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By the President:
WM AM H. SEWARD, Setarp of Ste.
No. 2,0.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Ja. 10, 1M
A PROCLAMATION.
Wztnz as the act of congress of the 28th of September, 1850, entltled "An Prable.
act to create additional collection districts in the State of California, and to chan 1850, Ch. 79,§ 1I.
the existing distriets therein, and to modify the existing colection distrcts in the Vol ix. p. dU.
United States," extends to merchandise warehoused under bond the privilege
ofei exported to the British North American Provinces adjoining the United
States,im the manner prescribed in the act of congress of the 8dof March, 1845, be Vi. 70 OL0
which
exported,deines etin
and furter frontier
provi'des ports
"that suchthrough whi rcerchandise may be Vol v.p i
other prt situated on the frontiers
of the United Btates adjoining te British Nrth American Provinces, as may
hreafter be found exped'ent, my have extended to them the like privileges on
the reconmendation of the Seetary the he Treasury, and proclamation duly
made by the President of the Uni States, specily designating the ports to
which the aforesaid privileges are to be extended:
Now, therefore, I, ABRAA LwooLN, President of the United States of St. Mbaus,
America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretar7 of the Tress- Vemont.
ury, do hereby declare and proclaim that the port of St. Albans, in the State of
Vemont is, and shall be, entitled to all the privileges in regard to the exporta-
tion of merchandise in bond to the British North American Trovinces adjoining
the United States, which are extended to the ports enumerated in the 7th sec-
tion of the act of congress of the 3d of March, 1845, aforesaid, fiom and after
the date of this proclamation.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this tenth day of January, in the a"
[L. a.] of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and o the
Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
Wm I"x H. SEWAID, Secretmi, of S ae.
No. 26.
Fe, 17, lIM BY THE PBESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION.
Wxast objects of interest to the United States require that the Senate
should be convened at twelve o'clock on the fourth of March next, to receive
and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the
Executive:
Eatraordharsy Now, therefore, I ABIAxAnx LINcoLN, President of the United States, have
session of the considered it to be my duty to issue this, my Proclimation, declaring that an
Senate called for extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for
Mharc 4,1V"
the transactionof business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fourth
day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon on that day, of which all who shall
at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to
take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington,
the seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
[I. s. eight hundred and "-.five, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the eighty-ninth.
By the President:
W rLzMX IL SmwzAx, eretWr Of Stat&.
1R0. 27.
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. WHUREAs the twenty-first section of the act of congress, approved on the
M eh. 9 § eL third instant, entitled "An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to
: provide for the enrollino and calling out the national forces, and for other por.
requires "thaMt andditimon to the other lawful penalties of the crime of
Miewn from th military or naval service, all persons who have deserted the
military or nayal service of the United States who shall not return to said ser-
vice, or report themselves to a provost-marsal within sixty days after the proc-
lamation hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed and tsken to have voluntarily
relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship and their rights to become
citizens, and such deserters shall be forever incapable of holding any office of
trust or profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of citizens
thereof; and all petsons who shall hereafter desert the military or naval service,
and all persons who, being duly enrolled, shall depart the juri dictioh of the dis-
trict in which he isenrolled, or go .beyondthe linits of tha Uited States with
intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service, duly ordered, shall
be liable to the penalties of this section. And the President is hereby author-
ized and required forthwith, on the pama of this act, to issue his proclamation
setting forth the provisions of this section, in which proclamation the President
is requested to notify all deserters returning within sixty daTs as aforesaid that
they shall be pardoned on condition of returnin to their regimenti and compa-
nies or to such other organizations as they maybe assigned to, until they shalf
have served for a period-of time equal to their original term ofenlistment: "
s tr -Now, therefore,-be it known that I, AsBrAxM LINoOLN, President of the
dered to return. United States, do issue this my proclamation, as required by said act, ordering
and requiring all deserters to return to their proper posts ; and I do hereby noti
them that all deserters who shall, within sixty ays from the date of this procla-
mation, viz: on or before the tenth day of May, 1865, return to service or re-
Pardon on con. port themselves to a provost-marshal, shall be pardoned, on condition that they
ditlo , &. return to their regiments and companies, or to such other organizations as they
No. 28.
A PROCLAMATION.
Wmn.&s, reliable information has been received that hostile Indians within Preamble.
the limits of the United States have been furnished with arms and munitions of
war by persons dwelling in conterminous fbreign territory, and are thereby
enabled to prosecute their savage warfare upon the exposed and sparse settle
ments of the frontier. •
Now, therefore, be it known that I,ABRAuHm LnrmOLx, President of the Persons far-
United States of America, do hereby proelaim and direct that all persons nisning hostle
detected in that nefarious traffic shall be arrested and tried by court-maritial at Indians within
the nearest military post, and, if convicted, shall receive the punishment due to thellimts of t1w
their deserts. Uiar tebe
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the ama, &.
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth day of March, in the
[L. 6.J year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of
the Independence of the United States the emhty-ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SuW~aA, Beeretanj of Sat&
No. 29.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Ap 11, 186.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHitt.zs, by my Proclamations of the nineteenth and twenty-sventh days Preamble.
of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, thp ports of the United
States in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor- P1128,
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, were declared to be subject to "
blockade; but whereas the said blockade has, in consequence of aktual mfilitary
ocoupation by this government, since been conditiona set aside or relaxed in
respect to the ports of Norfolk and Alexandria, in the State of Virginia; Beau-
fort, mn the State of North Carolina; Port Royal, in the State of South Caro-
lina;- Pensacola and Fernandina, in the State of Florida;- and New Orleans,
in the State of Louisiana;
And whereas, by the fourth section of the act of congreS, approved on the 1861, ebL8, 4.4
thirteenth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled ,An act further VoL zi. p. 257.
to provide for the collection of duties on impoits and for other purposes," the
President, for the reasons therein set forth, is authorized to close certain ports
of entry:
Now, therefore, be it known, that I, ARA.ut x LiNcox, President of the Oertain ports
United States, do hereby proclaim that the ports of Richmond, Tappahannock, elose-.
No. 80.
A PROCLAMATION.
SWmuA, by my Proclamation of this date, the port of Key West, in the
tate of Floeida, was inadvertently included among those which are not. open
ofoKey to commerce:
aPort
No, therefore, be it known, that I, ABAA LnCOrz,
fo President of they
Wsato remain Ubnnoted States, do hereby declare and make known that the said port of Key
open. West isadand shall remain openohforeigneand domestic eommerce upon the same
eonditions by which that eommerce has there hitherto been governed.
In tesmny whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of
the United States to beaffixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this eleventh day of April, in the yeir
[L. IL] of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WHUAaM H. SwARD, Scetary of &at&
No. 81.
April 11,18. BY THE PRESIDENT O THE UNITED STATES OF AM RICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Pteambl. WzsRnA, for some time past, veeis of war of the United States have been
refused, in certain foreign ports, privileges and immunities to which they were
entitled by treaty, bic lawor the 1omity of nations, at the same tme that
vessels of war of the country wherein the said privileges and immunities have
beeo withheld have enjoyed them fully and uninterrutdly in r of the
United States, which ondton of things has noit always been forvibly resisted
by the United States although, on the other hand, they have not at any time
failed to protest aganst and declare their dissatisfaction with the same; [and
whereas] m the view of the United States, no condition any longer exists which
No. 82.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Aprll9,186.
A PROCLAMATION.
W EnReAs, by my direction, the Acting Secretary of State, in a notice to Preamble.
the public of the seventeenth, requested the various religious denominations
to assemble on the nineteenth instant, on the occasion of the obsequies of
ABRnAAm LiNcoLr, late President of the United States, and to observe the
same with apprpriateceremonies, but whereas our country has become one great
house of mourning, where the Head of the Family has been taken away; and"
beliei that aipecial period should be assigned for again humblin ourselves
before A htyGod, in order that the bereavement may be sanctified to the
nation:
Now, therefore, in order to mitigate that grief on earth which ean only be Day of humil-
assuaed. by communion with the -Father in heaven, and in compliance with istion and
the wishes of senators and representatives in Congress, communicated to me by Morng up.
Resolutions adopted at the national Capitoh, I, ANDRaW JOHNSON, Prsdn -
of the UniteJ States, do hereby appot~hudy the twenty-fifth day of May
next, to be observed, wherever in the United States the flag of the country
may be respected, as a day of humiliation and mourning, and7[ recompiend my
fellow-citizens then to assemble in their in
respective places ofgood
worship, therehas
man who to
unite in solemn service to Almighty Gd, memory of the
been remved, so that all shall be occupied, at the same time, in contemp~lation
of his virtues and in sorrow for his sudten and violent end.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and eaused the seal oi" the
United State. to be affxed.
Done at the ity of Washington, the twenty-fifth day of April, in the
(L. s.J] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth.
By the President,
W. Hum , Acting Secretary of &ate.ANDREW JOHNSON.
NO. 88.
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. Wmmz", by my Proclamation of the twenty-fifth instant, Thur day, the
twenty-fih day of
tion and prayer next mofth, was
in conscquence recommended as aofdafo
of the. asasination A~tlAe Lnw0OL,
humilia-
late President of the Umted States, but, whereas, my attention has since been
called to the fact that the day aforesaid is sacred to large numbers of Christians
as one of rejoicin for the Ascension of the Saviour :
NO. 84.
Nay , 1865. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. W UMAS it appears, frmn evidence in !he bureau of military justice, that
the atrocious murder of the late President ABEAmAx Lntoomn, and the at-
temptea.assiion of the Honorable William H. Seward, Secretary of State,
were incited, concerted, and procured by and between Jefferson Davs late of
Richmond, Virginia; and Jacob Thompeon, Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker,
George N. Saunders, William C. Ckary, and other rebels and traitors against
thegovernment of the United States, harbor.d in Canada:
Rewards of- N w, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I, Axjnnuw JomsoN,
fjere-r
grut the
of Jeffesn President of the United States, do offer and promise for the arrest of said
Davi, and persons, or either of them, within the limits of the United States, so that they
others, for odn- can be brought to trial, the following rewards:
-prl to pro- One hundred thousand dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis.
cure emurde Twenty-fve thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay.
of Abraham Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of
Lineoln. Misiss "p.
- Twenqfive thousand dollars 1r the ares of GorgeN. Saunder
P0t, P. Twenty-five thodsand dollars for the arrest of Bever y Tueker.
Ten thousand dollrs for the arrt of William C. Cleary, late clerk of
Clement C. Cla.
The Provost Marshal General of the United States is directed to cause a
description of said persons with notice of the above rewards, to be published.
In testimony whereOf, I ave hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washkigtop, this second day of Mby, in the year of
[L. 0.] our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the
Independence ot the Unite&States of America the eigty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the P1esident:
W. Humg ActiVs &wcetoy of State.
No. 86.
BY T8E1 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: lfayg0es6.
A PROCLAMATION.
W wims the President of the United States, by his Proclamation of the Presabie.
nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, did declare VOL XI P.IM55.
certain States therein mentioned in insurrection against the government of the
United States;
And whereas aumed resistance to the authority of this government in the
said insurrectionary states may be regarded as vlrtualy at an end, and the per-
sons by whom that resistance, as well as the operations of insurgent cruisers,
was directed, are fugitives or captives;
And whereas it is understood that some of these cruisers are st in
the high seas, and others are preparing to capture, burn, and destroy vessels of
the United States:
Now, therefore, be it known, that I, ANDnRW Jolmsox, President of the Insurgent
United States, hereby enjoin all naval. military, and civil officers of the United cruisers to be ar-
States, diligently to endeavor, by all lawfi. means, to arrest the said cruisers, res,
and to bring them into a port of the United States, in order that they may be
prevented from committing further depredations on commerce, and teat the per-
sons on board of them may no longer enoy impunity for their crimes.
And I do further ',roclam and delare,'that i=att a reasonable time shall Hospitalities
have elapsed for thli Proclamation to become known in the ports of nations to be refeed to
e h sd c the public vessels
claiming to have been neutrals, the said insurgent cruiers and-the persons on eertain nations,
board of them shall continue to receive hospitality in the said ports, this gov- showing hospi-
ernment will deem itself justified in refusing hospitality to the public #esels of talities to iWur-
such nations in ports of the United States; and in adopting such other measures eterise after
as may be deemed advisable towards vindicating the ntional sovereignty notice.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of' the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Was ,this tenth day of May, in the year of
(L.s. ] out Iord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five and ot the Inde-
pendence of the United 5tates of America the eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
W. HuxTzR, Acting Scra of Sate.
NO. 86.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: May U, 18.
A PROCLAMATION.
WirmzAS, by the Prclamatdon of the President of the eleventh day of Prmmble.
April laws,certain ports of the United States therein speciled, which had pre- Ante,p. 758
viously been subject to blockade, were, for objects of public safet, declared, in
conforiity with previous special legislation of congress, to be closed ag0Jst
foreign commerce during the national will, to be thereafter expressed and made
known by the President; and whereas events. and circumstances have since oc-
curred whieh, in my judgm ent, render it expedient to remove that restriction,
except p to the ports of Galveston, La Salle, Brazos de Santiago, (Point Isa-
bel,) and Brownsville, in the State of Texas:
Now, therefore," be it known, that I, ANDREW JoniNsox, President of the Port formely
United States, do hereby declare that the ports aforesaid, not excepted as above, closed reopened,
shall be open to foreign commeree from and after the first day of July next ; except, &c.
that commtercial intercourse with the said ports may, from that time, be carried
on, subject to the laws of the United States and in pursuance of such regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. If, however, any
vessel from a foreign port shall eiter any of the before-named excepted ports
in the State of Texas, she will continue to be held liable to the peinalties pre-
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No. 87.
may 29,i85: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. Wwrnas the President of the United States, on 'the 8th day of Decem-
.4se, pp. 787, ber, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and on- the 26th sday of March,
A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, did, with the object to suppress the ex-
isting rebellion, to induce all persons to return to their loyal 7 , and to restore
the authority of the United States, issue proclamations offermff amnesty and
pardon to certain persons who had directly or by implication participated in the
said rebellion ; and whereas many persons who had so engaged in said rebellion
have, since the issuance of said proclamations, failed or neglected to take the
benefits offered thereby; and whereas many persons who have been justly de-
pied of all leim to amney y and pardon thereunder, by reason of their par-
tsciption, directly or by imlication, in said rebellion, and continued hostility to
the government of the United States since the date of said proclamations, now
desire to apply for and obtain amnesty and pardon: '
Amnesty and To the end, therefore, that the authoritl of the government of the United States
pardon iranted, may be restored, and that peace, order, and freedom may be established, I, AN-
except, Dazw JoiasoN, President of the United States, do proclaim ad declare that
I hereby grant to all persons who have, directly oi indirectly, participated in the
existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with
restoration of all rights roperty, except so to slaves, and except in eases
where leal proceedings, under the laws of the United States providing for the
confiscation of property of persons engaged in rebellion, have been instituted ;
but upon the condition, nevertheless, that every such person shall take and sub-
scribe the following oath, (or affirmation,)shall
andbethenceforward
regisered for keep and main-
permanent pre-
tain said oath inviolate; and which oath
ervatio, and shall be of te tenor and effect following, to wit;
Form of oath. 'I,-- do solemy swear, (orprotect, afir-m,)and
in presence of Ahghty
defend the God,
Constitution of that
the
Iwill henceforth
States, and
faifully
the
support,
union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like
United
manner, abide by, and filhy spport all laws, and proclamations which have
been made during the existing rebellion with referejce to the emancipation of
slaves. So help me Ged."
classes of The following classes of persons are excepted from the benefits of this Proc-
prsonsexcepte lamation: -
Ilt. All who are or shall .rve been pretended civil or diplomatic ofieers, or
otherwise domestic or foreign ageuts, of the pretended confederate government;
2d. Al who left judicial stations under the United States to aid the rebellion;
8d. All who shall have been military or naval officers of said pretended on-
federate government above the rank of colonel in the army or lieutqnant in the
navy;-
4th. All who left seats in the Congress of the United States to aid the rebel-
lion;
Oth. All who resigned or tendered Aignations of their commissions in the
army or navy of the United States to evade duty in resisting the rebellion;
6th. All who have engaged in any way in trbating otherwise than lawfl 7 as
prisoners of war persons f6und in the United States service; as offiers, soldiers,
seamen, or in other capacities;
7th. All persons who have been, or are, absentees firom the uited States for
the purpose of aiding the rebellion;
8th. All military and navalofficers in the rebel service, who were educated by
the government in the Mifitary Academy at West Point or the United States
Naval Academy;
9th. All persons who held the pretended offices of gov.ernors of states in in-
surreq ion against the United States;
loth. All perons who left their homes within the jurisdiction and protection
of the United States, and passed beyond the federal military lines into the
pretended confederate states for the purpose of aiding the rebellion ;
I1th. All persons who have been engaged in-the destruction of the commerce
of the United.8tates upon the high seas, and all persons who have made raids
into the United States from Canada, or been engaged in destroying the com-
merce of the United States upon the lakes and rivers that separate the British
Provinces from the United States;
12th. All persons who, at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits
hereof by taling the oath herein prescribed, are in military, naval, or civil con-
finement, or custody, or under bends of the civil, military, or naval authorities,
or agents of thq United States as prisoners of war, or persons detained for of-
fence. of any kind, either before or after coviction;
18th. AU persons who have voluntarily participated in said rebellion, and the
estimated value of whose taxable property is over
of twenty
amnestythousand
as p dohllar;
in the
arbed
14th. At persons who have taken the oath
President's Prclamation of December 8th, A. 1. 1868, or an oath of allegiance .Ae, p. M8.
to the government of the United States since the date of said Proclamation, and
who have not thenoeeorward kept and maintained the same inviolate.
Provided,That special application may be made to the President for pardon Special appli-
by any person belonging to the excepted classes; and such clemency will be cation may De
liberaly extended as may be consistent with the facts of the.case and the peace nde.
and dignity of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering Secretary of
and recording the said amnesty oath, so as to insure its benefit to, the people, State to establish
and guard the government against fraud. rules.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the sai of
the United States to be affixed.
NO. 88.'
May 29, i5. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. WiE AS the fourth section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the
United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every state
in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them
against invasion and domestic violence; and whereas the President of the
United States is, by the constitution, made commander-in-chief of the army
and navy, as well as chief civil. executive officer of-the United States, and is
bound by solemn oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United
States, and to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and whereas the
rebellion, which has been waged by.a portion of the people of the United
States against the properly constituted authorities of the government thereof,
in the most violent ad revolting form, but whose organized and armed forces
have now been almost entirely overcome, has, in its revolutionary progress,
deprived the people of the State of North Carolina of all civil government;
and whereas it becomes necessary and proper to carry out and enforce the
obligations of the Uhited States to the people of North Carolina, in securing
them in the erjoyment of a republican form of government:
Provisional Now,therefbre, in obedience to the high and solemn duties imposed upon me
governor ap _ by the Constitution of the United States, and for the purpose of enabling the
pointed for North loyal people of said state to orpnize a state government, whereb j may
larolina. be established, domestic tranquillity insured, and loyal citizens protected in a.
their rights of life, liberty, and property, I, ANDREW JoRNsox, President of
the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the
United States, do hereby appoint William W. Holden provisional governor of the
His duty and State of North Carolina, whose duty it shall be, at the earliest practicable
authority. period, to prescribe such rules and regulAtions as may be necessary and proper
for convenirg a convention, composed of delegates to bq chosen by that portion
of the people of said state who are loyal to the United States, and no others,
for the purpose of altiin~g or amending the conitution thereof; and with
authority to exercise, withn the limits of said state, all the powers necessary
and pi-oper to enable such loyal people of the State of North Carolna to restore
said state to its constitutional relations to the federal government, and to
present such a republican feorm of"state government as will entitle e state
to the guarantee of the United States therefor, and its people to protection
by the United State against invasion, insurrection, ani domestic violence;
Qualiflcations Provided that, in any election that may be hereafter held for choosing delegates
of electors, and to any state convention as aforesaid, no person shall be qualified as an elector,
for menberihip or shall be eligible as a member of such convention, unless he shall have pre-
of convntion. viously taken and subscribed the oath of amnesty, as set forth in the President's
Proclamation of May 29, A. D. 18605, and is a voter qualified as prescribed by
the constitution and. laws of the State of North Carolina in force immediately
before the 20th day of May, A. D. 1861, the date of the so-called ordinance of
Convention, secession; and the said convention, when convened, or the legislature that may
&c. to prescribe be thereafter assembled, will prescribe the qualification of electors, and the
qualffcations,&c. eligibility of 1 ersons to hold office unaer the constitution and laws of the state,-
a power the people of the several states composing the Federal Union have
rightfully exercised from the origin of the government to the present time.
And Ido hereby direct-
All the depart- First. That the military commander of the department, and all officers and
ments of the persons in the military and naval service, aid and assist the said provisional
UntdStates'pros iltrprvsna
government to qoverntir in carrying into effect this Proclamation, and they are enjoined to
old the provis.. bstain fi'om, in any way, hindering, impeding, or discouraging the loyal people
ioual governor, from the organization of a state government as herein autliorized.
No. 89.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Jun U, 1SO
A PROCLAMATION.
W=Zas the fourth section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the Pranble.
United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every state in
the Union a republican form of government, and shal protect each of them
against invasion and domestic violence; and whereas the President of the
United States is, by the constitution, made commspder-in-chief of the army'
and navy, as well .as chief civil executive officet of the United States, and is
bound by solemn oath faithfiilly to execute the office of President of the United
States, and to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and whereas the
rebellion, which has been waged by a portion of the people of the United
States against the properly constituted authorities of the. government thereof,
in the most violent an revolting form, but whose o and armed forces
have now been almost entirely overcome, has, in its revolutionary progress,
deprived the people of the State of Mississippi of all civil government; and
whereas it becomes necessary and proper to carry out and enforce the obliga-
tions of the United States to the people of Mississippi, in securing them in the
enjoyment of. a republican form of government:
Now, therefore, in obedience to the high and solemn duties imposed upon me Provisional
by the Constitution of the United States, and for the purpose of enabhng the goyernor ap-
loyal people of said state to organize a state government, whereby justice pointed for Mis-
may be established, domestic tranquillity insured, and loyal citizens protected in
all their rights of ie, liberty, and property, I, ANwrtw JoeoN, President
64'
No, 40.
NO. 41.
June 17,1865. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. WHERm AS the fourth section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the
United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every state in
the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them
against invasion and domestic violence; and whereas the President of the
United States is, by the constitution, made commander-in-chief of the arm
and navy, as well as chief civil executive officer of the United States, and is
bound by solemn oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United
States, and to take care that the laws'be faithfully executed; and whereas the
rebellion, which has been waged by a portion of the people of the United
States against the properly constituted authorities of the government thereof,
in the most violent an revolting form, but whose organized and armed forces
have now been almost entirely overcome, has, in its revolutionary progress,
deprived the people of the State of Georgia of all civil government; and
whereas it becomes necessary and proper to carry out and enforce the obliga-
tions of the United States to the people of Georgia, in securing them in the
Provisional ebtoyment of a republican
ow, therefore, form to
in obedience of government:
the high and solemn duties imposed upon
governor ap- me by the Constitution of the United States, and for the purpose of enabling
Gont.or the loyal people of said state to organize a state government, whereby justice
may be established, domestic tranquillity insured, and loyal citizens protected
in all their rights of life, liberty, and property, I, ANrDREW JOnNso, Presi-
dent of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of
the United States, do hereby appoint James Johnson, of Georgia, provisional
His duty and governor of the State of Georgia, whose duty it shall be, at the earliest practi-
authority, cable period, to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and
proper for convening a convention, composed of delegates to be chosen by that
portion of the people of said state who are loyal to the United States, and no
others, for the pur e of altering or amending the onstitution thereof; and
with authority to exercise, within the limits of said state, all the powers neces-
syand proer to enable such loyal people of the State of Georgia to restore
said state to its constitutional relations to the federal government, and to pre-
sent such a republican form of state government as will entitle the state to the
guarantee of the United States the~refor, and.its people to protection by the
Qualifications States against invasion, insurrection, and domestic violence; Provided
of
for membersp h that
elctorspnd in any election that may be hereafter held for choosing delegates to an
atipg n
of convention. state convention as aforesaid, no person shall be qualified as an elector, or shall
be eligible as a member of such convention, unless. he shall have previously
taken and subscribed the oath of amnesty, as set forth in the President's Procla-
mation of May 29, A. D. 1865, lnd is a voter qualified asprescribed by the
constitution and laws of the State'of Georgia in force immediately before the
nineteenth (19th) of January, A. D. 1861, the date of the so-callr ordinance
4 t pe" of secession; and the said convention, when convened, or the legislature that
quallfication. may be thereafter assembled, will prescribe the qualification of electors, and
the eligibility of persons to hold o ce under the constitution and laws of the
state, - a power the people of the several states composing the Federal Union
have rightfully exercised frem.the origin of the government to the present time.
No.42.
BY THE PRESIDENX OF *THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: June 17, L8
A PROCLAMATION.
WxuxuRaS the fourth section-of the fourth article of the Constituton of the PseVle.
United States declares that the United States shal uarantee to every state in the
Union a republican form of government, and a protet each of them against
invasion and' domestic violence; and wheas the Piesident of the United.tae
is, by the constitution, made commander-in-chief of the army and navy, as
well as chief civil executive officer of the United States, and is bound by solemn
oath fhithfully to execute the office of President of-the United States, and to
take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and whereas the rebellion, which
has been waged by a portion of the people of the United States against the
properly constituted authorities of the government thereof, in the most violent
and revolting form, but whose organized and armed fmes have now been al-
most entirely overcome, has, in its revolutionary progras, deprived the people
of the State of Texas of all civil government; aid ihereas it becomes neces-
sary and proper to carry out and enforee the obligations of the United States
No. 48.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: jlie 21, 18.
A PROCLAMATION.
WaEREA. the fourth. section of tle fourth article of the Constitution of the Preamble.
United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the
Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against
invasion anddomestie violence; and whereas the President of the United States
is, by the constitution, made commander-in-ebief of the army and navy As well
as chief civil executive officer of the United States, ard is bound by solemn
oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States, and to
take care that the laws be faithfully executed ; and whereas the rebellion, which
has been waged by a portion of the people of the United States against the
properly eonstituted authorities of the government thereof, in the most violent
and revolting form, but whose organized and armed forces have now been al-
most entirely overcome, has, in its revolutionary progress, deprived the people
of the State of Alabama of all civil government; and whereas it becomes neo-
d proper to carry out and enforce the obligations of the United States
to the people of Alabama, in securing them in the enjoyment of a republican
Now, therefre,, in obedene t the high and solemn duties imposed upon me Provisional
by the Constitution o thmeU pp enabng te governor a-
loyal
be people ofdomestic
establshed, said statetranquility
to organirDinsured,
a stateand
government, whereby
loyal citizens justieemay
potected in ell e for a.-
thei rights
the United
States, of life,appoint
States,
do hereby liberty,
and and property, I,ofANDREW
commander-in-chief armyJOHNSON, President of
of the State of Alaa Lewis Parsons, oftheAh-bama,andprovisional
navy of the United
governor
to prescribe uan
whose duty it shall be, at the earliest practieabe period, His duts. and
h rules and regulations as may be neessar and proper for
veing a convention, composed of delegates to.be eon- authotty.
people of said state who are loyal to the United chosen by that portion of the
States, and no others, for the
purpose of altering or amendmna the constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within the limits of said state, all the powers neceisary and proper to
enable such loyal people of the State of Alabama to restore said state to its
constitutional
lican form of state
relations to the federal
government as willgovernment, and to present such a repub-
enttle the state to the g aratee of the
United States there for, and its people to protection by the United States agains
invasion, insurrection, and domestic violence ; Prodided that, in any election that Q ualiflatlon
may be hereaftr held for chooin delegates to any state conventin as f4'or- of electors, and
said, no person shall be qualified as an elector, or shll be eligible as a member for membere.uP
of such
oath convention, unless he inshall
of amnesty, as st forth the havepreviously
President's taken and subscribed the twa ....
Proclamation of May 9, A. D.
1865, and is a voter qualified as prescribed by the constitution and laws of the
State of Al~bam in force immediately before the eleventh
1861, the date of the so-called ordinance of secession; andday of January, A. D.
the said conventon, Convention
when
scribe convened, or the legislature
the qualification of electors, that
andmay be thereaft assembled, will office
pre. &o. to prescrilie
the eigibility of persons to hold qualiaetlon.
under the constitution and laws of the state,- a power the
people of the several
states composing the Federal Union have rightfiully exercisd from the origin of
the government to the present time.
And I do hereby direct,
FiSt That the military -o Eommander of the deparment,
personsSt n the and all officers and All the depart.
litary and naval srvice, aid and as the said provi onl mentsof the
governorin carrying into effect this Prolaation, and they are enjoined to ab- uiit~d t ^
fom,
sain the
from in any way, shindering,
orgaization impeding,asorherein
a ate government discouragn gthe -loyalpeople ii t oi.
authorized r esonal governor.
No. 44.
June 8,1865. BY THE PHHSDENT OF THE UNITED STATES O' AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. WimumnAs, by the proelamatons of the President of the nineteenth and
Vol. xi. pp. 125, twenty-seventh of A ri eighteen hundred and sixty-one, a blockade of certain
IM ports of the United States was set on foot; but, whereas, the reasons for that
measure have ceased to exist:
Blockade re- Now, therefore, be it known, that 1, ANDnuw .3brNsoir, President of the
sciuded. United States, do hereby declare and proclaim the blockade aforesaid to be
Tesoinded as to all the ports aforesaid, including that of Galveston and other
ports west of the Mississippi River, which ports will be open to forein com-
merce on the first of July next, on the terms and conditions set forth in my
Ase, P.75T. Proclamation of the twenty-second of My last
Purposes oflm It is to be understood, however, that the blockade thus rescinded was an
blockae international measure for the purpose of preting the sovereign rights of th9
United States. The greater or les subversion of-eivil authority in the region
to which it applied, and the impracticability of at once restoring that in due
efficiency, may, for a season, make it advisable to employ the army and navy of
the United States towards carrying the laws into effect, wherever sucl4 employ-
ment may be necessary.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
No. 45.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF TEE UNITED STATES: June , 1865.
A PROCLAMATION.
Wnunzm it has been the desre of the general government of the United Preamble
States to restore unrestricted commercial intesoourse between and in the several
states, as oon as the same could be safely done in view of resistance to the
authority of the United States by combinations of armed'insurgenta;
And whereas that desire has been shown in my proclamations of the twenty-
t e,
ninth of Apr1,t one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the thirteenth of An PP. ,
June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and the twenty-third of June, 70o.
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five;
And whereas it now seems expedient and proper to remove restrictions upon
internal, domestic, and oastwise trade and eommereial intercourse between and
within the states and territories west of the Mississp River:
Now, therefore, be it known, that I, ANiRnwt omoN, President of the Restrions on
United States, do hereby declare that all restrictions upon internal, domesc, trade wes, of tb
and coastwise intercourse and trade, and upon the purchase and removal of
products of states and parts of states and tertories heretofore declared in
insurrection, lying webt of the Missippi River (excepting only those relatin-
to property heretofore purehased by the agents, or captured by or sur dere
to the forces of the UMted States, and to the transpo-tation thereto or therein,
on private aecount,'of arms, ammunition, all articles from which amnmunition is
made, gray uniforms and gray cloth), are annulled; and I do hereby direct
that they be forthwith removed; and also that the commerce of such states,
and parts of states shall be conducted under the supervision of the regularly
appointed officers of the customs, [who] shall receive any capted and aban-
doned property that may be turned over to them, under the law, by the mili.
tary or naval forces of the United States, and dispose of the same in accordance
with instructions on the subject, issued by the Secretary of the Treasury.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of
the United States to be af•ixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-tburth d4y of June, in the
[FL a.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the ekhty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHSON.
By the President:
W. HDuqTzB, Actin Sewy of State
No. 46.
A PROCLAMATION.
Wxn "s the fourth section of the fourth article of the Contiution ;f the Prmbl&
United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every staten
the Union a republican form of government, and sa protect each of them
againt invasion and domestic violmee; and whereas the President of the United
tates ,by the constitution, made ommander -m-chifof the army and navy, as
Exeeutive orde. See PoA p. 776.
VOL. XiL PUM.- 65
No 47.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: July 18, 18.
A PROCLAMATION.
WMMMn s the fourth section of the fourth aiele of the Constitution of the Premble.
United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the
Union a republican form of government, and shaf=p each of them against
invasion and domestic violence; and whereas the President of the United States
is, by the constitution, made commander-in-chief of the army and navy, as well
as chief civil executive officer of the United States, and is bound by solemn
oath faithlhlly to execute the office of President of the United State, and to
take care waged
has been that theby
laws be faithfully
a portion people ofand
of theexecuted; thewhereas
United the
States agaswich
rebelon, the.
properly constituted authorities of the government thereof, in the most violent
and revolting form, but whose organized and armed foce have now beenal-.
most entirely overeome, has, in its revolutionaryp depived the people
of State
sarytheand 6?"Florida
proper to carryofout
all and
civil enforce
govrment; andwhereas
the obligatin of the United neces-
it becomes Sttes
to the people of Florida,
govrnen of :ne
in securing
7cc~ them in the enjoyment of a republican
for erxec ntobeien to the high and solemn dute. imposed upon me
by the Constitution of the United States and for the purpose of enabling the
loyal people of said state to orga.ize a state government, whereby justice my
be estabhshed,.domnestio tranqUilty insured, and loyal citizens protected in all
their rights of life, liberty, and property, I, Ai DnuW JoH~soN, President of
the United States, and commander-in-chief
ifliam Marvin provisional and navyofofthe
of the armygoernor theState
United
of Prso
States, do here
Florida, whose duty it shall be, at the earlis practicable period, to prescribe goveror aP-
such rules and etdaons as may be neessary - and proper for convening a con- d. u
vention, comp of delegtes to be chosan by that portion of the people of said Hk'-dt and
state who are loyal to the United States, and no others, for the purpose of alte- authority.
inag or amending the constitution thereof; and with authority to exrie within
the
a s of s ate, all the powes necesary and r to enable mch
loyal people of the State of Florida to retore sand state to it. conitutional re-
such af republican
the United.form of
lations
state government as willgovpnment,
to the federal and to
entitle the state present
to th .paantee States
atherefor, and itstpe to reeron by thoe U mtd'Statm against ivason, in-
surrection, and dmetc violene; Provided that, in any elecion tha may be Qtuslfeations
hereaftr .held for choosig delegates to any state convention as afoesaid, no °f ectoewand of
person shl be qualified as an elector, or sell be eligible as a member of msm ,_ Of the
convention, unless he shall have .revilousy taken and subscribed the oath e nism.
amnesty, as set forth in President's Prelanation of May 39, A- D. 1865,
ahe
and is a votercqualed as prescribed by the constitution and lawn of the State
of Florida in force immeiately before the 10th day of January, A. D. 1861, the
date of the so-called ordinane of secession; and the said eonvention, when con-
No. 48.
August-29; 1865 BY THE PIMSIDENT DF THE UNITED STATES 03 AMERIOA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Preamble. WruAas, by my proclamations of the thirteenth "d twenty-firt of June,
pp. 768, one thousand eig hundred and sixty-fve, restrictions, in part, upon
769. internal, domesic, and coastwise intercourse and trade with those Oates-
recently declared in insurrectiog certain articles were excepted from the effect
of said proclanations as contraband of iar; and wheres the necessity for
restricting trade in said artieles has now, in a great measure, ceased: it is
AU ree
tictias hereby ordered, that on and afer the 1st day of September, 186b, all restrie-
on trade re- tions aforesaid be removed, so that the articles declared by the said proelama-
moved. tions to be conthaband of war, may be import, into and sod in sad states,
subject only to such regulations as the Seeary of the Tmury may prescribe.
No. 49.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: October 13%1.
A PROCLAMATION.
WEXnzAs, by a Proclamation of the fift da of July, one thousand eight Ptssuble.
hundred and sixty-four, the President of the United States, when the civil war Ants, p.742.
was llap ns d when combinations were in progres in Kentucky for the pur-
pose ofiting insurgent raids into that state, &rtedthat the Proclamation
smpending the privil* of the writ of habeas corpus should be made effectual
in Kentucky, and that martial law should be estabished there, and continue
until said proclamation should be revoked or modified; and whereas since then
the danger from insurgent raids into Kentucky has substantialy pased away:
Now, therefore, be it. known, that I, AiqDnuW JONSON, Predent of the
United States. byv virtue of the authority vested in me by the cobstitution, do mar law to
hereby declare that the said Proclamation of the fifth day of July, one thousand be no, ar tn
eight hundred and sixty-four, shall be, and if hereby, modified, in so far that force in Ken-
martial law shall be no longer in force in Kentucky from and after the date tucky.
hereoft
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this twelfth day of October, in the year
[L. s.] of our Lord one thousod eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By. the President:
W. HuTNR, Acting &Seor o &at&
NO. 50.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Odbsr 12%
16
A PROCLAMATION.
Wanza. s it hasyleased Almighty God, during the year which is now eorn- prmble.
ing to an end, to reheve our beloved country frmn the fearful scourge of civil
war, and to permit us to secure the blessings of peace, unity, and harmony,
with a great enlargement of civil liberty;
And whereas our Heavenly Father has also, during the year, graciously
averted fixo us the calamities of foreign war, pestilence, and famine, while gur
gra aree are full of the fruits of an abundant season;
And whereas righteousnes exalteth a nation, while sin is a reproach to any
ps=1, therefore, be it known, that 1, Axanuzw JowxaoN, President of Day Of national
the United States, do hereby recoumend to the people thereof that they do set tnkfivU p-
kpart and observe the first Thursday of December next as a day of national por
thanksgiving to the Creator of the universe for these great deliverances and
blessings.
And I do farther recommend that on that occasion the whole people make
confession of our national sins against His infinite goodness, and ith one
65*
No. 51.
Dee. 1,is5. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Preamble.
A PROCLAMATION.
WnmAs, by-the Proclamation of the President of the United States, of the
fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hunced and sixty-threethe
Ads, p. T". privilege of the writ of habeas eorpus was, m certain cases therpin pet forth, as.
pended throughout the United States;
And whereas the reasons for that suspension may be regarded as having
ceased in some of the states and territories:
suspenson of Now therefore be it known, that I, Axioanw JomnoN, Preardent of the
the writ of habeas United States, do hereby proclaim and declare, that the suspenson aforesaid
Corp, 9o, re- and all other Pro ons and orders mmending the uriviiege of the writ of
=ertain exoept in habeas corpus.m So.ed
states and the states and territocies of the UTited. States, are revoked and
er staoriesma annulled, exeilng as to the States of Vhginia,-Kentueky, Tennessee, North
the Ic
o= Car, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida labama, Miissinppi, Louiiana,
Columbia. Arkansas, and Texas, the District of Columbia, bud the T o of.New
Mexico and Arizona.
In witness whereof, I have.hereuntset my hand, and caused, the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city ofWashington, this first day of December, in the yew
s.]
[3r. of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and si,.,ve, and of the
Independence ofthe United States of America the ninetiet
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WiLLIAx H. SzwAxn, SocretW7 of &ate&
No. 52.
W'IT,.M "l SWARD,
SECRETARy OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
To all to iviom these presents rma come, pred(.
Dee.#51M4.
Preamble. KxoW ye, that whereas the conpes of-the United States on the 1st of
Februar last passed a resolution wMch is in the words folwing, namely:
-A resolion satdng to the lj~olat of*h sword staoe a proposhio to
amend Me Cox&tulo of do United &am&
A^as p. Ws~ ".lfsolwed by the Shuate and House of Represenatfve of tde Linte Rawe~
America in Congress assembled, (e tds of bot housee eonming,) That
ollowing article be proposed to the leisatures of the several states e an.
%,.dmentto the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by
And whereas it appears from official documents on file in this dp ent that Amendment to
the amendmenp to the Constitution of the United States propo as afoesid, theconstitution
has been ratified by the legislatures of the States of Illinois Rhode sad, raifidv
Michin,Maryland, New York, West Virgnia,Maine, Kans, Massachusetts, stIWM
Pensylvania, irgia, Ohio, Missouri, Novad Indiana, Louisiana, Mimne-
sota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Arkansas, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia; in all twenty-seven
states;
And whereas the whole number of states in the United States is thirty-six;
and whereas the before speciaily-named states, whose legislatures have ratified
the said proposed amendment, constitute three fourths of the whole number of
states in the United States:
Now, therefore, be it known, that I, W zriA H. SnWAMw, ecretary of Aiiiifd-snt
State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of the second section of vl.
the act of congress, approved the twentieth of Agril, eighteen hundred and
eighteen, entitled "An act to provide for the pur Hti tht
f the am the Ye I ,L
United States and fqr other pr " do herey certi that the amendment .... P. -
aforesaid has-become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Consti-
tution of the United States.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of
the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this eight th day of December, in the
[L. S.] year of our Lord one thousnd eiht hundred and sixty-five, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth.
WIILTAM H. SEWARD.
Se*.o Of &%Ata
EXECUTIV ORDERS
No.1.
JxMuuirY MANKsosr,3March10,18608. March 10,1868.
hi pursuance of the twentysixth section of the act of ores enltle d es absent
"An act for enrolling and c out the national forves, and oer pur- without ve to
poses," approved on the third day of M h, in the year one thousand eight'return to their
hundred and sixty-three, I, A :Ax Lmoow, President and mmander- e!ents forth-
in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, do hereby order and will
command, that all soldiers, enlisted or drafted into the service ofth United o....
States, now absent from their regiments without leave, shall forthwith return to VoL xli.p. 785.
their "espective
regimenta.
And rdo hereby declare and proclaim, that all soldiers now absent fromn their soldiers report-
resPetie reieto without lea;,kho &A
report on or before
themselves at any fist day of~pi
therendezvous des- - " b &-A.r.
eig hundred and sixty-three,
nated by the General Orders of the War Department number -e vtbe
igt, re-
hereto annexed, may be restored to their repective reiments without punish- stored, &c.
ment, except the foeiture of pay and allowances during their absence; and Othe to be
all who do not return within the time above specified' shall be arrested as a as de-
deserters, and punished as the law provides, sermt
No. 2.
Apol 4, 186. To al ohom Ames presnft wuay conwen:
preaMble. o VVinAS, for some time past, evil-disposed persons have crosed the borders
the United States, or entered their ports by sea from countries where they
are tolerated, and have committed capiita felonies ainst the poerty and life
of American citizens, as well in the cities as in the rural distriet of"the country:
Rewards for Now, therefore, in the name and by the authority of the President of the
the arrest of el- United States, I do hereby make known that a reward of one thousand dollars
onI, 0lr efolga will be paid, at this Departent, for the capture of eachof such offenders upon
countries m- his conviction by a civil or military tribunal, to whomsoever shall arrest and de-
Intt . es liver such offenders into the eowtody of the civil or military authorities of the
States. United States. And the like reward will be paid, upon the same terms, for the
capture of any such persons so entenni th nited States, whose offenes shall
be comnitted subsequenty to the publication of this notice.
A reward of fivehundred dollars will be aid, upon viction, for the arres
of any person who shall have aided and abette enders
n of the clan before
Snamed the territorf the United State.
Given
Wyigand,
unde. and the sed of the Department of State, at
[L. a.] Washington, " fourth day of Ap, A. D. 186. "
WILLIAM EL SEWARD,
8ew,ta wO k.'Sa.
No.&
No.4.
ExOUcvrzv u H xx Washigbon City, may 9, 186O. 3ity 9,1865.
Ordered:
First. That all act and proceedings of the political, military, and civil or -The auMonity
i*ons which have been in a state of insurrection and rebellion, within the of te United
Date ofrurinia, against the authority and laws of the United States, and of Stan reltab-
which Jefferion Davis, John Leteher, and William Smith, were late the respec- -
tive chiefs, are declared null and void. All persons who shall exercise, claim,
pretend, or attempt to exercise any political, military, or civil power, authority
jursdi or ht, by, through, or under Jefferson Davis, late of the city of
Richmond, and 1 nfederates, or under John Letehe, or William Smith, and
their confederats, or under any pretended political, military, or civil commis-
sion oraathoriy issued by them, or eitherof them, since the 17th day of April,
1861, shall be deemid and taken as in rebellion against the United States, and
shall he dealt with accordingly.
Second. That the Secretary of State proceed to put in force all laW of the
United States, the admnisration whereof belongs to the Department of State,
app bleto the geographial limits aforesai
hidTht the S-ecretary of the Treasury prced without delay, to nomi-
revenue,rppontment, assesors of taxes and collectors of customs and internal
and such other oficr of the Treasury Deatet as are authorized
by law, and shall put in execution the revenue laws of the United States within
the geographical bmilt aforesaid. In main appointment the preference shall
be ge to qualed ly persons re the ere their re-
sective duties are to be performed. But if sutable per shall not be found,
residents of the districts, then persons iding in oher states or districts shall
be appointed.
Fo r&t. That the Postmaster-General shall proceed to establish pest-offices
and post-routes, and put into execution the posta laws of the Unied States
within the said state, giving to loyal residents the preference of appintmeut;
but if suitable persons are not found, then to appoint agents, ft, fioa other
stati.
Ff. That the district idge of sald district proceed to held courts within
said state, in accordance with the provisions of eact of congres. The At-
torney-Gjneral will instruct the proper efcers to libel, and brin to ju ent,
oonfiscation, and sale,. propert and i &min-
istraton of justice within ad state, in all mattersi civil and criminal within the
ognzane d jurisdiction of the federal courts.
iTh. That the Secretary of War asg such assistant prvost-marshal
general and such provost- marshals in eash district of said state as he may
dleem, necessary
Seventh The Secretay of the NaVy will take pos in of allublicop-
erty ginto the a rt within s geopaphiat and t
in operation al acts of congress in relation to naval iffair haviag applicatioi to
the sad state.
Eighh The Secretar of the nteriorwill a put in hree the laws relating
to the Department ef the Interior.
Mush. That to carry into effect the guarantee by the federal constitution of
a republic=a form of state government, and affrd the advantage and sm "
of doniestic laws, as well as to complete the reistablishment of the authorit ani.d wilb
laws of the United States, and the ful and complete restoration of peace within given to Gev-
the limits aforesaid, Francs H. Plepont, governor of the State of V'nia, Or lerpea
No. 5.
A. to be styled ...................
mt M8
AadLands, .Pay Mbe oncrede.... .......... 5 9
In insurrectionary states may be set
apart for fireedmen and refuees,..... M how app6nted, pay, .............. W
limit to amount assigned .......... 08 Ad%=Bwecs
rent, and.how determined .......... 508 hW aponed pay tr&C.......... 9
occupants may purchase ............. 08 Actig Vo 2,Litan t i,,
Abanoedu oprf may be confirmed, ft . .......... 79
sales o; may be made where,,,..... 875 AddieonfOo* I .
lands,.houses. &c., to be taken care of 875, authorized In office of Secretary of
876 Treasury .. 27, 161
when roeryistobedeemedaban- of 1tand 2Acompe r., , 449
doned,............................ 876 of 1ot, 2d, 8d, 4th, and 6thauditor, 27, 449
Absence, Leave of, of treasurer and register .......... 27
provision for pay during ............. 145 of commissioner of pustema ... 27, 160
Atg-- o/; not to exceed ........... 14 Of Secetary of Navy.. 27, 879, 454
of jantgnr quartermtetr
property of, how aasessed, .......... 227
Accerdi Mciy Seap
pension to ......................... 59 ofneer,
chief..........................
of ce and chief engi- 28
Accounts,
oath in settlement of officers, for 61oth- In bureau of equipment and repaIr, 454
ing, 8sc, who may administer* ...... 491 of construwin and repair,.... 454
In office o ksisa t treasurer In
duty on............................. 212 Boston ....................... 457
Acb:oalerdrst in Postoffie Department . ....... 515
ofobf;sIofe conveyances, mortgages, Attornr-Geaere1s offe,....... 516
of.,
Of vessels neceasary before being anointment and appropriation for,. 28
recorded ........................... 518 former temporary appointments in-
cluded her i
................ 28
ate of, does not require stamp,.. 24 females may be employed a . 28
certain defective, In the Distrint of Co salnby not to exceed 600, ...... 28, 160
lumbia, cured ..................... 581 Additinal Dudo
in the District of Columbia, acts con- on certain articles under the revenue
cerning, how construed ............. 682 law .............................. 488
what to be sufficient ................. 582 an brandy, gI, Biuus . 42 9
by fame covert; of deed executed by AdditiOf Bsuo
ee ,
husband, to be cafficlent
to bar dower, 582 authoriz d,............. ...... 19S
by married. womcn, ............ .. 2
Acting Ansjeant Papaserein the Navy,- Woplationa farthe office of, 2&, 18,46%,458
masy be appoin-te asitat paYmasters Inthe offlce o ... 27
between the age of 256and ...... 89 appropriation cnigcesOfMCr office
Acin Antaut &apoins, of; at head-TqyartV: of mltar depart-
If disabled, 2&e., entitled topeons .... 499
Act*~ Assistant T Wasmm and Dmaiv Ad = Nores .... ~~ W
8e-w- Is-do _n iports...I
provisions concerning ................ 427 on goods frxom countries east of Capei of
Acting Comatanders, a emento p .................... 498,494
nt and py of .............. 79
penalty fo underval ......... 494
eand pay of,........... 79
duty on, and what exempt from duty,.. 280
may be confirmed and putinline otpo- hr Popoalsto arry malls, to be pub. 07
motion, &e....................... 79, forpojhaal t..................6.
OIDEL
Hopsitoas, NIval, Ir'mmration, (continued.)
appror one for, ................ 88, 468 who may not be officers under act to en-
courage .......................... 886
appropriation for ................... 28 penalty on officers for taking fees, &e.,. 887
approprialions for expenses o4 148, 147, 446 report to congress on, &c ............ 887
Howrd, a .nera Oer 0., appropriation to carry act to encourage
thanks of congress to................ 401 into effeft ........................ 887
Hubbell, William WVeelr, expenses under act to encourage, ..... 424
claim of, for use of patent, to be referred Import Duties. See Belgium.
to court of claims, ................. 688 on goods from the United States im-
Hudson's Bay Company, ported into Belgium ................ 48
claim of,for damages against the United provisions respecting, in treaty with
States, to be investigated and deter- Ottoman Empire .............. 612, 618
mned by commisioners ....... 196,861 Iapo rA4 o,
Humiltion ad Mounting, to be unladen and inspected at first port
day of appointed for the death of Abra. of arrival, ......................... 197
ham Lincoln ....................... 755 trunks, closed vesels, &c., to be opened, 197
H mwil'on and Prayer, to be forfeited if dutiable articles
resolution requesting the President to are found therein............ 197
appoint a day of national, ........... 415 penalties, fines, and forfeitures, 197, 198, 199
day appointed ................... 744 Ietports,
.e,
To,,,, act increaslng duties on certain,... 202, 218
lands in Missouri granted to, ........ 581 joint resolution to increase for sixty
Hunt, Chares, days, duties on .................... 406
exequatur of, as consl for Belgium at to continue in force .............. 411
St. Loul, revoked ............ 741, 742 See Duties on Importa
Hadinga, Wiiam, act imposing duties on ......... 491-496
gratuity to ......................... 698 /moee.. See Internal Revenue.
copy of act granting, to be sent to, U9 provisions of internal revenue, act con-
cerning ....................... 281-285
L certain consuls of foreign countries not
subject to ..................... 17, 806
Idaho Trity, resolution Imposing a special ......... 417
appropriations fbr government in,. U57, 467 hwoome Tax,
Indian service in ............... 180. 659 provbions of revenue law concerning, 479-.
surveys of public lands In ........ 849,850 481
post-routes established in,...*. 821, 522, 620 rate of tax .......................... 479
oath of judges In,may be takeb before how assessed and collected, ....... 479, 480
whom, ........ :................... 89 annual gains and profits, how estimated, 479
part of territory of, hansferred to what to be included, and what deduc-
Dakota, ........................... 92 tions ......................... 479,480
territory o, may be reapportioned for lists and returns to be rendered ....... 480
.members of leglsltve assembly, 142 148 to be verified on oath .......... 480
basit of apportionment ............... 148 penalty for not making, or for re-
rights of members elct not impaired,.. 148 turning fraudulent lists ... 480, 481
time of annual election in 1864 ....... 148 p~ovision for cases where income duty
with Nevada to constitute one surveyor- has been paid elsewhere ............ 481
general's district, ................... 858 appals from decision of sstant-asses-
provisions for telegraphic -commnmica- sor .............................. 481
tion with......................... , 7 Indepeden Treasu,
See TepwraA..... appropriations for the ............ 168,457
construction of wagon-roads in, author-
le4..................5 18, 517 special sessions of federal disMet court
appropriation for ............... 617 In ............................. 8,419
what suits to be heard therein,.... 8
joint resolution providing for election of provision for pending prooess, ....... 419
members of congress from, at large, post-routes in, established ....... 8.17, 62
until, &a......................... 407 Indian Affairs,
pot-routes in, established,.... 816, 622, 628 appropriations for office of commissioner
Iraamaro of, ........................... 151, 451
act to encourage,................. 885-887
commissioner to b appointed, Ac. 888 act for better organization o, .......... 89
salary, term of office, clerks of4 &c., 888 California. to constitute one superinten- -
horse and mule, when farnhshed in lieu guardians of Committees of, may act in
of ambul .....................
lan e 20 DIstriet of Columbia, ............. 18, 19
Loan. See Bonds. payments made to, 4obeadischarge,&c6, 19
of 6200,000,000, atho6 z........... 18 provision as to pay of officers m the
coupon on registered bonds to be ssued
therefor ........................... 18 Lyn =rment hospital for the insan,. . 84
Interest not to exceed six per cent. 18 pa ent to ......................... 679
redeemable in not Iem than five, a; Lyon, EMWly A.,
payable In not more than forty pension to, .......................... 594
years ......................... 18
exempt from state and municipal salary ofConsul at ................... 189
taxatlo, ...................... 18
principal and interest payable in coin,.. 18
appropriation for expenses of........18
five-twenty bonds may be Issued to sub- Machierhy,
secribers .......................... 18 for navy, aropriation for .......... 81
of $400,000 authorized, ........ 218-222 certan to be free of duty............. 216
Secretary of Treasury ma borrow flax and hempand steam agricultural, to
$600,000,000, and Issue bonds or treas- be orted fm .................... 444
ury notes therefor,............... d68
bonds to be notless than SW0 .......... 468 Certain prvimions of law relating to the
"redeemable in not lee than fiae, nor cod fishery to apply to ............. 85
more than forty years ......... 468 Madison, James,
treasury notes convertible into bonds,.. 468 edition of five hundred copies of papers
denominations, and when redeem- of, to be published ................ 578
able .................... 468 Magazines,
interest on bonds and treasury notes, a )propriations, for naval, ....... 88, 84 465
when payable, ..................... 468
principal and interest payable In coin or appZrjo tion to test Solomon Andrews's
other lawful money ................ 468 new mode of fastening ............. 674
interest In coin not to exceed sixpercent, 468 Mail Matter,
not in coin, not to exceed 7 8-10th, certain articles of clothing may be tranU-
per cent ....................... 468 mitted to soldiers by mail ........... 2
bonds authorized by former act may be rate of postage and prepayment........2
issued in the form allowed by this act, 468 Mail Pwhes or Boes
any treasury notes or interest-bea ing of Marshal Smith a patent may be bought
obli dons convertible into thes M4&1 for postal serviee .............. 674
bods . 468
such bonds not to be par of this act to ptvlde f r carrying between the
090,e00 ................... me United States and foe pors. 86
bonds or other obligations, how may be vessels belonging to citizens of the
disposed of .................... 468,469 United Stats to carry and deliver the
treasury notes may be Issued to pay for mails ............................. 86
materials and sup.ls.......... 469 Compensation to be such as allowed by
mode of pro g in such cos... 469 law .............................. 86
bonds and other obligation exempt from upon entry of vessel, master to make
taxation .......................... 469 athas to delivery of mails........ 86
penalties of former acts against counter- penalty for fulng to make oath,... 86
felting, &e., notes and heads made ap- contmcts or conveying by Panama or
plicable thereto..................... 469 Nicaragua route ................... 86
no legal-ten~der notes authorized by this limit to expenditur ............. 86
act, ............................... 469 apportionment, If more than one
appropriation for expenses of this act,.. 469 company carries the ml. 86
contracts forcarryin stamships be-
provisions of Internal revenue at con- tween ports of the Uhited States..... 97
Cernin....... ..... 29, 47% 486,486 proaon for, and o such se-
not legalized, ........................ 279 Pacii
no Cost, ......... 87
LM6ima Poetmaster-Genesl may suspend oper-
act authorizing issue of patents for loo- ation of law authorizing Conveying
tions in the Lao Orimegas and La letters otherwise than In mails ...... 87
Nana grants in ................... 826 penalty for p words "United
not entitled to reprstationin electoral States mail," &a., on a coach or vessel
college ............................ 67 not used to carry the mail, .......... 87
LcuelLs Islano, fJr advertising such Conch or vessel, 87
sea-waii on ........ ......... 85 one halfof fine to go to person in-
Loya Masters, forming and prosecuting ....... 87
to have certfcate and bouny for 4rafted Color to be no dIsqualifcation for Carry-
slaves ............ ...........
*.... 11 Ming the, .......................... 515
compensation for services of their slaves
Who volunteer .....................
Lucifer fatches,
11 &% ~t'dtons for the,........ 29,80,425
duty upon, and provisions of revenue withChfiaandJaPan,............4M
law Concerning................ 48, 483 See Oceax MAWlU4PM&*Sfif
VOL. Xif. Pun.- 70
INDEX.
&crew oqfte Trsc.n, (continued.) yof W~rar, (continued.) "
ditlled spirits' for exportation with- to appoint a commission to determine)
out payment of duty ................ 15 claims of loyal masters of colored
to prescribe regulations for tax and volunteers ......................... 11
drawback on cotton and manufactures to superintend expenditure for proteo-
of, ............................. 16,3 05 tion of emigrants by overland route,. 14
for collecting additional duty on dis- duties of, under act establishing a system
tilled spirits, ................. 16, 17 of ambulances ..................... 20
may grant enrolment, &c. to steam-tugs may take and hold Book Island for the
"R. F. Davidson" and" W. K. Muir," 19 use of the United States ........... 0-52
to prescribe duties for additional assist- may enlist a regiment of veteran volun-
ant secretary .................... 26, 27 teer engineers ..................... 80
duties as to the coinage ofcents, &c.,.64, 66 to rovide for pay of colored soldiers,
to issue register to steamer "John Mar- ......................... 19'9, 180 .2e.
tin,".............................. 6 7 may appoint clerks in bureau of military
may Increase the compensation of in- justice ............................ 145
spectors of customs ................ 62 to cbnvene boards for examination of
may appoint clerks in office of auditor quartermasters and commissaries and
for Post-Office Department, ......... 79 .r
duty of, as regards banking associations, 100- to appoint person to edit printing of
118 offieW reports of operations of ar-
may stipulate for release from attach- mies. ............................. JBs
ment of property claimed by the to superintend the expenditure of appro.
United States ................. 122, 128 priations for preservation of public
may sell marine hospital at Chicago, &c., 142 works on northern lakes and on sea-
to select clerks from offlce of paymaster- board.......................... 200, 2D1
general for ofice of 8d auditor of tues- ma direct protection of telegraph on
ury, .............................. 161 Pacii coast, u .................. 841
to cause money from sales of paper- to furnish superintendent of public print
shavings and extra copies of doou- ing with reports of military opera-
ments to be placed to credit of appro- tions, &e .......................... 406
priation ........................... 186 appointment of second assistant, author-
to make regulations under the act to iad ............................... 481
prevent smuggling ................ 197 salary, term of office, &c........ 481
to appoint additional fnspectors ......... 198 may make contract for bunting ........ 467
may remit fines, penalties, and forfeit- to make regulations to pay colored troops, 488
ures ....................... 198 may detail an officer to administer oaths
duty of, under the act increasing duties required to be taken in settlement of
on imports ..................... 202-218 certain accounts ................... 491
under act authorizing issuing of to make regulations for officers in the
bonds and treasury notes,.... 218-222 field to buy their rations on credit,
under internal revenue act, .... 228-806 &() ................................ 497
to make rulqs about commercial inter- to furnish tobacco to enlisted men at
course with rebel states ............. 878 cost prices ........................ 497
to procure warehouses in New York for may Issue provisions, clothing, and fuel,
storage of imports in vessels subject to freedmen and refugees ......... 608
to quarantine, ...................... 419 may assign chief commissary to each
to construct or purchase, &c., six steam arm', &.,........................ 18
revenue cutters for the lakes ...... 419 Sret Sece,
may issue #ertain treasury notes ....... 425 approptions for ............... 129, 497
may make contract for bunting, &e.,... 467
may borrow $600,00.O00, and issue appropriation of money to enlarge, ..... 8
notes or bonds therefor ............ 468
duty of, under amendment of act to pro- meaning of the term in act of June 80,
vide internal revenue ........... 469-487 3864 ............................. 222
to apportion circulating notes among
banking associations .............. 498 appropriations for purchase and distribu-
duties in regard to collection of taxes in tion ol ........................ 155,45
Insurrectionary districts ......... 501-507
duty of, as regards the coinage of three- appropriations for the....... 170, 180,649
cent pieces..................... 017
may sell wharf at Bath, Maine ....... 59 miscellaneous appropriation for....... 26
S-redY of Wr, payment from contingent fund and trans-
second assistant, may be appointed. 1 fer of balances..................... 26
salary and duties of .............. 1 appropriations for expenses of ......... 146
to prescribe duties of second assistant extra session of the, called, ........... 768
secretary ........................ I appropriations for expenses of the ..... 446
to detail or appoint surgeons to examine
drafted men ........................ 8 8appropriations for the,... 170, 171, 649, 66
to pernit examinations atdlferent points, 8, 9
to assign persons opposed to bearing for offences against the United States to
arms to special duty, when drafted,.. 9 imprisonment for more than a year,
may order discharge of persons under where to be executed ............. 500
the age of eighteen years ........... 10 expense of execution of, how borne,.... 00