The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-23
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READ AND REFLECT

I'll. following bill was introduced BY
If r Riddle, Representative from the
s,r,,b Di.tric: Of Tennessee, in the
uoa.e Of Representatives, February %,
,.-6 I, was read twice, referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, ordered to
+. printed, and can be taken up and
D,.sl whenever the Democracy get full
sor,,ol Of the several branches OF the
Government:
n;,sc,ipr compensation to be allowed
lathe IA, The u.e and occupation of prop
s,,v by the United States army dur
ing the late War.
r. i snaeted by he Senate and House o.
p,p,s,rntGtirs, Of The United StatesOf amer
-, h C0nTes assembled, That the Secre'
n,y Of War be, and he is hereby author
,.,i IA aliou reasonable compensation to ALL
CITIZENS Of he Uailcd States FOB THE
r.E AND oCcrPArIoS OF THEIR PROPERTY
ny TIE UNITED STATES ARMY, or any
n,,, thereof, during the late Civil War,
n tbe same manner and under the same
regulations "A compensation is now al
oSei for QuartermAsters' stores used BY
sid array; PtOridci hOrtrer, That the
,6isyit Of the claimant supported by
The competent testimony Of any reputa.
Biz citizen, SHALL BE SUFFICIENT
PROOF TO ESTABLISH THE FACT
az THE rsE AND OCCUPATION OF SUCH
PROPERTY NJ SAID ARMY. But it 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
NAV 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
Iuced by Mr.. Wiltshire, Of Arkansas, and
equally sweeping in it, prOvisions, are in
tended to embrace all claims for property
or supplies Of every character used or de-
aroyed by the immense army Of the
uuion, which during four years marched
lnd encamped upon Southern soil. Their
estimated aggregates are immense, 81
ilO,396,0OO! But the vast and ruinouS
schemes Of plumber proposed under these
bill, are grertly increased by the aggre
gates Of other schemes otlike character
lllproposed by the Confederate Democra'
cy al the last session, and all for the ben
cit oil disloyal persons debarred under
OUT present laws from relief before the
Southern Claims Commission-such Al
the bill Of Mr.. Scales, Of North Carolina
IL. K, 3l45, to refund to the disloya
STATE. the direct tax collected under the
lct Of August 8, 1861, amounting to 81
i9.,lOO; such as II. 4. 49,, proposing t.
he cotton planter the tax levied on raw
cotton during the years 1865, 1855, ant
1857, amounting to S6S,O72,OSS; suct
IL the relief bills in special case
one hundred and forty.one in number
introduced in the House at thu
lnt session, a. 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.
Aeuinon, Of North Carolina, in the Sen
ate, for the repeal OF section $3.50 Of thu
Revised Statutes for the benefit Of claim
ian TO SUNS accruiug prior to April Is
1861, but who forfeited their claims by
their acts OF rebellion, and all amount
log to $9,lsl,4 97. 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
IVES! Virginia. To recapitulate:
Alan1ng direct tax under law Of 1861 s?.6sI,77l
seiAl relief 2,lS1 49i
nelundIhg cnttOn tAX-.,...",......... q, U12 0Ss
property and upptcidcsttoyel OF used :? 40 S26 00t
.?.4S24l s6l
Or in round numbers an amount equal
TO the national debt at the close OF the re,
bellion. And these are but moiety OIL
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