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tor-Generals, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonels of Cavalry, and two Assistant Inspector-Generals, with the rank of Majors of Cavalry. Sections 12 to 23 reorganize the various departments. Section 24. Candidates for commission shall pass an examination. Section 25 abolishes the office of sutler, and authorizes the subsistence department to sell all that soldiers may need. Section 26. The President may detail twenty officers to give instruction on military science to students in colleges or universities. Section 27. Schools shall be established at garrisons to instruct the men in the common English branches. Section 28. No one who served in any capacity under the so-called Confederate States Government may be appointed to office in the army. Section 33 abolishes the Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau in thirty days after the passage of this act. [July 28, 1866.] CHAP. CCCI.-Metric System. - Authorizes the use of the metric system of weights and measures. [July 28, 1866.]

CHAP. CCCIII.-Captors of the Assassins.-Awards to the captors of Payne, Atzerott, Booth, and Harrold, their respective shares of the rewards offered. [July 28, 1866.]

CHAP. CCCV.-Transportation for Disabled Soldiers.-Authorizes the Secretary of War to furnish transportation to discharged soldiers to whom artificial limbs are furnished by the Government. [July 28, 1866.]

CHAP. CCCXII. Promotions in the Navy.Prevents officers of the navy from being deprived of their regular promotion on account of wounds received in battle, and fixes the pay of officers on the retired list. The accounting officers of the Treasury may allow to officers of the navy credit for losses of property and funds occasioned by accidental circumstances. [July 28, 1866.]

PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS.

No. 1.-Destitute Indians,-Authorizes the President to expend the unexpended balance of the fund for the suppression of the slave trade, for the relief of destitute Indians. [Approved Dec. 21, 1865.]

No. 3.-Exposition at Paris.-Accepts the invitation of the Government of France to take part in the Industrial Exposition at Paris. [Jan, 15, 1866.]

No. 4.-Orphan's Home.-Donates certain public property in Iowa to the Soldiers' Home of that State. [Jan. 22, 1866.]

No. 6.-Madison's Writings.-Directs the distribution of the writings of James Madison. [Feb. 7, 1866.]

No. 8.-Farragut.-Thanks to Vice-Admiral Farragut and to the officers and men under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the action in Mobile Bay on the 5th of August, 1864. [Feb. 10, 1866.]

No. 10.-Telegraph.-Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to detail one steam vessel from the Pacific Squadron to assist in making surveys, &c., for the laying of a telegraph cable between America and Asia. [Feb. 26, 1866.]

No. 11.-Missing Soldiers. -Reimburses Miss Clara Barton for expenses incurred in discovering missing soldiers of the United States. [March 10, 1866.]

No. 12.-West Virginia.-Gives the consent

of Congress to the transfer of the Counties of Berkley and Jefferson to the State of West Virginia. [March 10, 1866.]

No. 13.-Soldiers' Orphans.-Authorizes the Secretary of War to transfer to the National Home for Sailors' and Soldiers' Orphans of Washington City, certain stores not needed for the use of the Government. [March 10, 1866.] No. 17.-Laws of U. S.-Provides for the publication, by Little, Brown & Co., of the Laws of the United States. [March 31, 1866.]

No. 20.-Bounty.-Declares that "in the line of duty," in the Bounty Act of March 3, 1865, shall mean while actually in service under military orders, not at the time on furlough or leave of absence, nor engaged in any unlawful or unauthorized pursuit. [April 12, 1866.]

No. 21.-Soldiers' Graves.- Provides that the Secretary of War shall preserve from desecration the graves of soldiers who died in the the military service of the United States. [April 13, 1866.]

No. 24.-Foreign Convicts.-Protests against pardons by foreign Governments of persons convicted of infamous offences on condition of emigration to the United States. [April 17, 1866.]

No. 27.-Thanks to Gen. Hancock.-Thanks to Major-General Winfield S. Hancock. [April 21, 1866.]

No. 32.-National Gratitude.-Thanks of the nation to officers, soldiers, and seamen, [May 3, 1866.]

No. 85.-Petroleum.--Exempts Crude Petroleum from internal tax. [May 9, 1866.]

No. 37.-Emperor of Russia.-Congratulates the Emperor of Russia on his escape from assassination, and requests the President of the United States to forward a copy of this resolution to the Emperor of Russia. [May 16, 1866.]

No. 41.-Medals.-Authorizes certain medals to be distributed to veteran soldiers free of postage. [May 26, 1866.]

No. 42. Quarantine.-Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make and carry into effect such regulations of quarantine as he may deem necessary to guard against the cholera. [May 26, 1866.]

No. 46.--Bounties to Colored Soldiers.-The omission in the muster rolls of the words "free on or before April 19, 1861," shall not deprive any colored soldier of the bounty to which he is entitled. Evidence that a colored soldier and the woman claimed to be his wife or widow were joined together by some ceremony, deemed by them to be obligatory, followed by their living together as man and wife, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such marriage for the purpose of securing any arrears of pay, &c., due any colored soldier at the time of his death. [June 15, 1866.]

No. 48.-Constitutional Amendment.-Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. We give this important resolution in full on another page.

No. 49.-Military Academy.-The age of admission to the Military Academy shall hereafter be between the ages of 17 and 22 years; but any person who has served honorably not less than one year in the Army of the United States, shall be eligible to appointment up to the age of 24 years. Cadets shall be appointed one year before they are admitted. The person autho

rized to nominate cadets shall hereafter nomi- | diction of the Court of Claims to the loyal citinate not less than five candidates for each zens of Tennessee. [July 28, 1866.] vacancy, and the selection of one shall be made according to their respective merits and qualifications. In like manner, the President shall nominate 50 at large. [June 16, 1866.]

No. 52.-Indian Regiments.-Provides for the payment of bounty to certain Indian regiments. [June 18, 1866.]

No. 57-American State Papers.-Authorizes the distribution of surplus copies of American state papers in the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. [June 23, 1866.]

No. 58.--Vermont.-Pays the State of Vermont the sum expended for the protection of the frontier against the invasion from Canada in 1864. [June 23, 1866.]

No. 66.-Exposition at Paris.-Makes vision to enable the people of the United States to participate in the advantages of the Universal Exhibition at Paris in 1867. [July 5, 1866.] No. 67.-Bounty.-No enlisted man detailed as clerk or for any other duty in any executive bureau, headquarters or elsewhere, shall by such detail be deprived of any rights to bounties now due or hereafter to become due. [July 13, 1866.]

No. 69.-Portland.-Authorizes the President to place at the disposal of the authorities of Portland, Maine, tents, camp and hospital furniture and clothing for the use of families rendered houseless by the late fire. [July 14, 1866.] No. 73.-Tennessee.-Restores Tennessee to her former proper practical relation to the Union. [July 24, 1866.]

No. 102.-Income Tax.-Relieves officers of the army from the payment of the special income tax of five per cent. upon their pay, which was not enforced against them while in the field. [July 28, 1866.]

PROCLAMATIONS.

April 2, 1866.-Declares that the insurrection which heretofore existed in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, is at an end, and is henceforth to be so regarded.

June 6, 1866.-It having become known to the President that "certain evil-disposed persons pro-have, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, begun and set on foot and have provided and prepared and are still engaged in providing and preparing means for a military expedition and enterprise to be carried on from the territory and jurisdiction of the United States against colonies, districts, and people of British North America within the dominions of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with which said colonies, districts and people and Kingdom the United States are at peace;" and the proceedings aforesaid constituting "a high misdemeanor, forbidden by the laws of the United States as well as by the law of nations," the President, "for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of the unlawful expedition and enterprise aforesaid from the territory and jurisdiction of the United States and to maintain the public peace as well as the national honor, and enforce obedience and respect to the laws of the United States," admonishes and warns all good citizens of the United States against taking part in or in anywise aiding, countenancing or abetting said unlawful proceedings; and exhorts "all judges, magistrates, marshals, and officers in the service of the United States to employ all their lawful authority and power to prevent and defeat the aforesaid unlawful proceedings, and to arrest and bring to justice all persons who may be engaged therein." the President authorizes Major-General George G. Meade, "to employ the land and naval forces of the United States and the militia thereof, to arrest and prevent the setting on foot and carrying on the expedition and enterprise aforesaid."

No. 74.-Rations of Prisoners of War.Provides that all United States soldiers, sailors, and marines who were held as prisoners of war in the Rebel States, shall be paid commutation of rations at cost prices during the period of their imprisonment. But no person who has sold his interest in such claim, nor any one who has bought such interest, shall be benefited by this resolution. [July 25, 1866.]

No. 79.-Medals.--Gives medals and money to the officers and seamen of the vessels engaged in the rescue of the passengers of the wrecked steamer San Francisco. [July 26, 1866.]

No. 81.-Soldiers' College.-Gives cots and bedding to the Illinois Soldiers' College and Military Academy. [July 26, 1866.]

No. 87.-Pay of Army Officers.-Allows any officer who may have entered on his duty as commissioned officer, but was not mustered as such by reason of any cause beyond his control, within thirty days, increase of pay, according to his rank. The heirs or representatives of any officer whose muster shall be amended hereby, may receive the back pay and pension due under this resolution. [July 26, 1866.]

No. 91.-History of the Rebellion. Provides for the publication of the official History of the Rebellion. [July 27, 1866.]

And

Aug. 17, 1866.-Declares the decree of blockade of Matamoras and other Mexican ports, issued on the 9th of July, 1866, by the Prince Maximilian, who asserts himself to be Emperor in Mexico, to be absolutely null and void, as against the Government and citizens of the United States; and that any attempt which shall be made to enforce the same against the Government or the citizens of the United States will be disallowed.

Aug. 20, 1866.-Declares the insurrection in No. 93.-Metric System.-Enables the Secre-Texas to be at an end, and proclaims that peace tary of the Treasury to furnish to each State order, tranquillity, and civil authority now exist one set of the standard weights and measures of in and throughout the whole of the United the metric system. [July 27, 1866.] States.

No. 98.-Statue of Lincoln.-Authorizes a Oct. 8, 1865.-Recommends that the 29th of contract with Vinnie Ream for a statue of November be observed throughout the United Abraham Lincoln at $10,000. [July 28, 1866.] States as a day of thanksgiving and praise for No. 99.-Tennessee.-Extends the provisions another year of national life vouchsafed us as a of the Act of July 4, 1864, limiting the juris-people.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

COPY OF THE BILL.

AN ACT to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication.

Be it enacted, &c., That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians, not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. That any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivation of any right secured or protected by this act, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person having at any time been held in a condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, or by reason of his color or race, than is prescribed for the punishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. That the district courts of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States, of all causes, civil and criminal, affecting persons who are denied or cannot enforce in the courts or judicial tribunals of the State or locality where there may be any of the rights secured to them by the first section of this act; and if any suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, has been or shall be commenced in any State court against any such person, for any cause whatsoever, or against any officer, civil or military, or other person, for any arrest or imprisonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or committed by virtue or under color of authority derived from this act or the act establishing a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, and all acts amendatory thereof, or for refusing to do any act upon the ground that it would be inconsistent with this act, such defendant shall have the right to remove such cause for trial to the proper district or circuit court in the manner prescribed by the "Act relating to habeas corpus and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases," approved March 3, eighteen hundred

and sixty-three, and all acts amendatory thereof. The jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters hereby conferred on the district and circuit courts of the United States shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where such laws are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and punish offences against law, the common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having jurisdiction of the cause, civil or criminal, is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of United States, shall be extended to and govern said courts in the trial and disposition of such cause, and, if of a criminal nature, in the infliction of punishment on the party found guilty.

SEC. 4. That the district attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals of the United States, the commissioners appointed by the circuit court and territorial courts of the United States, with powers of arresting, imprisoning, or bailing offenders against the laws of the United States, the officers and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and every other officer who may be specially empowered by the President of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby, specially authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against all and every person who shall violate the provisions of this act, and cause him or them to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States or territorial court as by this act has cognizance of the offence. And with a view to affording reasonable protection to all persons in their constitutional rights of equality before the law, without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, and to the prompt discharge of the duties of this act, it shall be the duty of the circuit courts of the United States and the superior courts of the Territories of the United States, from time to time, to increase the number of commissioners, so as to afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and examination of persons charged with a violation of this act. And such commissioners are hereby authorized and required to exercise and discharge all the powers and duties conferred on them by this act, and the same duties with regard to offences created by this act, as they are authorized by law to exercise with regard to other offences against the laws of the United States.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals to obey and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant or other process when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use of the person upon whom the accused is alleged to have committed the offence. And

sioner for such other additional services as may be necessarily performed by him or them, such as attending at the examination, keeping the prisoner in custody, and providing him with food and lodging during his detention, and until the final determination of such commissioner, and in general for performing such other duties as may be required in the premises, such fees to be made up in conformity with the fees usualwithin the proper district or county, as near as may be practicable, and paid out of the treasury of the United States on the certificate of the judge of the district within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant as part of the judgment in case of conviction.

the better to enable the said commissioners to execute their duties faithfully and efficiently, in conformity with the Constitution of the United States and the requirements of this act, they are hereby authorized and empowered, within their counties respectively, to appoint, in writing, under their hands, any one or more suitable persons, from time to time, to execute all such warrants and other process that may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their respect-ly charged by the officers of the courts of justice ive duties; and the persons so appointed to execute any warrant or process as aforesaid shall have authority to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or the posse comitatus of the proper county, or such portion of the land and naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which they are charged, and to insure a faithful observance of the clause of the Constitution which prohibits slavery, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and said warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued.

SEC. 6. That any person who shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct, hinder, or prevent any officer, or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued under the provisions of this act, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him or them, from arresting any person for whose apprehension such warrant or process may have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue such person from the custody of the officer, other person or persons, or those lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape from the custody of the officer or other person legally authorized as aforesaid, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process shall have been issued as aforesaid, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months, by indictment and conviction before the district court of the United States for the district in which said offence may have been committed, or before the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organized Territories of the United States.

SEC. 7. That the district attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district and territorial courts shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar services in other cases; and in all cases where the proceedings are before a commissioner, he shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in full for his services in each case, inclusive of all services incident to such arrest and examination. The person or persons authorized to execute the process to be issued by such commissioners for the arrest of offenders against the provisions of this act shall be entitled to a fee of five dollars for each person he or they may arrest and take before any such commissioner as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be deemed reasonable by such commis

SEC. 8. That whenever the President of the United States shall have reason to believe that offences have been, or are likely to be committed against the provisions of this act within any judicial district, it shall be lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the judge, marshal, and district attorney of such district to attend at such place within the district, and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy arrest and trial of persons charged with a violation of this act; and it shall be the duty of every judge or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time therein designated. SEC. 9. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he may empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due execution of this act.

SEC. 10. That upon all questions of law arising in any cause under the provisions of this act, a final appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States.

THE PRESIDENT'S VETO.
To the Senate of the United States:

I regret that the bill which has passed both Houses of Congress, entitled "An act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication," contains provisions which I cannot approve, consistently with my sense of duty to the whole people, and my obligations to the Constitution of the United States. I am therefore constrained to return it to the Senate, the house in which it originated, with my objections to its becoming a law.

By the first section of the bill all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States. This provision comprehends the Chinese of the Pacific States, Indians subject to taxation, the people called Gipsies, as well as the entire race designated as blacks, people of color, negroes, mulattoes, and persons of African blood. Every individual of these races, born in the United States, is by the bill made a citizen of the United States. It does not purport to declare or confer any other right of citizenship than federal citizenship. It does not purport to give these classes of persons any status as citizens of States, ex

THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

COPY OF THE BILL.

AN ACT to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication.

Be it enacted, &c., That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians, not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. That any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivation of any right secured or protected by this act, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person having at any time been held in a condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, or by reason of his color or race, than is prescribed for the punishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. That the district courts of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States, of all causes, civil and criminal, affecting persons who are denied or cannot enforce in the courts or judicial tribunals of the State or locality where there may be any of the rights secured to them by the first section of this act; and if any suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, has been or shall be commenced in any State court against any such person, for any cause whatsoever, or against any officer, civil or military, or other person, for any arrest or imprisonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or committed by virtue or under color of authority derived from this act or the act establishing a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, and all acts amendatory thereof, or for refusing to do any act upon the ground that it would be inconsistent with this act, such defendant shall have the right to remove such cause for trial to the proper district or circuit court in the manner prescribed by the "Act relating to habeas corpus and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases," approved March 3, eighteen hundred

and sixty-three, and all acts amendatory thereof. The jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters hereby conferred on the district and circuit courts of the United States shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where such laws are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and punish offences against law, the common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having jurisdiction of the cause, civil or criminal, is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of United States, shall be extended to and govern said courts in the trial and disposition of such cause, and, if of a criminal nature, in the infliction of punishment on the party found guilty.

SEC. 4. That the district attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals of the United States, the commissioners appointed by the circuit court and territorial courts of the United States, with powers of arresting, imprisoning, or bailing offenders against the laws of the United States, the officers and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and every other officer who may be specially empowered by the President of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby, specially authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against all and every person who shall violate the provisions of this act, and cause him or them to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States or territorial court as by this act has cognizance of the offence. And with a view to affording reasonable protection to all persons in their constitutional rights of equality before the law, without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, and to the prompt discharge of the duties of this act, it shall be the duty of the circuit courts of the United States and the superior courts of the Territories of the United States, from time to time, to increase the number of commissioners, so as to afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and examination of persons charged with a violation of this act. And such commissioners are hereby authorized and required to exercise and discharge all the powers and duties conferred on them by this act, and the same duties with regard to offences created by this act, as they are authorized by law to exercise with regard to other offences against the laws of the United States.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals to obey and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant or other process when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use of the person upon whom the accused is alleged to have committed the offence. And

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