The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-06-30
ny AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC ACTS
THE
First Congress OF thc Confederate states,

First Congress OF tho 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-
cember, A. ID, laS3, and ended or THURSDAY
the eighteenth day of February, 1864.
Guar. XXyrI.-An Act 10 amc.d An Ao, 4,
authorize the appointment OF agent of the
Treasury Department west of the Mississippi"
approved January "a, 1864.
"a I'D enota, That the salary OF said agent of the
Treasury Department shall be four Thousand dol.
lars per annuni.
Approved February IL, 1864
Guar. NNIX-An Act 60 provide compensation
ior oi,cers who may heretofore have perfof med
stall duty under orders Of their superior officers
TIE toHyrers IF ne Coaf.I.,y,t. Sfates Of f,a@r;
oa dy e"def, That when sny officer or private OF
any legally constituted military organisation NAV
officer, performed any staff duty appropriate to
such command, he shah be entitled to receiye pay
Sr rs uns fss d, he Was ] 20 engaged in abe discharge
present tit for duty any officer duly appointed for
tl. discharye, ;, OF the san,e.
! Guar. %NN.--au Act 10 amerd as, act Untitled
" An Act to establish a yonnteecr navy" ap-
proved April Is, 1883
Tie C6Du,,ss of the ION rcd.,uts States oT s,u,r;
=" do eHocf That the act entitled An Act 70 cs-
! tabsh volunteer navy" approved ADril ls
1868, be 80 amended that the President be- and he
is hereby authorized, tn issue the commissions and
warrants contemplated by snId act, under such
regulations as hc may prescribe to applicants for
service in the volunteer navy, when satisfied that
said applicants will furnish n suitable vessel for
said service, and to receive into the volunteer ma
" said vessel and her officers and crew within or
beyond the Confederate States
Sue. , That the 'rcsidcnt be, aud he is hereby
authorized {" appoint assistant payinasters for che
volunteer navy, who shall receive, whsu on duty
ut sea. fifteen dollars per month hut DO person
under forty five years of age aud liable 20 perform
military diitN shall receive snch appointment.
APPROVED February II, fs6i.
GH,rtNNNI. An Act to authorize the issue of
certificates for interest OH the fifteen million
loan"
RI, Co"g,Ns. gt Tie Conf,i,ytte Stof.s nj f,ue,i-
- dD ,i,s''f That the Secretary of the Treasury
be- and he is hereby, authorized TO cause certih-
cafes 10 bc ISSUED, III such form hc shall de wise
tor TIE interest which has accrued or which shall
accrue. on the registered stock issued under au-
thority of the act of February the twenty eighth
eighteen hundred aud siNty-onc, entitled " An act
To raise money for the support Of the Government
and to provide for the defence Of the Confederate
States of America" The said certificates shall be
prepared and signed by the register of the ticasu-
~, III favor of the persons, respectively in whose
names the said stock shall be standing the
books of the treasury, their order ut the dcsir
mated periods, and shall be sent by him TO the
treasurer, assistant tcasurcrs aud dcpostarics L.
Gated at tho places where said interest is payable
The said certificates be countcrsigned BY the
treasurer, assistant treasurer, dcpositary, br
whom they shall be delivered and shall be rccciv-
able in payment of export duty on cotton, in the
under said act of February twenty eighth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-opc, now
Approved February ii, l>di.
Guar. XXXlI.-An Act for the relief of tax payers
i'll Itain cases
The (on0r,xs offh. tont,.L.,of State, ot fs..ri-
az dp cn1,f, Thar when cotton other property
subject to taxation ia money shall have been
burned or otherwise destroyed by authority ur the
IN % aeiss for s T s .sa st srss The as
the taxpayer may apply to the district collector
SlnuH fn lin
thereof To the State collector, who may " satisfied
of such destruction by Government authority, re-
nit the said tax. Ii tho tax in such case shall
have been paid i'll advance IL shall be refunded bv
the State collector. The taxpayer shall in every
such cnsc have the right of appeal to the Secretary
ui the Treasury.
Src =. That in all cases where the crop out a
which the tax in Kind is Ia be paid has been tax eu
"r destroyed 10y the enemy, the district collector
may remit the tax, in whole in part, according
io the extent of the loss sustained by the Ia paw
CT: Provided, that the facts in each shall be
reported Ia the State collector and their remission
shall not be valid until approved by him Aud
presided further That IN case the loss be sustnin-
cd prior Ia assessment the assessor. satisfacto
~ proof thereof NAV make deduction therefor in
proportion to the loss.
APpro, cd February 3,1s5i.
Guar. XNNIH.--An Act to amend an act entitled
"An Act to organize military courts to attend
the army of the Confederate States in the field,
and To define the powers of said courts.
The Congress ~ orthc Confederate states of Amer
lea do enact. That the act entitled, An act to
ganzc military courts Ia attend the army of the
Confederate States i'll the field. and To define the
power of SAID courts, be amended Ia an,
thuriZc the President to establish one in North
Alabama which shall sit ut such times and places
said court may direct, and shall have all the
powers and Jurisdiction given to said military
courts by said act but the Judges thereof shalt
give ten days notice of the times and places Of
holding said courts before the same arc held Pro
Nidcd, however, Tint said court shall cease To eN-
ist after one year from thc passage OF this act,
less longer continued BY Congress
Approved February IL, 1854.
CnNr. NNNiN.-Au Act to establish certain post
routes therein named.
The Congress of the Confederate States Of Amer
ca do eHucl That the following named post routes
be- aud the same are hereby established, namely:
From the town of Clarkesvillc, by way of Biue
Greek and Cleaveland, to Daloncga. Also, from
Athens by way of jug Factory, in jackson couB-
~, and G.. w. smith Store, in Walton county, 20
iuburn. in Gwinnctte county. Also, from Doug
lass, in Coffee county, to Forest in Clcrich conn
". Also, from Dawsonville. in Dawson county,
by way of Perdy's, Tyra's, Hsrbeu's and n. II.
Goss's TO Pripce Edward. Also, from Station
Number Nine, on the Atssaitc and Gulf Railroad,
by way Q. Gsstrsl Nallix On NnnEs sr Five
Atlantic &CuT railroad, via Middctown Store APP
InE soanty to osss smu e as ,s sos ose ef
Also, the following ia The Stste of North Carroll
ma From Gibsonviltc depot on the North Carol
na ralroad TO Longs Mills, IN tho county Of Ran-
dolph.
Burnct, by way Of l.cano, TO sansaha. Also, the
following i'm The State OF Mississippi From
Greensboro 10 Starkvllc, in sokiibbcha county.
Also the following route In South Carolinn aud
North Carolina, to.wit: From Nichols Depot, \.
C., via Aliens Bridge and High Mill, i'm South Car
oliua, and fioltnesvillc and White House, Go Lces
vile, I'm North Carolina. Also the following in
the State OF Louisiana: From Alexandria 10 Nib
ietts Bluff, on Sabine river. Also, in tho state of
Florida From Orange Lake, on the So Johns,
Approved February ls, 1864.
CHAr XXXy.-An Act 10 increase the coufmuta-
ton vaEuc of hospital rations-
The Congress of the Confederate States OF Amer
lea do enact That the Communication valne OF IA
tiony Of the sick ard wounded. and Of all employ
ecs in hospitals, be fixed at such rates not to ex
coed two and a half dollars, as the Secretary Of
War shall designate.
Approved February IL, 1854.
Cu.r. XXxvL-An Act TO authorize the purchase