[House Bill No. 325.]
HOUSE OF' REPRESENTATIVES, Jan. 10, 1865.—Special
order after existing special orders; ordered to be printed.
[By Mr. Lyon, Committee of Ways and Means.]
To be entitled An Act to make Appropriations for the Support of the
Government of the Confederate States of America, from the first day of
January to the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundred, and sixty-five.
1 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact,
2 That the following sums be and the same are hereby appro-
3 priated, out of any moqey in the Treasury not otherwise appro*-
4 priated, for the support of the government, from the first day
5 of January to the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundred and
6 sixty-five:
A BILL
Legislative.
7 For compensation and mileage of members
8 and delegates of the House of Representatives,
9 five hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
'550,000 00
10 For compensation of officers and others em-
11 plojmd in the service of the House of Repre-
12 sentatives, twenty-six thousand dolfars,
26,000 00
13 For contingent expenses of the House of
14 Representatives, forty thousand dollars,
40,000 00
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15 For compensation and mileage of members
16 of the Senate, one hundred and twenty-two
17 thousand dollars, - 122,000 00
18 For compensation of officers and clerks of
19 the Senate, nineteen thousand dollars, - 19,000 00
20 For contingent expenses of the Senate, four-
21 teen thousand dollars, - 14,000 00
Executive.
22 For compensation of the President of the
23 Confederate States, twelve thousand five hun-
,24 dred dollars, - - - - 12,500 00
-25 For compensation of the Vice President of
*26 the Confederate States, three thousand dollars, 3,000 00
**27 For compensation of the Private Secretary
'28 and Messenger of the President of the Confede- -
29 rate States, one thousand two hundred and
30 twenty-five dollars,' - 1,225 00
31 For compensation of the Private Secretary
32 of the Vice President of the Confederate
{33 States, including deficiency, one thousand one
34 hundred and twenty dollars and forty-six cents, 1,120 46
35 For contingent and telegraphic expenses of
;36 the Executive Department, thirty thousand
37 dollars, - . 30,000 00
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Treasury Department.
38 For compensation of the Secretary of the
39 Treasury, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller,
40 Auditors, Treasurer and Register, and clerks,
41 messengers, watchmen and laborers in. the
42 Treasury Department, six hundred and seventy
4-3 thousand dollars, - 670,000 00
44 For the incidental and contingent expenses
45 of the Treasury Department, two hundred
46 thousand dollars, - 200,000 00
47 For engraving and printing treasury notes,
48 bonds and certificates for stock, and paper for
49 the same, one million six hundred, thousand.
50 dollars, ----- 1,.600,000 00
51 For rent of executive buildings and Presi-
52 dent's house, including deficiency, sixty-five
53 thousand dollars,, 65,000 00
54 For compensation of the Agent of the Trea-
55 sury Department west of the Mississippi river,
56 and Auditor, Comptroller, clerks and messengers
57 in their bureaux, thirty thousand1 dollars, - 30,000 00
58 For the incidental and contingent expenses
59 of the Treasury service west of the Mississippi
60 river, fifty thousand dollars, - - - 50,000 00
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61 For traveling and other expenses incident to
62 the detection of persons engaged in preparing
63 and passing forged treasury notes, ten thousand
64 dollars, - - - - - 10,000 00
65 For salary, clerk, hire and other expenses of
66 Agent of Erlanger loan in Paris, sixteen thou-
67 sand dollars, - - - - 16,000 00
68 For payment of principal, under loan of Au-
69 gust 19th, 1861, this sum being amount due
70 and payable on the 1st of July 1865, one mil-
71 lion four hundred and forty-nine thousand six
72 hundred dollars, - - - - 1,449,600 00
73 For the transmission of Confederate States
74 funds, one hundred and twenty thousand dol-
75 lars, ------ 120,000 00
76 For compensation of officers, incidental and
77 contingent expenses, including wages of work-
78 men, and pay of laborers, if necessary, for the
79 mint and Independent Treasury, fifty thousand
80 dollars, - 50,000 00
81 For the redemption of one-fortieth of the
82 principal of the £ 3,000,000 foreign loan, due
83 September 1st, 1865, £ 75,000, at $ 4 85 per £,
84 three hundred and sixty-three thousand se-
85 yen hundred and fifty dollars, - - 363,750 00
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86 For deficiency in appropriation for erecting
87 a stair case, connecting the first and second
88 floors of the building occupied by the Treasury
89 Department, two thousand dollars, - - 2,000 00
War Department,
90 For compensation of the Secretary of War,
91 Assistant. Secretary, Chief of Bureau, clerks,
92 messengers and laborer in the War Department,
93 six hundred and fifteen thousand seven hundred
94 and fifty dollars, - 615,750 00
95 For in'cidental and contingent expenses of
96 the War Department, one hundred and seventy-
97 five thousand dollars, - 175,000 00
98 For contingent expenses of the Adjutant and
99 Inspector General's Department, fifty-two thou-
100 sand dollars, - 5^,000 00
101 For incidental and contingent expenses of the
102 army, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 250,000 00
Quartermaster's Department.
103 For pay of officers of the army, volunteers
104 and militia, eighty-eight million nine hundred
105 and six thousand three hundred and hinety-eight
106 dollars, - 88,906,898 00
107 For the service of the Quartermaster's De-
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108 partment, one hundred and eighty-eight million
109 one hundred and eighty-six thousand nine him-
110 dred and forty-four dollars and thirty-three
111 cents, _____ 188,186,944 33
Commissary Department.
112 For the purchase of subsistence stores and
113 commissary property, fifty million dollars,
Ordnance Department.
114 For the Ordnance service, in all its branches,
115 thirty million dollars, -
116 For the Nitre and Mining service, -twelve
117 million five hundred thousand dollars,
Engineer Department.
118 For the Engineer service, ten million dollars, 10,000,000 00
119 For the loss of slaves which have been im-#
120 pressed by the confederate authorities, or under
121 state laws, or voluntarily sent to the confederate
122 authorities, and accepted by them, without
123 other special contract, for the use of the con-
124 federate government, and while engaged in la-
125 boring on the public defences, or other public
126 works* have escaped to the enemy or died, or
127 extracted diseases which have, after their dis-
50,000,000 00
30,000*000 00,
12,500,000 00
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128 charge, resulted fatally, one million five bun-
129 dred thousand dollars, - - -
1,500,000 00
Bureau of Conscription.
130 For pay of officers, non-commissioned officers,
131 privates and clerks, including current and ex-
132 traordinary expenses in the Bureau of Conscrip-
133 tion,two million four hundred and twenty-six
134 thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars, - 2,426,114 00
Medical Department.
135 For pay of private jDhysicians employed by
136 contract, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 250,000 00
137 For pay of nurses and cooks not enlisted as
138 volunteers, three hundred and fifty thousand
139 dollars, - - - - - 350,000 00
140 For pay of hospital laundresses, one hundred
141 and fifty thousand dollars, - 150,000 00
142 For the purchase of medical and hospital sup-
143 plies, fourteen million three hundred thousand
144 dollars, - 14,300,000 00
145 For the establishment and support of mili-
146 tary hospitals, one hundred thousand dollars, 100,000 00
147 For pay of hospital stewards, one hundred
148 thousand dollars, - 100,000 00
149 For pay of matrons, assistant matrons, and
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150 ward matrons, three hundred and fifty thousand
!51 dollars, ----- 350,000 00
152 For pay of ward masters, two hundred thou-
153 sand dollars, - 200,000 00
154 For the purchase of hospital clothing, five
155 hundred thousand dollars, - - - 500,000 00
156 For the purchase of alcoholic stimulants, four
157 million dollars, - 4,000,000 00
Navy Department.
15S For compensation of the Secretary of the
159 Navy, clerks and messengers in his office, thir-
160 ty-five thousand six hundred dollars, - 35,600 00
161 For incidental and contingent expenses of the
162 Navy Department, fifteen thousand dollars, - 15,000 00
163 For pay of the navy, six hundred and forty-
164 seven thousand three hundred and eighty-four
165 dollars and seventy-five cents, - - 64-7,384 75
J 66 For provisions and clothing in the Paymas-
167 ter's Department, three million eight hundred
168 and two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, 3,802,150 00
169 For the construction of iron clad vessels in
170 the Confederate States, four million dollars, - 4,000,000 00
171 For ordnance and ordnance stores, two mil-
172 lion three hundred and thirty thousand dollars, 2,330,000 00
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173 For repairs of vessels, four hundred thousand
174 dollars, ----- 400,000 00
175 For equipment and stores of vessels, six
176 hundred thousand dollars, - . - 600,000 00
177 For the construction of sub-marine batteries,
178 five hundred thousand dollars, - - 500,000 00
179 For " contingent enumerated," eight hun-
180 died thousand dollars, - 800,000 00
181 For medical supplies and surgeons' neces-
182 saries, three hundred and seventy-five thousand
183 dollars, ----- 375,000 00
184 For fuel for steamers, navy yards and stations,
185 five hundred thousand dollars, - - 500,000 00
State Department.
186 For compensation of the Secretary of State,
187 clerks, messenger and laborer, fourteen thousand
188 three hundred and five dollars, - - 14,305 00
189 For foreign intercourse, forty-nine thousand
190 and fifty dollars, - 49,050 00
Department op Justice.
191 For compensation of the Attorney General,
192 Assistant Attorney General, clerks, and messen-
193 ger, including deficiency, sixteen thousand one
194 hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy-
195 nine cents, - - - - - 16,129 79
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196 For incidental and contingent expenses of
197 the Department of Justice, six thousand dollars, 6,000 00
198 For compensation of the Superintendent of
199 Public Printing, clerks and messenger, includ-
200 ing deficiency, twelve thousand four hundred
201 and forty-four dollars and forty-seven cents, - 12,444 47
202 For compensation of Governor and Commis-
203 sioner of Indian Affairs, Secretary, Judges, At-
204 torney and Marshal of Arizona Territory, five
205 thousand dollars, - - - - 5,000 00
206 For incidental and contingent expenses of
207 Arizona Territory, to be expended by the Go-
208 vernor, five hundred dollars, - - 500 00
209 For printing, binding and ruling for the sev-
210 eral Executive Departments, one hundred and
211 fifty thousand dollars, - 150,000 00
212 For printing, binding and ruling for both
213 Houses of Congress, including the printing of
214 the Laws in book form, and the Journals of
215 Congress, eighty thousand dollars, - - 80,000 00
216 For the publication and printing of the Acts
217 and Resolutions of Congress, fifty thousand
218 dollars, - - - - - 50,000 00
219 For the purchase of paper for the several
220 Executive Departments and Congress, three
^21 hundred thousand dollars, - 300,000 00
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222 For salaries of judges, attorneys and mar-
223 shals, and incidental and contingent expenses of
224- courts, eighty thousand dollars, - - 80,000 00
225 For compensation of three commissioners ap-
226 pointed under the sequestration act, and for
227 clerk hire and contingent expenses, five thou-
228 sand dollars, - 5,000 00
2^9 To carry into effect our treaty obligations to
i-
230 the Indian Nations, two hundred and sixty-two
231 thousand nine hundred and forty dollars and
232 fifty-seven cents, - - • - 262,940 57
Post Office Department.
233 For compensation of the Postmaster General,
234 Chiefs of Bureaux, clerks, messengers, watch-
235 men and laborers, including deficiency^ one
236 hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred
237 and ninety dollars and eight cents, - - 139,590 08
238 For incidental and contingent expenses of
239 the Post Office Department, twenty thousand
240 dollars, - 20,000 00
241 For incidental and contingent expenses of
242 the Post Office* Department west of the Missis-
243 sippi river, twenty thousand dollars, - 20,000 00
244 For compensation of agents, cost of mate-
245 rials, and constructing, repairing and operating
246 telegraph lines, seventy-five thousand dollars, 75,000 00
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247 For compensation of the Agent of the Post
248 Office Department in the country west of the
249 Mississippi river, and ten clerks, nineteen thou-
250 sand seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars and
251 eighty-five cents, 19,759 85
252 For rent, fuel, lights and water for the Post
253 Office in the City of Richmond, twenty thou-
254 sand dollars, - - . - - 20,000 00
255 Provided, * That the above appropriations, for
256 the Post Office Department shall be paid out
257 of the revenue of the Department.
Miscellaneous.
258 For the purpose of making purchases of cot-
259 ton, naval stores and other produce, under the
260 direction of the President, to meet the engage-
261 nients of the government, and to purchase ne-
262 cessary arms, navy and other supplies, fifteen
263 million dollars, - 15,000,000 00