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The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America,
Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress; 1864. Carefully Collated with the
Originals at Richmond. Public Laws of the Confederate States of America,
Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress; 1864. Private Laws
of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the
First Session of the Second Congress; 1864:
Electronic Edition.

Confederate States of America.

Matthews, James M. (James Muscoe), b. 1822. Ed.

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(cover) By Authority. The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress; 1864. Carefully Collated with the Originals at Richmond.
(title page 1) Public Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress; 1864. Carefully Collated with the Originals at Richmond.
(title page 2) Private Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress; 1864. Carefully Collated with the Originals at Richmond.
Edited by James M. Matthews, Attorney at Law, and Law Clerk in the Department of Justice.
Carefully Collated with the Originals at Richmond.
viii, [253]-288, xii, iii, [17]-18 p.
Richmond:
R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress.
1864.

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BY AUTHORITY.
THE
STATUTES AT LARGE
OF THE
Confederate States of America,
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
SECOND CONGRESS;
1864.
Carefully collated with the Originals at Richmond.

EDITED BY

JAMES M. MATTHEWS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND LAW CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY.

RICHMOND:
R. M. SMITH, PRINTER TO CONGRESS.
1864.

        

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PUBLIC LAWS
OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION
OF THE
SECOND CONGRESS;
1864.
Carefully collated with the Originals at Richmond

EDITED BY

JAMES M. MATTHEWS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND LAW CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY.

RICHMOND:
R. M. SMITH, PRINTER TO CONGRESS.
1864.

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ERRATUM.

        

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288 6 For "neutral," read "mutual."

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LIST
OF THE
PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
OF CONGRESS.

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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS
OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATES,

        Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, on Monday, the second day of May, A. D., 1864, and ended on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of June, A. D., 1864.

JEFFERSON DAVIS, President. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. THOMAS S. BOCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

May 13, 1864.

CHAP. I.--An Act to continue in force and amend the provisions of an act, approved January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, increasing the compensation of certain officers and employees in the civil and legislative departments, at Richmond.

        Provision of the act of January 30, 1864, increasing the compensation of certain civil officers and employees for a limited period, continued in force till January 1, 1865.


        Benefits of the act extended to clerks employed in Columbia, South Carolina.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the provisions of an act entitled "An act to increase the compensation of certain civil officers and employees in the President's office, and in Executive and Legislative Departments, at Richmond, for a limited period," approved January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and that the benefits of the said act be, for the time aforesaid, continued to such clerks of the Treasury Department as have recently been removed from Richmond to Columbia, South Carolina, and such other clerks as may be there employed.

APPROVED May 13, 1864.

May 19, 1864.

CHAP. II.--An Act to authorize the withdrawal from the Treasury of money contributed to build an iron-clad gun-boat by ladies of the State of South Carolina, and deposited therein.

        Money contributed by the ladies of South Carolina to build an iron-clad gun-boat, appropriated for the construction of iron-clad vessels, at Charleston.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in the construction of iron-clad vessels at Charleston, South Carolina, this

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amount having been contributed by the ladies of South Carolina for this object, and paid into the Treasury.

APPROVED May 19, 1864.

May 23, 1864.

CHAP. III.--An Act to provide passports for Senators and Representatives in Congress when travelling in the Confederate States.

        Passports to be furnished to Senators and Representatives in Congress, and officers of each House.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State of the Confederate States to furnish, without application, each Senator and Representative in Congress, delegate and officer of each House, with a certificate under seal, setting forth the official character of such Senator or Representative, delegate or officer; and such certificate, when exhibited, shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to travel without other evidence, of any kind, in all parts of the Confederate States, except that it shall not entitle him to visit an army or vessel of war against the orders of the commanding officer thereof.

APPROVED May 23, 1864.

May 23, 1864

CHAP. IV.--An Act to extend the franking privilege.

        Franking privilege extended.


        1861, Feb. 23.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the provisions of the first proviso of the fifth section of the act entitled "An act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes," approved twenty-third February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be extended to the agent of the Post-Office Department west of the Mississippi, and to the Auditor for the trans-Mississippi Department, upon all matter connected with the adjustment and settlement of postal accounts.

APPROVED May 23, 1864.

May 23, 1864.

CHAP. V.--An Act to authorize the appointment of commissaries for regiments of cavalry.

        Commissaries allowed regiments of cavalry.


        Rank, pay and allowances.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be allowed to each regiment of cavalry in the army of the Confederate States, one commissary, with the same rank, pay and allowances as are now allowed by law to the quartermaster of such regiment.

APPROVED May 23, 1864.

May 23, 1864.

CHAP. VI.--An Act to exempt railroad companies from the payment of certain duties.

        Machinery, materials, &c., necessary for railroads, admitted free of duty.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all machinery and materials in any wise necessary for the construction, equipment and operation of railroads, imported by any railroad company

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for its own use, and all engines, cars, and other rolling stock, for use upon any railroad, be admitted free of duty during the existing war.

APPROVED May 23, 1864.

May 24, 1864.

CHAP. VII.--An Act to provide for the redemption of the old issue of treasury notes held by certain Indian tribes.

        New notes authorized to be issued to certain Indian nations, in exchange for any of the treasury notes held by them or individuals thereof, on the 1st of July, 1864.


        Proviso.


        Further proviso.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to the treasurers or other authorized agents of the several nations of Indians, connected with or friendly to the Confederate States, in exchange for any of the treasury notes held by the said nations, or by individuals thereof, on the first day of July next, new notes of the issue provided for by the act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, without any deduction: Provided however, That not more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall be so exchanged: And provided further, That the redemption of the notes held by the said nations, or by such individual Indians, shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall ascertain the amounts of notes bona fide held by the same, and take care that no frauds be committed in the execution of this act.

APPROVED May 24, 1864.

May 31, 1864.

CHAP. VIII.--An Act to provide for the appointment of officers with temporary rank and command.

        Appointment of temporary officers of the rank of brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general or general.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint temporary officers of the rank of brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general or general for the provisional army, and assign them to any appropriate command.


        How long to hold their rank and command.


        SEC. 2. That the said officers, so appointed, shall only hold their said rank and their said command, for such time as the temporary exigency may require, at the expiration of which time they shall resume their previous permanent rank and command.

APPROVED May 31, 1864.

May 31, 1864.

CHAP. IX.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid any State in communicating with and perfecting records concerning its troops," approved sixteenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

        See ante, ch. 39 page 190.


        State officers commissioned to communicate with troops from the States, allowed to purchase forage.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the above named act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to allow to the State officer therein named, the right to purchase forage for one horse in addition to the right granted thereby to purchase one ration, said purchases to be made upon the same terms and conditions, and under the same circumstances under which officers of the provisional army may be allowed to purchase rations or forage.

APPROVED May 31, 1864.

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May 31, 1864.

CHAP. X.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act creating the office of Ensign in the army of the Confederate States."

        See ante. ch. 76, page 234.


        Appointment of ensign for each battalion of infantry.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the above recited act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to allow the appointment of an ensign to each battalion of infantry.


        This act and the act of February 17, 1864, (ante. page 234,) to apply only to provisional army.


        SEC. 2. That the said act, and this amendment thereto, shall be understood and construed to apply only to the provisional army of the Confederate States.

APPROVED May 31, 1864.

May 31, 1864.

CHAP. XI.--An Act to amend the several acts in regard to chaplains.

        Appointment of chaplains to battalions and general hospitals.


        Pay and allowances.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint, when in his judgment it may be proper to do so, chaplains to battalions and to general hospitals, who shall receive the same pay and allowances now authorized by law to chaplains appointed to regiments and posts.

APPROVED, May 31, 1864.

May 31, 1864.

CHAP. XII.--An Act to provide for the appointment of a disbursing clerk in the War Department.

        Appointment of disbursing clerk in the War Department. Salary. Duties. Bond.


        Acts repealed.


        Provisio as to salary.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be appointed by the Secretary of War, a clerk, with a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, who shall be charged with making the disbursements for the said department, and who shall give a bond, with sureties, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, in such sum as the Secretary of War shall prescribe. And all acts and parts of acts now providing for the appointment and salary of disbursing clerk for said department be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, said salary shall not continue for a period beyond the duration of the war with the United States.

APPROVED May 31, 1864.

June 2, 1864.

CHAP. XIII.--An Act to regulate the compensation and mileage of members of Congress, and increase the compensation of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.

        Compensation and mileage of members of Congress.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the compensation and mileage of members of Congress, the first year of the second Congress, shall be double the amount now allowed by law.

        Compensation of officers of Congress. See ante p. 2-3, ch. 6.


        SEC. 2. That the compensation of the officers of Congress for one year from the passage of this act shall be double the amount allowed in the act entitled "An act to regulate the compensation of the officers of the Senate and of the House of Representatives," approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and officers whose appointment has been authorized since the passage of said act, shall be entitled to the same compensation as officers of like grade named therein; but the provisions of this act shall not operate to reduce the compensation now

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allowed by law to any officer of the Senate or of the House of Representatives.

APPROVED June 2, 1864,

June 3, 1864.

CHAP. XIV.--An Act to secure the prompt printing of the laws of the Confederate States.

        Attorney General may employ additional clerical force to aid the law clerk.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ, from time to time, such additional clerical force as he may deem necessary to aid the law clerk to prepare promptly for publication, immediately after the adjournment of each session of Congress, the acts, resolutions and treaties of the Confederate States, adopted during the session.

        Authorized to contract for the printing, &c., of the acts, resolutions and treaties.


        See acts of provisional Congress of Aug. 5, 1861.


        SEC. 2. That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized to contract for the printing, publishing and binding of the acts, resolutions and treaties adopted at each session of Congress, conformably to the provisions of an [act] entitled "An act to privide 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 fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, whenever, in his judgment, they may not be promptly executed by the public printer.

        Printing for the Executive Departments under direction of Sup't. of Public printing.


        Compensation.


        Apportionment of the work.


        SEC. 3. That all the printing required by the heads of the several executive departments (the Post-Office Department excepted,) shall be executed under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Printing; and such compensation shall be paid as may be agreed upon between the heads of the departments, respectively, and the contractor or contractors doing the work. The Superintendent of Public Printing shall have authority to apportion the work of said departments among any number of contractors and printing establishments that may be necessary to secure the prompt execution thereof, and he may have the same done by job or otherwise.

        Number of copies of the laws to which members of Congress are entitled.


        SEC. 4. In addition to the copy of the laws which the members of Congress are now entitled to receive by law, there shall be delivered to them by the Attorney General one copy of the acts of each session of Congress, and one copy of the laws of the provisional Congress now in course of publication, and hereafter every new member of Congress shall be entitled to two copies of said laws.

APPROVED June 3, 1864.

June 3, 1864.

CHAP. XV.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for holding elections of Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States in the State of Tennessee," approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

        Election for representatives in Congress from the State of Tennessee.


        Person receiving the highest number of votes of the whole vote of the State, to be commissioned.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to provide for holding elections for Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States in the State of Tennessee," approved May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be amended so that the person voted for as representative of any specified district, receiving the highest number of votes of the whole vote of the State, shall be commissioned as representative of the district for which he is voted for.

        Where polls to be opened.


        How election conducted.


        SEC. 2. That in all elections held under said act, polls shall be opened in the camps of the army, as well out of as in the State, and the election

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shall be conducted otherwise as provided in said act as amended by this act.

        Who entitled to vote and at what places.


        SEC. 3. That in such elections all persons entitled to vote under said act out of the county of their residence, shall be allowed to vote at any of the places of voting out of the State.

APPROVED June 3, 1864.

June 4, 1864.

CHAP. XVI.--An Act to furnish transportation to officers of the army and navy while traveling under orders.

        Officers of the army or navy, traveling under orders, allowed transportation, and expenses.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That officers of the army and navy while traveling under orders of the War or Navy Department, shall be allowed transportation in kind for themselves and their personal baggage, and ten dollars per day for expenses while necessarily traveling in the execution of their orders.

APPROVED June 4, 1864.

June 4, 1864.

CHAP XVII.--An Act to provide for the appointment of additional military storekeepers in the provisional army of the Confederate States.

        Appointment of additional military storekeepers of ordnance in provisional army.


        See ante p. 161, ch. 84.


        Pay and allowances.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be authorized to appoint ten military storekeepers of ordnance in the provisional army of the Confederate States, in addition to those authorized by act of May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of military storekeepers in the provisional army of the Confederate States," five with the pay and allowances of a captain of infantry, and five with the pay and allowances of a first lieutenant of infantry.

        Bond.


        Proviso.


        SEC. 2. That military storekeepers of the first class, so appointed, shall be required to give the usual bonds in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and those of the second class in the sum of ten thousand dollars. This act shall be in force from and after its passage: Provided, That no one shall be appointed under its provisions except persons who were performing the duties of acting military storekeepers prior to January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or have become incapacitated by wounds or sickness for active service.

APPROVED June 4, 1864.

June 4, 1864.

CHAP. XVIII.--An Act to authorize the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States to appoint and change the times and places of holding the courts in their respective districts.

        Judges of the district courts empowered to appoint and change the times and places of holding the courts, and provide for the removal of the records and files.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States have power and authority to appoint and change the times and places of holding the courts in their respective districts, whenever, in their judgment, the public exigences may require; and they shall have power in term time or at chambers, to pass all necessary orders to effect such appointment or change of time or place, and to provide for the removal of the records and files of the court.

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        Act to continue in force during the war.


        SEC. 2. This act shall continue in force only during the existence of the present war with the United States.

APPROVED June 4, 1864.

June 4, 1864.

CHAP. XIX.--An Act to establish certain post routes therein named.

        New post-routes established.


        Route No. 2173 amended.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following post routes be, and the same are hereby, established, namely: From the town of Americus, in Sumter county, Georgia, by way of Ellaville, in Schley county, and Buena Vista, in Marion county, to Geneva, in Talbot county, Georgia. Also from Black Mingo Post-Office, in Williamsburg district, South Carolina, to Cantley's, in the same district and State. Also from Manchester, in Cumberland county, North Carolina, to Reedy Branch, in the same county. Also from Rutherford Court House, North Carolina, by William Huntley's, McDaniel's Mills, near Poor's Ford, E. G. Steadman's, Big Island, on Broad river, Ford Mills, North Carolina, Arrowood Post-Office, South Carolina, Buck Creek Post-Office, South Carolina, to Spartanburg Court House, South Carolina. Also from the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, to Gainsville, in Hall county, Georgia. Also from Athens, in Clark county, to Lawrenceville, Guinnet county, Georgia. Also from Dahlonega, in Lumpkin county, by way of Cleveland, in White county, to Clarksville, in Habersham county, Georgia. Also from Independence, Grayson county, Virginia, by way of Noah Long's, John L. Harrington's and Samuel Perkins' to Big Meadows, in the said county of Grayson. Also from Rye Valley, in Smyth county, Virginia, by way of Esquire Ross's, in Grayson county, and Bridle Creek, to Independence, in said county of Grayson. Also from Big Lick, in Roanoke county, Virginia, to Rocky Mount, Franklin county, by way of Benbrook. Also from Warwick Post-Office, in Worth county, Georgia, to Vienna, Dooly county, Georgia. Also from Isabella, Worth county, Georgia, to Irwinville, Irwin county, Georgia. Also from Riedsville, in Rockingham county, North Carolina, via Wentworth and Leaksville, in said county, to Ridgway, in Henry county, Virginia. Amend route No. twenty-one hundred and seventy-three so as to read "from Fayetteville, by Lumber Bridge, Dundarrach, Malta, Gilopolis, Lawrenburg, Springfield, Gibson's Store, and Brightsville, South Carolina, to Cheraw, South Carolina."

APPROVED June 4, 1864.

June 7, 1864.

CHAP. XX.--An Act to extend to the navy and marine corps the provisions of the third section of "An act to organize forees to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

        See ante. p. 211, ch. 65, §3.


        Bounty allowed to warrant officers, pilots, &c., of the navy, and to non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the marine corps.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the provisions of the third section of the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the warrant officers, pilots, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys of the navy, and to the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the marine corps.

APPROVED June 7, 1864.

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June 7, 1864.

CHAP. XXI.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide an Invalid Corps," approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

        See ante. p. 203, ch. 56.


        Ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys of the navy, and non-commissioned officers, &c., of the marine corps, may be relieved or discharged from service.


        Assignments to duty to be made by Secretary of the Navy.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to provide an invalid corps," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be extended to and held to embrace the ordinary seamen, landsmen and boys of the navy, and the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the marine corps; and that assignments to duty of all officers, men and boys of the navy and of the marine corps, under the fourth section of the said act, shall be made by the Secretary of the Navy.

APPROVED June 7, 1864.

June 7, 1864.

CHAP. XXII.--An Act to promote the efficiency of the cavalry of the provisional army, and to punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof.

        When officers or soldiers of the cavalry may be dismounted and placed in the infantry.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the commanding general of any army in the field shall have the power to direct the dismounting of any non-commissioned officer or officers, soldier or soldiers, in the cavalry service in his command, and to place him or them in the infantry, who shall misbehave before the enemy, or shall be guilty of illegally wasting, spoliating or appropriating to his own any private property, or of doing any violence to any citizen.

        Horses of persons dismounted taken for the use of the army.


        Appraised value paid the owner.


        SEC. 2. That the horses belonging to persons so dismounted, and which they may have had in the service, may be taken for the use of the army, and the appraised value thereof shall be paid to the owner.

APPROVED June 7, 1864.

June 7, 1864.

CHAP. XXIII.--An Act to amend the act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations, and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department."

        See ante. p. 191, oh. 40.


        Rations allowed officers of the army and navy.


        Number of rations officers allowed to purchase.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all commissioned officers in the army and navy shall be entitled to one ration, and all commissioned officers in the field and afloat, in addition thereto, shall be allowed to purchase from any commissary or other officer required to issue subsistence to soldiers, marines, or seamen, at the prime cost thereof, including transportation, as follows: One ration each for officers of and below the rank of colonel; two rations each for officers of the rank of brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general; and three rations each for a general; one ration each for commissioned officers of the navy of and below the rank of commander, and two rations each for officers above that rank.

        Rations to officers to be the same as issued to privates.


        SEC. 2. That an officer shall not draw or purchase, at any time, more of the component part of a ration than is issued to the private soldier at the same time.

        Act not to be construed as allowing commutation for rations.


        Officer not allowed rations except for his own use.


        SEC. 3. That nothing contained in this act or the act to which this is an amendment, shall be construed as allowing commutation for rations or as authorizing an officer to receive or purchase rations, except when he requires them for his own use.

        How long act in force.


        SEC. 4. That this act shall continue in force only during the war.

APPROVED June 7, 1864.

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June 7, 1864.

CHAP. XXIV.--An Act to amend so much of an act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as relates to the exemption of certain religious denominations.

        See ante. p. 211, ch. 65.


        Exemptions from military service to the members of certain denominations of Christians.


        Terms and conditions.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Secretary of War shall be authorized to grant exemptions to the members of the various denominations of Christians mentioned in the exemption act of the eleventh of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, who, at that time, belonged to the same, and who were in regular association therewith, upon the terms and conditions specified in that act, or upon such other terms and conditions as he is authorized to allow exemptions or grant details under any of the clauses of the act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to which this is an amendment.

        Exemptions may be revoked for fraud or error.


        SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to revoke any such exemptions under the act aforesaid, when the same have been obtained by any fraud, misrepresentation or error.

APPROVED June 7, 1864.

June 7, 1864.

CHAP. XXV.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted men of the navy during the war," approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

        See ante. p. 132, ch. 55.


        Supplies of small stores may be issued to enlisted men of the navy.


        Upon what terms.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted men of the navy during the war," approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to issue supplies of small stores to the enlisted men of the navy, upon the same terms as provided for the clothing authorized by said act.

APPROVED June 7, 1864.

June 8, 1864.

CHAP. XXVI.--An Act to provide transportation in kind in certain cases to members and delegates in Congress.

        When military commanders to furnish transportation in kind to members and delegates in Congress.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That whenever the usually traveled routes between the homes of members of Congress and the capital are interfered with by the enemy, it shall be the duty of military commanders to facilitate the passage of members and delegates going to or returning from Congress, by furnishing transportation in kind for any distances over which they may state in writing they cannot provide themselves with transportation; and such written application, endorsed "furnished," by the party receiving the transportation, shall be accepted as a sufficient voucher for the expenditure of the officer in furnishing the same.

APPROVED June 8, 1864.

June 9, 1864.

CHAP. XXVII.--An Act to provide for the compensation of non-commissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines on detailed service.

        Pay and allowances to persons on detailed service.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all persons detailed from the army or after enrollment for military service,

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or from the navy or marine corps, for special duty or extra duty, shall be allowed to receive their regular pay, rations and allowances, as if they were performing service in the field.

        Additional compensation.


        To be the same for both the War and Navy Dep'ts.


        SEC. 2. That all such detached or detailed men shall be allowed, in addition, not exceeding two dollars per day, and compensation for all extra work, or for any uncommon skill or industry displayed in the performance of duties to which they may be assigned, in proportion to the value of such extra labor or uncommon skill or industry, whether it be in performing an unusual amount of work within the usual hours of labor, or work performed beyond the usual hours, or extraordinary skill and superior workmanship displayed in the execution of such duties, the value of said extra labor or uncommon skill or industry, to be determined by the officer or superintendent under whose immediate direction said detached or detailed service may be performed, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War or Navy. The additional compensation provided in this section shall be the same for both the War and Navy Departments, under certain rules to be prescribed by the President.

        Compensation of persons detailed to gov't contractors.


        SEC. 3. That all non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, sailors or marines, detailed to government contractors, shall be so detailed without pay and allowances, but shall be compensated for their services by wages received from said contractors, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War or of the Navy.

APPROVED June 9, 1864.

June 9, 1864.

CHAP. XXVIII.--An Act for the payment of commissioners appointed under the act entitled "An act to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases," and to confer certain powers upon said commissioners.

        See ante. p. 188, ch. 37.


        Compensation of commissioners appointed under the act suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.


        Compensation of their assistants.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the commissioners appointed under the said act shall be entitled to receive the compensation of two hundred and fifty dollars each per month, from the date of their respective appointments, until the expiration of their service; and that their assistants shall be allowed one hundred and fifty dollars per month, from the date of their appointments, respectively, until the expiration of their service.

        Said commissioners to have the power conferred upon commissioners appointed by the district courts.


        SEC. 2. That the said commissioners shall have the powers conferred upon commissioners appointed by the district courts by the act of the provisional Congress, approved thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and numbered two hundred and seventy-three, in the acts of the said Congress.

APPROVED June 9, 1864.

June 9, 1864.

CHAP. XXIX.--An Act to increase the compensation of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the army of the Confederate States.

        Pay of non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians increased.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the pay of the non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians of the army of the Confederate States be, and the same is hereby, increased seven dollars per month for the period of one year from the passage of this act.

APPROVED June 9, 1864.

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June 9, 1864.

CHAP. XXX.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a Nitre and Mining Bureau," approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

        See ante. p. 114, ch. 35.


        Officers of the Nitre and Mining Bureau.


        Pay and allowances.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, constituting the Nitre and Mining Bureau an independent bureau of the War Department, be amended as follows: That the Nitre and Mining Bureau shall consist of one Colonel as Chief of bureau, two Lieutenant Colonels, six Majors, twelve Captains, who shall have the same pay and allowances prescribed for officers of cavalry of the same grade.

        Appointment of chemists and professional assistants.


        Pay.


        SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That chemists and professional assistants, absolutely essential for the operations of the bureau, not to exceed six of each class, shall be appointed by the Secretary of War, with pay in no case to be above that of Lieutenant Colonel of the commissioned corps.

        How long act in force.


        SEC. 3. That this act shall continue in force only during the present war.

APPROVED June 9, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXI.--An Act making appropriations for the postal service of the Confederate States for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

        Preamble.


        WHEREAS, in the administration of the affairs of the Post-Office Department, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, current expenses for mail service were met by drafts on postmasters, for accruing postage and revenue under regulations providing for subsequent adjustment of such transactions at the treasury; And, whereas, it appears that estimates were submitted from time to time by the Postmaster General, for appropriations by Congress, of the revenues of the Department towards the necessary expenses thereof, but from some cause certain appropriations estimated for in eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three were omitted. To remedy this omission,

        Appropriations for the postal service.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury, being the revenues arising from postage, sales of postage stamps and emoluments from box rents for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, no appropriations having been heretofore made for those years, viz:

        For the year 1862.


        For transportation of the mails, compensation of postmasters and clerks, ship, steamboat and way letters, advertising, mail bags, office furniture, blanks and printing, wrapping paper, mail locks, keys and stamps, mail depredations and special agents, postage stamps and miscellaneous payments for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, two hundred and seventy-six thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-three cents.

        For the year 1863.


        For transportation of the mails, compensation of postmasters and clerks, ship, steamboat and way letters, advertising, mail bags, office furniture, blanks and printing, wrapping paper, mail locks, keys and stamps, mail depredations and special agents, postage stamps and miscellaneous payments, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, two million seven hundred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and two dollars and thirty cents.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

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June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXII.--An Act to amend the laws relating to the tax in kind.

        Amendment to first proviso, fourth paragraph of § 10 of the act of Feb. 17, 1764, laying taxes. See antep. 223.


        When farmer or planter not subject to tax in kind on wool.


        When delivery to be made of tithes in kind.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to lay taxes for the common defence and carry on the government of the Confederate States,' approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three," be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: After the word "wool" in the first proviso of the fourth paragraph of section ten, the words "in the aggregate," shall be inserted; and in the same article and section, the word "eight" shall be substituted for the word "five," so as to read: Provided, That post quartermasters shall direct such delivery to be made at any time within eight months after the date of said estimates, &c.

        When crops subject to tax in kind are destroyed the part not destroyed to be regarded as all that was made.


        Post quarter-master to have credit on his return for the property thus lost.


        SEC. 2. In all cases where crops, subject to a tax in kind, have been, or may be destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or any other accidental cause, or by the enemy, if before assessment, the assessor shall regard the part of the crop not destroyed as all that was produced by the owner; if after assessment, and the destruction be satisfactorily proven, the post quartermaster shall also regard the portion of the crop not destroyed as all that was produced, and the proof relieving the producer shall entitle the quartermaster to a credit on his return for the property thus lost.

        Where the corn reserved from the tax in kind is insufficient for the producer, he may pay the money value for the tithe to the extent required.


        SEC. 3. In cases where the quantity of corn reserved from the tax in kind is not sufficient to supply the actual wants of the producer, without any default on his part, upon satisfactory evidence of the fact, the Secretary of War is authorized to allow the money value to be paid for the tithe to the extent thus required.

        Products of gardens and fruit, for domestic use, not liable to tax.


        SEC. 4. The law imposing a tax upon the assessed value of property shall not be so construed as to impose a tax upon the products of gardens intended for the use of the family of the owner, nor upon fruit raised for domestic use and not for sale.

        When account to be rendered of slaughtered hogs.


        SEC. 5. That the account of slaughtered hogs required by the first section of said act shall be rendered on or about the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five and eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for each year preceding said date.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXIII.--An Act to amend "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

        See ante p. 211, ch. 65, § 5, 6.


        When persons between the ages of 17 and 18 and 45 and 50, beyond the limits of the Confederate armies, may organize themselves into companies, & c., and elect their officers.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to allow all white male residents, between the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty years, who were prevented from enrolling themselves within the time prescribed by the said act, by the occupation of their localities or country by the public enemy, and whose homes are, and have been since the passage of said act, beyond the lines of the Confederate armies, to organize themselves in pursuance of the sixth section of said act, after their homes or localities are brought within the lines of the Confederate armies; and this privilege shall continue for the space of thirty days after the reoccupation is announced by an order issued by the general

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commanding the department, and published in the military department in which such reoccupation may occur.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXIV.--An Act to raise money to increase the pay of soldiers.

        Additional tax assessed and levied upon all subjects of taxation, for the year 1864.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That upon all subjects of taxation under existing tax laws, there shall be assessed and levied a tax equal to one-fifth of the amount of the present tax on the same subjects for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, which tax shall be payable only in Confederate treasury notes of the new issue, and shall be collected at the same times with the other taxes on the same subjects, under the laws now in force.

        Appropriated to payment of increased compensation of soldiers.


        SEC. 2. The money arising from the tax hereby imposed shall be appropriated, first, to the payment of the increased compensation of the soldiers under the act passed at the present session.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXV.--An Act concerning the salary of the Treasurer.

        Salary of the Treasurer.


        See ante p. 191, ch. 42, § 1.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in estimating and ascertaining the increase of the salary of the Treasurer under the several acts heretofore passed on the subject of salaries of public officers at Richmond, the permanent salary of the Treasurer shall be taken to be four thousand dollars, as fixed by the act approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the increase shall be estimated on that basis.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXVI.--An Act to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of tax-payers in certain cases," approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

        Tax remitted on slaves lost to the owner by the act of the enemy.


        See ante p. 186, ch. 32, § 2.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That whenever slaves shall have been assessed, but between the time of the assessment and the time fixed by law for the payment of the tax thereon, such slaves shall be lost to the owner, by the act of the enemy, the said tax may be remitted in the manner pointed out by the second section of the act entitled "An act for the relief of tax-payers in certain cases," approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXVII.--An Act to graduate the pay of general officers.

        Pay of general officers.


        Act in force for one year.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the pay of a general shall be five hundred dollars per month; that of a lieutenant general, four hundred and fifty dollars per month, and that of a major general, three hundred and fifty [dollars] per month; that a general

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commanding an army in the field shall receive in addition to the said sum of five hundred dollars per month, one hundred dollars; and a lieutenant general, a major general and a brigadier general shall, whilst serving in the field, each receive fifty dollars per month, in addition to the sum herein allowed, whilst so serving; and all laws allowing additional compensation for commanding a separate army in the field be, and they are hereby, repealed, except as herein provided; and that this act shall be in force for one year and no longer.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 10, 1864.

CHAP. XXXVIII.--An Act to authorize the appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties.

        Appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties.


        See ante p. 49, ch. 66.


        See ante p. 57, ch. 2.


        Bank.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint fifty officers of artillery in the provisional army for the performance of ordnance duties, in addition to those authorized by the act entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of officers of artillery in the provisional army," approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and "An act to authorize the appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties," approved September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and that the rank of said officers shall be as provided in said last named act.

APPROVED June 10, 1864.

June 13, 1864.

CHAP. XXXIX.--An Act making appropriations for the support of the government of the Confederate States of America, from July 1, to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency[.]

        Appropriations for the support of the government, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1864.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Government, from July first to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four:

        Legislative.--Pay and mileage of members of the House.


        LEGISLATIVE.--For compensation and mileage of members and delegates of the House of Representatives, two hundred thousand dollars.

        Officers, &c., the House.


        For compensation of officers and others employed in the House of Representatives, five thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.

        Contingent expenses of House.


        For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, forty thousand dollars.

        Pay and mileage of the Senate.


        For compensation and mileage of members of the Senate, forty-nine thousand dollars.

        Officers and clerks of Senate.


        For compensation of officers and clerks of the Senate, ten thousand dollars.

        Contingent expenses of Senate.


        For incidental and contingent expenses of the Senate, ten thousand dollars.

        Executive: President.


        EXECUTIVE.--For compensation of the President of the Confederate States, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

        Vice President.


        For compensation of the Vice President of the Confederate States, three thousand dollars.

        Private secretary and messenger of President.


        For compensation of the private secretary and messenger of the President of the Confederate States, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars[.]

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        Private secretary of Vice President.


        For compensation of the private secretary of the Vice President of the Confederate States, five hundred dollars.

        Contingent expenses.


        For contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Executive Department, twenty thousand dollars.

        Treasury Department.--Secretary's office.


        TREASURY DEPARTMENT.--For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, Treasurer and Register, and clerks and messengers, four hundred and eighty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.

        Contingent expenses.


        For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, fifty thousand dollars.

        Interest on public debt.


        For payment of interest on the public debt, twenty million dollars.

        Engraving and printing notes, &c.


        For engraving and printing treasury notes, bonds and certificates for stocks, and for paper for the same, two hundred thousand dollars.

        Payment of loan of Aug. 19, 1861.


        For payment of the principal, under loan of August 19, 1861, due January 1, 1865, one million three hundred and ninety-three thousand nine hundred dollars.

        Rent of executive buildings.


        For rent of Executive buildings and President's house, twenty thousand dollars.

        Officers of Treasury Dep't west of the Miss. river.


        For compensation of the agent of the Treasury Department west of the Mississippi river, and auditor, comptroller, clerks and messengers in their bureaus, twenty-five thousand dollars.

        Expenses of funding notes.


        For advertising and other expenses incident to funding treasury notes, three hundred thousand dollars.

        Contingent expenses of treasury west of Miss. river.


        For incidental and contingent expenses of the treasury service west of the Mississippi river, twenty thousand dollars.

        Detection of persons.


        For travelling and other expenses incident to the detection of persons engaged in preparing and passing forged treasury notes, five thousand dollars.

        Agent of Erlanger loan.


        For salary, clerk hire, and other expenses of agent of Erlanger loan, in Paris, ten thousand dollars.

        War Dep't: Secretary's office.


        WAR DEPARTMENT.--For compensation of the Secretary of War, assistant Secretary, chief of bureau, clerks, messengers, and others employed in the War Department, two hundred and five thousand dollars.

        Contingent expenses.


        For incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

        Indian bureau.


        For salary of commissioner, chief clerk, and incidental expenses of Indian bureau, nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

        Contingent expenses Adj't and Insp'r Gen'ls Dep't[.]


        For contingent expenses of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, twenty-five thousand dollars.

        Contingent expenses of the army.


        For incidental and contingent expenses of the army, one hundred thousand dollars.

        Quartermaster's Dep't: Pay of the army.


        QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.--For pay of the army, seventy-four million two hundred and forty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-one dollars.

        Disbursements for public service.


        For disbursements for the public service of the Quartermaster's Department, one hundred and twenty-five million seven hundred and fifty thousand and forty-nine dollars.

        Commissary Dep't: Subsistence stores and commissary property.


        COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.--For the purchase of subsistence stores and commissary property, in addition to the unexpended balance of the last appropriation, one hundred million dollars.

        Appropriation for Quartermaster's and Commissary Dep't may be transferred from one to the other.


        So much of the appropriation for the Quartermaster and the Commissary Departments as may be necessary may be transferred from one to the other by order of the Secretary of War, for the purpose of paying for supplies impressed or purchased according to the exigencies of the service.

        Ordnance service.


        ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.--For the ordnance service in all its branches, twenty-five million dollars.

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        Nitre and mining service.


        For the nitre and mining service, four million three hundred thousand dollars.

        Engineer service.


        ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.--For the engineer service, ten million dollars.

        Physicians.


        MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.--For pay of physicians employed by contract, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

        Nurses and cooks.


        For pay of nurses and cooks, not enlisted as volunteers, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

        Laundresses.


        For pay of hospital laundresses, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

        Medical and hospital supplies.


        For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, fourteen million eight hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

        Military hospitals.


        For the establishment and support of military hospitals, one hundred thousand dollars.

        Hospital stewards.


        For pay of hospital stewards, one hundred thousand dollars.

        Matrons.


        For pay of matrons, assistant matrons and ward matrons, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

        Ward masters.


        For pay of ward masters, two hundred thousand dollars.

        Navy Department: Secretary's office.


        NAVY DEPARTMENT.--For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, clerks and messenger, in his office, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents.

        Contingent expenses.


        For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Department, fifteen thousand dollars.

        Pay of navy.


        For pay of the navy, one million six hundred and forty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty-four dollars and seventy-five cents.

        Provisions and clothing.


        For provisions and clothing in the Paymaster's Department, two million fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.

        Iron-clad vessels.


        For the construction of iron-clad vessels in the Confederate States, two million dollars.

        Ordnance and ordnance stores.


        For ordnance and ordnance stores, one million four hundred thousand dollars.

        Repairs of vessels.


        For repairs of vessels, three hundred thousand dollars.

        Equipments, &c., of vessels.


        For equipment and stores of vessels, five hundred thousand dollars.

        Sub-marine batteries.


        For the construction of sub-marine batteries, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

        Contingent enumerated.


        For contingent enumerated, eight hundred thousand dollars.

        Medical supplies, &c.


        For medical supplies and surgeon's necessaries, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

        Marine corps.


        For the support of the marine corps, seven hundred and eleven thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars.

        State Dep't: Secretary's office.


        STATE DEPARTMENT.--For compensation of the Secretary of State, clerks, messenger and laborer, seven thousand and fourteen dollars.

        Foreign intercourse.


        For foreign intercourse, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars.

        Department of Justice: Attorney General's office.


        DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.--For compensation of Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, clerks and messengers, ten thousand and twenty-five dollars and twenty-six cents.

        Contingent expenses.


        For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

        Sup't Public Printing.


        For compensation of the Superintendent of Public Printing, clerks and messenger, five thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-two cents.

        Arizona Territory.


        For compensation of Governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of Secretary, and of Judges, Attorney and Marshal of Arizona Territory, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

        For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona Territory, to be expended by the Governor, five hundred dollars.

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        Printing and binding for departments.


        For printing, binding and ruling for the several Executive Departments, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

        Printing, &c., for Congress and of laws and journals.


        For printing, binding and ruling for both Houses of Congress, including the printing of the laws, in the authorized form, and the journals of Congress, forty thousand dollars.

        Printing, &c., of digest of the laws.


        For printing and binding the digest of the laws, ten thousand dollars.

        Paper for the digest.


        For the purchase of paper for the digest of the laws, twenty thousand dollars.

        Acts and resolutions of Congress.


        For the publication and printing of the several acts and resolutions of Congress, five thousand dollars.

        Paper for the departments and Congress.


        For the purchase of paper for the several Executive Departments and Congress, seventy-five thousand dollars.

        Judges, attorneys and marshals, and expenses of courts.


        For compensation of judges, attorneys and marshals, and incidental and contingent expenses of courts, eighty thousand dollars.

        Comr's under sequestration act, clerk hire, &c.


        For compensation of three commissioners, appointed under the sequestration act, and for clerk hire and contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.

        Indian Affairs: Treaty stipulations.


        INDIAN AFFAIRS.--For amount required to comply with treaty stipulations, entered into between the Confederate States and certain Indian tribes, one hundred and forty-two thousand two hundred dollars.

        Post-Office Dep't: Office of Postmaster General.


        POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.--For compensation of the Postmaster. General, chiefs of bureau, clerks and messenger, watchmen and laborers, forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars.

        Contingent fund.


        For contingent fund of the Post-Office Department, five thousand dollars.

        Agent and clerks of P. O. Dep't west of Miss. river.


        For compensation of the agent and clerks of the Post-Office Department in the States west of the Mississippi river, nine thousand five hundred dollars.

        House rent.


        For house rent at Marshall, Texas, three thousand dollars.

        Contingent expenses.


        For contingent and miscellaneous expenses in the trans-Mississippi department, five thousand dollars.

        Telegraph lines.


        For compensation of agents, cost of material, and constructing, repairing and operating telegraph lines, seventy-eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

        Nitre and mining service in trans-Miss. department.


        For the nitre and mining service in the trans-Mississippi Department from the first of July to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, two million five hundred thousand dollars.

        Postal service:


        POSTAL SERVICE.--For the postal service of the Confederate States, to be paid by applying six hundred thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and seventy-one cents, the balance remaining unexpended of the revenues of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and in addition of two million seven hundred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and two dollars and thirty cents, the revenues arising from postages, sales of postage stamps, and emoluments from box rents from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, viz:

        Transportation of mails.


        For transportation of the mails, two million one hundred and fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars and forty-three cents.

        Postmasters and clerks.


        For compensation to postmasters and clerks in post-offices, nine hundred and seventy-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and and twenty-three cents.

        Ship, steamboat and way letters.


        For ship, steam-boat and way letters, seven hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty-one cents.

        Advertising.


        For advertising, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-two cents.

        Mail bags.


        For mail bags, seven thousand three hundred and nine dollars and eighty-five cents.

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        Office furniture.


        For office furniture, one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.

        Blanks and printing.


        For blanks and printing, seventy-four thousand and forty-seven dollars and seventy-six cents.

        Wrapping paper.


        For wrapping paper, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and eighteen cents.

        Mail locks, keys and stamps.


        For mail locks, keys and stamps, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and seventy-five cents.

        Mail depredations and special agents.


        For mail depredations and special agents, twenty-six thousand and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents.

        Miscellaneous payments.


        For miscellaneous payments, twenty thousand five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents.

        Postage stamps.


        For postage stamps, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy-eight cents.

        Judges and attorneys and expenses of courts.


        For salaries of judges and attorneys, and for incidental and contingent expenses of courts, to supply deficiencies for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, sixty thousand dollars.

        Sect'y of Navy, clerks, &c.


        For compensation of Secretary of the Navy, clerks and messenger in his office, from the fifteenth May to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.

        Officers of Navy.


        For pay of officers of the navy under certain circumstances, according to the act approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, from the sixteenth of February to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, two hundred thousand dollars.

        Choctaw Nation.


        For interest due the Choctaw Nation of Indians upon Virginia State bonds, which interest has been turned over to the Confederacy by that State, forty thousand five hundred dollars.

        Agent and clerks in P. O. Dep't of trans-Miss. dep't.


        For compensation of the agent and clerks in the Post-Office Department of the trans-Mississippi department from the first of April to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty cents.

        Transportation of clerk, &c., to Marshall, Texas.


        For transportation of clerks, books, &c., to Marshall, Texas, three thousand dollars.

        House rent of P.O. Dep't, at Marshall, Texas.


        For house rent of Post-Office Department, at Marshall, Texas, from the first of April to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, two thousand dollars.

        Miscellaneous expenses of P. O. Dep't west of Miss. river.


        For furniture, fuel, lights and miscellaneous expenses of the Post-Office Department, west of the Mississippi river, from the first of April to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten thousand dollars.

        Geo. P. Evans & Co., for printing.


        For amount of account due George P. Evans & Co., for printing, under a contract made by the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives, appointed to investigate the administration of the Navy Department, under its present head, three thousand two hundred and eighty-four dollars and four cents.

        Unexpended balances to the credit of the dep'ts to be exhausted before the appropriations in this act shall be drawn from the treasury.


        SEC. 2. That no appropriation made under this act shall be drawn from the Treasury until all unexpended balances standing to the credit of the department for which the appropriation [is] herein made shall have been exhausted.

APPROVED June 13, 1864.

June 13, 1864.

CHAP. XL.--An Act to authorize the owners of the registered eight per cent. ten year convertible bonds, issued under the provisions of the act approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to exchange the same for coupon bonds.

        Owners of registered 8 per cent. ten year convertible bonds, issued under act of May 16, 1861, authorized to exchange the same for ten year 8 per cent. coupon bonds.


        Secretary of Treasury to prepare and issue the coupon bonds.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the owners of the registered eight per cent. ten year convertible bonds,

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issued under the provisions of an act entitled "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," approved sixteenth May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same are hereby authorized to exchange the same for coupon bonds, payable ten years after the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, with eight per cent. interest, payable semi-annually; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to prepare and issue said bonds, which bonds, and the coupons attached thereto, may be issued with such authentication as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

APPROVED June 13, 1864.

June 14, 1864.

CHAP. XLI.--A Act to authorize the manufacture of spirituous liquors for the use of the army and hospitals.

        Contracts authorized for the manufacture of alcoholic and spirituous liquors for the army and hospitals.


        Contract to operate as a license to contractor.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall be lawful for the Surgeon General or the Commissary General to make all necessary contracts for the manufacture and distillation of whisky, brandy, and other alcoholic and spirituous liquors for the supply of the army and hospitals upon such terms as may be conducive to the public interest; and that the said contracts and any heretofore made shall operate as a license to the contractor to manufacture the same for the purpose aforesaid.

        Manufactories or distilleries may be established.


        Laborers.


        SEC. 2. That the Surgeon General and the Commissary General shall be authorized to establish manufactories or distilleries for the purpose of obtaining the supplies aforesaid, and to employ laborers in the same, instead of resorting to contracts, if they shall deem it more prudent to do so.

        Contractor not to make more alcoholic or spirituous liquors than he shall deliver to the Government.


        Prohibited from selling or disposing of same.


        Act not to operate as a license to contractor for any violation of its prohibitions.


        SEC. 3. That no contractor or party shall, under the license granted by this act, distil or make more alcohol, whisky, brandy, or other alcoholic or spirituous liquors than he shall deliver to the Government or its agents in fulfillment of his contract or contracts; nor shall it be lawful for any such contractor to sell, or in any way dispose of, otherwise than as said contract or contracts may require, any alcohol, whisky, brandy, or other alcoholic or spirituous liquors manufactured by him under the license aforesaid; nor shall this act operate as a license to any contractor for any violation of the prohibitions herein contained, when such violation shall be a crime or misdemeanor under the laws of the State in which the same may occur.

APPROVED June 14, 1864.

June 14, 1864.

CHAP. XLII.--An Act providing for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the army.

        Appointment of agents to receive and take proof of claims for forage, provisions, &c., furnished to the army by the owner or taken or informally impressed.


        Report to accounting officers of the Treasury.


        Auditing and payment of claims.


        Claims originating west of the Mississippi river.


        Oaths to witnesses and claimants.


        Pay and mileage of agents.


        Quartermasters or disabled army officers may be appointed to the duties of agents Mileage allowed.


        Also non-commissioned officers or privates unfit for active service.


        Their pay and allowances.


        The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall be the duty