The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-25
READ AND REFLECT.

The following DILL was IhNouuSeA ~
II, T. Riddle, Representative from the
Fourth District Of Tennessee, in the
House Of Representatives, February Is,
1876. It was read twice, referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, ordered to
he printed, and can be taken up and
passed whenever the Democracy get full
control OF the several branches OF the
Government
Directing compensation TO be allowed
for the use and occupation Of prop.
ety by the United States army dur.
inC the late War.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of he United States Of amer
ia IN Congress assembled, That the Secre.
tary Of War be, and he is hereby author
nd 70 allOu reasonable compensation 10 ALL
CITIZENS Of the United SAFES FOR THE
rsE AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR PROPERTY
By THE UNITED STATES ARMY, or any
part thereof, during the late Civil War,
10 the zane manner and under the same
regulations rs compensation is now al.
loved Tor Quartermasters' stores used by
said army; Ptorided hOtrepcr, That the
l6dIvit Of the claimant, supported by
the competent testimony OF any reputa.
bic citizen, SHALL BE SUFFICIENT
PROOF TO ESTABLISH THE FACT
OF TIE USE AND OCCUPATION OF SUCH
PROPERTY BY SAID ARMY. But it is not
The intention Of this act 10 limit the par.
ties to The amount OF proof herein speci.
FED, but other and additional testimony
may be taken 10 establish the fact OF the
use and occupation, and the rental value
OIL the property occupied.
REMARKA
The foregoing bill and another intro
duced by Mr.. Wiltshire, Of Arkansas, and
equally sweeping in its provisions, are in
tended to embrace all claims for property
OtsupPlies OF every character used or de.
ltro!ed by the immense army OF the
Union, which during four years marched
and encamped upon Southern soil. Their
estimated aggregates are immense, 81
ilO,S26,0O0! But the vast and ruinous
schemes Of plumber proposed under these
bills are greatly increased by the aggre.
gates Of other schemes oilike character
all proposed by the Confederate Democra.
cy at the last session, and all for the ben
eft oil dislOyal persons debarred Under
our present laws from relief before the
Southern Claims Commission-such as
the bill Of Mr.. Scales, OF North Carolina.
III. R, Sl45, j to refund to the disl0yal
States the direct tax collected under the
act Of August 5, 1861, amounting to 81.
4s9,lOG such as H. R. 2S9, proposing to
The cotton planter the tax levied on raw
cotton during the years 1866, 1866, and
1867, amounting to S6S,O79,OSS; such
" the relief bills in special cases
one hundred and forty.one in number
introduced in the House at the
last session, as the proposition OF Mr.
Johnston, Of Virginia, covering the claims
OF two hundred and six citizens Of Lou
don county, Virginia, and that Of Mr.
AeFrinon, Of North Carolina, in the Sen
ate, Tor the repeal Of section $3.50 OF the
Revised Statutes Tor the benefit Of claim
ants to sums accruing prior to April lS
1851, but who forfeited their claims BY
their acts Of rebellion, and all amount
ing TO S?,lSl, 1907. Such as the bills &c
the extent Of 100000 introduced by the
Present West Virginia delegation in the
House iOt payment for damage done te
S e. pixies, roads, churches, &C., If
West Virginia. To recapitulate
sssaatoS dirseI tax under law Of 1851 .? -
ts!lei 2,lsl, ~
Paaine cotton tAx....,,.....,.,.,...... 6s,g72 IS
'"PF'yAni tuPPlies destroyed or used 2, W, 81, 90
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