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GEO. W. ADAIR J. HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1861.
Our Macon Correspondence—No. 4.
SQUABBLES ABOUT THE POST OFFICE HOSTS
OF CANDIDATES EXTRAORDINARY COM
PLAINTS RAIN PROCEEDS OF THE JU
VENILEFAIR ANOTHER NEGRO CONCERT
THE DIRECT TAX, &C., AC.
Macon, Ga., August 20.
Afe.ssrs. Editors: Our city has been in quite
a commotion for a week or ten days past, about
a postmaster. While postmasters were being
appointed in your city, and the principal plac
es, it was observed that nothing was said about
the reappointment of Dr. S., our postmaster
here. After awhile, it leaked out that a pro
test had been sent on from various worthy cit
izens of the place against his reappointment
setting forth various objections. Some parties
were seen on the streets, canvassing for Hon.
Washington Poe, who had consented to take
the office. Several long petitions were gotten
up and signed, setting forth his merits. Dr.
S., the present incumbent, not being willing to
be ousted so summarily, also had a petition,
which was signed by many of the business
men, and other citizens, praying that he might
be retained. We supposed the contest would
be between these two parties—but, lo! another
“Richmond in the field!” Mr. Thomas L.
Ross, formerly for many years postmaster here,
enters the lists, and, with a long array of pe
titioners, presses his claims. His.petition had
several names that had signed other petitions,
not knowing he would be a candidate. But,
Messrs. Editors, we are not through the list
yet. Our friend, Dr. L. F. W. Andrews, of the
“ Citizen,” comes out a la Erown, and insists
that he is the very man for the place, and that
he presents certain qualifications not to be
found in any other person whatever. Mr. Ross
has gone to Richmond, (something that Gen.
Scott and the grand army couldn’t do,) and it
is probable he will get the place, if there is a
change made. I think the objections made to
Dr. 8. are, in, the main, ill-founded, and would
probably not be remedied by his removal. A
friend of mine who rather favors the present
administration of the post office, presents the
following as among the grievances complain
ed of, and thus asks for relief:
“We, the undersigned, feeling that we can
not endure the present state of things, and
having reached a point that does not allow of
our enduring it any longer, we take this means
of asking redress, if it can be had :
“ Ist, We can’t have everything we want. Ma
con d ies not rank A, No. 1, in the Postoffice De
partment. We want a post office conducted af
ter a model plan, viz:
“ We want it open from 5 A. M. to 10 P. M.,
for the benefit of mercantile men and gentle
men, and from 10 P. M. to 5 A. M. for all per
sons that cannot come at the regular advertis
ed time to be open. A clerk is needed to be
ready at each door and window, to answer all
questions propounded. We don’t want to be
so circumscribed’that we cannot approach a
side window without seeing a
NOTICE.
This is not the place of delivery.
We would like a man who could be every
where at the. same time— one who could wait on
all at once —one who would never have any feel
ings, but always be grateful for our favors and
patronage. But time will not permit us to
enumerate our grievances aud wants. We close
by respectfully petitioning the President, Con
grets and the Postmaster-Geurral to visit Ma
con and see what we need, and redress our
wrongs, Ac , Ac."
Now, Messrs. Editors, haven’t we a post of
fice here ?
[We think you have some {arsons who could
tell how one ought to be conducted.—Eds. Con
federacy.]
We have had more rain than has ever fal
len in the same length of time, and some fears
are entertained for the cotton crop. We hope
these fears are groundless, and that we shall
make a fine crop, and that it may torn raise
the blockade, as it will no doubt.
The Juvenile Fair for the benefit of the sol
diers turned out well—realized over eight hun
dred dollars ! It was an interesting occasion.
We are to have something novel in a few
days. It is currently reported on the street,
that we are to have a concert,/or the benefit of
the soldiers, given by the darkies of the city.—
It takes place next Friday night, at one of
our principal Halls What will Greeley say to
this ? Wo say well done, Sambo !
We have just heard of the action of the Con
federate Cong re ib for the issue of Treasury
notes, and imposing a tax on real estate Ac.—
I think it will give general satisfaction. There
are some old skin flints who have refused to
contribute for the war, while generous men
have had to pay the whole claim. These men
now will have to pay their proportion. No true
patriot will object to this tax If we succeed,
we shall soou get it back, if we fail, all is lost
anyhow, and it is just as well to pay it out to
keep up the war, as let any of our stuff fall
into the hands of the enemy.
But enough for the present.
JOHANNES.
for the Confederacy.]
A Crumb ot Comfort.
1 read the patriotic eflusion of “ Senex” in
your yesterday’s issue. The “ old man”speaks
well, and for one, I applaud him. And let
me tell him. that the nob)e patriots who live
among us, who have been speculating upon
the heart’s blood of our people, will have
their reward. I assert positively, without fear
of the result, that the ill gotten spoils of these
pot patriots will eorne back to their lips bit
terness and ashes. A bushel of bonds, press
ed together, packed down and running over,
will not be worth, to the man who has gath
ered them, the paring of an old nail. Thanks
to justice, national law and common sense,
that thing is as sure as done.
And when the community is told that some
of those who have been most keen and peg
ging in their pelf-seeking out of their bleed
ing country, have clutched their pockets and
run for their lives when aid has been asked
for the poor soldiers, every ons, I care not how
Christian in his charity, will rejoice that the
biter has been bit. We know the man who j
has spent thousands (al least report says so) I
in buying up bonds of Confederate State*, who
has not given, though often asked, ten dollars
teour righteous cause. We can laugh at bis
calamity. W.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
For the Confederacy.]
To the Eadies of Georgia.
A MONUMENT TO BARTOW.
As a mark of the high estimation in which
we hold the memory of the brave Col. Bartow,
who so nobly perished while gloriously de
fending the cause of the Southern Confede
racy, it is proposed by one of his numerous
friends, that a suitable monument be erected
to the lamented hero.
For this laudable purpose, then, let the mo
thers, daughters and sisters of Georgia, in
whose defense he fell, subscribe each the small
sum of one dollar. It is further proposed that
Dr. J. B. Walker, of Augusta, Mr. Jones Gres
ham, of Macon, Mr Wm. Markham, of At
lanta, Mr. John Stoddart, of Savannah, and
Hon. G. E. Thomas, of Columbus, be appoint
ed to receive the subscriptions. If the above
named gentlemen will kindly aid the cause
in thia way, it is requested that they testify
their willingness through the newspapers.
Let the women of Georgia come forward
promptly in this noble undertaking. We sug
gest, also, that the different Volunteer Asso
ciations of ladies take the matter in hand, and
that in every community where none such
exist, they may be early formed. We may
thus speedily raise a monument befitting the
gallant dead. It is a small contribution. We
can and will do it. The Editors of Georgia
will confer a favor on every woman of Geor
gia by publishing this and frequently calling
attention to it. For the present, any commu
nications on the subject may be addressed to
“ LUCILE,”
Berzelia, Georgia.
THE AVAR TAX.
An Act to authorize the issue of treasury
NOTES, AND TO PROVIDE A WAR TAX FOR THEIR
REDEMPTION.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
do enact, That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and he is hereby authorized, from time to time,
as the public necessities may require, to issue
Treasury Notes payable to bearer at the expira
tion of six months after the ratification of a
treaty of peace between the Confederate States
and the United States, the said notes to be of
any denomination not less than five dollars, and
to be re-issuable at pleasure, until the same are
payable; but the whole issue, outstanding at one
time, including the amount issued under former
acts, shall not exceed one hundred millions of
dollars; the said notes shall be receivable in
payment of the War Tax hereinafter provided,
and of all other public dues except the export
duty on cotton, and shall also be received in
payment of the subscriptions of the net pro
ceeds of sales of raw' produce and manufactured
articles.
Sec. 2. That, for the purpose of funding said
notes, aud of making exchange for the proceeds
of the sale of raw produce and manufactured
articles, or for the purchase of specie or milita
ry stores, the Secretary of the Treasury, with
the assent of the President, is authorized to issue
Bonds, payable not more than twenty years after
date, and bearing a rate of interest not exceed
ing eight per centum per annum, until they be
come payable, the interest to be paid semi-an
nually; the said Bonds not to'exceed, in the
whole, one hundred millions of dollars, and to
be deemed a substitute for.thirty millions of the
Bonds authorized to be issued by the Act ap
proved May 16, 1861; and this Act is to be deem
ed a revocation of the authority to issue the said
thirty millions. The said Bonds shall not be is
sued in less sums than one hundred dollars, nor
in fractional parts of a hundred ; except when
the subscription is less than one hundred dol
lars, the said Bonds may be issued in sums of
fifty dollars. They may be sold for specie, mili
tary stores, or for the proceeds of raw produce
and manufactured articles, in the same manner
as Is provided by the Act aforesaid ; and, when
ever subscriptions of the 'same have been, or
shall be made, payable at a particular date, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to
extend the time of sales until such date after
the raising of the blockade, as he shall see ht to
indicate.
Sec. 3. The holders of the said Treasury Notes
may, at any time, demand in exchange for them,
Bonds of the Confederate States, according to
such regulations as may be made by the Secre
tary of the Treasury. But whenever the Secre
tary of the Treasuryjshall advertise that he will
pay off any portion of the said Treasury Notes,
then the privilege of funding as to such notes
shall cease, unless there shall be a failure to pay
the same in specie on presentation.
Sec. 4. That, for the special purpose of pay
ing the principal jmd interest of the public debt,
and of supporting the Government, a War Tax
shall be assessed and levied of fifty cents upon
each one hundred dollars in value, of the fol
lowing property in the Confederate States, name
ly : Real estate of all kinds ; Slaves ; Merchan
dise ; Bank stocks; Railroad and other corpora
tion stocks; Money at interest, or invested by
individuals in the purchase of bills, notes and
other securities for money, except the Bonds of
the Confederate States of America, and cash on
hand, or on deposit in bank or elsewhere; Gold
watches, gold and silver plate, pianos and pleas
ure carriages: Provided, however, that where the
taxable property herein above enumerated, of
any head of a family, is of value less than SSOO,
such taxable property shall be exempt from tax
ation under this Act; and provided further, that
the property of colleges and schools, and of
charitable or religious corporations or associa
tions, actually used for the purposes for which
such colleges, schools, corporations or associa
tions, were created, shall be exempt from taxa
tion under this Act; and provided further, that
all public lands and all property owned by a
State for public purposes be exempt from taxa
tion.
Sec. 5. That, for the purpose of ascertaining
all property included in the above classes and
the value thereof, and the person chargeable
with the tax, each State shall constitute a tax
district, over which shall be appointed one Chief
Collector, who shall be charged with the duty of
dividing the Slate into a convenient number of
collection districts, subject to the revisal of the
Secretary of the Treasury. The said Collector
shall be appointed by the President, and shall
hold his office one year, and receive a salary of
S2,(XXL He shall give bond with sureties to dis
charge the duties of his office* in such amount
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the
; Treasury, and shall take oath faithfully to dis
: charge the duties of his office, and to support
the Constitution. The said Chief Collector shall,
with the approbation of the Secretary of the
Treasury, appoint a Tax Collector for each col-
I lection district, whose duty it shall be to cause
an assessment to be made on or before the first
day of November next, of all the taxable prop
erty in his district, included in each ot the above
mentioned classes of property, and the persons
then owning or in possession thereof; and in
order thereto, the said Tax Collectors may ap
point Assessors, who shall proceed through ev
ery part of their respective districts, and, after
public notice, shall require all persons owning,
possessing, or having the care and management
of any property liable to the tax aforesaid, to
deliver written lists of the same, which shall be
made in such manner as may be required by the
Chief Collector, and as* far as practicable, con
formable to those "which may be required for
the same purpose under the authority of the re
spective States; and the said Assessors are au
thorized to enter into and upon all and singular
the premises for the purposes required by this
Act.
Sec. 6. If any person shall not be prepared to
exhibit a written list, when required, and shall
consent to disclose the particulars of taxable
property owned or possessed by him, or under
his care and management, then it shall be the
duty of the officer to make the list, which be
ing distinctly read and consented to, shall be
received as the list of such person.
Sec. 7. That, if any person shall deliver or
disclose to any Collector or Assessor appointed
in pursuance of this Act and requiring a list,
with intent to defeat or evade the valuation or
enumeration hereby intended to be made, such
person, so offending, shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be re
covered in any court of competent jurisdic
tion.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall fail to deliver
to the Collector or Assessor a list of his taxable
property, at the time prescribed by him, shall
be liable to a double tax upon all his taxable
property; the same to be assessed by the Col
lector or Assessor, and to be collected in the
same manner and by the same process as is
herein provided as to the single tax.
Sec. 9. The list shall be made in reference
to the value and situation of the property, on
the Ist day of October next, and shall be made
out, completed, and delivered into the hands
of each of the Tax Collectors on the first day
of December next; and upon the receipt there
of, each Tax Collector may, for twenty-one
days next ensuing the s»id first December,
hear and determine all appeals from the said
assessments, as well as applications for the re
duction of a double tax, when such tax may
have been incurred to a single tax, which de
termination shall be final.
Sec. 10.—The several Tax Collectors shall,
on or before the first day of February ensuing,
furnish to the Chief Collector of the State in
which his District is situated, a correct and
accurate list of all the assessments made upon
each person in bis District, and of the amount
of tax to be paid by such persons, specifying
each object of taxation; and the said Chief
Collector shall collate the same in proper
form and forward the collated list to the Sec
retary of the Treasury.
Sec. 11. The said several collectors shall, on
the first day of May next, proceed to collect
from every person liable for the said tax, the
amounts severally due and owing, and he
shall previously give notice for twenty days
in one newspaper, if any be pub ished in his
district, aud by uotificatTbu in at least four
public places in each township, ward or pre
cinct within his district, of the time and
place at which he will receive said tax; and
on failure to pay the same, it shall be the du
ty of the collector, within twenty days after
the first day of May aforesaid, by himself or
his deputies, to proceed to collect the said
taxes by distress and sale of the goods, chat
tels or effects of the persons delinquent. And
in case of such distress, it shall be the duty of
the officer charged with the collection to make,
or cause to be made, an account of the goods
or chattels which may be distrained, a copy
of which, signed by the officer making such
distress, shall be left with the owner or pos
sessor of such goods, chattels or effects, or at
his or her dwelling, with a note of the sum
demanded, and the time and place of sale;
and the said officer shall forthwith cause a
notification to be publicly advertised orposted
up at two public places nearest to the resi
dence of the person whose property shall be
distrained, or at the Court House of the same
county, if not more than ten miles distant,
which notice shall specify the articles dis
trained, atd the time and place proposed for
the sale thereof, which time shall not be less
than ten days from the date of such notifica
tion, and the place proposed for the sale not
more than five miles distant from the place of
making such distress : Provided, That in any
case of distress for the payment of taxes afore
said, the goods, chattels or eflects so distrained
shall and may be restored to the owner or pos
sessor, if, prior to the sale thereof, payment or
tender thereof shall be made to the proper of
ficer charged with the collection of the full
amount demanded, together with such fee for
levying, and such sum for the necessary and
reasonable expense of removing and keeping
the goods, chattels or effects so distrained, as
may be allowed in like cases by the laws or
practice of the State wherein the distress shall
have been made; but in case of non-payment
or tender as aforesaid, the said officers shall
proceed to sell the said goods, chattels, or ef
fects, at public auction, and shall and may re
tain from the proceeds of such sale, the
amount demandable for the use of the Confed
erate States, with the necessary and reason
able expenses of distress and sale, and a com
mission of five per centum thereon for his
own use, rendering the overplus, if any there
be, to the person whose goods, chattels or ef
fects shall have been distrained: Provided,
That it shall not be lawful to make distress of
the tools or implements of a trade or profes
sion, beasts of the plow and farming utensils
necessary for the cultivation of improved
lands, arms or snch household furniture or sp
parel as may be necessary for a family.
Sec. 12. That if the tax assessed on any
real estate ahall remain unpaid os the first
day of June next, the Ux collector ot the dis
trict wherein the same is situated shall, on
the first Monday in July thereafter, proceed
to sell the same, or a sufficiency thereof, at
public outcry, to the highest bidder, together
with twenty per centum on the amount of
said taxes and costs of sale—said sale to be at
tha Court House door of the County or Parish
wherein said real Estate is situated; and if
there shall be more than one County or Par-
ish in a District, the said tax collector is au
thorized to appoint deputies to make such
sales in his name as he cannot attend to him
self; and for all lands so sold by said deputies,
the deeds as hereinafter provided for shall be
executed by said collector, and such sales so
made shall be valid, whether the real estate
so sold shall be assessed in the name of the
true owner or not. But in all cases where the
property shall not be divisible so as to enable
the collector, by a sale of part thereof, to raise
the whole amount of the tax, with all costs,
charges and commissions, the whole of such
property shall be sold, and the surplus of the
proceeds of the sale, after satisfying the tax,
costs, charge) and commissions, shall be paid
to the owner of the property or his legal rep
resentatives, or his or if he or they cannot
be found, or refuse to receive the same then
such surplus shall be deposited in the Treas
ury of the Confederate States, to be there
held for the use of the owner or his 1» gal rep
resentatives until he or they shall make ap
plication therefor to the Secretary of the Trea
sury, who, upon such application, shall, by
by warrant on the Treasurer, cause the same
to be paid to the applicant. And if the prop
erty for sale as aforesaid cannot be sold for
the amount of the lax due thereon, with the
said additional twenty per centum thereto,
the collector shall purchase the same in be
half of the Confederate States for the amount
aforesaid : Provided, That the owner or Super
intendent of the property aforesaid, before the
same shall have been actually sold, shall be
allowed to pay the amount of the tax thereon,
with an addition of ten per centum on the
same, on the payment of which the sale of
the said property shall not take place : Provi
ded, also, That the owners, their heirs, execu
tors or administrators, or any person on their
behalf, shall have liberty to redeem any lands
and other real property sold as aforesaid, with
in two years from the time of sale, upon pay
ment to the collector for the use of the pur
chaser, his heirs or assignees, of the amount
paid by such purchaser, with interest for the
same, at the rate of twenty per centum per
annum ; and no deed shall be given in pur
suance of such sale until the time of redemp
tion shall have expired: Provided, further,
That where the owner of any land or other
real property sold for taxes under the provis
ions of this Act, shall be in the military ser
vice of the Confederate States before and at
the time said sale shall have been made, the
said owner shall have the privilege of redeem
ing the said property at any time within
two years after the close of his term of service.
And the Collector shall render a distinct
account of the charges incurred in offering
and advertising for sale such property, and
shall pay into the Treasury the surplus, if any
there be, of the aforesaid addition of twenty
per centum, or ten per centum, as the case
may be, after defraying charges. And in
every case of the sale of real estate which shall
be made under the authority of this Act for
the assessment and collection of direct taxes
by the collectors or marshals respectively, or
their lawful deputies respectively, or by any
ot her person or persons, the deeds for the es
tate so told shall be prepared, made, executed
and approved, or acknowledged, at the time
and times prescribed in this Act by the col
lectors respectively within whose collection
district such real estate shall be situated, or
in case of their death or removal from office,
by their successors, on payment of the pur
chase money, or producing a receipt therefor
if already paid, in tush form of law as shall
be authorized and required by the laws of the
Confederate States, or by the law of the State
in which such real estate lies, for making, ex
ecuting, proving and acknowledging deeds of
bargain and sale, or other conveyances for the
transfer and conveyance of real estate ; and
for every deed so prepared, made, executed,
proved and acknowledged, the purchaser or
grantee shall pay to the collector the sum of
five dollars for the use of the collector, mar
shal, or other person effecting the sale of the
real estate thereby conveyed. The commis
sions hereinafter allowed to each collector
shall be in full satisfaction for all services
rendered by them. The assessors appointed
under them shall be entitled to three dollars
fur every day employed in making lists and
assessments under this Act, the number of
days being certified by the collector, and ap
proved by the chief collector of the State ; and
also five dollars for every hundred taxable
persons contained in the lists as completed by
him and delivered to the collector: Provided,
that when the owner of any real estate is un
known, or is a non resident of the State, or
tax district, wherein the same is situated, and
has no agent resident in said district, the as
sessor shall himself make out a list of such
jeal estate for assessment.
Sec. 13. Separate accounts shall be kept
at the Treasury of all moneys received from
each of the respective States, and the Chief
Collector shall procure from each Tax Collec
tor such details as to the tax, and shall classify
the same in such manner as the Secretary of
the Treasury shall direct, and so as to provide
full information as to each subject of taxation.
Sec. 14. Each Collector shall be charged
with an interest of five per cent, per month
for all moneys retained in his possession be
yond the time at which he is required to pay
over the same by law, or by the regulations
established by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 15. Each collector, before entering
upon the duties of bis office, shall give bond
in such sum as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, with sufficient
sureties, and shall take an oath faithfully to
execute the duties of his office, and that he
will support and defend the Constitution of
the Confederate States
Sec. 16. Upon receiving the tax due by
each person, the Collector shall sign two re
ceipts in duplicate, one whereof shall be de
livered to the person paying" the same, and
the other shall be forwarded to the Chief Col
lector of that State. The money collected
during each month, or during any shorter pe
riod which may be designated by the Secre
tary of the Treasury, shall be also immedi
ately forwarded to the said Chief Collector,
and by bim be disposed of according to the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury ;
and the said Chief Collector shall report the
same immediately to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and shall furnish him with a list
specifying the names and amounts of each of
the receipts which shall have been forwarded
to bim as aforesaid, by the District Collectors.
Sec. 17. The taxes assessed on each person
shall be a statutory lien for one year upon all
the property of that person, in preference to
any other lien; the said lien to take date from
the first day of October, to wbich the valua
tion has relation, and the lands and other
property of any Collector shall be bound by
statutory lein for five years, for all moneys
received by him for taxes ; the date of such
lien to commence from the time of his re
ceiving the money.
See. 18. The compensation of the Tax Col
lectors shall be five per cent on the first ten
thousand dollars received, and 2| per cent,
on all sums beyond that amount, until the
compensation shall reach $800; beyond which
no further compensation shall be paid.
Sec. 19. The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to establish regulations suitable
and proper to carry this Act into effect ;
which regulations shall be binding on all of
ficers ; the said Secretary may also frame in
structions as to all details which shall be
obligatory upon all parties embraced within
the provisions of this Act. He may also core
rect all errors in assessments, valuations, and
tax lists, or in the collection thereof, in such
form and upon such evidence as the said Sec
retary may approve.
Sec. 20. Corporations are intended to I e
embraced under the word “persons,” used in
this Act; and whenever the capital stock i f
any corporation is returned by the corpora
tion itself and the tax paid, the stock in the
hands of individuals shall be exempt from
tax, and also all the real estate owned by the
corporation and used for carrying on its
business, and the capital stock of all corpora
tions shall be returned and the tax paid ly
the corporations themselves, and not by the
individual stockholders. The term merchan
dise, is designed to embrace all goods, wares
and merchandise held for sale, except the
agricultural products of the country. Money
at interest, is intended to include the princi
pal sum of all money belonging to any person
other than a bank, upon which interest is
paid or to be paid by the debtor, as the same
stands on the first day of October. The term,
cattle, horses and mules, is intended to in
clude all such animals as are raised for sale,
and not such as are raised merely for food
and work on the plantation or farm where
they are held. The term real estate, is in
tended to include all lands and estates therein,
and all interest growing thereout, including
ferries, bridges, mines, and the like; and in
all cases the actual marketable value of prop
erty is to be assessed.
Sec. 21. If any person shall, at any time
during the existence of the present war be
tween the Confederate States and the United
States, or within one year after ratification of
a treaty of peace between them, falsely make,
forge, or counterfeit, or cause, or procure to
be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or
willingly aid or assist in falsely making, for
ging or counterfeiting any note in imitation
of, or purporting to be a Treasury Note of the
Confederate States; or shall falsely alter or
cause, or procure to be falsely altered, or
willing by aid or assist in falsely altering any
Treasury Note of the Confederate States ; or
shall pass, utter or publish, or attempt to pass,
utter |or publish, as true, any false, forged
or counterfeited note jurporting to be a
Treasury Note of the Confederate States,
knowing the same to be falsely forged or
counterfeited ; or shall pass, utter, or publish,
or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true,
any falsely altered Treasury Note of the Con
federate States, knowing the same to be falte
ly altered ; or shall conspire or attempt to
conspire with another to pass, utter or pub
lis-j, or attempt to pass, utter or publish as
true any falsely forged or counterfeited, or
any falsely altered Treasury Note of the Con
federate States, knowing the same to be false
ly forged or counterfeited, or falsely altered :
every such person shall be deemed and adjuu
ged guilty of felony, and being thereof con
victed by due couse of law, shall suffer death.
Seo. 22. If any person shall, at any time,
falsely make, forge or counterfeit, orcause or
procure to be falsely made, forged or coun
terfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely
making, forging or counterfeiting, any Bond
or Coupon of the Confederate States ; or shall
falsely alter, or cause or procure to be false
ly altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely
altering any Bond or Coupon of the Confed
erate States ; or shall pass, utter or publish,
or attempt to pass, utter or publish, us true,
any false, forged or counterfeited Bond, pur
porting to be a Bond or Coupon of the Con
federate States, knowing the same to be false
ly forged or counterfeited ; or shall pass, ut
ter or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or
publish, as true, any falsely altered Bond or
Coupon of the Confederate States, knowing
the same to be falsely altered ; or shall con
spire, or attempt to conspire, with another to
pass, utter or publish, as true, any false, for
ged or counterfeited Bond or Coupon, pur
porting to be a Bond of the Confederate
States, knowing the same to be falsely forged
or counterfeited or falsely altered ; every such
person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty c f
felony, and, being thereof convinced by due
course of law, shall be sentenced to be im
prisoned and kept at hard labor, for a term
not less than five years, nor more than ten
years, and be fined in a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars.
Sec. 23. If any person shall make or en
grave, or cause or procure to be made or en
graved, or shall have in his custody or posses
sion any metalic plate engraved after the si
militude of any plate from which any notes or
bonds.isaued as aforesaid shall have been prin
ted, with intent to use such plate, or cause
or suffer the same to be used in forging or
counterfeiting any of the notes or bonds is
sued as aforesaid ; or shall have in his custo
dy or possession any blank note or notes,
bond or bonds, engraved or printed after si
militude of any note or bonds issued as afore
said, with intent to use such blanks, or cause
or suffer the same to be used in forging or
counterfeiting any of the notes or bonds is
sued aforesaid ; or shall have in his custody
or possession any paper adapted to the ma
king of notes or bonds, and similar to the pa
per upon which any such notes or bonds have
been issued, with inteut to use such pa
per or cause or suffer the same to be used in
forging or counterfeiting any of the notes or
bouds issued as aforesaid ; every such person,
being thereof lawfully convicted by due course
of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labor for a term not less than
five nor more than ten years, and fined in a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Sec. 24. If any State shall, on or before
Ist “day of April next, pay in the Treasury,
notes of the Confederate States or in specie,
the taxes assessed against the citizens of such
State less ten per* centum thereon, it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to
notify the same to the several Collectors of
such State, and there upon their authority
and duty under this Act shall cease..
Sec. 25. If any person shall, at any time,
after one year from the ratification of a treaty
of peace, between the Confederate States and
the United States, commit any of the ac<.s de«
scribed in the 21st section of this Act, such
person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of
felony, and being thereof convicted, by due
course of law, shall be sentenced to be im
prisoned and kept at bard labor, for a period
of not less than five years, nor more than ten
years, and be fined in a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars.
LARDFIARDT”
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Aug. 23—ts. Successor to Daniel & McEntlrs.
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June, 1861. Atlanta, Georgia