The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-28
A BILL


ANIL
Directing compensation to be allowed
for the use and occupation Of prop
erty by the United States army dur
ing the late War.
Be Il enacted BY he Senate and HOGSe Of
Representatives. Of he Uaited SAFE: Of Amer-
lea in Congress assembled, That the Secre'
tary OF War be, and he is hereby author
led 10 allOp reasonable compensation 10 ALL
CITIZENS Of tie United States FOR THE
USE AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR PROPERTY
By TIE UNITED STATES ARMY, or any
part thereof, during the late Civil War,
In the same manner and under the same
regulations as compensation is now al.
lowed for QuartermasterS' stores used BY
said army; Pforided hoEepeT, That the
affidavit Of the claimant supported by
the competent testimony OF any repnta,
BILE citizen, SHALL BE SUFFICIENT
PROOF TO ESTABLISH THE FACT
OF THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF SUCH
PROPERTY BY SAID ARMY. But il is not
tho intention OF this act 10 limit tho par
ties to the amount OF proof herein speci-
fed; but other and additional testimony
may be taken to establish the fact Of the
use and occupation, and the rental value
Of the property occupied.
REMARKS.
The foregoing bill and another intro
duced by Mr.. Wiltshire, Of Arkansas, aud
equally sweeping in its provisions, are In
tended to embrace all claims for property
or supplies Of every character used or de-
stroyed by the immense army Of the
Union, which during four years marched
and encamped upon Southern soil. Their
estimated aggregates are immense, S..
il0,326,0OO! But the vast and ruinous
schemes Of plumber proposed under these
bills are greatly increased by the aggre
gates OF other schemes oflike character
all proposed by the Confederate Democra
cy at the last session, and all for the ben
eft OF disIoyal persons debarred under
our present laws from relief before the
Southern Claims Commission-such as
the bill OF Mr.. Scales, OF North Carolina
[H. r. 3l4j,l to refund to the disloyaI
States the direct tax collected under the
act OF August 5, 1861, amounting to ST.
49,, 100; such as II. K. 2S2, proposing tc
the cotton planter the tax levied on raw
cotton during the years 1865, 1866, and
1867, amounting to SGS,072,0SS; such
as the relief bills in special cases
one hundred and iOrty.one in number
introduced in the House at thu
last session, as the proposition Of Mr.
Johnston, Of Virginia, covering the claim
Of two hundred and six citizens Of Lou
don county, Virginia, and that Of Mr.
Merrimon, Of North Carolina, in the Sen
ate, for the repeal Of section $3.50 of The
Revised Statutes for the benefit OF claim
ants to sums accruing prior to April Is
1861, but WHO forfeited their claims BY
their acts OF rebellion, and all amount,
ing to S2,lSl ,497. Such as the bills tc
the extent Of 100000 introduced by the
present West Virginia delegation in the
House for payment for damage done tc
certain pixies, roads, churches, &c, il
West Virginia. To recapitulate:
Refundipg direct tax under law Of 1861 s2G6l,71t
special relief 2l5I'4y
keiundIng cotton 6SUI2US
Property aud supplies destroyed or used o0I
s2.4SS2 4l. 9S
Or in round numbers an amount equal
IN the national deht nj the close NJ the re.