EDITED BY
TO BE CONTINUED
ANNUALLY.
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CONFEDERATE STATES OF
Department of Justice,
By an Act of the
Provisional Congress, approved on the 5th day of August, 1861, section third,
it was made, inter alia, "the duty of the
Attorney General, at the close of each session of Congress, to cause all the
laws and resolutions having the force of laws, and all treaties entered into by
the Confederate States, to be published under the supervision of the
Superintendent of Public Printing." This section was amended by a further
act, approved on the 17th day of February, 1862, which provides, "That the
third section of said act be so amended as to authorise
the Attorney General to cause three thousand copies of the Provisional and
Permanent Constitution, and of all the acts and resolutions and treaties of the
Provisional Government of the Confederate States which are not secret, to be
published in one volume, at the close of the present session of Congress,
arranged, and with marginal notes, and indexed, as provided in said act."
The effect of this amendment, it will be observed, is to repeal the third
section of the first mentioned act, so far as it applies to the legislation of
the Provisional Congress, and restrict its application to the laws and
resolutions passed by Congress under the Permanent Constitution, and to
treaties entered into by the Confederate States under that Constitution.
For sometime after
the passage of the act of the 5th day of August last, it was impossible to
comply with its requirements because of the fact that the requisite
paper--"paper equal in quality to the edition of the laws of the United
States, as annually published by Little & Brown,"--could not be
procured; and it was not till very recently that the Superintendent of Public
Printing succeeded in obtaining it. For this reason the laws and resolutions
have been published, heretofore, under special resolutions of Congress, for temporary
convenience, on paper of inferior quality, and without regard to the provisions
of the act. This is the first publication that has been made in conformity with
its provisions.
The following laws
and resolutions have been carefully compared with the original Rolls on file in
this Department, and all typographical errors other than those noted in the
table of errata, corrected. Where anything essential to complete the sense is
omitted in the Rolls it is inserted in the text, included in brackets.
JAMES M. MATTHEWS,
Law Clerk.
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War Department. An Act supplementary to An Act entitled
"An Act to establish the War Department," approved February
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
·
Writ of Habeas Corpus suspended. An act to authorize
the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases.
·
Clerical force of the War Department increased. An Act to increase the
clerical force of the War Department.
·
Public Printing. An Act to amend An Act entitled "An Act
in relation to Public Printing," approved February twenty-seventh,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
·
Destruction of property and indemnity therefor. An Act to regulate the
destruction of property under military necessity, and to provide for the
indemnity thereof.
·
Pay of Officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. An Act to regulate the
compensation of the officers of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.
·
Post Routes established. An Act to establish certain Post Routes
therein named.
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Defence of
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Staff, etc., of General at the seat of Government. An Act to provide a
staff and clerical force for any General who may be assigned by the President
to duty at the seat of Government.
·
Compensation of Members of Congress. An Act to regulate the
compensation of Members of Congress.
·
Mode of paying Members of Congress and disbursement of
Contingent Fund. An Act to regulate the mode of paying the members of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and the disbursement of the contingent fund.
·
·
States assuming payment of the War Tax. An Act to enable the
States assuming the payment of their quotas of the war tax, to pay the same
into the Treasury.
·
President's personal Staff. An Act to authorize the President to
increase his personal staff.
·
Compensation of the President. An Act to fix the
compensation of the President of the Confederate States. April 3, 1862, ch.15 .
. . . .7
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Appropriations for the support of the Government. An Act making
appropriations for the support of the Government from April first to the
thirtieth of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for objects
hereinafter expressed.
·
Public Defence. An Act to amend An Act
approved
·
Duty on railroad iron remitted. An Act to remit the
duty on railroad iron sufficient to complete the
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Estimates of the heads of the Departments. An Act relative to the
estimates of the heads of the several departments.
·
Advance of money to the State of Missouri. An Act to authorize
the advance of a certain sum of money to the State of
·
Keeping of fire arms in the hands of effective men. An Act to provide for
keeping all fire arms in the armies of the Confederate States in the hands of
effective men.
·
Enlistments in the Marine Corps. An Act to encourage
enlistments in the corps of Marines.
·
The Acts of the District Attorney, &c., in
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Payment to District Collectors. An Act to authorize
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay District Collectors in certain cases.
·
The Working of
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Means for the support of the Government. An Act to provide
further means for the support of the Government.
·
Depositories of public funds. An Act to increase the
number of depositories of public funds.
·
Payment of Musicians in the Army. An Act for the payment
of Musicians in the Army not regularly enlisted.
·
Pay of members of Congress during recess of Congress. An Act to amend An Act
entitled "An Act to regulate the compensation of members of
Congress;" also to amend An Act entitled "An Act regulating the mode
of paying members of Congress."
·
Public Defence. An Act to further
provide for the public defence.
·
Employment of clerks at the offices of the Treasurer and
Assistant Treasurers. An Act to authorize the employment of clerks at the offices of
the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.
·
Appropriation for the Contingent expenses of the War
Department and the Army to be divided. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to
divide the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the War Department and
the Army.
·
Manufactories of Saltpetre and
Small Arms. An Act to encourage the manufacture of Saltpetre
and of Small Arms.
·
Issue of Treasury Notes. An Act authorizing the issue of
Treasury Notes.
·
Construction of Railroad in the States of
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Conveyance of mailable matter by
express or other companies. An Act to repeal certain laws therein named and to declare
others to full force, in relation to conveyance of mailable
matter outside of the mail.
·
Fees of Marshals, etc. An Act regulating the fees of Marshals and for
other purposes.
·
Further Appropriations. An Act making further appropriations
for the expenses of the government in the Treasury, War and Navy Departments,
and for other purposes.
·
Signal Corps. An Act to organize a Signal Corps.
·
Mines for the production of Coal and for the production and
manufacture of Iron. An Act supplementary to the Act entitled "An Act to
encourage the manufacture of Saltpetre and Small
Arms."
·
Post Routes established. An Act to establish certain Post Routes
therein named.
·
Ordnance Sergeants increased. An Act to increase the
military establishment of the Confederate States, and to amend the "Act
for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of
·
Act suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, defined. An Act to limit the
act authorizing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
·
Rates of Postage. An Act to amend An Act entitled "An Act
to prescribe the Rates of Postage in the Confederate States of
·
Drill Masters. An Act to authorize the employment of Drill
Masters.
·
Auditing Accounts for the War Department. An Act in relation to
Auditing Accounts for the War Department.
·
Compensation of Members of Congress and the disbursement of
the Contingent Fund. An Act to amend "An Act to regulate the mode of paying the
members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the disbursement of the
Contingent Fund."
·
Compensation of Clerks, Marshals and District Attorneys,
limited.
An Act to limit the compensation of Clerks, Marshals and District Attorneys of
the Confederate States.
·
Chaplains to the Naval Hospitals. An Act to provide for
the appointment of Chaplains at the Naval Hospitals.
·
War Tax in States invaded by the enemy. An Act to regulate the
collection of the War Tax in certain States invaded by the enemy.
·
Clerks' fees, &c. An Act regulating the
fees of Clerks and for other purposes.
·
Payment of Officers of the Virginia Militia. An Act to provide for
the payment of officers of the Virginia Militia for services rendered.
·
Additional Clerks authorized in the Bureau of the
Quartermaster General. An Act to increase the clerical force of the Quartermaster
General's Bureau.
·
Salaries of Master Armorers
increased.
An Act to amend An Act entitled "An Act to increase the corps of
Artillery, and for other purposes," approved
·
Pay of Chaplains. An Act to amend the several Acts in relation
to the pay of Chaplains in the Army.
·
Companies with less than the minimum number already in the
service, recognized as if duly organized. An Act to recognize the organization of
certain military companies.
·
Transportation to, and sale of
articles in any port in the possession of the enemy, prohibited. An Act to prohibit the
transportation and sale of certain articles in any port or place within the
Confederate States in the possess[damaged page]on of the enemy, and to prohibit the sale,
barter or exchange of certain articles therein named, to alien or domestic
enemies.
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Augusta, Georgia, made a port of delivery for goods imported
into Charleston. An Act making
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Who to act as President in case of vacancies in the offices
both of President and Vice President. An Act declaring the officer who shall act as
President in case of vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice
President.
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Exchange of bonds or stocks for articles in kind. An Act to authorize
the exchange of bonds for articles in kind, and the shipment, sale, or
hypothecation of such articles.
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Drunkenness in the Army punished. An Act to punish
drunkenness in the Army.
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Bands of Partisan Rangers. An Act to organize bands of Partisan
Rangers.
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Enlistment of Cooks in the Army. [An Act] for the
enlistment of Cooks in the Army.
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Corps of Engineers increased. An Act to increase the
corps of Engineers in the Provisional Army.
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Appointment of officers of Artillery. An Act to authorize
the appointment of officers of Artillery in the Provisional Army.
·
Compensation of Deputy Postmasters. An Act regulating the
compensation of Deputy Postmasters.
·
Organization of the Navy. An Act to amend An Act entitled
"An Act to provide for the organization of the Navy, approved
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Exchange of bonds, &c., for articles in kind. An Act making
appropriations to carry into effect "An Act authorizing the exchange of
bonds for articles in kind, and the shipment, sale or hypothecation of such
articles."
·
Facilities of importing goods increased. An Act to increase the
facilities of importing goods, wares and merchandise into the ports of the
Confederate States.
·
Inventors, &c., of machines for destroying armed vessels
of the enemy. An Act to amend An Act entitled "An Act to amend An Act
recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate
States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods,"
approved May 21st, 1861.
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Battalions of Sharp Shooters. An Act to organize
Battalions of Sharp Shooters.
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Public Defence. An Act supplementary
to An Act further to provide for the Public Defence.
·
Exemption from military service. An Act to exempt
certain persons from enrollment for service in the armies of the Confederate
States.
·
Public Defence further provided
for. An
Act to amend An Act entitled "An Act to further provide for the public defence," passed the sixteenth day of April, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two.
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No. 1. Certain Resolution of
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No. 2. No political affiliation with the people of the United
States. A Resolution declaring the sense of Congress in regard to
re-uniting with the
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No. 3. Territorial integrity of the Confederacy to be
maintained. Resolution pledging the Government to maintain the territorial
integrity of the Confederacy,
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No. 4. Thanks of Congress to Capt. Buchanan and his command.
Resolution of thanks to Capt. Buchanan and the officers and men under his
command.
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No. 5. Aid to our prisoners of war. Joint Resolution to aid
our prisoners in the hands of the enemy.
· No. 6. Arrearages of pay and mileage to Members of the Provisional Congress. Joint Resolution relating to the manner of paying Members of the Provisional Congress, the arrearages of their