Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-02-27
Congress.

oENAlE, thursday, req. lJtH. ne sen
ate met at II o'clock, Hon. r. NJ. 4. Hun
ter in the chair. Prayer by Bishop Early
of the NJ. g. Church.
Resolutions of thanks to Gen'l Magrudcr
were reported back from military committee.
and recommended that they be adopted =
and were adopted unanimously.
The exemption act was taken Up and dis
cussed till the Senate went into executive
session.
! The House met at II o'clock Prayer
by Rev. Fl. A. Wise.
A bill to prevent fraud in the Quarter
Masters and Commissary's Department was
passed, which is rs follows:
Section | The Congress Of the Confcd-
orate States Of America Go enact, That it
shall not be lawful for any quartermaster or
assistant quartermaster, conmssary or as
s'stant commissary, or the clerks, agents or
employees of said officers, while in the en-
poy of the Confederate States. to buy, traf
he. trade or speculate in, either directly or
indirectly, for the purpose Of making gain
to themselves respectively, or any one or
more OF such persons, by a resale, any ar
tlcle OF food or clothing, or material Of
which the same is made. or which enters
into and constitutes part of the same, or
any article whatever which is required to be
purchased for the use of tho army or the
prosecution of the war by either of those
departments, whether specifically named
above or not, The object being entirely to
| o4,n 49, ~. al.
and employees, from buying, for the sake Of
gain by resale, any article which enters
into and constitutes usually part Of either
the quartermaster or commissary, military
or medical stores of the Confederacy.
| Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, That no
person shall knowingly give or accept trans
portation of any commodity or property of
any kind under the false pretence that such
commodity or property belongs to the Gov
ernment of the Confederate States, when,
in truth. it belongs to private persons, nor
shall any one purchase property ofany kind
under the false pretence that he is purchas-
ing the same for the use of the Government
Of the Confederate States. when in truth,
the purchase is made in whole. or in part
on another and different account, nor shall
any one in the service of the Government
derive any profit to himself, or confer profit
by collision upon another. by selling, ex-
changing, or disposing of any property be-
longing to the Government.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That no
one in the employment OF the Government
shall credit himself for any voluntary con-
tribution in work, labor, materials, or Of
any property, whatever, that may be given
for the use Of the Government or the SOL
dfers in the army, whereby such person
shall make any profit either directly or in
directly to himself
Sec. T. Be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Government officers
aforesaid, and each and every person in
their employ to take correct receipt for
all moneys paid out on account of the Gov
crnment, setting forth truly to whom paid,
when the amount paid, and on what ac-
count the same was paid; and if such pay
ment was MADE on account of property pur-
chased for the Government, such receipt
shall truly set forth the name of the per-
son from whom the same was purchased,
and the place of his or her residence, the
price agreed to be paid, and the subject
matter Of such purchase, and when such
payment was made, and in accounting for
the disbursement Of public moneys, no Off
Ger shall credit himself with moneys paid
out which were not in good faith actually
paid out"
Sec. 5. No Quartermaster or Assistant
| Quartermaster, Commssary or Assistant
Commissary or officer employed therein
shall take blank receipt for any article or
articles bought for the army, shall, upon
conviction, be fined a sum not less than five
hundred dollars, and shall be put in the
ranks as private.
Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That any
person in the employment or service of the
Government as aforesaid, and all other per-
sons coming within the puryiew Of this act.
who shall violate any Of the provisions OF
the foregoing sections shall be liable to ILL
dictment, and fined in sum not less than
one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not
less than one year, nor more than five years,
at the discretion Of the jury trying said
case; Provided, The provisions of this act
shall in 10 wise interfere with or impair the
civil remedy which the Government may
have against any Of said officers or their
securities or employee for frauds, pecula-
tons or misapplications of the moneys en-
trusted to thea respectively, by the Con-
federate States; Provided, That the conser-
valves of the peace who, by the laws Of the
several States have jurisdiction to commit
or bind over offenders for breaches of the
criminal laws of the State III which they
may reside, shall have power to commit, or
bind over in sufficient recognizance often
ders against the provisions Of this law, to
appear at the next term Of the District conrt
| of the Confederate States, within the jnris-
diction of which the offence was committed
for trial, 10 the same manner and under
the same rules as if such preliminary trial
were had before the judges Of District courts
and the judges Of the Confederate courts
having Jurisdiction of the offences defined
by this act, shall. at the commencement of
each session of their respective courts, give
this act aud the provisions specially in
charge of the different Grand juries.
| The House resolved itselfinto secret sess-
| ion on the bill to fund the currency.
EXEMPTION BILL.
SENATE, Friday. Feb. h.-The Sen
ate resumed the discussion Of the amend
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