The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-04

Ue pEIuteuI anu CAu ut LAkeu up anu
passed whenever the Democracy get full
control Of the several branches OF the
Government
A BILL
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 DE Senate aad HoaSe Of
Representatives Of he Unitcd &ates Of Amr.
lea ia Congress assembled, That the Score.
tary Of War be, and he is hereby auLsOr-
lied 10 allo1O reasonable compensation TO ALL
CITIZENS Of ls United States FOR 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; HforiGcd- h0peper, 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 ny SAID ARMY. But il 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 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, 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, 49,.
4l0,S26,0O 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 disloyal persons debarred under
our present laws from relief before the
Southern Claims Commission-such as
the bill Of Mr.. Scales, Of North Carolina,
IA. r. 3l45, to refund to the disloyal
States the direct tax collected under the
act Of August 5, 1861, amounting to 81
492, 100; such as H. R. 2S2, proposing to
the cotton planter the tax levied on raw
cotton during the years 1866, 1865, and
1867, amounting TO S6S,O72, 0Ss; such
as 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..
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 lS,
1861, but who forfeited their claims BY
their acts Of rebellion, and all amount
ing to s., ISL, 407. Such as the bills to
the extent Of $500 900 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 taK undes laW Of 1851 s26l,T5
Special relief hills. as, t9i
Properly and Destroyed or used Z, O526IOO0