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The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], $10 Reward. (search)
. Mr.Smith, of Alabama, introduced the following resolution, which was adopted: Be it Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill amending an act, approved May 21, 1861. entitled an act to authorize certain debtors to pay the amounts due by them into the Treasury of the Confederate States, so as to provide suitable penalties for the violation of the prohibitions contained in said act. Mr. Hill, of Georgletter was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Milrs, of South Carolina, presented the memorial and petition of Edgerton and Richards, of South Carolina, praying an amendment of the 49th section of the Patent Law, ratified May 21, 1861. Referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. Scott, of Va., presented the memorial of Dr. Hale in relation to surgeons' fees. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Russell, of Va., offered the following, which was adopted:
The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], A military Dictator. (search)
Congress. On Saturday, the following named acts were reported to Congress as approved and signed by the President: An act to amend an act making preparations for the support of the Government for the year ending the 4th of February, 1861. An act to extend the provisions of an act prohibiting the exportation of cotton from the Confederate States, except through the seaboards of said States, and to punish persons offending therein. An act to amend an act to make further provision for the public defence, approved May 11, 1861. An act to amend an act to increase the military establishment of the Confederate States. An act to amend an act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America. An act to amend an act in reference to the issue of Treasury notes. And an act to amend an act to provide revenue on commodities imported from foreign countries, approved, May 21, 1861.
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 22 (search)
61, $7,000 Treasury Department.--For one Chief Clerk to aid the First Auditor in auditing the accounts of the Post-Office Department, at $2,000 per annum, per act approved May 16, 1861, the sum of $1,513,91. For fifteen Clerks, at $1,200 each, the sum of $13,625,82. For fourteen Clerk, at $1,000 each, the sum of $10,597,85. For one Messenger, at $500 per annum, the sum of $378,59. For one Chief Clerk for Second Auditor's office, at $1,400 per annum, per act approved May 21, 1861, the sum of $1,044,39 For five Clerks, per same act, at $1,200 each, the sum of $4,476. For five Clerks per same act, at $1,000 each, the sum of $3,730 Judiciary.--For salaries of Judges and District Attorneys of the Confederate States, and incidental and contingent expenses of Courts, $22,000 Public Debt--For interest on the public debt, $250,000 [A bill was passed making appropriations for the Navy, but the details of which we deem it impolitic to publish.]
The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Shocking accident. (search)
all and every, the lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels, rights and credits within these Confederate States, and every right and interest therein held, owned, possessed or enjoyed by or for any alien enemy, since the twenty-first day of May, 1861, except such debts due to an alien enemy as may have been paid into the Treasury of any one of the Confederate States prior to the passage of this law, be and the same are hereby sequestrated by the Confederate States of America, and shat bank and corporation stocks, dividends, and rents on real estate shall be delivered up, and on the further condition as to other property or credits, that the party in possession shall pay all interests and net profits accrued since the 21st of May, 1861, into the hands of the Receiver, and at annual periods thereafter, on pain, in cases of failure, for judgment against principal and security, for which execution shall be issued in the name of the Receiver. Sec. 7 allows any claimant or
The Daily Dispatch: September 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Representatives. (search)
Bonham, of S. C., presented a memorial from citizens of Laurens District, in that State, on the subject of military transportation. Referred to the Committee on Military Transportation. Mr. Collier, of Va., presented a bill authorizing and regulating substitutes. Referred to Military Committee. Mr. Sexton, of Texas, introduced a bill concerning the transportation of soldiers, and allowance for clothing of volunteers, and amendatory of the act for the establishment and organization of the army of the Confederate States, approved May 21, 1861. Referred to Committee on Military Transportation. Mr. Miles, of S. C., introduced a bill to increase the Signal Corps, which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the special order, (the hill for the increase of the Provisional Army,) and able speeches were made by Messrs. Preston, Foote, Dargan, and Davis of Miss. At half past 3 o'clock the House adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1863., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
ter, of Va., in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Woodbridge. The Senate were notified that the House had passed the bill to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war. Mr. Clay introduced a bill relative to the medical department of the regular army of the Confederate States; also, bill to amend an act to prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Confederate States, except through the seaports of said States, and to publish persons offending therein; approved May 21st, 1861. Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill to establish a preferred mail across the Mississippi river. Mr. Maxwell submitted a resolution that the Senate on Monday, and thereafter, meet at 11 o'clock A. M. Carried. The bill to pay certain North Carolina troops money due them, was reported without amendment, and passed. The amendment of the House to the joint resolution relating to the production of provisions being up, the Senate disagreed thereto. The bill to organize the
The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], "Still they Come" (search)
mportant case. --The case of Theodore Woodall is to be discussed and considered in the Mayor's Court this morning. As we understood the case, as stated the other day in Judge Meredith's Court, by Mr. Gilmer, (counsel for the accused,) there are several very important and delicate questions of law, public polity, and governmental action, involved. The law under which the proceedings against Woodell are instituted was passed by the Virginia Convention, (Ordinance No. 43,) on the 21st May, 1861. Mr. Gilmer, as we understand his position, will contend that the Mayor has no judicial power under this ordinance. His functions are purely ministerial, and only extend to the duty of a preliminary investigation, and only so far as to ascertain whether the offence imputed has in fact been committed, and it is then the duty of the Mayor or Justice to turn the case over to the proper Confederate authorities. The Ordinance (No. 1) of Secession was adopted the 17th day of April,
The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], President's message. (search)
t that this concession of their neutral rights to our detriment has on more than one occasion been claimed in intercourse with our enemies as an evidence of friendly feeling towards them.--A few extracts from the correspondence of Her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will suffice to show marked encouragement to the United States to persevere in its paper blockade, and unmistakable intimations that Her Majesty's Government would not contest its validity. On the 21st May, 1861, Farl Russell pointed out to the United States Minister in London that "the blockade might no doubt be made effective, considering the small number of harbors on the Southern coast, even though the extent of 3,000 miles were comprehended in terms of that blockade." On the 14th January, 1862, Her Majesty's Minister in Washington communicated to his Government that, in extenuation of the barbarous attempt to destroy the port of Charleston by sinking a stone fleet in the harbor, Mr. Se
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