The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-02
A BILL
Directing compensation to be allowed
for the use and occupation Of prop.
erty by the United States army dur

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 Tie SenaLe and HoaSe o.
Representatives Of The United States Of AHIer-
iea in Congress assembled, That the Score.
tary Of War be, and he is hereby author.
led 10 G!lov reasonable compensation to ALL
CITIZENS Of tie United States FOR THE
USE AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR PROPERTY
ny 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 QuarteEmasters' 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 ny SAID ARMY. But i. is not
the intention OF this act to limit the par
ties to the amount OF proof herein spcci-
fed; but other and additional testimony
NAV be taken 10 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, 81
4lO,326,O00! 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-suca as
the bill Of Mr.. Scales, OF North Carolina,
ri. 4, 3l45, to refund to the dislOyal
States the direct tax collected under the
act of August 5, 1861, amounting to 81
49,, 100; such as II. K. 49,, proposing to
the cotton planter the tax levied on raw
cotton during the years 1865, 1866, and
1867, amounting to S6s,072,0SSi such
US the relief bills in special cases
one hundred and forty.on0 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 10,
1861, but who forfeited their claims by
their acts OF rebellion, and all amount
ing to s., ISL ,497. 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, Sc, in
West Virginia. To recapitulate:
Relundlng direct tax under law Of 1851 s: COL, 10
Special relief btlls,... SIol'SSI
Reiunllng cotton 6S,0I20e U.s.
Property and supplies destroyed or used 900
s2,4sS,2 .SdI
Or in round numbers an amount equal
to the national debt at the close Of there
bellion. And these are but moiety Of
what will awaken into life and contest in
tho nvent Of Tilden,s election.