The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-01
BY UTHORITY.
PUBLIC ACTS
First Congress, Of the c confederate States,


First Congress Of the Confederate States,
Passed at the fourth session, which was began
and held at the city Of Richmond in the State of
Virginia, on Monday, the seventh day Of De.
ccmbor A. d., 1868, and ended ON Thursday.
thc eighteenth day Of February lo6i
CuAr NLlIl.-An Act to amend " An act to reg
ulute lmprcssmunts," approved March twenty.
sixth, eighteen hundred and siXty-thrcr and tO
repeal uu act mcudutOry thereof approved
April Wcntyscycuth, eighteen hundred aud
slNtythrcc.
The Congress olthc Confederate States Of Amer.
lcn do enact, ThNt in all eases where property in
impressed for the use Of the army or nNyy or for
other public use, under sWd act the samc shall be
paid for at the time of said impressment, unless
am appeal shall be taken from said valuation. ns
hereinafter provided, according to tld valuation
agreed upon between the parties. or asceriaiped
by loyal and disintercstcd citizens of the city.
county, or parish in which the mprcsancut may
be modoln the manner and according to the reg
uutuns provided in the first second, aud third
sections or the above rccitcd act ar in the eighth
section thereof whore IL is applicable,
SGc 2. Whenever the officer making the inn
ptcosment of property, under the act hereby
amended, shall believe that the imprcssmcut is
fair and just ho shall endorse his approval upon
The appUscnent and make payment according.
ly; but ir he shall believe thatit is mot far and
inst. thcu he .lnI refuse to uppro,r md end,,sc
tl,a ropso,. pr his rcGisaI ,n ho c,rtiGrst, a,,J
i{o aS,lllr ri.ht TO apprnI from, tho drcsio,, NJ
mssouer5 0pp0ntcd Undcf aid ddt, T6 wtfriYaFFfya
is an amendment, for their decision, whose iudp-
mcut shall bo final and in the meantime the larop
prrs,in,, tbc same ,yhn shall oiyn n rpcoint tI,,r
inr tn tc n,yppr ,ybn shall ulsn Inv, ~ mn r
appeal, as herein provided,
SEC 3. The said commissioners shall huvO bow
or IN summnn and rNuninc ,yitnnsscs to .nraIi,,
u,,,, A. fl \, tl,o ,,,Ir,. c ,,,,,,,.,t ;,,,oi iti
% w. i" VA , co,,p,,j y, 'sstu, Mcl
i,,J Jt Ma Xxx, AMI ,In, " ,'t p'Ul's,H ."
AMI, vn, I'c con,n,is. ,o,nrs sLoII h"rd f,J ,i5
r,I,, 'T u,o,rt,, il, ,ss If ,,,,, @ nNo" '''T i
G,,i ~ AZ I,. and ;,,,,r,,.;l IN ',i wv, ,,,S, .l''l'
Ii1 ,inou uy GM"g, 0n ", "% 'IiCI''ng io "nger w'
GomMla''o,gra 9, =, snol, oe w''n'n three months
"'S ','S u Tha p,i5',,'rrr .aiJ
faithfully TO ,iscnnrg, nIl their dnties nrdcr
acf. and thc net To which This is AN amendment
Sgr 4 That fine tenth srctiop ~ n .nurt Which
this l.. ,r ,,nnr,l,ent bn st,ictcn ont o,J a.,
lnIInvin, inserted instead tbcrroc :, To sIayr is
boring ON % farm or plantation exclusively dcyo.
ted To the production Of grain ,ur provisions
shall be- taken for public use without the conscnl
Of the owner, except in cusc Of urgent necessity,
aud upon the order ut the general commanding ihc
department in which said farm or plantation is
SGo &. The the act amcudutory Of the above
recitcd act approved April twcuty-spyeuth. eiuh-
teen hundred and siNty.thrcc, aud so much Of the
first section Of said act as requires an affidavit 10
be made by the owner or his agent that such
property was grown, raised or produced by said
owner, or held, or has been purchased by hInl,
not Tor sale o speculation, but Tor his own use on
consumption, be, aud tho same Is hereby repealed.
SEC. Z. That mo- umpteasincnl shall be made un
der Tins HCi or the act 10 which THIS Is umcudHto-
lY for the use or benefit Of contractors with the
government
SEC. 5. Nothing ln tins net shall be construed TO
authorize the lmprcssng officer to enter am appeal
from any decision of the local appraisers under
the seventh section OF the act TO which tins Is
Approved February 10, 1861.
Guar. ALlN.-Au Act To authorize the President
10 establish additional htliiaty courts
The Congress of the Confederate States Of Amer.
irn do enact That in addition to the military
courts now authorized by law, the President be-
and he is hereby authorized to appoint a military
court to- attend any division Of cavalry in the field
puriu,,pt ,ybrurycr II, h,. ur,Lrn,,pt s,,,L c,,,,
t,,,,id ,,r,n,ot, tLr nrLIi. intcTrs, ,,i;h .
shall he orpnnizoj and have tbr s,,,r ,,n,yors ,,
duties. and thc member, thereof onno6tcd A.. "ro,
viIpd by Jaw I'''
kpnroyrd February IG Istl
Cu,p. Nly.--Ap Act to plloy commissioned an
ccr, of the army ration, and the n,iyilc,,, or
PURCHASING clothing Gon, the Onnrtor,nnsto,5.
Department.
i Nv ] , 'itu G,,, HIaIcs oI amer
Ms ,ct ,I oaicor ',C PuSsagG oI
,,lils M, Jnt, in thc frId o Inv i, ,,, ,' i,'ies'
whilst alIoat of the Confederate states sbnll bG
entitled to one ration in Kind each i'm onnntity
and quality the same as are now allowed by law ia