The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That if any officer of the army be appointed Secretary of War, and enter upon the duties of that office, he shall not thereby lose his rank in the army, but only the pay and allowance thereof, during the time he is Secretary of War, and receiving the salary of that officer.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That during the present invasion of the Confederate States, the President shall have power to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in such cities, towns and military districts as shall, in his judgment, be in such danger of attack by the enemy as to require the declaration of martial law for their effective defence.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there be added to the number of clerks now authorized by law in the War Department, twenty additional clerks, to be divided among the several Bureaus, in such proportion as the Secretary of War may deem most advantageous, to receive compensation as follows, to wit: Six at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum; six at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum, and eight at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the eleventh, section of the act of the Provisional Congress, entitled “An Act in relation to public printing,” adopted the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to authorise the Postmaster-General, when, in his opinion, sufficient notice will not be given of advertisements for carrying the mail, by inserting such advertisements in three newspapers in each State, to advertise such proposals in such additional number of papers as may be necessary to give them full publicity. Provided, that, by so doing, no greater expense be incurred than if said advertisements be inserted in but three newspapers.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the military authorities of the Confederate Army are hereby authorized and directed to destroy cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores, or other property of any kind whatever, which may aid the enemy in the prosecution of the war, when necessary to prevent the same, or any part thereof, from falling into the hands of the enemy.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the owners of property destroyed under the operation of this Act, as well as those persons who shall voluntarily destroy their property to prevent the same from falling into the hands of the enemy, are hereby authorized to perpetuate the testimony of such destruction, in the manner prescribed by an Act of the Provisional Congress, entitled “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,” approved thirtieth August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and such owners and persons shall be entitled to indemnity out of the proceeds of property sequestered and confiscated under the laws of the Confederate States, in such manner as Congress may hereafter provide.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Secretary of the Senate shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, payable monthly. That the Secretary of the Senate be allowed to appoint an assistant Secretary at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, and two clerks at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, each, payable monthly. That the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; and the Doorkeeper of the Senate shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; and the Assistant Doorkeeper, shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, all payable monthly; and the Page of the Senate, shall receive an allowance of two dollars per day, during the session of the Senate.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, payable monthly. That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be allowed to appoint three assistants, at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, each, payable monthly. That the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and the assistant Doorkeeper shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, payable monthly; and the Pages of the House of Representatives shall receive each, an allowance of two dollars per day, during the session of the House.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following post routes, upon which the service has been placed by the Postmaster General, be, and the same are hereby established, and his action, in putting the mail service upon the same, is hereby confirmed, to wit: A post route from Hernando, by Pleasant Hill, to Olive Branch in the State of Mississippi; also one from Waxahachie, by Alvarado and Buchanan, to Acton, in the State of Texas; also, from Goliad, by Cummengsville, Beeville and San Domingo, to Oakville, in said State of Texas; also, one from Sherman, by Chalybeate Springs, Dickenson, Delaware and Horse Shoe Bend, to Gainsville, all in the State of Texas; also, one from Dresden, by White Rock, Hillsboro and Covington, to Grand View, in said State of Texas.

SEC. 2. The following new routes are also hereby established, viz: one from Camden by Buffalo, to Miller's Bluff, in Ouachita county, in the State of Arkansas; also, one from Walnut Hill, in Lafayette county, in the State of Arkansas, by Spring Bank, Bright Star and Courtland, Cass county, Texas, to Havannah of the county and State last aforesaid; also, a post route in the State of Arkansas, from Washington, in Hempstead county, by Ozan Postoffice, Wilton Postoffice, on the Little Missouri river, Caddo Gap or Centreville Postoffice, Caddo Postoffice at Farr's Mill, McConnell's Mill, Goodner's, Hickey's, Waldron Postoffice, to Fort Smith, in Sebastian county; also, the following routes in the State of Georgia, to wit: from Valdosta, by R. P. Hutchinson's to Irwinville; also from Covington, by way of Oak Hill and McDonough to Jonesboro also, a post route from Jonesborough, in the State of Tennessee, to Grassy Creek, in the State of North Carolina, crossing the Iron Mountain where the McDowell and Yancey turnpike road terminates.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That whenever the President shall assign a General to duty at the seat of Government, the said General shall be entitled to the following staff, to wit: A military Secretary, with the rank of Colonel; four aids-de-camps, with the rank of Major; and such clerks, not to exceed four in number, as the President shall, from time to time, authorize. The pay and allowance of the Military Secretary and aids-de-camp, shall be the same as those of officers of cavalry of like grade; and the salaries of the clerks shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum for each. Such offices, office furniture, fuel and stationery, shall be provided for the said General as the duties of his office may render necessary, to be paid for out of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the War Department.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the compensation of each Senator, Representative and Delegate in Congress shall be twenty-seven hundred and sixty dollars for each year, and mileage at the rate of twenty cents per mile for each session, to be paid in manner following, to wit: On the first day of the first session of each Congress, or as soon thereafter as he may be in attendance and apply, each Senator, Representative and Delegate shall receive his mileage and all his compensation, from the beginning of his term, to be computed at the rate of two hundred and thirty dollars per month; and during the session, compensation at the same rate. And on the first day of the second or any subsequent session, he shall receive his mileage aforesaid and all compensation which has accrued during the adjournment at the rate aforesaid; and during said session compensation at the same rate: Provided, no member shall receive mileage for more than two sessions of any Congress, unless more than twenty days shall elapse between the adjournment of one session and the beginning of another.

SEC. 2. That the President of the Senate pro tempore, when there shall be no Vice-President, or the Vice-President shall have become the President of the Confederate States, shall receive the compensation allowed by law for the Vice-President; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive double the compensation above provided for Representatives, payable at the times and in the manner above provided for payment of the compensation of Representatives.

SEC. 3. That this law shall apply to the present Congress; and each Senator, Representative and Delegate shall be entitled to receive the difference only between their per diem compensation, already received under the law now in force, and the compensation provided by this act.

SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Committee on Pay and Mileage and the Secretary of the Senate, respectively, to deduct from the monthly payment of members, as herein provided for, the amount of his compensation for each day that such member shall be absent, without leave, from the Senate or House respectively, unless such Senator, Representative or Delegate shall assign as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the compensation which shall be due by law to the members and officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States, shall be certified as follows, to-wit: That, which shall be due to the members and officers of the Senate shall be certified by the President thereof, and that which shall be due to the members and officers of the House shall be certified by the Speaker thereof, and the same shall be passed as public accounts and paid out of the public treasury.

SEC. 2. All certificates granted by the President and Speaker, as aforesaid, of the amount of compensation due as aforesaid, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared, to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government of the Confederate States.

SEC. 3. All moneys which have been or which may be hereafter appropriated for the contingent expenses of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, shall be paid at the Treasury from time to time, in such sums as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House may approve, on the requisition and draft of the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, respectively, and shall be kept, disbursed and accounted for by them, respectively, according to law, who are hereby deemed and declared to be disbursing officers.

SEC. 4. The said Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk shall each, within ten days after the passage of this act, enter into bond, with one or more sureties each, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars each, with condition for the faithful application and disbursement of such funds as may come into their hands, respectively, or may be drawn from the Treasury, under this or any other act; which bonds shall be deposited in the Treasurer's office, and it shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk, hereafter chosen, to give bond as aforesaid, within ten days after his election and undertaking the duties thereof, and before he shall draw any draft or make any requisition as aforesaid.

SEC. 5. All payments on account of the compensation due by law to the members and officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, shall be by drafts drawn by the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, respectively, on the Treasurer, to be verified by the certificates of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House aforesaid.

SEC. 6. The disbursement of the contingent funds of the two Houses, hereby placed under the control of the said Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk, respectively, shall, before payment, be approved by the Committee of Accounts in each of said Houses respectively.

SEC. 7. The said Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk shall regularly submit estimates to their respective Committees on Accounts, and no disbursement of the contingent funds of either House shall be audited by said committees, except in accordance with such estimates.

SEC. 8. The said Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk shall, as soon as practicable after the close of the present and each succeeding session, make up a tabular statement of all appropriations made during the session, and also a table or statement showing the names and compensation of the clerks and officers of each House, together with a detailed statement of the items of expenditure out of said contingent funds for the next immediately preceding session; in which statement the disbursements shall be arranged under the several heads of printing, stationery, and so on, until each and every head of expenditure has been specified and described, with the cost of every item; and which statement shall exhibit, also, the several sums drawn by the said Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk, respectively, from the Treasury, and the balances, if any, remaining in their hands. Said Sergeant-at-arms and Clerk shall cause said statements to be printed and a copy thereof sent to each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, as soon as practicable.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That hereafter the Confederate Court for the Northern District of Georgia shall be held on the first Wednesday in the months of June and December in each year.

SEC. 2. That all laws conflicting with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That if any State which has agreed to assume the payment of her quota of the tax imposed by the act approved August 19th, 1861, entitled “An Act to authorise the issue of Treasury Notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption,” shall not have been furnished with a correct collated list of the taxes assessed on the people of such State before the first day of April, 1862, the Secretary of the Treasury shall agree with the Governor of such State upon the probable amount of such assessment, and the State shall be entitled to pay the same, less ten per centum, in like manner, and with like effect, as if such payment had been made before the said first day of April; Provided, however, That when the corrected assessment is made out, such State shall pay to the Confederate Government or receive therefrom, as the case may be, the deficiency or excess of the correct amount due from her on the assessment, allowing to the State the deduction of ten per centum on the deficiency, if any.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That during the existing war the President may, as Commander-in-chief of the forces, appoint, at his discretion, for his personal staff; four aids-de-camp, in addition to the number now allowed by law, with the rank, pay and allowances of a colonel of cavalry.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President shall receive for his services during his term of office, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand dollars, payable quarterly in advance, to commence on the twenty-second day of February eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the time at which he entered upon the duties of his office.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That until a suitable Executive mansion shall be provided for the President, the rent of one suited to the purpose shall be paid by the Government.

The Congress of the Confederate Slates 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 April first to November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, and for the objects hereafter expressed:

Legislative.—For pay and mileage of Senators, seventy thousand dollars.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act approved May 10th, 1861, entitled an act to amend an act to provide for the public defence, approved March 6th, 1861, be, and the same is hereby so amended as to apply also to companies received into service for duty as Heavy Artillery.

SEC. 2. The provisions of this act and of the act of May 10th, 1861, shall extend to all companies of Light and Heavy Artillery, which are now in, or may be hereafter received into the service, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith are hereby repealed.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the duty on Railroad iron sufficient to complete the road on the route from Selma in Alabama to Meridian in Mississippi, held in bond, or which may hereafter be imported, and procured for the purpose stated be, and the same is hereby remitted: Provided, such iron shall be imported or purchased and used solely for the purpose stated, within three months from the date of the passage of this act.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Superintendency of Indian Affairs, for all the Indian country annexed to the Confederate States, that lies west of Arkansas and Missouri, north of Texas, and east of Texas and New Mexico, is hereby continued, and shall be called the Arkansas and Red River Superintendency of Indian Affairs, and the Superintendent thereof shall reside at Fort Smith, or Van Buren, in the State of Arkansas, until otherwise ordered by the President; shall give bond to the Confederate States, with sufficient sureties, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned like those of the agents hereinafter prescribed, and shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and be allowed a clerk, at an annual compensation of one thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Arkansas and Red River Superintendency, shall, within his superintendency, exercise a general supervision and control over the official conduct and accounts of all officers and persons employed by the Government in the Indian Department, under such regulations as shall be adopted or established by the President of the Confederate States; and may suspend such officers and persons from their offices or employments, for reasons forthwith to be communicated to the Secretary of War.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following Indian Agents shall be continued or appointed by the President, each of whom shall give bond, with two or more sureties, to the Confederate States, in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, if he disburses annually more than fifty thousand dollars; and in ten thousand dollars, if he disburses annually less than fifty thousand dollars and more than twenty thousand dollars; and in the sum of five thousand dollars, if he disburses annually less than twenty thousand dollars; conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their office, and that he will faithfully disburse, pay out and apply all moneys placed in his hands as agent, and render true and just accounts, as provided by the regulations of the War Department, of the receipt and expenditure of all moneys and property of every description entrusted to him, or coming to his hands in his official capacity, and pay over all balances and deliver all property that may, at any time, remain in his hands, on the order or requisition of the War Department or Bureau of Indian Affairs; and each of such agents shall receive an annual compensation of fifteen hundred dollars; that is to say:

An Agent for the Osages, Senecas, Senecas and Shawnees and Quapaws, whose agency shall be known as the Osage Agency;

An Agent for the Cherokees, whose agency shall be known as the Cherokee Agency;

An Agent for the Creeks, whose agency shall be known as the Creek Agency;

An agent for the Seminoles, whose agency shall be known as the Seminole Agency;

An agent for the Choctaws and Chickasaws, whose agency shall be known as the Choctaw and Chickasaw Agency;

An agent for the Wichitas, Comanches, Kichais, Huecos, Cado-ha-da-chos, Ta-hua-ca-ros, Ton-ca-wes, An-a dagh-cos, Ai-o-nais, Kickapoos, Shawnees and Delawares, in the country leased from the Choctaws and Chickasaws, whose agency, shall be known as the Wichita Reserve Agency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President shall be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever he may deem it expedient, to discontinue any Indian Agency, or to transfer the same from the place of Nation designated by law, to such other place or Nation, as the public service may require.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every Indian Agent shall reside and keep his agency upon the reserve selected for an agency, within the country of the Nation, or one of the Nations for which he may be agent, and shall not depart from the limits of such country at any time, or for any length of time, without the permission of the Superintendent, or of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, granted for special and urgent reasons only, on penalty of immediate removal from office.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the limits of each agency shall be the country of the Nation, or Nations, for which it is established. And it shall be the duty of each agent, within the limits of his agency, to manage and superintend the intercourse with the Indians, agreeably to law; to obey all legal instructions given to him by the Secretary of War, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and to carry into effect such regulations as may be prescribed by the President.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President may at any time require additional security, and, in larger amounts, from all persons charged or entrusted, under the laws of the Confederate States, with the transportation, disbursement application of money, goods or effects of any kind, on account of the Indian Department.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That one interpreter shall be allowed to each agency, except that for the Wichitas and other bands, who shall receive an annual compensation of four hundred dollars; and that for the Wichita Agency one may be allowed for each different language spoken, each of whom shall receive a compensation of four hundred dollars per annum; except those for the Comanches, and for the Wichitas, Hue-cos, and Ta-hua-ca-ros, each of whom shall receive a compensation of four hundred dollars per annum, or, in lieu of part of these, one interpreter may be employed for the Comanches, Wichitas, Hue-cos, Ta-hua-ca-ros, Cado-ho-da-chos, and An-a-dagh-cos, at a compensation of one thousand dollars per annum. These interpreters shall be selected by the Superintendent, on the recommendation of the respective agents, or upon his own knowledge of their competency and good character, and may be suspended by the agent, from pay and duty, the circumstances being by him reported to the Superintendent for final action. In the appointment of interpreters, preference shall be given to persons of Indian descent, and of the same nation, for which they are appointed, if such can be found, who are properly qualified for the execution of their duties.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That blacksmiths and wagon-makers shall, in like manner, be employed, wherever required by Treaty stipulations, and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by treaties, or in the absence of such provision by treaty, an annual compensation of not more than seven hundred and fifty dollars; and if they furnish their shop and tools, an additional compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum: and their assistants shall be allowed an annual compensation of two hundred and forty dollars; and whenever other mechanics, teachers or physicians are required by Treaty stipulations to be provided, they shall be, in like manner employed, and the male teachers shall receive an annual compensation of not more than one thousand dollars, female teachers an annual compensation of not more than six hundred dollars; physicians an annual compensation of not more than one thousand dollars, and mechanics an annual compensation of not more than seven hundred and fifty dollars. Farmers and laborers, required by Treaty stipulations to be furnished, shall be employed by the Agents, subject to the approval of the Superintendent, unless the Superintendent himself sees fit to employ them, which he may do; and their compensation shall not, in any case, be greater for farmers than six hundred dollars per annum, and for laborers, than forty dollars per month.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the salaries and annual compensations provided by this act shall be in full of all emoluments or allowances whatever, except such fees as are hereinafter specially allowed to be received: Provided, however, That reasonable allowances and provisions may be made for office rent and office contingencies; and that when the Superintendent or Agent is required, in the performance of the duties prescribed by this act, to travel from one place to another, he shall be allowed the same expenses of travel, or mileage and transportation, as may be allowed to officers of the army, and such additional allowance for transportation and expenses of traveling in the Indian country as the Secretary may be satisfied is just; but provided, also, that no allowance shall be made to any such officer for travel or expenses, in going to the Seat of Government to settle his accounts, or returning therefrom, unless ordered thither for that purpose, by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or Secretary of War.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That no person shall hold more than one office under this act at one and the same time; nor shall any Agent or Interpreter receive any salary or compensation, while absent the Agency, without leave of the Superintendent or Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and if an Interpreter be absent, without leave of the Superintendent or Commissioner, for more than sixty days, at any one time, it shall be sufficient cause of his removal from office.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That no Superintendent, Agent or Interpreter, shall have any interest or concern in any mercantile establishment in the Indian country or in any trade carried on with the Indians, under the penalty of immediate removal from office, and perpetual disqualification to hold any office under the Indian Bureau; and neither of them shall be concerned or interested in any claim on behalf of the Indians against the Confederate States, of any kind whatever, nor receive any compensation fee or gratuity whatever from the Indians, in any shape, manner or form, for any services in the presentation or recovery of any such claim, or the collection of any moneys from the Government, for individual Indians, or for the Nation; and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor in office, corruption and extortion, shall be forthwith removed, and, upon conviction thereof by indictment, shall be punished by fine of not less than five hundred, nor more than five thousand dollars, and imprisonment not less than six months nor more than five years, and be condemned to make restitution of the whole amount of the compensation, fee or gratuity, so received, with interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum from the time when he received the same; and shall also be forever disqualified to hold any office, civil or military, under the Confederate States.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That payment of all annuities, and other sums of money, stipulated by treaty or directed by law, to be paid to the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws, shall be made to the Treasurer of each Nation, or to such other person or persons, as the legislative power of each may direct; and the moneys so received shall be disposed of by the authorities of the Nation, without any interference on the part of any Department, Bureau or office of the Government of the Confederate States. Payments of all sums of money to be made to the Seminole Nation, and to any other tribes or bands of Indians in the said superintendency, shall be made to the Treasurer, Chief, or per capita, as the treaties may provide, or, in the absence of treaty provisions, as the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, in each case, direct.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That all payments of moneys to any of said nations, tribes or bands, shall be made by such persons as the President shall designate for that purpose; and that he may, at his discretion, entrust military officers with such payments; in which case the duty shall be performed by them, without other compensation than the ordinary allowances for travel and transportation.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That if any Agent of the Confederate States for any nation, tribe or band of Indians, shall convert to his own use, or improperly withhold from any of the Indians under his charge, any article, or any part or quantity of any article of provisions, clothing, merchandize, or other thing whatever, placed in his hands by the Government of the Confederate States, for distribution or delivery to such Indians, or any moneys, to any amount whatever, placed in his hands to be paid to them, or to be expended for their benefit, whether by the United States heretofore, or by the Confederate States heretofore or hereafter, or shall employ in his own private service and affairs any person employed by the Government to labor for or assist the Indians, or shall receive from any contractor any share of profits, per centage, compensation, or gratuity whatever, every such agent, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof in the proper court, shall be fined not less than five hundred, nor more than fifty thousand dollars, sentenced to make full restitution to the Confederate States, and be imprisoned, at hard labor, not less than two, nor more than ten years.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That no exchange of funds shall be made by any superintendent or agent, or, by any other disbursing officer or agent of the Government, of any grade or denomination, whatsoever, employed in, or connected with the Indian service, other than an exchange for gold and silver, or Treasury notes; and every such disbursing officer, when the means for his disbursements are furnished him in gold and silver, shall make his payments in the identical moneys so furnished, or when those means are furnished to him in Treasury warrants or drafts, shall either cause such warrants or drafts to be presented at their place of payment, and properly paid, according to law, and shall make his payments in the identical moneys so received for the drafts furnished; unless, in either case, he can exchange the means in his hands, for the gold and silver, or other kind of funds, in which they are payable, at or for more than par; and any officer, in any way, violating the provisions of this section, shall be forthwith removed from office, and upon conviction thereof, upon indictment in the proper District Court, shall be punished by fine of not less than one thousand, nor more than ten thousand dollars, be imprisoned, not less than six months, nor more than two years, and be thereafter incapable of holding any office of trust or profit, under the Confederate States.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That no superintendent, agent, or other officer mentioned in the sixteenth section of this act, shall either directly or or indirectly sell or dispose of, to any person or persons, firm or corporation whatsoever, any Treasury note, draft, warrant, or other public security in his hands, as such officer, and not his private property, at par, where he can obtain a premium on the same, or for any less than the current premium, at the time and place; nor shall sell or dispose of any specie funds, with or without a premium, for any other funds; nor shall loan any of the funds in his hands to any person whatever, nor sell the same, or any draft, warrant, or other security, to any person whatever, upon time, or to receive the proceeds at a future day, however near; and if any such officer shall, in any way, violate the preceding provisions of this section, or shall receive, directly or indirectly, any premium whatever, upon the sale or disposition, or exchange, of any funds, specie, warrant, draft or security, by way of exchange, or otherwise, and shall not make true return of such premium so received, and account for the same, by charging it in his accounts to the credit of the Confederate States, he shall be forthwith dismissed from office; and shall, in addition, upon conviction upon indictment in the proper district court, be punished and become incapable, in the same manner as is provided in the sixteenth section of this act: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to allow disbursing officers to make payment in any other funds than specie or Treasury notes.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the President shall be, and he is hereby, authorised to cause such rations as he shall judge proper, and as can be spared from the army provisions, without injury to the service, to be issued under such regulations as he shall see fit to establish; or beef and flour, in lieu thereof, to be purchased and issued by the officers commanding military posts, to Indians who may visit such posts, and by agents to those who may visit their agencies, and to councils called by authority of the Confederate States; and special accounts of these issues shall be kept and rendered, and the Secretary of War may authorise the agents for the Creeks, Seminoles, Osages, and Reserve Indians to expend a sum not larger than three hundred dollars per annum, in furnishing provisions to Indians attending councils and payments of annuities: Provided, That no money shall be expended for this purpose which has not been previously appropriated by law.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That all persons whatsoever, charged or entrusted with the disbursement or application of money, goods or effects of any kind, for the benefit of the Indians, shall settle their accounts annually at the War Department, on the first day of October; and copies of same shall be laid annually before Congress, at the commencement of the ensuing session, by the proper accounting officers, together with the list of the names of all persons to whom money, goods or effects had been delivered within the year, for the benefit of Indians, specifying the amount of each, and the object for which each sum or quantity was intended, and showing who are delinquents, if any, in forwarding their accounts, according to the provisions of this act; and also a list of the names of all persons appointed or employed under this act, with the date of appointment or employment of each, and the salary or pay of each.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That no person, other than a member of the particular tribe or nation under treaty stipulations, or a member of another Indian nation or tribe, permitted to trade by the authorities of the nation or tribe, within whose limits he so trades, shall be permitted to trade with the Indians, in the Indian country aforesaid, without a license therefor from the agent for the nation or tribes in whose country the trade is to be carried on; and which license, in the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw countries, must be granted by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature or General Council of such nation: Provided, That no license shall be necessary to authorise the selling from wagons, or otherwise, flour, bacon, fruits, and other provisions, brought from the Confederate States, or wagons, agricultural implements, domestic animals or arms brought from any of the same. Each license shall be issued for a term not exceeding three years; and all licenses granted before the passage of this act may be renewed by the agents, in their discretion, without the advice or consent of the legislature or council, to continue until the expiration of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That the person or persons obtaining a license, must give bond in a penal sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, with one or more sureties, approved and certified to be sufficient, by the agent to whom the application is made, conditioned that such person or persons will faithfully observe and obey all laws and regulations for the government of trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, adopted or enacted by the Confederate States, or any department thereof, and will, in no respect, violate the same. And the Superintendent of Indian Affairs shall have power to revoke and cancel any license whenever he shall be satisfied that the person licensed has violated any of the said laws or regulations, or that, for any other good reason, it would be improper to permit him to remain in the Indian country.

SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That any person, other than a member of the nation or tribe, under treaty stipulations, or a member of another Indian nation or tribe, permitted to trade by the authorities of the nation or tribe within whose limits he so trades, who shall attempt to reside in any part of the Indian country as a trader, or to introduce goods, or to trade therein, without a license duly obtained, shall forfeit all merchandise offered for sale to the Indians, or found in his possession, and shall, moreover, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, in the name of the Confederate States, or adjudged on conviction and forfeiture of the goods, one-half thereof to be paid to the informer, and the other half to the nation or tribe in whose country the offence is committed, to which nation or tribe also all the goods forfeited, and all wines and liquors confiscated, shall be given and belong.

SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That no license to trade with Indians shall be granted to any person or persons other than a citizen or citizens of the Confederate States.

SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That any agent may refuse an application for a license to trade, if he is satisfied that the applicant is a person of bad character, or that it would be improper to permit him to remain in the Indian country; or if a license previously granted to him has been revoked, or a forfeiture decreed of any bond previously given by him: Provided, That any person, whose application is thus denied, may appeal to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, whose decision shall be final.

SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That if any licensed trader shall purchase of an Indian any gun, or any instrument of husbandry, or blanket, cooking utensil, or other article, furnished the Indians by the Confederate States, his license shall be immediately revoked, and he shall forfeit and pay, for the use of such Indians, to the Confederate States, the sum of fifty dollars for every article so purchased.

SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That no person, not being a member of the nation or tribe, or otherwise authorised by law or treaty, shall drive or otherwise convey, or cause, or permit to be otherwise conveyed, any horses, mules, or cattle, to range and graze in any part of the Indian country, without the consent of the authorities of the nation or tribe previously obtained, under the penalty of one dollar a head for each animal so pastured, which may be collected by the authorities of the nation, and payment enforced, if necessary, by the seizure of the cattle: Provided, That movers, and other persons driving stock through the country, may halt from place to place, for such reasonable length of time as will be sufficient to recruit their stock, but no longer, doing the same in good faith.

SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and each agent within his agency, shall have authority, and it shall be the duty of each, to remove from the Indian country all persons found therein contrary to law or treaty; and all other persons, not Indians, and not by birth and blood members of the particular nation, whose presence is, in his opinion, dangerous or mischievous; and shall have power to call upon the officer commanding any military post to aid him in so doing, and enforce his orders in that behalf: Provided, That the person so removed by an agent may appeal to the Superintendent, whose decision thereon shall be final.

SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of law invalidating any purchase of lands from an Indian nation or tribe, shall no longer be in force, in respect to the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, each of which may, under special or general laws passed for that purpose, sell parcels of their lands, or convey parcels of the same by legislative grants, in fee simple, to individual purchasers or grantees; and such sales or grants shall be valid in law and equity, in the absence of fraud, and shall only be impeached in the same manner; as if they had been made by a State.