, 171 An Act to amend an act in relation to the issue of treasury notes. August 3, 1861, ch. 11, 171 An Act to amend “An act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries,” approved May twenty-one, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. August 3, 1861, ch. 12, 171 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the navy, for the year ending fourth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. August 3, 1861, ch. 13, 172 An Act to provide for the safe custody, printing, publication and distribution of the of the laws, and to provide for the appointment of an additional clerk in the Department of Justice. August 5, 1861, ch. 14, 172 An Act to authorize advances to be made in certain cases. August 5, 1861, ch. 15, 173 An Act to give aid to the people an State of Missouri. August 6, 1861, ch. 16, 173 An Act to provide for the construction of a newly invented implement of war. August 6, 1861, ch. 17, 274 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 have been, residents of the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. August 8, 1861, ch. 18, 174 An Act respecting alien enemies. August 8, 1861, ch. 19, 174 An Act further to provide for the public defence. August 8, 1861, ch. 20, 174 An Act to provide for the appointment of surgeons and assistant surgeons for hospitals. August 14, 1861, ch. 21, 176 An Act to amend the law in relation to the export of tobacco, and other commodities. August 16, 1861, ch. 22 176 An Act to authorize the issue of treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption. August 19, 1861, ch. 23, 177 An Act to aid the State of Missouri in repelling invasion by the United States, and to authorize the admission of such State as a member of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. August 20, 1861, ch. 24, 184 An Act to empower the President of the Confederate States to appoint additional commissioners to foreign nations. August 20, 1861, ch. 25, 185 An Act to authorize payment to be made for certain horses purchased for the army, by Colonel A. W. McDonald. August 21, 1861, ch. 26, 185 An Act making appropriation for the services of physicians to be employed in conjunction with the medical staff of the army. August 21, 1861, ch. 27, 186 An Act to provide for local defence and special service. August 21, 1861, ch 28, 186 An Act to authorize the employment of cooks and nurses, other than enlisted men, or volunteers, for the military service. August 21, 1861, ch. 29, 186 An Act providing for the disposition of unclaimed goods deposited in warehouse, as prescribed by existing laws. August 21, 1861, ch. 30, 187 An Act making appropriations for the public defence. August 21, 1861, ch. 31 187 An Act making appropriation for military hospitals. August 21, 1861, ch. 32 187 An Act supplemental to “An act to put in operation the government under the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America.” August 21, 1861, ch. 33 187 An Act to increase the corps of artillery, and for other purposes. August 21, 1861, ch. 34 188 An Act making appropriations to carry into effect section two of an act approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty 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. August 22, 1861, ch. 35 188 An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to contract for the carriage of the mails on the route hereafter mentioned. August 22, 1861, ch. 36 189 An Act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization for persons enlisted in the armies of the Confederate States of America. August 22, 1861, ch. 37 189 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. August 24, 1861, ch. 38 190 An Act making appropriations to carry into effect “An act to authorize the issue of treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption,” and for other purposes. August 24, 1861, ch. 39 191 An Act to authorize the issue of inscribed stock in the stead of coupon bonds. August 24, 1861, ch. 40 191 An Act to establish assay offices at Charlotte and Dahlonega. August 24, 1861, ch. 41 192 An Act making additional appropriations for the navy of the Confederate States, for the year ending February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. August 24, 1861, ch. 42 193 An Act to repeal the fourth section of “An act to regulate foreign coins in the Confederate States,” approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other purposes. August 24, 1861, ch. 43 193 An Act amendatory of “An act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America,” approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. August 29, 1861, ch. 44 193 An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the year ending the eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. August 29, 1861, ch. 45 194 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 sixty-one. August 29, 1861, ch. 46 194 An Act to authorize the construction of certain gun-boats. August 29, 1861, ch. 47 195 An Act to fix the fees and costs in admiralty cases. August 29, 1861, ch. 48 195 An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make certain contracts without advertising for proposals. August 29, 1861, ch. 49 195 An Act making appropriation for the purchase of a steamer and certain military supplies. August 29, 1861, ch. 50 196 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 establishment and organization of the army of the Confederate States.’ ” August 30, 1861, ch. 51 196 An Act to authorize the establishment of recruiting stations for volunteers from the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. August 30, 1861, ch. 52 196 An Act to audit the accounts of the respective States against the Confederacy. Aug. 30, 1861, ch. 53 197 An Act to establish certain post routes therein named. August 30, 1861, ch. 54 197 An Act authorizing the President to inflict retaliation upon the persons of prisoners. August 30, 1861 ch. 55. 198 An Act to provide for the defence of the Mississippi river. August 30, 1861, ch. 56 198 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a Patent Office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements and designs,” approved May 21, 1861. August 30, 1861, ch. 57 199 An Act to provide a mode of authenticating claims for money against the Confederate States, not otherwise provided for. August 30, 1861, ch. 58 199 An Act to collect, for distribution, the moneys remaining in the several post-offices of the Confederate States at the time the postal service was taken in charge by said government. Aug. 30, 1861 ch. 59 199 An Act to require the receipt of the postmasters of the Confederate States of treasury notes, in sums of five dollars and upwards, in payment of postage stamps or stamped envelopes. August 30, 1861, ch. 60 200 An Act for the sequestration of the estates. property 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. August 30 1861, ch. 61 201 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. August 30 1861, ch. 62 207 An Act to provide for the transmission of money bonds or treasury notes. August 30, 1861, ch. 63 208 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods,” approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and an act entitled “An act regulating the sale of prizes and the distribution thereof,” approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. August 30, 1 61, ch. 64 208 An Act vesting certain powers in the commissioners of the district courts of the Confederate States. August 31, 1861, ch. 65 208 An Act to authorize the appointment from civil life of persons to the staff of generals August 31, 1861, ch. 66 209 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 August 31, 1861, ch. 67 209 An Act providing for the reception and forwarding of articles sent to the army by private contribution. August 31, 1861, ch. 68 209 An Act to allow rations to chaplains in the army. August 31, 1861, ch. 69 210 An Act to reimburse the State of Florida. August 31, 1861, ch. 70 210 An Act making an additional appropriation for the payment of clerks and a messenger of the Post-Office Department, and to authorize the Postmaster General to appoint an additional messenger for the Post Office Department. August 31 1861, ch. 71 210 An Act to establish the rates of postage on newspapers and periodicals, sent to dealers therein through the mail, or by express over post routes. August 31, 1861, ch. 72 210 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. A resolution to dispose of donations made by certain churches on the late fast day. July 30, 1861 212 No. 2. Resolutions in relation to the first regiment of North Carolina volunteers. . July 30, 1861 212 No. 3. Resolutions of thanks to Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Gustave T. Beauregard and the officers and troops under their command at the battle of Manassas. August 6, 1861 212 No. 4. Resolutions touching certain points of maritime law, and defining the positions of the Confederate States in respect thereto. August 13, 1861 213 No. 5. A resolution in relation to the equipments of volunteer calvary companies. Aug. 21, 1861 213 No. 6. Resolution concerning Brigadier General Ben McCullough. August 22, 1861 213 No. 7. A resolution in relation to drillmasters appointed by States. August 31, 1861 214 No. 8. Resolutions to provide troops in the field with bread and fresh provisions. August 31, 1861 214 No. 9. Resolution in regard to certain moneys of the Congress August 31, 1861 214 No. 10. Resolutions in respect to the accounts of the Congress. August 31, 1861 215 STATUTE IV.—1861. 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. September 3, 1861, ch. 1 217 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. September 3, 1861, ch. 2, 217 STATUTE V.—1861-2. An Act to admit the State of Missouri into the Confederacy as a member of the Confederate States of America. November 28, 1861, ch. 1 221 An Act to enable the State of Missouri to elect members of the House of Representatives November 29, 1861, ch. 2, 221 An Act for the employment of laundresses in military hospitals. December 7, 1861, ch. 3, 222 An Act to authorize the appointment of one or more officers to aid the President to sign commissions in the army. December 7, 1861, ch. 4, 222 An Act for the admission of the State of Kentucky into the Confederate States of America, as a member thereof. December 10, 1861, ch. 5, 222 An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to appoint an assistant. December 10, 1861, ch. 6, 222 An Act to authorize the appointment of chief buglers and principal musicians to regiments in the provisional army. December 10, 1861, ch. 7, 222 An Act to authorize the enlistment of additional seamen. December 10, 1861, ch. 8, 223 An Act providing for the granting of bounty and furlough to privates and non-commissioned officers in the provisional army. December 11, 1861, ch. 9, 223 An Act to divide the State of Tennessee into three judicial districts. December 12, 1861, ch. 10, 224 An Act to provide for the payment of the carriers of the electoral votes of the respective States of the Confederacy. December 18, 1861, ch. 11, 224 An Act providing for the transfer of certain appropriations. December 18, 1861, ch. 12 224 An Act to establish the date from which the commissions of certain staff officers shall take effect. December 18, 1861, ch. 13, 225 An Act further supplementary to An Act to authorize the issue of treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption. December 19, 1861, ch. 14, 225 An Act for the recruiting service of the provisional army of the Confederate States. Dec. 19, 1861, ch. 14. 226 An Act to determine the number of members the State of Kentucky shall be entitled to have in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the Confederate States, and in relation to the election and returns thereof. December 21, 1861, ch 16, 226 An Act in relation to taxes on property which has been, or which is liable to be sequestrated as the property of alien enemies December 23, 1861, ch. 17, 227 An Act to amend “An act to require the receipt by the postmasters of the Confederate States of treasury notes, in sums of five dollars and upwards, in payment of postage stamps and stamped envelopes approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Dec. 23, 1861, ch. 18, 228 An Act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command on the officers of the navy, doing duty with troops. December 24, 1861, ch. 19, 228 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization for persons enlisted in the armies of the Confederate States of America.” December 24, 1861, ch. 20, 228 An Act to provide for the appointment of chaplains in the navy. December 24, 1861, ch. 21, 228 An Act to provide for certain officers of the revenue service. December 24, 1861, ch. 22, 229 An Act to authorize the transfer of a certain appropriation. December 24, 1861, ch. 23, 229 An Act to authorize the appointment of additional officers of the navy. December 24, 1861, ch. 24, 229 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. December 24, 1861, ch. 25, 230 An Act supplementary to an act to authorise the issue of treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption. December 24, 1861, ch. 26, 231 An Act making appropriations to comply in part with treaty stipulations made with certain Indian tribes. December 24, 1861, ch. 27, 232 An Act relating to the custody of the returns and certificates of the votes of the electors for President and Vice President. December 31, 1861, ch. 28, 237 An Act to provide for a corps of engineers for the provisional army. December 31, 1861, ch. 29, 237 An Act to amend “An act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command for service with volunteer troops, on officers of the Confederate army,” approved May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. December 31, 1861, ch. 30, 238 An Act to provide for the payment of certain Indian troops. December 31, 1861, ch. 31, 238 An Act to make additional appropriations to defray the expense of the public printing. December 31, 1861, ch. 32, 239 An Act to establish a mail route from Hicks' Ford to Lawrenceville, in Virginia. Jan. 2, 1862, ch. 33, 239 An Act making appropriations for certain floating defences. January 9, 1862, ch. 34, 239 An Act making certain provisions in regard to certain Indian trust funds. January 10, 1862, ch. 35, 239 An Act appropriating two hundred and twenty-three thousand six hundred and seven dollars for the naval service. January 11, 1862, ch. 36 240 An Act appropriating fourteen millions eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the military service. January 11, 1862, ch. 37, 240 An Act authorizing the appointment of two additional clerks and a draftsman in the Navy Department. January 14, 1862, ch. 38, 240 An Act supplementary to an act making appropriations for certain floating defences, approved January ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. January 14, 1862, ch. 39, 241 An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to audit and settle the claims of certain officers therein named. January 15, 1862, ch. 40, 241 An Act to make the appointment of Assistant Secretary of State, of the Treasury, and of War, Executive appointments. January 16, 1862, ch. 41, 241 An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to give a bounty to all persons enlisted as seamen, who enlist for three years or the war. January 16, 1862, ch. 42, 241 An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of additional officers of the navy,” approved Dec. twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Jan. 16, 1862, ch. 43, 242 An Act to organize the Territory of Arizona. January 18, 1862, ch. 44, 242 An Act to provide for raising and organizing, in the State of Misosuri, additional troops for the provisional army of the Confederate States. January 22, 1862, ch. 45, 247 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to raise an additional military force to serve during the war,” approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other purposes. January 22, 1862, ch. 46, 248 An Act to authorize the appointment of officers of artillery in the provisional army and in the volunteer corps. January 22, 1862, ch 47, 249 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to collect, for distribution, the money remaining in the several post-offices of the Confederate States, at the time the postal service was taken in charge by said government,” approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Jan. 23, 1862, ch. 48, 249 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a patent office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements and designs,” approved on the twenty-first of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. Jan. 23, 1862, ch. 49, 250 An Act to authorize the President to call upon the several States for troops to serve for three years or during the war. January 23, 1862, ch. 50 252 An Act to increase the clerical force of the Post-Office Department. January 23, 1862, ch. 51 act to appropriate eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars to pay for ordnance, ordnance stores 252 An And equipments. January 27, 1862, ch. 52 252 An Act to establish an assay office at New Orleans. January 27, 1862, ch. 53 253 An Act to authorize the change of the names of vessels in certain cases. January 27, 1862, ch. 54 253 An Act to provide for recruiting companies now in the service of the Confederate States for twelve months. January 27, 1862, ch. 55 254 An Act for the relief of the State of Missouri. January 27, 1862, ch. 56 254 An Act to amend an act supplemental to an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America, approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. January 29, 1862, ch. 57 255 An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the public defence,” approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, January 29, 1862, ch. 58 255 An Act to aid the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. January 29, 1862, ch. 59 256 An Act to transfer funds from the Quartermaster's to the Ordnance Department. Jan. 30, 1862, ch. 60 256 An Act to explain an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to establish a Patent Office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements and designs,” approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 3, 1862, ch. 61 256 An Act supplemental to an act entitled “An act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and non-commissioned offieers in the provisional army. February 3, 1962, ch. 62 256 An Act to authorize certain financial arrangements at the Treasury. February 3, 1862, ch. 63 257 An Act making appropriations for the payment of certain interest due, severally to the banks at Memphis, on advances made by them to Major General Leonidas Polk, for the benefit of the public service. February 3, 1862, ch. 64 257 An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to raise an additional force to serve during the war, and for other purposes,” approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 3, 1862, ch. 65 258 An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to amend an act to provide for the organization of the navy, approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and an act entitled “An act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command on officers of the navy doing duty with troops,' approved December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 5, 1862, ch. 66 258 An Act to provide for connecting the Richmond and Danville and the North Carolina railroads, for military purposes. February 10, 1862, ch. 67 258 An Act to organize the electrical force of the Treasury Department. February 13, 1862, ch. 68 259 An Act to transfer the county of Attala, in the State of Mississippi, from the northern to the southern judicial district of the State of Mississippi. February 13, 1862, ch. 69 260 An Act to pay interest due the Choctaw Nation upon stocks of the State of Virginia. Feb. 13, 1862, ch. 70 260 An Act to alter and amend an act entitled “An act for the sequestration of estates, property and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States, and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States,” approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 15, 1862, ch. 71 260 An Act to establish certain post routes therein named. February 15, 1862, ch. 72 266 An Act for the relief of the State of Missouri. February 15, 1862, ch. 73 268 An Act supplemental to “An act to put in operation the government under the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America,” approved May 21, 1861, February 15, 1862, ch. 74 268 An Act to make appropriations for the expenses of government in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments, from the eighteenth of February to the first of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other purposes. February 15, 1 62, ch. 75 268 An Act to authorize and provide for the organization of the Maryland Line. Feb. 15, 1862, ch. 76 270 An Act to relinquish any claim on the part of the government to any share in certain prizes. February 15, 1862, ch. 77 271 An Act to fix the rank of certain officers. February 15, 1862, ch. 78 271 An Act to establish judicial courts in certain territories. February 15, 1862, ch. 79 271 An Act to provide for an increase of the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments. February 15, 1862, ch. 80 275 An Act concerning the pay and allowances due to deceased soldiers. February 15, 1862, ch. 81 275 An Act to provide for the connection of the railroad from Selma, in Alabama to Meridian, in Mississippi. February 15, 1862, ch. 82 276 An Act to define and establish the compensation of members of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, in reference to mileage. February 17, 1862, ch. 83 276 An Act to repeal an act therein named. February 17, 1862, ch. 84 277 An Act to provide for the preservation and future publication of the journals of the provisional Congress, and the proceedings of the Convention which framed the provisional and permanent Constitutions of the Confederate States. February 17, 1862 ch. 85 277 An Act to amend “An act to provide for the safe custody, printing, publication and distribution of the laws, and to provide for the appointment of an additional clerk in the Department of Justice,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 17, 1862, ch. 86 277 An Act to make disposition of negro slaves captured from hostile Indians. February 17, 1862, ch. 87. 278 An Act to fix the date at which the bounty shall be paid to soldiers enlisting for the war. February 17, 1862, ch. 88 278 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. A resolution authorizing the transfer of funds to foreign parts. November 26, 1861, 279 No. 2. A resolution for the relief of the “Lumberton Guards,” (company D,) second regiment North Carolina volunteers. December 3, 1861 279 No. 3. A resolution of thanks to Major General Sterling Price, and the officers and soldiers under his command, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the present war. December 3, 1861 279 No. 4. Resolution of thanks to Major General Leonidas Polk, Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow, Brigadier General Benjamin F. Cheatham, and the officers and soldiers under their command, for gallant and distinguished services in the present war. December 6, 1861, 280 No. 5. A resolution to make an advance to the State of South Carolina, on account of her claims against the Confederate States. December 14, 1861, 280 No. 6. A resolution appointing John D. Morris, of Kentucky, a receiver under the act of sequestration, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. December 16, 1861, 280 No. 7. A resolution of thanks to Brigadier General N. G. Evans, and the officers and soldiers under his command, for their gallant conduct in the battle of Leesburg. December 18, 1861, 281 No. 8. Resolution relating to Maryland. December 21, 1861, 281 No. 9. Resolution of thanks to Colonel Edward Johnson, his officers and men, for services in the battle of Alleghany Mountain. January 10, 1862 282 No. 10. A resolution in reference to the arms of the volunteers for twelve months. January 22, 1862, 282 No. 11. A resolution supplemental to the resolution entitled “A resolution appointing John D. Morris, of Kentucky, a receiver under the act of sequestration,” approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and which was approved by the President, on the sixteenth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 3, 1862, 282 No. 12. A resolution in regard to the transfer of certain Indian trust funds to the Confederate States. February 6, 1862, 283 PROCLAMATION.—APPENDIX. No. 1. Calling an extra session of Congress. September 2, 1861, 219 INDIAN TREATIES. Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Creek nations of Indians. July 10, 1861, 289 Treaty between Confederate States of America and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indians. July 12, 1861 311 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Seminole nation of Red Men. Aug. 1, 1861, 332 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Pen-e-tegh-ca band of the Ne-um or Comanches, and the tribes and bands of Wich-i-tas, Cado-Ha-da-chos. Huecos, Ta-hua-ca-ros, A-na-dagh-cos, Ton-ca-wes, Ai-o-nais, Ki-chais, Shawnees and Delawares. August 12, 1861, 347 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Ne-co-ni, Ta-ne-i we, Co-cho-tin-ca and Ya-pa-rih-ca bands of the Ne-um or Comanches of the Prairies and Staked Plain. Aug. 12, 1861, 354 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Great Osage tribe of Indians. Oct 2. 1861, 363 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Seneca tribe of Indians, formerly known as the Senecas of Sandusky, and the Shawnees of the tribe or confederacy of Senecas and Shawnees formerly known as the Senecas and Shawnees of Lewistown, or the mixed bands of Senecas and Shawnees, each tribe for itself. October 4, 1861, 374 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Quapaw tribe of Indians. Oct. 4, 1861, 386 Treaty between the Confederate States of America and the Cherokee nation of Indians. Oct. 7, 1861, 394 LIST OF THE PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE PROVISIONAL CONGRESS. Acts of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. STATUTE I.—1861. An Act for the relief of William P. Barker. February 25, 1861, ch. 1, 97 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. A resolution for the relief of J. M. Walden, a citizen of Georgia. February 16, 1861, 97 No. 2. A resolution to pay certain naval officers their traveling expenses. March 15, 1861, 98 STATUTE II.—1861. An Act to make temporary disposition of certain railroad iron. May 21, 1861, ch. 1, 166 STATUTE V.—1862. An Act to reward the loyalty of the principal chief of the Seminole nation. January 16, 1862, ch. 1, 284 An Act for the relief of Dillon Jordan and F. Glackmyer. January 23, 1862, ch. 2, 284 An Act for the relief of A. B. Noyes, collector of the port of St. Marks, Florida. Jan. 23, 1862, ch. 3, 285 An Act to provide for the compensation of G. H. Oury, delegate from Arizona, for his attendance at this session of Congress. February 11, 1862, ch 4, 285 An Act appropriating the sum of one thousand one hundred and ten twenty-two hundredths dollars for the relief of the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad Company, being the difference between fifteen and twenty-four per cent. duty on railroad iron paid at Pensacola, in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. February 15, 1862, ch. 5, 285 An Act to compensate Dillon Jordan and F. Glackmyer, for services rendered the government. February 15, 1862, ch. 6, 286 RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. Resolution in relation to payment to disbursing clerk of appropriation for removal of the seat of government. February 15, 1862, 286

The Confederate States of America. At a Congress of the Sovereign and Independent States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana begun and holden at the Capitol in Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, on the fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one; and thence continued by divers adjournments, until the eighth day of February in the same year:

 CONSTITUTION FOR THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

Constitution for Provisional Government, established.

How long to continue.

We, the Deputies of the Sovereign and Independent States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, invoking the favor of Almighty God, do hereby, in behalf of these States, ordain and establish this Constitution for the Provisional Government of the same: to continue one year from the inauguration of the President, or until a permanent Constitution or Confederation between the said States shall be put in operation, whichsoever shall first occur.

ARTICLE I. SECTION 1.

Legislative powers vested in Congress.

All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in this Congress now assembled until otherwise ordained.

 SECTION 2.

Vacancies in the representation, how filled.

When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the same shall be filled in such manner as the proper authorities of the State shall direct.

 SECTION 3.

Congress to be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of members. Quorum, how constituted. What number may adjourn.

Each State entitled to one vote. How State represented.

1. The Congress shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualification of its members; any number of Deputies from a majority of the States, being present, shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members; upon all questions before the Congress, each State shall be entitled to one vote, and shall be represented by any one or more of its Deputies who may be present.

Rules of proceeding.

2. The Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.

Journal of proceedings to be kept.

Yeas and nays.

3. The Congress shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members on any question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, or at the instance of any one State, be entered on the journal.

 SECTION 4.

Compensation of members. How paid.

In what cases members priviledged from arrest.

Not to be questioned for any speech or debate.

The members of Congress shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederacy. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be priviledged from arrest during their attendance at the session of the Congress, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate, they shall not be questioned in any other place.

 SECTION 5.

Bills passed by Congress to be presented to President. Proceedings when the President disapproves.

When bill retained by President becomes a law.

President may veto one, and approve another appropriation in same bill.

1. Every bill which shall have passed the Congress, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the Confederacy; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his objections to the Congress, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such re-consideration, two-thirds of the Congress shall agree to pass the bill, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the vote shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner, as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law. The President may veto any appropriation or appropriations and approve any other appropriation or appropriations in the same bill.

Orders, resolutions, etc., to be presented to the President. If disapproved by him, how re-passed by Congress.

2. Every order, resolution or vote, intended to have the force and effect of a law, shall be presented to the President, and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the Congress, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.

Until President inaugurated, bills, etc., of force, without his approval.

3. Until the inauguration of the President, all bills, orders, resolutions and votes adopted by the Congress shall be of full force without approval by him.

 SECTION 6.

Power of Congress to lay taxes to carry on the Government.

Duties to be uniform.

1. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, for the revenue necessary to pay the debts and carry on the Government of the Confederacy; and all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the States of the Confederacy.

To borrow money.

2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confederacy:

To regulate commerce.

3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes:

To establish uniform rule of naturalization and law of bankruptcy.

4. To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the Confederacy:

To coin money. To fix standard of weights and measures.

5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures:

To punish counterfeits.

6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the Confederacy:

To establish post offices and roads.

7. To establish post offices and post roads:

To promote science and useful arts.

8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for limited times to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries:

To constitute inferior tribunals.

9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court:

To define and punish piracies, etc.

10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations:

To declare war.

11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water:

To raise armies.

12. To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years:

To provide a navy.

13. To provide and maintain a navy:

Government of army and navy.

14. To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces:

Militia.

15. To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Confederacy, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions:

Organization, etc., of the militia.

16. To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederacy, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress:

To make all laws necessary to carry into effect the powers expressly delegated by the Constitution.

17. To make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and all other powers expressly delegated by this Constitution to this Provisional Government.

To admit States.

18. The Congress shall have power to admit other States.

To exercise Executive powers till President inaugurated.

19. This Congress shall also exercise Executive powers, until the President is inaugurated.

 SECTION 7.

Importation of African negroes forbidden.

1. The importation of African negroes from any foreign country other than the slave-holding States of the United States, is hereby forbidden; and Congress are required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.

Introduction of slaves prohibited.

2. The Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of this Confederacy.

Writ of Habeas Corpus.

3. The privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it.

Bill of Attainder, or ex post facto law.

4. No Bill of Attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed.

No preference to ports of one State over another.

5. No preference shall be given, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to the ports of one State over those of another: nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties, in another.

No money drawn from the treasury but by law. Receipts and expenditures published.

6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.

Appropriations of money from the treasury. When authorized.

7. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury, unless it be asked and estimated for by the President or some one of the heads of Departments, except for the purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies.

No title of nobility to be granted.

8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Confederacy; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under it, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign State.

Religious freedom.

Freedom of speech and of the press.

Right of petition.

9. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercises thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of such grievances as the delegated powers of this Government may warrant it to consider and redress.

Right to bear and keep arms.

10. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Quartering of soldiers.

11. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Unreasonable searches and seizures prohibited.

No warrant to issue but on oath or affirmation.

12. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Trials for capital offences, or infamous crimes.

No one to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, for same offence: nor compelled to testify against himself; nor be deprived of life, etc., without process of law.

Private property not to be taken for public use, without compensation.

13. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Trial by jury in criminal cases.

14. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.

Trial by jury in civil cases.

15. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy, than according to the rules of the common law.

Excessive bail not to be required, nor excessive fine imposed or punishment inflicted.

16. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted

Enumeration of certain rights not to be construed to deny others retained by people.

17. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Reserved powers.

18. The powers not delegated to the Confederacy by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Limitation of the judicial power.

19. The judicial power of the Confederacy shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the States of the Confederacy, by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State.

 SECTION 8.

Limitation of the powers of the States.

1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.

2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederacy, and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress. No State, shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.

 ARTICLE II. SECTION 1.

Executive power vested in President.

Duration of his office and of the office of Vice-President.

1. The Executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederate States of America. He, together with the Vice President, shall hold his office for one year, or until this Provisional Government shall be superceded by a Permanent Government, whichsoever shall first occur.

Manner of electing President and Vice President.

2. The President and Vice-President shall be elected by ballot by the States represented in this Congress, each State casting one vote, and a majority of the whole being requisite to elect.

Qualifications of the President.

3. No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of one of the States of this Confederacy at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident of one of the States of this Confederacy.

Vacancy in office of President; how supplied.

4. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, (which inability shall be determined by a vote of two-thirds of the Congress,) the same shall devolve on the Vice-President; and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President; and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected.

Compensation for the services of the President.

5. The President shall at stated times receive for his services, during the period of the Provisional Government, a compensation at the rate of twenty-five thousand dollars per annum; and he shall not receive during that period any other emolument from this Confederacy, or any of the States thereof.

Oath of office of President.

6. Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the Confederate States of America, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution thereof.

 SECTION 2.

Powers and duties of the President.

May grant reprieves and pardons.

1. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederacy; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices; and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the Confederacy, except in cases of impeachment.

May make treaties, by and with consent of Congress.

Appointments to office.

2. He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Congress, to make treaties; provided two-thirds of the Congress concur: and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Congress, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the courts, and all other officers of the Confederacy whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. But the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.

Vacancies during the recess of Congress.

3. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Congress, by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of their next session.

 SECTION 3.

President to give Congress information of the state of the Confederacy.

May convene Congress on extraordinary occasions.

Other powers and duties.

1. He shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of the Confederacy, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Congress at such times as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and shall commission all the officers of the Confederacy.

Removals from office on conviction of crimes.

2. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the Confederacy shall be removed from office on conviction by the Congress of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors: a vote of two-thirds shall be necessary for such conviction.

 ARTICLE III. SECTION 1.

Judicial power vested in Supreme Court, etc.

1. The judicial power of the Confederacy shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as are herein directed, or as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.

District Courts established; their jurisdiction.

Appeals from District Courts to the Supreme Court.

When commissions of the judges expire.

2. Each State shall constitute a District,*

* This paragraph amended. See post, p. 9.

in which there shall be a court called a District Court, which, until otherwise provided by the Congress, shall have the jurisdiction vested by the laws of the United States, as far as applicable, in both the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, for that State; the Judge whereof shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Congress, and shall, until otherwise provided by the Congress, exercise the power and authority vested by the laws of the United States in the Judges of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, for that State, and shall appoint the times and places at which the courts shall be held. Appeals may be taken directly from the District Courts to the Supreme Court, under similar regulations to those which are provided in cases of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, or under such regulations as may be provided by the Congress. The commissions of all the judges shall expire with this Provisional Government.

Supreme Court constituted of the District Judges; when and where to sit.

3. The Supreme Court shall be constituted of all the District Judges, a majority of whom shall be a quorum, and shall sit at such times and places as the Congress shall appoint.

Transfer of causes in the Courts of the United States, to the courts of the Confederacy.

Decrees, etc., of U. S. courts.

Protection of parties to suits.

4. The Congress shall have power to make laws for the transfer of any causes which were pending in the courts of the United States, to the courts of the Confederacy, and for the execution of the orders, decrees and judgments heretofore rendered by the said courts of the United States; and also all laws which may be requisite to protect the parties to all such suits, orders, judgments, or decrees, their heirs, personal representatives, or assignees.

 SECTION 2.

Extent of judicial power.

1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and of this Confederacy, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under its authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the Confederacy shall be a party; controversies between two or more States; between citizens of different States; between citizens of the same States claiming lands under grants of different States.

Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

Appellate jurisdiction.

2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.

Trial by jury.

3. The trial of all crimes except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.

 SECTION 3.

What constitutes treason, and how to be proved.

1. Treason against this Confederacy shall consist only in levying war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

Punishment of treason. Not to work corruption of blood, etc.

2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attained.

 ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1.

The public acts, etc., of the States to have full faith and credit.

1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved and the effect of such proof.

 SECTION 2.

Citizens of the States entitled to equal privileges.

1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.

Fugitives from justice.

2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.

Fugitive slaves.

In case of abduction or rescue of slave, full compensation to be made.

3. A slave in one State, escaping to another, shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom said slave may belong by the executive authority of the State in which such slave shall be found, and in case of any abduction or forcible rescue, full compensation, including the value of the slave and all costs and expenses, shall be made to the party, by the State in which such abduction or rescue shall take place.

 SECTION 3.

Republican form of government guaranteed to each State; and protection from invasion and domestic violence.

1. The Confederacy shall guarantee to every State in this union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and, on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.

 ARTICLE V.

Amendments to Constitution.

1. The Congress, by a vote of two-thirds, may, at any time, alter or amend this Constitution.

 ARTICLE VI.

The Constitution, laws of the Confederacy and treaties, the supreme law of the land.

1. This Constitution, and the laws of the Confederacy which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the Confederacy, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any thing in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

All matters between the States forming this Government, and their late confederates of the United States, to be settled.

2. The Government hereby instituted shall take immediate steps for the settlement of all matters between the States forming it, and their other late confederates of the United States in relation to the public property and public debt at the time of their withdrawal from them; these States hereby declaring it to be their wish and earnest desire to adjust everything pertaining to the common property, common liability and common obligations of that union, upon the principles of right, justice, equity, and good faith.

Seat of Government.

3. Until otherwise provided by the Congress, the city of Montgomery in the State of Alabama, shall be the seat of Government.

Oath of members of Congress, and of executive and judicial officer.

No religious test required as qualification for office.

4. The members of the Congress and all executive and judicial officers of the Confederacy shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under this Confederacy.

 Done in the Congress, by the unanimous consent of all the said States, the Eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty-One; and of the Confederate States of America, the first. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.HOWELL COBB, President of the Congress. South Carolina.—R. Barnwell Rhett, R. W. Barnwell, James Chesnut, Jr., C. G. Memminger, Wm. Porcher Miles, Lawrence M. Keitt, William W. Boyce, Tho. J. Withers. Georgia.—R.