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"MBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOBETER, ONE AND INSEPA T? A TTTFLrTjaiiiel Webster. - i t ' J' ' VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1866. NO.' 77. W. W. HOLDEN. J. W. HOLDEN. W. W. HOXiDEN & SON, EDITORS OF THE STANDARD, Ad authorized publisher of the Lata of the United State. . RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. TERMS Cash n Advance. Tri-Weekly paper, 1 year $6 00 4 6 months 3 50 . t C4 it a " 2 00 , . Weekly paper, 1 year " " 6 months 3 "0 1 50 1 00 12 00 22 00 - ci tc s ' 5 copies 1 year 10 " 1 " To those who get up clubs of five or more sub scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished. A cross M mark on the paper Indicates the ex piration of the subscription. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Ten lines or one inch space to constitute a square. One square, one insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 50 Liberal deduction made, by special contract, to large advertisers. Court advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, higher than the regular rates. Special Notices charged 50 per cent higher than ordinary advertisements. For advertisements inserted irregularly, 25 per cent higher than usual rates will be charged. No paper in the South has advertising facilities superior to the Standard. Letters must be addressed to W. W. HOLDEN & SON, Raleigh, N. C. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING EXECUTED ONLY AT THE STANDARD OFFICE. ".POSTERS, BILL HEADS, CARDS, LABELS, BLANKS, W FACT EVERY KIND OF JOB PRINTING IS EXECUTED IN A Superior Style AT THE STANDARD OFFICE. CLOKED TSXS, G6LD AND SILVER BRONZES, A Select Stoekrf tht Best Material for Printing Purposes found ONLY At She STANDARD OFFICE. TJi.e Best Printing, AND THE CHEAPEST PRINTING OF ALL KINDS, EXECUTED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AT the' STANDARD OFFICE. CALL ASD SEE SAMPLES OF WORK, AND LEARN OUR PRICES. gtANKS FOR SALE. WE HAVE JUST HAD PRINTED VARIOUS 7 Blank forms for cases in the Superior courts as fol lows: ' . -- Indictmennt for Larceny, Do ..Misdemeanor Altering Marks 4tr Do do Unlawful Fences. Do do Fornication ai d Ado. tery Do do Assault and Battery. Do do Disorderly House. Do do Unlawful Retailing. Do do Forcible Entry. Do do Affray. Price of the above blanks SI per quire. These, with various other Blanks, such as Land ' Deeds, Marriage License Bonds, and Indentures, ' are gotten up in superior style, with appropri? ate blank endorsements on back, and printed on good paper. They will be sold on reasonable terms for cash. Any Blanks, not on hand, will be printed to or? der at the shortest notice, at the STANDARD OFFICE, OA BOXES ME8SINA LEONS, FPPS J and ln Rood order. Just received, and -wiu be sold low to close consignment. -' " , , t , B. P. WILLIAMSON & CO. ' Baleigh, June 29, 1866. 45t City Advertisements. JXCHANGE OF N. C. BONDS. STATE OF . J., XK.BA.BUtti vz.r x., Raleigh, June 27, 1866. Under the authority of an ordinance of the Convention, ratified June 16th, 1866, sealed pro posals will be received by the undersigned until the first day of November, 1866, for the exchange of the principal of any bonds issued by the State, prior to the 20th May, 1861, for certificates ot stock and other interests held by the State in various corporations. The principal of these HTO Stocks in the following Companies : North-Ctrolina Railroad Company, $3,000,000 Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company, $ 682,500 Atlantic & N. C. Railroad Company, $1,066,000 Western N. C. Railroad Company, $1,418,000 Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal Co., $ 350,000 2nd. Bonds, secured by mortgages on the en tire property of the iollowing corporations: Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad Company, $2,000,000 Western Coalfield Railroad Company, $ 000,000 Atlantic & North-Caroliua R. R. Co., $181,164 8 The interest acquired by the purchaser of the stock of any corporation will not be greater than that of the holders of the like amount of the gen eral stock of the same corporation. The stocks belonging to the Literary Fund, e. g. the stock in the Wflmington & Weldon, and Wilmington & Manchester Railroad Companies, and in various banks, are not included in this advertisement. Bids at less than the par value of the stocks or , . . 1 -il X 1 1 : 1 inn otner interests win uut u eiuci uuumi. J premium realized will be applied iu payment of past due coupons of the bonds delivered in ex change. Copies of the law authorizing the exchange and more detailed lists of the stocks, &c, will be for warded by the undersigned to applicants. It is made my duty to accept those terms deemed most advantageous to the State, and the option of rejecting any or all bids is reserved KEMP P. BATTLE, June 80 45-wts Public Treasurer. gPECIAI. NOTICE. MR. L. H. KELLOGG HAVING RETIRED from our firm, tie business will hereafter be con ducted in the name of EDWARD WHEELER fe CO. Wc hereby tender onr thanks to the citi zens of Raletgh and vicinity for past patronage. KELLOGG, WHEELER & CO. JRESS GOODS. CALICOES, &C. WE HAVE JUST OPENED AN ENTIRE new stock, embracing Grenadines, Muslins, Ging hams, &c. Also, 3,000 yards Calicoes, of the la test styles, all of which we will sell cheap. Call early and secure bargains. may 2i 28 tt. EDWARD WHEELER & CO JgRANSON & FARRAR HAVE REMOVED TO THE NORTH-CAROLINA Book Store, the old and popular Book stand so long kept by Mr. H. D. Turner, No. 1 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, on the Corner near the State House. Mr. H. D. Turner, who, for thirty-three years past, has been a large publisher and bookseller, now retires trom active business, leaving his entire stock in our hands. The stock consists of an extensive selection of English and Americnn Law Books, besides a great variety of School and Miscellaneous Books. Mr. H. D. Coley, so long Mr. Turner's representative, will still be found at the old stand. With this valuable addition to our former ex tensive stock, we hope very greatly to enlarge our usefulness to the trade. AVe will use our best ettbrts to secure the continued good will of our old customers, and those of the North-Carolina Book Store. June 14 tf BRANSON & FARRAR. W. W. WEST, DEALER IN MUSIC, BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY ARTICLES, AND NEWSPAPERS,' Raleigh. N. C. July 24, 1866. 54 tf 1-EROSENE OIIi AND LAMPS. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SUPPLY " HAND, PARLOR, BRACKET and SWINGING LAMPS. Also, the best Kerosene Oil, Lamp Wicks and Chimneys. Dry Hop Yeast. J. BROWN, With Heartt & Lewis, 44 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh. July 28 1866. 56-t XNSURANCE AGAINST FIRE, AND THE PERILS OF INLAND TRANS portation. UNDERWRITER'S AGENCY, Composed of the Oermania, Hanover, Jfagia and Jiepublic Fire Insurance Companies, New York. Capital over $3,000,000. JOHN G. WILLIAMS, & CO.. oct 6 tf 10 Agents. IIV SEASON At 44 Fayetteville Street. PATENT ICE CREAM FREEZERS., Water Coolers, Oval and Round Wire Dish Covers, Weeding Hoes and Trace Chains, 1 Ton Castings. J. BROWN, with Raleigh, June 9 tf Habt & Lewis. Watson's Photograph Gallery, RALEIGH, N. C. PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. The Sunbeam Art Improving. fi REAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF VJT Ambrotypes, Ferreotypes and the larger size Photographs. Porcelian pictures made with all the beauty of an ivory painting. Photographs of all sizes and styles, plain or colored to nature. Persons wishing work in my line are invited to call and examine specimens and be convinced thai, there is no use going beyond Raleigh on ac count of prices or quality of work. Aug. &8, 1866 28 ly. J. W. WATSON. HTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, i O Wake Coujitt. f Superior Court of Law and Equity, Spring Term, 1866. On motion, it is ordered by the Court, that the Clerk give notice through the Standard, Sentinel and JProgress, newspapers published in the City of Raleigh, and also nt four or more public places in the County of Wake, to all parties of Reeord who have suits pending in the Superior Court of i said County, and their witnesses, to appear at the next Fall Term of the Court, to be held at the J Court House, in Raleigh, on the g First Monday after tfce fourth Monday jl of September, 1866, prepared to try their cases. Parties having no counsel are notified to em ploy on or before the day aforesaid, or their suite win be tried without counsel. J. N. BUNTING, Clerk. Rfiloigh, July 10, 1866. 48 SUw-td HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, FALL) TRADE. 1866. WE ARE RECEIVING OUR FALL STOCK, and now in store, Table and Pocket Cutlery. Buggy and wagon tire from to 2 inches wide. Sweeds Iron, cast and Blistro stub Band Iran. 6 dozen hand and tea Waiters. Cooking Stoves various patterns. . 50 sizes nails 3 to 60 penny.. - With a general assortment of Tools and Build ing materials. 1000 14 Hoopiron, 1 and 1 V inches. ' . J. BROWN, , , J . . With Habt & Lewis. Raleigh, Aug:. 80, 1866. . 70 tf ' The Stamp Act. ONE OV THE TAX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Acknowledgment of deeds, Exempt Affidavit, 5cts. (in suit or legal proceedings.) Exempt' Agreement or Appraisement, for each sheet or piece of paper, on which the same is written, 5 cts. Assignment or Transfers, of mortgage, lease or policy of insurance, the same duty. as on the original instrument of patent right, 5 cts. Bank Checks, Drafts or Orders, &c., at sight, or on demand, 2 cts. Bills of Exchange ; Inland drafts or order payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, and any promisory note what ever, payable on demand or at a time designated exoept bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be, and which shall be, forthwith presented for payment for a sum not exceeding $100, 5 cts. For every additional f 100 or fractional part thereof, 5 cts. Bills of Lading vessels for the ports of the United States or British North America, Exempt On receipt of goods on any foreign ports,10 cts. Bills of Sale of any vessel, or part there- ' of, when the considerrtion does not ex ceed $500, 50 cts. Exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000, $1 00 Exceeding one thousand dollars for each five hundred dollars fractional part thereof, 50 cts. Of personal property, other than ship or vessel Bond personal, for payment of money see mortgage. Official, 1 00 For indemnifying any person for the pay ment of any sum of money, where the money ultimately recoverable there upon is one thousand dollars or less, 50 cts. Where the money recoverable exceeds one thousand dollars for every addi tional one thousand dollars, or fraction al part thereof, 50 cts. Bonds, county, city and town bonds, rail roads and other corporation bonds and script, are subject to stamp duty. See mortgage. Of any description, other than such as are required in legal pro ceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cts. Certificates ot deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, 2 cts. Of deposit in bank, sum exceeding one hundred dollars, 5 cts. Of stock in an incorporated company, 25 cts. General, 5 cts. Of a qualification of a J nstice of the Peace, Commissioner of deeds or Notary public, 5 cts. Of search of records, 5 cts. That certain papers are on file, 5 cts. That certain papers cannot be found, 5 cts. Of redemption of land sold for taxet-, 5 cts. Of birth, marriage and death, 5 cts. Of qualifications of school teachers, 5 cts. Ot profits of an incorporated company, for a sum not less than ten dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, 10 cts. Exceeding fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 25 cts. Exceeding one thousand dollars, for every additional one thousand, or fractional part thereof, 25 cts. Of damage or otherwise, and all others certificates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as such, 25 cts. Certified Transcript of judgments, satis faction ot judgments and of all papers recorded or on file, 5 cts. Check Draft or Order for the payment of any sum of money exceeding $10, drawn upon any person or other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand. Sets. Contract See Agreement Brokers, 10 cts. Conveyance deed, instrument of writing, whereby lands, tenements, or other reality sold shall be conveyed, the ac tual value which does not exceed $500, 50 cts. Exceeding$500,andnotexceeding$l,000, $1 00 For every additional five hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of one thousand dollars, 50 cts. Entry of any goods, wares or merchandize at any custom house, not exceeding one hundred dollars iu value, 25 cts. Exceeding one hundred dollars and not exceeding live hundred dollars in value,50 cts. Exceeding five hundred dollars in value, $1 00 For the withdrawal of any goods or mer chandize from bonded warehouse, 50 cts. Guager's return if for quantity not ex ceeding five hundred gal. gross, 10 cts. Exceeding 500 gallons, 25 cts. Power of Attorney to sell or transfer stock, or collect dividends thereon, 25 cts. To vote at an election if an incorporated company, 10 cts. To receive or collect rents, 25 eta. To. sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate, $1 00 For any other purpose, 50 cts. Probate of will or letters of administra tion, where the value of both real and personal estate does not exceed $2,000, $1 00 For every additional $2,000 or fractional part thereof, in excess of $2,000, 50 cts. Bonds of executor, administrators, guar dians and trustees, are each subjected to a stamp dnty of $1 0O Protest upon bill note, check or draft 25 cts. Promisory Note, (See Bills of Exchange, inland,) Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original note. Receipt for" the yayment of any sum of Bsoney, or debt due, exceeding twenty dollars, or for the delivery of any pro perty, 2 cts. Trust Deed made to secure a debt to be .stamped as a mortgage conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as conveyance. Warehouse Receipt for any goods, wares or merchandise not otherwise provided for, deposited or stored in any public or private warehouse not exceeding five hundred dollars in value, 10 cts. Exceeding five hundred aud not exceed ing one thousand dollars, 20 cts. Exceeding 1,000 dollars, for every addi tional 1,000 dollars or fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000, 10 cts. SFor any goods, etc., not otherwise provi ded for,storcd or deposited in any public or private warehouse or yard, 25 cts. Writs or Legal Documents, writ or other legal process, by which any suit is com menced in any court of record, either of law or equity, 50 cts. Writ or original process issued by a court not of record, where the amount claim ed is 100 dollars or over, 50 cts. XJpon every confession of judgment or cognovit for 100 dollars or over, except in cases where the tax for a writ has been paid, 50 cts. "Writ or other process, appeals from jus tices courts, or other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to a court of record, 50 cts. "Warrants of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed 100 dol lars, 25 cts. When the amount exceeds 100 dollars, 50 cts. Insurance, Marine, Inland and Fire. Where the consideration paid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both, does not exceed 10 dollars, 10 cts. Exceeding ten dollars, and not exceeding fifty, 50 cts. Insurance, Life, when the amount insured does not exceed 1,000 dollars, 25 cts. Exceeding 1,000 and not exceeding 5,000 dollars, 50 cts. Exceeding 5,000 dollars, $1 00 Lease or lease of lands or tenements where the rents does not exceed 300 per annum, 50 cts. Exceeding 300 dollars, for each addition al 200 dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of 300 dollars, 50 cts. Perpetual, subject to stamp duty as a "conveyance." Clause ot guaranty of payment of rent . incorporated or indorsed, five cents ad ditional. Meusurers' Return, if for quantity not ex ceeding 1,000 bushels, 10 cts. Exceeding 1,000 bushels, 25 eta- Mortgage, ; trust deed, bill of sales, or personal bond for the payment of money exceeding 100 and not exceeding 500 dollars, 50 cts. Exceeding 500 dollars for every addition al 500, or fractional part thereof, in ex- cess of 500, 50 cts. Pawner's Checks, Sets. Passage Ticket from the United States to any foreign port, costing not more than ; 85 dollars, 50 cts. Costing more than 35. and not exceeding 50, - 1 00 , For every additional fifty or fractional : part thereof, in excess of 50 dollare, 1 00, ? GENERAL BEMARKS. Revenue Staines may be used indiscriminately upon any of the matters or things enumerated in schedule B, except proprietary and playing card stamps, for which a special nse has been provided. Postage stamps cannot be used in payment of the duty chargeable on instruments. n is tne auty oi me luu&cr ui u luBiruuiem io affix and cancel the stamp thereon. H he neglects to do so, the party for whom it Is made, may stamp it before it is used ; and if used after the 80th of July, 1864, and used without a stamp, it cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any failure upon the part of the maker of an instru ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him lia-. ble to a penalty of two hundred dollars. Suits are commenced in innny States by other process than writ, viz : summons, warrants, pub lication, petition, &c, in which case these, as the original process, severally require stamps. Writs of scira facias are subject to stamp duty as original processes. The jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or other officei duly authorized to take affidavits, is held to be a cer tificate, and is subject to a stamp duty of five cents, except when taken in suits of legal proceed- ftertificates of loan in which there shall appear any printed or written evidence of an amount oi money to be paid on demand or at any time de signated, are subject to stamp duty as Promisory Notes. The assignment of a mortgage Is subject to the same duty as that imposed upon the original in strument; that is to say for every sum of five hundred dollars, or any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the mortgage, at time ot its assignment there must be affixed a stamp or stamps,' denoting a duty of five cents. When two or more persons join in the execution of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru ment is linbla under the law, may be affixed and cancelled by one of the parties. In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the stamp affixed must answer to the value of the estate on interest conveyed. No 6tamp is required on any warrant of attor ney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp oi stamps denoting the dnty required, and whenever any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one stamp duty is required on such papers, such stamp duty being the highest rates required for such instruments, or either of them. In such a case a note or memorandum of the value or de nomination of the stamp affixed should be made upon the margin or in the acknowledgement of the instrument which is not stamped. OFFICIAL. TAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. P.ed -tt the Firt Saurian of the Thirty-seventh Congress, which teas begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Thursday, the fourth day of July, A. D. 1861, and mded on Tuesday ,the sixth day of August A. D. 1861. PUBLIC ACTS. Abbaham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Ham lin, Vice President, and President of the Sen ate. Solomon Foote was eleetcd President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eightenth, day of July, and continued so to act until the close of the session. Galusha A Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST. Chap. XXXIV. "Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to fund the Treasury notes and floating debt of the United States, he is hereby authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, coupon bonds, or registered bonds, to an amount not exceeding five hundred millions of dollars, redeemable at the pleasure of tue United States after five years, and payable twenty years from date,' and bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. And the bouds herein authorized shall be of such denominations, not less thau fifty dollars, as may be determined up on by the Secretary of the Treasury. And the Secretary of the Treasury may dispose of such bonds at any time, at the market value thereof. for the coin of the United States, or for any of tne Treasury notes tuat nave been or may Here after be issued under any former act ot Congress, or for United States notes that may be issued under the provisions of this act ; aud all stocks, bonds, and other securities of the United States held by individrals, corporations, or associations, within the United States, shall be exempt from taxation by or under State authority. Sec. 3. Aud be it further enacted, That the United States notes and the coupon or registered bonds authorized by this act shall be in sue! form as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and shall bear the written or engraved signatures of the Treasurer of the United States and the Reg ister of the Treasury, and also, as evidence of lawful issue, the imprint of a copy of the seal of the Treasury Department, which imprint shall be made under the direction of the Secretary, after the said notes or bonds shall be received from the engravers and before they are issued ; or the said notes and bond6 shall be signed by the Treasurer of the United States, or for the Treasurer by such persons as maj be specially appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, and shall be countersigned by the Register ot the Treasury, or for the Register by such persons as the Secretary of the Tre:isurv msy specially ap point for that purpose ; aud all tiie provisions of the act entitled " An Act to authorize the iasue of Treasury notes," approved the twentj'-third day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, so far as they can be applied to this act, and not inconsistent th therewith, are hereby revived and reenacted; and the sum of three hundred thous and dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropria ted, to enable the Secretary ot the Treasury to carry this into effect. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury may receive from any Serson or persons, or any corporation, United tates notes on deposit for not less than thirty days, in sums ot not less than one hnndred dol lars, with any of the Assistant Treasurers or de signated depositaries of the United States au thorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to re ceive them, who shall issue therefor certificates of deposit, made in such a form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and said certifi cates of deposit shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum; and any amount of United States notes so deposited may be with drawn from deposit at any time after ten day's notice on the return of said certificates : Provi ded, That the interest on all such deposits shall cease and determine at the pleasure of the Secre tary of the Treasury: Aud provided further, That the aggregate of such deposit shall at no time ex ceed Uie amount o; twenty-five millions Of dol lars. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all duties on imported goods shall be paid in coin, or in note payables on demand heretofore authorized to be issued and by law receivable in payment of public dues, and the coin so paid shall be set apart as a special fund, and shall be applied as follows: First. To the payment in coin of the interest on the bonds and notes of the United States. Second. To the purchase or payment of one per centum of the entire debt of the United States, to bo made within each fil'cal year after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. which is to be set apart as a sinking fund, and the interest of which shall in like manner be ap plied to the purchase or payment of the public debt as the Secretary of the Treasury shall trom time to time direct. Third. The residue thereof to be paid into the Treasury of the United States. Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or alter, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered, or shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, or altering, an note, bond, coupon, or other security issued under the authority of this act, or heretofore issued under acts to authorize the issue of Treasury notes or bonds; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States from any foreign place with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or shall have or keep in possession or conceal, with intent to utters, publish, or sell, any such false forged, counterfeited, or altered note, bond, cou pon, or other security, with intent to defrauc-any body corporate or politic, or any other person or -nersons whatsoever, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punisnea oy nne uuu ex ceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprison ment and confinement lo hard labor not exceed ing fifteen years, according to the aggravation of the offence. - Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That if any person, having the custody of any plate or plates from which any notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities mentioned in this act, or any part there of, shall have been printed, or which shall have been prepared for the purpose of printing any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part thereof, shall use snch plate or p.ates, or knowingly permit the ame to be used for the purpose of printing any notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part thereof, except snch as shall be printed for the nso of the United States by order of the proper officer thereof; or if any person shall engrave, or cause or procure to be engraved, or shall aid iu engraving, any plate or plates in the likeness or similtude of any plate or plates designed for the printing of any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part thereof, or shall vend or sell any such glate or plates, or shall bring into the United tates from any foreign place any such plate or plates, with any other intent or for any purpose, in either case, than that such plate or plates shall be used for printing of such notes, bonds, coup ons, or other securities, or some part or parts thereof, for the use of the United States, or shall have in his custody or possession any mctalic filate eugrayed after the similitude of any plate rom which any such notes, bonds, coupous, or other securities, or any part or parte thereof, shall have been printed, with intent to use such plate or plates, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any such notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, or any part or parts thereof, i66ued as aforesaid, or shall have iu his custody or possession any blank note or notes, bond or bonds, coupon or coupons, or other se curity or securities, engraved and printed after the similtude of any notes, bonds, conpons, or other securities, issued as aforesaid, w.th inteut to sell or otherwise use the same ; or if any per son shall print, photograph, or in any other man ner execute or cause to beprii ted, photographed, or in any manner executed, or shall aid in print ing, photographing, or executing any engraving, photograpu, or other print, or impression, in the likeness or similitude of auy such notes, bonds, coupons, oi other securities, or any part or parts thereof, except for the use of the United States and by order of the proper officer thereof, or shall vend or sell any such engraving, photograph, pi int, or other impression, except to tin United States, or shall bring into the United States from any foreign place any such engraving, photograph, print, or other impression for the purpose of vending or selling the same, ercept by the direc tion of some proper officer of the United States, or shall have in his custody or possession any pa per adapted to the making of such notes, bonds, coupons, or other seaurities, and similar to the paper upon which any such notes, bonds, cou pons, or other securities shave been issued, with Intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes, bonds, coupons, or other securities, issued as aforesaid, every such person so one nd ing shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by impris onment and confinement o hard labor not ex ceeding fifteen years, according to the aggrava tion of the otfence. Approved, February 25, 1863. Chap. XXXV. An Act making Aporopriations ror sundry Civil Expense4 of the Government for the Year end ing the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re prescntatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, ror the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, viz: Survey of the Cost For the survey of the At lantic aud Gulf coasts of the United States, (in cluding compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of offi cers ot the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy employed on the work,) one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, (including compensation of ci vilirns engaged in the work,) one hundred thous and dollars. For continuing the survey of the Florida reefs and keys, (including compensation ot civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy employed on the work,) eleven thousand dollars. For publishing the observations made in the progress of the survey of the coast of the United States, (including compensation of civilians em ployed in the work,) five thousand dollars. For repairs of steamers and surveying schoon ers used in the coast survey, five thousand dol lars. To supply deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick aud disabled seamen, two hundred thous and dollars : Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to rent cither of the several marine hospitals to the proper au thorities of the cities, towns, or counties in which said hospitals are located, and contract with such authorities tor the relief of the sick and disabled seamen entitled to relief under the act of third of May, eighteen hundred anb two, and in cases of infectious diseases to make such regulations for their relief bs he deems expedient. For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided for, as shall be admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, five thousand dollars. Eighthouse Establishment. For the Atlantic, Gulf, and Lake coasts, viz : For supplying the light-houses and beacon lights with oil, glass chimneys, wicks, and other necessary expenses of the same, repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus, one hun dred aud fifty-four thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and eighty cents. For repairs and incidental expenses, refitting and improving all the lighthouses and buildings connected therewith, one hundred and two thous and two hundred dollars. For salaries of five hundred and ninety-six keepers of lighthouses and light-beacons and their assistants, two hundred and thirteen thous and ond hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-eight cents. For salaries of forty-three keepers of light vessels, twenty-three thousand nine hundred dol lars. For seamen's wages, repairs, supplies, and in cidental expenses of forty-five light-vessels, one hundred anc seventy thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy cents. For expenses of raising, cleaning, punting, re pair! i g, remooring, and supplying losses of bea cons and buoys, aud for chains and sinkers for the same, one hundred and twelve thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation, two thousand dol lars. For the coasts of California, Oregon, and Wash ington. For supplying nineteen light-houses and beacon-lights with oil, glass chimneys, chamois skins, polishing powder, and other cleaning ma terials, transportation, expenses of keeping lamps and machinery in repair, publishing notices to mariners of changes ol aids to navigation, seven teen thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. For eepairs and incidental expenses of nineteen lighthouses and buildings connected therewith, ten thousand dollars. Far salaries of forty-three keepers and assistant keepers of lighhouses, at an average not exceed ing eight hundred dollars per annum, twenty-five thousand eighl hundred dollars. For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, re pairing, remooring, and supplying losses ot float ing buoys and beacons, ana for chains and sink ers for the same, and for coloring and numbering all the buoys, ten thousand dollars. For maintenance of the vessel provided for by the act of eighteenth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six,, for transportation ot supplies and materials, and for repairs of lighthouses, and buoys service, and for inspecting purposes, thirty thousand dollars. For communication of fuel and quarters for officers of the army serving on lighthouse duty, the payment ol which is no longer provided tor by the quartermaster's department, five thousand two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seqenty nine cents. - - For compensation of two inspectors of customs acting as superintendents for the life-saving sta tloes on tee coasts of Long Island and New Jer sey, three thousand dollars. For compensation of fifty-four keepers of sta tions, at two hundred, dollars, ten thousand eight hundred dollrrs. . - : For contingent expenses pf the life-saving sta tions on the coasts of Long Island and New Jer ey, twenty thousand dollars. ; For hire of carts on the public grounds, one thousand any ninety-five dollars. For purchase and repair of tools used in the public grounds, two hundred dollars. For purchase of tree-boxes to replace, where necessary, snch as have been planted by the Uni ted States, to whitewash tree-boxes and fences, and to repair pavements in front of the public grounds, three thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the Capitol, water-closets,' public stables, water pipes, pavements and other waius wiunn the liapitoi square, broken glass, and locks, and for the protection of the building, and keeping the main approaches, to it unencum bered, six thousand dollars. For annual repairs ot the President's house and furniture, improvement of grounds, purchase of l r i . . t I jjiauut lur guruen, uau couungenii expcuscB inci dent thereto, five thousand dollars. For fuel, in part, of the President's house, two thousand four hundred dollars. For lighting the Capitol and President's house, the public grounds around them, and around the Executive offices, and Pennsylvania avenue, Bridge and High streets in Georgetown, Four-and-a-half street, Seventh, and Twelfth streets across the mail, fifty thousand dollars. For additional fixtures and lighting and repair ing the building and footways of the custom bouse and post office in Georgetown, in the Dis trict of Columbia, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For purchase of books for library at the Execu tive Mansou, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, two hun dred and fifty dollars. For repairs of the Potomac, Navy Yard, and Upper bridges, and the roads appurtenant there to, six thousand dollsrs. For repairs of Pennsylvania avenue, and water ing the same, ten thousand dollars. For public reservation number two and La fa vet tee square, two thousand dollars. For taking care of the grounds south of the President's house, and keeping them in order, one thousand dollars. For repairs of water-pipes, five hundred dollars. For cleaning out the sewer traps on Pennsyl-, vania avenue, and repairing the 6ame, three hun dred dollars. For repairs of all the furnaces under the Capi tol, five hundred dollars. For repairing Delaware avenue, north of C. street north, one thousand dollars. For paying one-half of the expenses of sewer traps at the intersectian of Fourth street west with E. street north, two hundred dollars. Government Hospital for the Insane. For the support, clothing, and medical treatment of the Insane of the army and navy and of the revenue service, and of the District of Columbia, at the asylum in said District, forty thousand five hun dred dollars. For finishing, furnishing, heating, and lighting of additional accommodatious in the east wing, five thousand dollars. For improvements of the grounds about the hospital and farms, two thousand dollars. Patent Officr. For collection of agricultural statistics, investigations for promoting agricul ture and rural economy, and the procurement, propagation, and distributing of cuttings and seeds, of new and useful varieties, and for the in troduction and protection of insectivorous birds. and for investigations to test the practicability of preparing nax ana nemp as a suostitute lor cotton, sixty thousand dollars : Provided however, That iu the expenditure of this appropriation, aud especially iu the selection of cuttings and seeds for distribution, due regard shall be had to the purposes of general cultivation and the encour agement of the agricultural and rural interests of all parts of the United States. For expenses of receiving, arranging, and tak ing care of copyright books, charts, and other copyright matter, one thousand six hundred dol lars. Exploring Expeditions. For preservation ot the collections of the exploring and surveying ex peditions of the Government, four thousand dol lars. Botanic Garden. For grading, draining, pro curing manure, tools, fueL and repairs, purchas ing trees ai d shrubs for Botanic Gardeu, to be expended under the direction of the Library Com mittee of Congress, three thousand three hun dred dollars. For pay of horticulture and assistants in the Botaniu Garden and sreen-honses, ta be expended under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress, five thousand one hundred ana twenty one dollars and fifty cents. Survey of the Public Lands. For surveying the public lands, (exclusive of California, Oregon, Washington. New Mexico. Kansas, Nebraska. Utah, Dakota, Colorado, aud Nevada,) including incidental expenses and island surveys in the in terior, and all other special and difficult surveys demanding augmented rates, to be apportioned and applied ta the several surveying districts ac cording to tne exigencies oi tne puuiic service, including expenses of selecting: swamp lands, iu addition to the unexpended balances of all former appropriations tor the same object, which will be absorbed by work under contract, ten thousand dollars. For surveying the pnblic lands and private land claims in California, to be disbursed at the rates prescribed by law for the different kinds of work ten toousand dollars. For surveying the puWic lands and private land claims in New Mexico, five thousand dollars. For surveying ths public lands in Kansas and Nebraska, also outlines of Iddian reservations, ten thousand dollars. For salary of the clerk detailed for the special service in the General Land Office to attend to the unfinished surveys in the States, where the offices of the surqeyors general have been closed, two thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Oregon, to be disbursed at the rates authorized by law, five thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in W ashington Territory, at the rates authorized by law, five thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Dakota Ter ritory, live thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands and private land claims confirmed in Colorado Territory, five lhousand dollars. For surveying the pnblic lands and private land claims confirmed in Nevada Territory, five thous and dollars. For the necessary expenses in carrying into effect the ret of seventeenth July, eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, and the act of fifth August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in addition to the appropriations made by those acts one hun dred and titty thousand dollars. For support, care, and medical treatment of forty transient paupers, medical and surgical pa tients, in some proper medical institution in the city of Washington, to be selected by the Com missioner of Public Buildings, six thousand dol lars. To supply a deficiency of appropriation for re pairs of the Cepitol made by W. S. Wood, late Commissioner of Public Buildings, nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-eight cents. To enable the Commissioner of Publie Build ings to pay for the purchase and repair of plate, and repair of gas-fittings for the President's house, two thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be aud the same are hereby in like manner appropriated for the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun dred and sixty-two : For the necessary expenses in carrying into ef fect the act of seventeenth July, eighteenth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the act of fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in addition to the appropriations made by those acts for those objects, one hunured thousand dollars. For amount required for clerks, messenger, in the office of the assistant treasurer at Boston, from flrsr January to -thirtieth - June, eighteen hundred and sixty two, one thousand five hun dred dollars.. For amount " required for clerks, messenger, and watchmen, in the office of the assistant treas urer at New York, from first January to thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, five thou- sana two nunarea aoiiars. - r Por amount required for clerks and messenger in the office of the assistant treasurer at St Louis, from the first January to the thirtieth June, eigh- teen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred t dollars. ' To enable the Commissioner of Pnblic Build ings to pay for painting in the interior of the -; Capitol, and for general repairs, three thousand two hundred dollars. - . , , " s To enable the Commissioner of Publie Build . ings to havthe old furnace under the Library ol ', congress removeo, ana a new one ereciea in its place,-three hundred aud twenty-five dollars. ' For a deficiency on account ot papering and painting the President's house in the autum of eighteen hundred and . sixty-one, four- thousand five hnndred dollars: ; - -' - c To enable the Commissioner of : Public Build ings to pay the bill of William H. Oarryl and Brother for furniture lor the President's house, six thousand eight hundred and fifty -eight dollars and eighty cents. To enable the Commissioner to pay ; oIU of P. aud T. Berry for granite work ann materials for the north front of the Patent Office building, seven thousand ninety-three dollars and thirteen cents. - .- - i - . To enable the commissioner ' to pay five per cent, on eight thousand seven hundred and fifty eight dollars and ten cents, retained on that sum due P. and T. Berry on granite work on the west wing of Hie Patent Office building in eighteen hundred and fifty, four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-four cents. ; . For support of patients in the Government hospital, five thousand dollars.' To pay J. B. Blake for work done by him when Commissioner of Public Buildings, twentp-two , dollars and eighteen cents. , : -i t w-i " For expenses attending the removal to and oc cupation ot building at corner of F. and Fifteenth streets, for the Snrgeon General's and Paymaster General's offices, for the six months ending thir tieth of June, eighteen hundred, and. sixty -two, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. Sec. 3. And be. it farther enacted. That .the following sum be, and the same is hereby appro priated lor the service of the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: For expenses ot building corner of F and. Fifteenth streets, ocsupied by the Surgeon General's and Paymaster General's offices, eight thousand eight hundred dollars. . : ' ' . f Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hm is- hereby authorized and empowered to lease the property of the United States, in the city of Burlington, Iowa, upon which is the United States -marine hospital, first giving thirty days! notice thereof ; or if he shall deem it more expedient lor the Government to retain the title of said property, that he be authorized to use it for. the . sick and . wounded soldiers. ot the United States, or .to dis charge all officers and servants of the Government connected thernwith, and to close the .hospital. Approved, March 1, 1862. Chap. XXXVI. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasu ry to issue Certificates of Indebtedness to Pnb lic Creditors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized, to caute to be issued to any public creditor who may bo desirous to receive the same, upon requisition of the Head of the proper Department in aatisfaction of audited and settled demands against the United States, certificates for the whole amount due or parts thereof not less than one thousand dollars, signed by the Treasurer of the United States, and countersigned as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; which certificatu shall be payable in one year from date or earlier, at the option ot the Government, and shall bear interest at the rate of six per centum per annum. Approved, March 1, 1862. Chap. XXXVII. An Act fixing the Number of the House of Repre sentatives from and after the third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. " . . . Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after th third day of March, eighteen bundled and sixty three, the number of members of the House of Representatives of tho Congress of the United States shall be two hundred and forty-one ; and. the eight additional members shall be assigned one each to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illi nois, Iowa, Minnesota, Vermont, and Rhode Island Approved, March 4, 1862. Chap. XXXVIII. ' An Act to provide for the Appointment pf addi tional Clerks in the Office of the - Assistant Treasurer at New York, and for other ' Pur poses. ' . ' ' , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, That the' Assistant Treas urer of the United States at New York be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint, from time to time, by and with the consent and approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, such other clerks, messengers, and watchmen, in addition to .those already employed by him, as the exigencies of the publie. business may require, at rates of compen sation to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasu ry : Provided, That such rates shall in no case exceed those now allowed by law for the several persons similarly employed in the office of said Assistant Treasurer. The compensation for such additional clerks, messengers, and watchmen, for the current and next fiscal year, shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ap propriated. Estimates for compensation for snub, additional clerks, messengers, and watchmen, after the next fiscal year, shall be submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury with his annual es timates. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York be, and be hereby is, further author ized to appoint, with the approbation of the Se cretary of the Treasury, a competent person from among his clerks who shall be called the Deputy Assistant Treasurer of the- United State? The said Deputy Assistant Treasurer, in addition to the duties performed by him and- any others which he may be required to perform by the said Assistant Treasnrer, is hereby -authorized to wit ness the execution of any and all transfers of Government stock and powers of attorney, and signjall receipts for patent fees and bullion re ceipts, with like effect as if the same were wit nessed and signed, respectively, by the said As sistant Treasurer in person. The said Deputy Assistant Treasurer shall receive an - additional compensation of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, That the to ral compensation received by him shall not ex ceed three thousand dollars per annum. ' - ' - Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, "That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any mon ey in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase oi blank checks for the use of the 8nb-treasury- - Approved, March 6, 1862. , Chap. XXXVTV. An Act requiring an Oath of Allegiance and to support the Constitution ot the United States to be administered to Masters of American Ves sels clearing for Foreign or other Ports during the present Rebellion. ; -v-' '. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives ot the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the several collectors of the customs at the porta of entry within the United States, during, the continuance of the present rebellion, to cause to be administered to each and every master ot any American ship or vessel, steamship or steam ves sel, which shall be about to clear for any foreign port or place, or for any port or place within the United States, the oath of allegiance -required by chapter ssxty four of the acts of the year eighteen oundred and sixty .one; which oath shall be duly saken by such masters before snch vesselfs shall be permitted to clear as aforesaid. .. . " - Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the oath or affirmation aforesaid may be taken before the collector of customs at the port from which snch vessel isabont to clear, or before any justice of the peace or notary public or other person who is legally authorized to administer an oath in the State or district where the same may be adminis tered. - And that any violation of snch oath shall subject the offender to all the pains and penalries of wilful and corrupt perjury ,lwho shall be liable to be indicted and prosecuted to conviction for any such offence before any court having compe tent jurisdiction thereof. . v Approved, March a, 1863. , "Chap. XL.:- '' i ' '' An Act to fulfil Treaty Stipulations -with Han over. " ' :" " '.- -Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasnry not otherwise appropria ted, to enable the president to ftuSl the stipula tions contained in thejthird and fourth articles of the treaty between the United States and Hano ver, of the sixth of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, vis: To carry out the stipulation contained in the third article of said treaty, forty -three thousand fourhuddredaod fifty-foar dollars . and -sixteen cents. - To carry oat the stipulation contained in the fourth article of said treaty, ten hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the interest provided for in said article ; . . . ' Approved March 13, 1866. , . .J; ; -- h - r'i'7 -, 11 mi 1 Y- f I p it ! 1 1 1' .1: It1 - T ' it -it il J .v' "- ' '. .; ... . - ii