The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-07
READ AND REFLECT.


H. 7. Riddle, Representative from the
Fourth District OF Tennessee, in the
House OF Representatives, February %,
1876. It was read twice, referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, ordered TO
be printed, and can be taken up and
passed whenever the Democracy get full
control OF the several branches OF the
Government
A BILL
Directing compensation 10 be allowed
for the use and occupation OF prop.
erty by the United States army dur
ing the late War.
Be il eHaeted by he Senate and H0uSe o.
Representatives Of he United S.Gtes Of Amer-
lea in Congress assembled, That the Secre-
tary Of War be, and he Is hereby author
led TO GiioW reasonable compensation 10 ALL
CITIZENS Of he United StGtGs FOB THE
USE AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR PROPERTY
BY THE 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; Provided however, That the
affidavit Of the claimant, supported by
the competent testimony Of any reputa.
Bile citizen, SHALL BE SUFFICIENT
PROOF TO ESTABLISH THE FACT
OF THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF SUCH
PROPERTY BY SAID ARMY. But /. is not
the intention OF this act to limit the par.
ties TO the amount Of proof herein speci.
fed; but other and additional testimony
may DO taken to establish the fac. 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, and
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..
4l0,S2G,0OO! But the vast and ruinous
schemes of plunder 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 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. E. 3l45, to refund to the disloyal
States the direct tax collected under the
act Of August 5, 1861, amounting to So
1872, 100; such as II. R. 2S2, proposing to
the cotton planter the tax levied on raw
cotton during the years 1865, 1866, and
1867, amounting to sGs,O72,0Ss; such
az the relief bills in special cases
one hundred and forty.ons in number,
introduced in the House al the
last session, as the proposition Of Mr..
Johnston, OF Virginia, covering the claims
OF two hundred and ak citizens Of Lou
don county, Virginia, and that Of Mr..
Mcrrimon, 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 10,
1861, but who forfeited their claims by
their acts OF rebellion, and all amount
ing to S9,lsl,4 Such as the bills to
the extent Of 100000 introduced by the
present West Virginia delegation in the
House for payment for damage done to
certain pixies, roads, churches, &C., in
West Virginia. To recapitulate
ReiundIng direct tax under law oiIs6l s?66l,7i6
special Telet Olls.... SiloI1s
Rounding cotton AH.........,,..,....., bb,V2Oeo
Property and supplies destroyed or used tiOS26OOO
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