Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-23
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Congress OF the Confederate State, d,
America.
Tho following bills were passed yes,e.ia,
and have received the signature Of the Pres
dent
y bill establishing a mail route Oh tie 5,
yannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad, from ,i.o.
ver's Station in Georgia, to Monticello, F.orls
y bill appropriating S2,379.S0 10 he pai
Chas. 7. Pollard, President Of the .ilatsg,.
and Florida Railroad Company, being h. if
ference between IL and 81 per cent. du;y 4.
railroad iron of the value OF $26,442a96, viii
drawn from warehouse at Pensacola, FI2rijs
in April last.
4 bill authorizing payment TO be made :p:
certain horses purchased for the army b; Ccl
A. W. Mcdonald.
A bill to provide for local defence ani
special service. 1t authorizes the PrcSldcnt, IL
accept the services Of volunteers for the icien;.
Of exposed localities, fer any term I, ser
vice within his discretion.
a bill to increase the corps OF artillery, al;
for other purposes:
Section /. The Congress of the Confederate
States do enact, That there be added 10 Ii.
corps Of Artillery, Confederate State; G..
America, one Lieutenant Colonel and two NJ
jorS, with the pay and allowances auih0ri7..
b. existing laws for those grades respcc:iGcI;
Sec. .. That the President he and he !.
hereby authorized, to appoint, in ali,tioG ~
the stnrekeepers authorized by the fifth s,c:icD
of the act Of May 10, 1861, for the establish
mcnt and organization Of the army Of the L'oa.
tolerate States, as many military StorekecIpls
Of ordinance, With the pay and allowances ola
Captain Of infantry, as the safe keeping 81 til.
public property may require, not to exceed ~
all four Storekeepcrs, who shall, prcvlors 10
entering on duty, give bonds, with good AMI
sufficient security, in such sums as the ,;etrt
tary Of War may direct, fully to account ld
all monies and public property which tie:
may receive.
Sec. 3. That the President be and he !,
hereby authorized, whenever, in his juisul,n.
the interests Of the service may requ:rt, sip;
where officers Of the army cannot be as~iSL.i
to these duties, to appoint one or more super.
intendents Of armories for the fabrication q. !
small arms, whose salary shall not exceed L.
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, viii
allowance for quarters and fuel at The Iatr
fixed for n major in the army. And thal tx
President be also authorized to. appoin; ~
or more master ariporers, with a Salar; n; |
to exceed fifteen hundred dollars per ai,',lgg,
with allowances for quarters and fuel IT i.
rate fixed for a captain in the army.
Sec. +. That during the existing war lie
P. esident may, as COMMANDMENT in. Chief Of t>
forces appoint, at his discretion, for his per,nasI ]
staff, two Aids do.Camp, with the ranh, tN !
and allowances Of a Colonel Of Cavalry.
Sec. 5. That hereafter there shall be a!lcw,; !
one additional sergeant to each company Nils
service of the Confederate States, making il /
all five sergeants per company. who >ha.
receive the same pay and allowances ss as
provided BY existing laws for that grade.
\ resolution authorizing the Secretary u
War to furnish all volunteer cavalry Complains I
mustered into service with all necessary ,qriI- I
ments.
4 resolution appropriating fifty thOrs'"i
dollars for the establishment and support d
Military Hospitals during the current t-c.
year ending February Is, 1862.
A bill making appropriations Tor the publ,
defence. 1t provides:
Sec. ] The Congress Of the C3hfei:rs!y /
States OF America do enact, That there be az
propriatcd out Of any money in the t~reasaf? +
not otherwise appropriated, for the year 81 /
ding, the 18th February, 1862, the sum CIii! 4
seven millions dollars for the pay oioitt,"
and privates in the army, volunteers and N!
tia in the public service Of the COnietni'e +
States, for Qnartermaster's supplies ola
kinds, transportation and other neccssar. "
penses, for the purchase Of subsistence al.
coInmissary property, for the ordnance 81
vice in all its branches, for engineering 81
for the surgical and medical service of;tesl
my, in all supplies and necessary cyptnt' T
lures. &
See. .. That the above appropriations sbi! +
be distributed amongst the several okJec;s& 4
appropriation above specified, in slch prolt
tons as shall be determined by the sccre:s'!
Of War, with the approval Of the Piesiden1
y bill authorizing the Secretary q War%
direct the employment, when deemed necrs,'
ry, Of nurses and cooks for the hospitals; us
person SO employed to be subject 10 Inuh'a'; E
control and to be paid as enlisted men sh'
volunteers. The bill appropriates for the ll'
mcnt OF the nurses and cocks; one hn:!''+
and thirty thousand dollars.
a bill appropriting fifty thousand d?'i''' ~
the services Of physicians employed N co"
junction with the medical staff Of the arm
An act supplemental to an act to pu! h'P%
ration the Government under the pcTi''"E":
constitution Of the Confederate S'a:ss
America.
The Congress Of the Confederate ai.s.
America do enact, That where, in an s't
this Confederacy, there shall be no 'es"'"
session Of the Legislature, to be hcI1 pro-
the 18th February, 1862, it is hereby Er9'..
in obedience TO the seventh article 81 t' I.
manent Constitution, that the election o. w.
ators for the first Congress may be maze a. ."
special or extra session Of the Lsgi>i''"''
such State, prior the said 18Th OF t7"""
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