Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-27
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RICHMOND, Aug. . The following namet
bills were yesterday approved by the Piesi
dent:
An act to establish a mail route on the gull
railroad, from Growers station, in Louisiaua
10 Monticello, IN Florida.
An act authorizing The payment to Charles
B. Pollard, presiden of the Alabama and Flo-
Tida railroad. the SUN Of S2379 so, being 'ha
cuty assessed on a certain amount OF railroad
iron withdrawn from tie warehouse at Pensa-
cola, Florida, in tue month of April last.
BILL mixing appropriations FOR tie public defersr
SECTION l. The Congress Of the Confederate
s. diss Of .4mcTjcI DO enact, That there be ap-
p-o9riated cut Of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending
18Th February, 1862, the sam Of hiy-seve5
mil.ioJs Os dollars, for the pay OF oficels and
priyates ia the army, volunteers and militia N
the public service OF the ConfedKsse states ;
for quarter masters supplies kinds,
transportation, and other ncce1 Renses
for the purchase Of subsistence an 1Bnmisea-
~ properly; for the ordnance service in all
its bran hes foE eD-i eefing, and FOR iae sur
gical and medical service OF tie army IN all
supplies and necessary expenditures.
seq ?. That the a3cve aPpTupris lions shall
be distribusl amongst the several objects Of
appropriation above specified, in such proper
tions as shall be determined by the Secretary
Of War, with the approval Of the President.
bill authorizing The Secretary Of War to
direct the employment, when deemed mecca
saTy, Of nurses and cooks for the hospitals
the persons so employed to be subjeCs 10 mil
tary control, AMI to be paid as enlisted men
and volunteers. The bIl! apProFri-tes for the
payment Of such cooks and nGTscs tie Sum Of
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
bill appTOpriating ditT thousand dollars
for the services oe physicians employed in con-
junction with the medical stnf Of the army.
A bill authorizing payment t. be made for
certain horses purchased for the army ~ Col.
A. W. Mcdonald.
A bill to provide for Ice ! de5eHcag and sTe-
cial service. It authorizes the President to
accept the services Of volunteers fer the de-
fens3 OF exposed localities, for ans tern1o
service within his discretion.
A BILL T. increase the corps CT Artillery, and for
ether purposes.
SEC The Congress Of The Confsleraie Salss
Of .fmericG DO enact That there he added TO
the corps Of artillery, Confederate S ates army,
one Iisutensnt colonel and two majors, with
tie pay and allowances authorized BY existing
laws FOR those grades respectively.
Sac 2. That the President he and is hereby
authorized to appoint in addition to the store
keepers, authorized bv the fifth section Of the
act 81 Nay 165a, 1861, for the establishment
and organization OF lhe army Of the CoBfed-
crate States, as many military stoTskeeperg Of
ordnance, with the pay and slloEaHces of a
captain Of infantry, as the safe keeping Of the
public property may require, not 10 exceed in
all four st0TekeePeTs, who shall previous to
entering On duty, give nd Wi,h good ard sus-
fcient security, in such sums as the Secretary
OF War may direct, fully to account for all
yoneys and public property which they may
receive.
SEC. 3. That the President be and be is
hereby authorized, whenever in his Judgment
the iBtersss Of the service may require, and
where officers Of the army cannot Be assigned
20 these duties to appoint one OF more supsT!n-
teDdeuts Of aTmcTies for th fabrication Of
small arms, whose salary shall rot exceed two
Thousand five hundred dollars per anuum, with
allowances FOR quarter and fuel, at the rate
fixed for a major in the army. ana that the
President be also authorized to appoint two dr
more masters arm0TsTs, with salary not to
exceed ff cen huatred dollars per snuum,
with allowances for guar ers and fuel at the
rate fixed for captain 10 the army.
SEC. 4. That dUriEg the existing war, he
President may, as commandeT-in chief % he
Confedera forces, appoint, at bis discretion,
for bis personal staff, two ads-de-canp, with
the rank, pay and allowances Of colonel OF
cavalry
SIC. D. Jhat hereafter there shall ba al
lowed one additional sergeant to each company
in the seFVjce OF lie Confederate States, max
ing in all five sergeaats per company, vino
shsll receive the sana pay and Allowances as
are provided BY existing laws for that grade.
AN ACT Supplemental 70 sn Act to put in operation the
GJveumeu' Uader the Pc. IN .uant Constitution Of
the Confederate States Of America.
SECTION 1. The Congress Of he Confederate
S'Gfes Of -7z7erfcd do enact, That where, in
any State Of this Confedsracy, there shall be
No regular session Of the legislature TO be held
prior to the 18th Of FEBRUARY, 1862, it is hereby
provided. in obedience to ,he seventh article Of
the permanent Constitution, that the election of
Senators for the first Congress may be made a
any special or extra session Of the Legislature
Of such State prior to the said 18Th Of FebTus-
~, 1852.
A resolution was passed authorizing the
Secretary Of War 20 furnish all volunteer cav
airy companies mustered in.o service with all
necessary equipments.
Also resolution approprlating fifty thou
sand dollars, for The estsblishmeIt and sup
port Of military hospitals during the current
fiscal year ending February 18, 1862.