Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-12-13
CGEFEDEAATg sTiTEs GeaGREss.
t2D GONGREGs- 2r SESSION
M2HniT. Hsc. Il, 1864.

Nj. Earsa. "f Fln.id., Gd-roJ bill 70 IN
aroasc :he iun1iciu'a :,tas =! nn:n;sHsst!t
a:'JH ~ ~ 'n:iras1 =, lu@an:Gi icr -. t:ant
THs:aiI"a Il Tic i-!.I.a II '5r E.n:cs!:'@i
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Sir kHoHr 81 Mississippi. ".i.. 81 It's i'll
Using
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cInrtit:l i: ';-s petf,h..y ~. ,...ie:n IRON sx
atuu. ::Ld !T.:s.i;,r "t";.sT;; ,.l,. tiirc;s 80;
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rns ruso:utinn rH- i..:.et "a
Mr. G"sHAs. ii y. t., ri!er&d tbs !oll1T
;n:.. w:.:ch VIA ae:s:I 81:
hea9iYed, That no Secretary 81 the Teens
dry he in..Iac..;i ! !:';1r;a b: Sonata sim.
dispo:i!inn !.sa la:n ;:i@iic u; .rr machinery,
lmpltn!rais and n.;.tr app"r i .,,:s - the
Aiut nad .i!sGT tlat Il. Ghul.::c n. & end
wk..ho: l.: !:s u:'Gc.joa ~ wu.k Of coming
and Srsay.Hr Ed 49, riircr, may 10: 10 TO
suHeI l!,rr?:.;. "it;i"at .ms;.er irlsy.
Mr.. i.EawElt. !rc..: s.r Einanca Commit
toe, rap"r,aI II hill to pY0ei7a !cf :hs reihs-
gao 81 .hs Vs'!al:s for par delivery Of tihaG
ct boo3n due ia lGGi
The bill Wal Tuad frat ard ascend tiEo
ard ordsred 10 b. placed apon the cnlan'lsr
hir. E.BIwrti., !F3;u .Na aesso committee,
siso reported II bill !? hIakr 80 Hrpr"rf,a:t"n
!. meet certain ,!stiri:na;cn L.! tro War ~
I,uri.ur!,t. whist, :rss passed
Dir. GIE,ISp, IYGE. sIc NDra:littar OH Pest
Olli1.s and FO;e Roads. t::arte,i back bill
to mHii Newspapers to sol,!ara III tts isld free
of pcstng2." with tt Recommendation that IL
pass. Ths hill wa passed.
IIjuse oil! allowing the Ssrs;;ars Of Public
Printing to Distribute lhe Congressional work
among the -iiHoreat printing eE!a hiishmsnts,
was taken mp an1 paared.
4 bill for tbs r4,i:! r. N:R. .j.:,:.::nr Ilsisr
ksli wss referred 70 IL, FiGe:'a. G,:nlaittss.
20 motion Of Mr. rHR, .ha ai;ii,p7Y Tom
mites wEs discharges !'1ln tin tnrtasr con-
siherht:hn Of n .seoiJ aJn '!:ricnug cha. Nam
nrit.eu 80 che ur. w!at ltli:!h,inu is neuse.
vary lnr ttt u.ud;IicEliGn ut og;ier NJ. -. I'd
viking all datsiIa.
Mr.. OnH gave Eot;ae li:.t, il, :, lev .Ihyl. tn.
ct amp iirh bill would probably o.,ne ur. and
10 w5uiL lhen have ncms!'::u:. L. =ay on ,his
aul ect.
TIE fr"o n"ff" irirres"s,'e:t l.iIl having,
b,en mGdo tho spar;x! order !.r -: u'ciuca,
wu: ti.ch tHks up '.! rca'.. hY nc:t,n.,s ~ fol-
lnW.
4 Eat t. IFGpiIt f,,I i.in rn. pa: u,.nt ~ tree
ntIri:5 and riASsa :. n",: ";.l:. :.ii.i0a-
t,ohs aGi perform o!hsr tabs; I.n"ec sled
wills tho io:tiia:G 81 RS "'HnIt,f
Whereas. Tie a:tia,eT.ay Il In Amy ~ 1T
l;II!os ar,st'7 i.ti.i;iele! IT. l!; Withdrawal
li"H ths raGSa vi :uti.ei ,orl:.m labor
.Ii ..u.icS Uhich .,aD M I:! 10 ,:"hs iy /, OF
he;r"1. aud aiheaa
.isuii.n Tie l'."Etrn. 81 ,i, Confederate
Slhtca ii Amer: 81. "a una,:., That nii FREQ
d,als rcrrG:s. bs!wasn ihs aFss "I eishtern
and fifty yaarr, sIsil hs HID i;A'!s ii perform
any istor or d.aahSrEa ray hntisn with the
army, CT in ouGns:Aa. With rho iuililary Ie-
ia0ees 6; the oIhntI?, hunh Id E5rkiEE uptn
rr5.tucink ami petparLD n,ELe
risls Of War, building aid stparinr r';ads hnd
r,et1gss, md G".u. char 's::;:s ;!sHa!ly 'ian5
By engineer tTuArs hni HGnt'ip'crs. acting es
I1Gss, t7n:Ta,c;., si5"aIja D:ii wsiitJs III
1n,!isiy iiUsPiIoIe. a.: iHtsc lnhoT which may
bo reg,iirri or j,fe"aT.b-ti !y the :irsfs.hfy OF
Wrr, If tha Gehhrml onilmGs.iIcy tbs iFenS
NJ iaasD.rp i'opnrri.al:t. i;in t'sr, -. tia's.-
And arii .iFcs negroes, ui;st t.:ui engaged,
ahan re.."i1o fst'nTIS o:iis ;,lGtsnE, In5ar Ea5k
raaulastarE q, tie ';!arc:ate Il War may pro-
Hcriba, .Ji rhaIl 1fnai:a piy n thu rule OF
SlS Per Ia9lisa.
Sec 2. That toe ,osaeIihIF IS War and The
General commanding .it Trsus. mississippi
Department, Go csch Suthori.eiio employ
rs duties liza :hofo phia,i III tie iitGi ssction
Of 10 10 alt rs ,iiGn7 :nsis :rEsn siayas bstwoeE
tho agts Of eighteen ..oa iIrty.iye years. ,:os
tG exus&d thirty ii,nd.sr: IN ,Gr Stated ear, If
,hs Miss!aHjppi rivsr, .nI. tsT ,!.GuLaud III tao
JussE wtst Vi tho t;liasils;ppi G;rrr, aR tie
wnntA 81 II. rarE ins i";. rsII!'s. -trt Lie
;.sL sisy.s, WhilBi ~ :ia;,!lTaGt. s.aIl 10 lur.
nls iieaaiaE caSll2, sl.i tba GSuo;a paid
sua!i hiia S;.r their R,:Tiaca ~ Ghv 10 ugteed
rr.r: nut. ~ .hs soana q: .:,o i0.s VI Gny'
s:.sis ~hi!a, 10 tmn;"r:.i, Ly ta' set Of the
s;,e6lY ~ - c-..aca - fhe enamy. or by
7-ounIs Or deat., inaaiaaa=A - ito enemy, or
by disease onn'TsU,ed ai:iss in..!suyssseryics
required Of sr.s s!aso., ans: w fssson If said
ssrVios, then III. 17iiG!a .hcY,ui, respectively,
shall 10 entitled - r.ce.va dc iGiI value u
such si:vos. to ~ asaer'aiie4 and fixed By
ogrc.r;c.s ct she tine rail- uaseE 81 So n1.d,
,.eilar rul:s ID be rits,:.hs uT :Le Secretary
ci War.
.ia... That whenever The Secretary Of Wal,
Gr tis General commanding the Trans. m;ssis,ip
ri ,lrpaI iment, shall lEA En.ho 20 procure tlIe
virsn uf -lGTcs by h!,iuT them, rs H..vo provided
in sufficient nunhers. then il etsil h- ls~fnl Tor
ths a,:ii Secre t.ry Or G.Ge'sl 10 .riet he i'm
rruR.meht. had 10 lmpr!-3 III Hisiy hinle slaves,
" ,hin TIA tru- :ni.ic.i III tbs senuiIi rrcti0n 81
this act ind. "T tbs pu!:osea AMI 1865 ab6To
sihiaI not It sly LID, 40 ..I:tc'i thirty .honsan
i. Tie tes ems; ct tha Mississippi; river, and tan
Thousand in tho States Wc,: cf tho Mia5iisiTrI
liTer rs may DO NECESSARY Provided, Ti:aI
52Tas sn impressed shs!l, whist IN LIE Ltov-
eminent employment, receive tho sans clothing
Eui ratGns SLOWED tn s!avaa hired iforn their
0wntrs, sad n tho esrnL "f !htif los q death
in the Innnn-r. IN from t!I,, cs,i.ts HLG9o slated
their 1aus shall ba estimated .nd f's pro-
7ilt,t BY tho Inv regulating npressmon:s. and
pHid CO in lire case Of slsves hir5i from their
ovners and the r;ilua Of tbs hire Of ss;i eia7es
shall he fixed 10 Ike mennor.
&c. i That The Secretary Gf WGr and tho
General commanding the Trsns-mss!ssippi ia,
psrtmeni shall in ordering the inpressmsnt
Of 6sSes, regulate tile same As inr d. prac-
t;csble 30 that slaves shall be taken from
each State IN proportion 10 the number IiEble
more tlar Ure IN every Eve mnIa sinVes within
tina said useH Of eighteen snl foltyfTe yeuIs,
shsll DO taken irota any one Owner il Said slaves
ale employed by said owner or lila lessee uui-
Iorniy in agriculture Or 10 mechanical purGuts,
nor where All Gwner lIas ia: 6ma nisle slsvo
within said sSes ahnll aaid slAvs be- impressed,
and xii ippressmanlH nIllur this ret shall. az far
~ practicable be kkan 10 e'lus! isto rom sil
owners 10 the saue locality, city roihly, or dis.
.Iiet.
Sec 3. Duplicate rolls shall b. 81 PARED OF sll the
slaves hired or impressed un' lid act, which
shall contain dc5ciip ti0m =: 40 slaves. the
isrnss sui Residences Of tbs d! 10: and aIaie.
neat ul Tho vniue and rhls 81 |. Of ths slaves
It tho tis!u t!py Are hirad spfrsseI, Gne OF
yLicli rIiis shall! ~ tho H,nls. c OF tho Mlss,s
ppi liver he forwnr.lni IL Il - fetnry Il War.
md in these vest OF tho Mrs.ea.,pi liver 10 lilo
lesiguAr'ers Of The tis','',i hi'ai'!inE that
department., End the oth.r '.:. shH:! b. seut