Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Another Recon.,ruction RiII.

/ N, ID.
| tion committee held long meeting this
morning, and, after some discussion, it was
agreed to report the following bill, which
will be laid before the House on Monday
Be it enacted, &C., That in Virginia. North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Florida, and Arkansas, there are no civil
State Governments, and the Governments
in these States, respectively, shall not oe
recogniZee as valid or legal State govern
ments, either by the executive or judicial
power or authority of the United States.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That for the
speedy enforcement of an act entitled IAN
act to provide for the more efficient gov
ernment of the rebel States" passed March
I'd, 1867, and the several acts explanatory
thereto, the General of the Army of the
United States is hereby authorized and
required to enjoin, by special orders upon
all officers in command within the sew
eral military departments within said sew
eral States, the performance of all acts
authorized by said several laws above re-
cited and remove by his order from COM
mand any and all of said commanders, and
detail other officers of the United States
Army. not below the rank of colonel, to
perform all duties, and exercise all pow
ers authorized by said several acts, to the
end that the people of the several States
may speedily reorganize the civil govern
ments, republican in form, in said States.
and be restored to their political power
in the Union.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
| the General of the army be authorized to
remove one or all of the civil off :ers now
acting under the several Provisional Gov
ernments within the said several disorgan-
lied States; appoint others to discharge the
duties pertaining to their respective offices;
may do any and all acts which by the said
general laws above mentioned are author
| iZed TO be done by the several commanders
of the military departments within said
States; and so much of said act which au-
thorizes the President to detail command
ers TO such military departments, or re-
| move any officer who may be detailed as
herein provided, is hereby repealed.
| SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be unlawful for the President of the
United States to order any part of the ar
my or navy of the United States to assert
by force of arms the authority of either of
said provisional governments, in said dis
organized States. to oppose or Obstruct the
authority of the United States, as provided
| in this act and acts to which this is supple
mentary.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any
inference by any person, with the intent
| to prevent, by force, the execution of the
order of the General of the army, made i'm
pursuance of this act and acts, shall be
| held to be high misdemeanOr, and the par
| ty guilty thereof shall, upon conviction,
be fined not exceeding five Thousand dol
lars, and imprisonment not exceeding two
years.
of all acts and parts OF acts as conflict or
| are inconsistent with the provisions of
this act, are hereby repealed.
Interesting Statistics.
An official document gives a statement
of the amount of United States bonds is
sued, under the act of Congress, to the Pa
cific railroad. The following are the fig
ures: Union Pacific, SS 100000; Union Pa
cific, Eostern Division, S4SS 600; Atcheson
and Pixies Peak branch, $64O,0 Western
Pacific $500. 700; Central Branch Union Pa
cific S640 900; Central Pacific. $607 400. Ag-
gregate $207l4.000. On these bonds interest
| has been paid TO the amount of 1858 $685.
The books of the Treasury also show that
the various roads have been allowed S322.
900 tor army transportation, and $45, 100
| for carrying mails.
A report of one of the committees in Con-
gress shows the tonnage and value of
| freight transported during the year ending
March 3lst, 1867, across the State of Illinois,
| westward of the meridian of Chicago, from
which it appears that there was trans
ported over eight railroads running east
wari. 35S 600 tons of freight, of the value
of $235, 100000; and westward 1,3l5.O00
| TONS of the value of $4l1 100000. The COM
| bined movement amounting to the enOr-
nous aggregate of 4703, 900 tons of freight.
the value of S646,000,000, an amount equal
to nearly two-thirds of the entire foreign
commerce of the country.
Assumed Command.
In compliance with War Department
general orders, Major General Meade as
sumed command of the Third Military Dis
| trict on the 9th instant. All existing or
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