PAGE 460 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-3 Dec. 1860-3 March, 1861. 1861, February 21. Chap. 49. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending 30 June, 1862......... "February 28. Chap. 60. An act to amend an act supplementary to an act approved 3 March, 1855, to organize an institution for the insane of the army and navy, and of the District of Columbia, in the said District, approved February 7, 1857............................................................................................ 461 66 March 2. Chap. 84. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1862...... ............... 462 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-4 July-6 August, 1861. 1861, July 13. Chap. 3. An act further to provide for the collection of duties and imposts, and for other purposes....... 463 466 471 472 473 "July 22. Chap. 9. An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property....... "July 24. Chap. 16. An act for the relief of the Ohio volunteers............. 471 "July 25. Chap. 17. An act in addition to the "Act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property," approved July 22, 1861........ "July 27. Chap. 21. An act to indemnify the states for expenses incurred by them in defence of the United States...... "July 29. Chap. 24. An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States................... "July 29. Chap. 25. An act to provide for the suppression of rebellion against and resistance to the laws of the United States, and to amend the act entitled an "Act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union," &c., passed February 28, 1795............ 473 "July 31. Chap. 28. An act making an appropriation to pay the expenses of transporting and delivering arms and munitions of war to the loyal citizens of the states of which the inhabitants now are or hereafter may be in rebellion against the government of the United States, and to provide for the expense of organizing them into companies, battalions, regiments, or otherwise, for their own protection against domestic violence, insurrection, invasion, or rebellion........ "July 31. Chap. 34. An act authorizing the secretary of war to reimburse volunteers for expenses incurred in employing regimental and other bands, and for other purposes..... 478 479 " August 3. Chap. 42. An act providing for the better organization of the military establishment............ 480 " August 3. Chap. 47. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States," approved July 29, 1861......... 487 .......... 66 August 5. Chap. 54. An act making appropriations for fortifications and for other purposes................ 487 " August 6. Chap. 56. An act to punish certain crimes against the United 488 " August 6. Chap. 57. An act to promote the efficiency of the engineer and topographical engineer corps, and for other purposes.. 488 1861, August 6. Chap. 58. An act to authorize an increase in the corps of engineers and topographical engineers......... 66 August 6. Chap. 63. An act to increase the pay of the privates in the regular army, and in the volunteers in the service of the United States, and for other purposes......... PAGE 489 ......... 489 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-2 Dec. 1861-17 Aug. 1862 1861, December 24. Chap. 3. An act relative to court-martials in the army..... December 24. Chap. 4. An act to provide for allotment certificates among the volunteer forces......... 490 490 1862, January 8. Chap. 6. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States............ "January 22. Chap. 10. An act to authorize the appointment of two assistant secretaries of war........ 491 491 "January 31. Chap. 15. An act to authorize the President of the United States in certain cases to take possession of railroads and telegraph lines, and for other purposes.... 492 "February 4. Chap. 18. An act to authorize the secretary of the interior to strike from the pension rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against the government, or who may have in any manner encouraged the rebels................................. "February 12. Chap. 21. An act authorizing the temporary detail of naval officers........ 493 493 "February 13. Chap. 24. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers," approved June 30, 1834........... "February 13. Chap. 25. An act making appropriation for completing the defences of Washington, and for other purposes... 493 495 66 66 March 13. Chap. 40. An act to make an additional article of war.......... 496 March 19. Chap. 47. An act to provide for the appointment of sutlers 497 in the volunteer service, and to define their duties.......... 66 March 25. Chap. 49. An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension......... 501 66 April 2. Chap. 51. An act in addition to an act to refund and remit duties on arms imported by states, approved July 10, 1862................. 501 "April 2. Chap. 53. An act to prohibit the allowance or payment of pen 66 sions to the children of officers and soldiers of the revolution.............. 502 April 16. Chap. 55. An act to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the medical department of the army................ ...............502 66 May 14. Chap. 70. An act to facilitate the discharge of enlisted men for physical disability.... 503 "May 20. Chap. 80. An act to authorize the appointment of medical storekeepers, and chaplains of hospitals........... 504 66 66 June 2. Chap. 93. An act to prevent and punish fraud on the part of officers intrusted with making of contracts for the government............ 504 June 18. Chap. 109. An act providing that the officers of volunteers shall be paid on the pay rolls of the regiments or companies to which they belong.. 507 1862, July 2. Chap. 127. An act to provide for additional medical officers of the volunteer service......... "July 2. Chap. 128. An act to prescribe the oath of office, and for other purposes PAGE 508 508 "July 5. Chap. 133. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending 30 June, 1863, and additional appropriations for the year ending 30 June, 1862, and for other purposes........................................ 509 "July 11. Chap. 144. An act making appropriations for the payment of the bounty authorized by the sixth section of an act entitled "An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property," approved July 22, 1861, and for other purposes July 11. Chap. 148. 66 .... "July 14. Chap. 166. ...... 510 An act for the establishment of certain national An act to grant pensions........ 170 511 512 "July 16. Chap. 180. An act to prevent members of Congress and officers of the government of the United States from taking consideration for procuring contracts, office, or place from the United States, and for other purposes........ 517 "July 16. Chap. 183. An act to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the United States navy............ "July 16. Chap. 190. An act prohibiting the confinement of persons in the military service of the United States in the penitentiary of the District of Columbia, except as a punishment for certain crimes, and to discharge therefrom certain convicts by sentence of courts-martial, and for other purposes......... "July 17. Chap. 195. An act to suppress insurrection, and to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes..... "July 17. Chap. 199. An act to provide for the more prompt settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers........ "July 17. Chap. 200. An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes............................................... "July 17. Chap. 201. An act to amend an act calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion, approved February 28, 1795, and the act amendatory thereof, and for other purposes........ 517 518 519 523 524 531 "July 17. Chap. 202. An act to allow and pay the state of Missouri the amount of money expended by said state in the arming and paying of troops employed in the suppression of insurrection against the laws of the United States.............................................................................................................................................................. 535 "July 17. Chap. 203. An act to suspend temporarily the operation of an act entitled "An act to prevent and punish fraud on the part of officers intrusted with making of contracts for the government," approved June 2, 1862... RESOLUTIONS. 1861, December 24. Res. 1. Resolution expressive of the recognition by Congress of the gallant and patriotic services of the late Brigadier-General 66 .............. PAGE 536 537 537 Nathaniel Lyon, and the officers and soldiers under his command, at the battle of Springfield, Missouri......... 1862, February 6. Res. 9. Resolution in relation to the allotment certificates of pay to persons held as prisoners of war in the so-called Confederate States.......... "February 22. Res. 10. Resolution requiring the superintendent of the census to furnish certain war statistics......... "February 22. Res. 12. Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to the officers, &c. of the army and navy for their gallantry in the recent brilliant victories over the enemies of the Union and the Constitution... 538 March 8. Res. 16. A resolution declaratory of the intent and meaning of a certain act therein named...... 538 "March 11. Res. 18. Resolution providing for the payment of the awards of the commission to investigate the military claims in the department of the West........................................................................................... March 19. Res. 22. Resolution to authorize the secretary of war to accept moneys appropriated by any state for the payment of its volunteers, and to apply the same as directed by such state....................... 538 "April 4. Res. 25. A resolution to authorize the President to assign the command of troops in the same field or department to officers of the same grade, without regard to seniority....... ......... 538 539 66 June 21. Res. 36. A resolution to encourage enlistments in the regular army and volunteer forces............................................................. 539 "July 12. Res. 51. A resolution to suspend all payments under the act approved 25 March, 1862, entitled "An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension," and for other purposes........ 539 "July 12. Res. 52. A resolution to provide for the presentation of "medals of honor" to the enlisted men of the army and volunteer forces who have distinguished or may distinguish themselves in battle during the present rebellion......... "July 12. Res. 53. A resolution in relation to contracts with the United States............. 540 541 "July 12. Res. 55. Resolution authorizing the secretary of war to furnish extra clothing to sick, wounded, and other soldiers. ................541 "July 14. Res. 58. Resolution to declare the meaning of "An act to authorize the President of the United States, in certain cases, to take possession of railroads and telegraph lines, and for other purposes," approved January 31, 1862, and to repeal a part of said act................ 541 "July 17. Res. 63. Resolution explanatory of "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes". "July 17. Res. 70. A resolution to regulate the compensation for paying pensions........ 542 542 Constitution of the United States. WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION 1. 1. All legislative powers herein granted, shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states; and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. 2. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. 3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The |