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II. That all ex

Former orders

existing military and naval.orders in any manner restricting internal, domestic, and coastwise commercial intercourse and trade, with or in the revoked. localities above named, be, and the same are hereby, revoked; and that no military or naval officer, in any manner, interrupt or interfere with the same, or with any boats or other vessels engaged therein, under proper authority, pursuant to the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury.

No. 4.

ANDREW JOHNSON

Ordered:

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Washington City, May 9, 1865.

May 9, 1865.

First. That all acts and proceedings of the political, military, and civil or- The authority

lished in Vir-.

ganizations which have been in a state of insurrection and rebellion, within the of the United State of Virginia, against the authority and laws of the United States, and of States reëstabwhich Jefferson Davis, John Letcher, and William Smith, were late the respec- ginia. tive chiefs, are declared null and void. All persons who shall exercise, claim, pretend, or attempt to exercise any political, military, or civil power, authority, jurisdiction, or right, by, through, or under Jefferson Davis, late of the city of Richmond, and his confederates, or under John Letcher, or William Smith, and their confederates, or under any pretended political, military, or civil commission or authority issued by them, or either of them, since the 17th day of April, 1861, shall be deemed and taken as in rebellion against the United States, and shall be dealt with accordingly.

Second. That the Secretary of State proceed to put in force all laws of the United States, the administration whereof belongs to the Department of State, applicable to the geographical limits aforesaid.

Third. That the Secretary of the Treasury proceed, without delay, to nominate for appointment, assessors of taxes and collectors of customs and internal revenue, and such other officers of the Treasury Department as are authorized by law, and shall put in execution the revenue laws of the United States within the geographical limits aforesaid. In making appointments the preference shall be given to qualified loyal persons residing within the districts where their respective duties are to be performed. But if suitable persons shall not be found, residents of the districts, then persons residing in other states or districts shall be appointed.

Fourth. That the Postmaster-General shall proceed to establish post-offices and post-routes, and put into execution the postal laws of the United States within the said state, giving to loyal residents the preference of appointment; but if suitable persons are not found, then to appoint agents, &c., from other

states.

Fifth. That the district judge of said district proceed to hold courts within said state, in accordance with the provisions of the act of congress. The Attorney-General will instruct the proper officers to libel, and bring to judgment, confiscation, and sale, property subject to confiscation, and enforce the administration of justice within said state, in all matters civil and criminal within the cognizance and jurisdiction of the federal courts.

Sixth. That the Secretary of War assign such assistant provost - marshal general and such provost - marshals in each district of said state as he may deem necessary.

Seventh. The Secretary of the Navy will take possession of all public property belonging to the Navy Department within said geographical limits, and put in operation all acts of congress in relation to naval affairs having application to the said state.

Eighth. The Secretary of the Interior will also put in force the laws relating to the Department of the Interior.

Ninth. That to carry into effect the guarantee by the federal constitution of a republican form of state government, and afford the advantage and security of domestic laws, as well as to complete the reestablishment of the authority and Aid will be laws of the United States, and the full and complete restoration of peace within given to Govthe limits aforesaid, Francis H. Pierpont, governor of the State of Virginia, ernor Pierpont.

will be aided by the federal government, so far as may be necessary, in the lawful measures which he may take for the extension and administration of the state government throughout the geographical limits of said state.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal [L. S.] of the United States to be affixed. ANDREW JOHNSON.

By the President:

W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State.

Νον. 24, 1865.

Claims for the reward for the apprehension of Booth and others,

to be filed before January 1, 1866.

Ante, p. 756.

Offers of rewards for the ar

rest of Jacob Thompson and others revoked.

Ordered, That

No. 5.

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, November 24, 1865.

General Orders No. 164.

1. All persons claiming reward for the apprehension of John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Payne, G. A. Atzerodt, and David E. Harold, and Jefferson Davis, or either of them, are notified to file their claims and their proofs with the adjutant-general, for final adjudication by the special commission appointed to award and determine upon the validity of such claims, before the first day of January next, after which time no claims will be received.

2. The rewards offered for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, Beverly Tucker, George N. Saunders, William G. Cleary, and John H. Surratt, are revoked. By order of the President of the United States:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General

INDEX

TO THE

FOREGOING PUBLIC LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND
EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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645

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under the homestead act, by persons in
the military or naval service, how
made, &c.,..

by persons under bodily disabil-
ity,.....

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allowed in complaints, or statements, on
summary trials for minor offences,... 125

35 American Colonization Society,

35

accounts of, for support of recaptured

Africans in Liberia, to be adjusted,... 569

in legal proceedings exempt from duty, 301 American Maps,
African Slave-Trade,

treaty with Great Britain for suppres-
sion of,....

See Great Britain.

appropriations for expenses under treaty

with Great Britain for suppression of, 189,

and plans, for library of congress,..... 851

American Nautical Almanac,
appropriation for,

........85, 466

American Seamen,

appropriation for relief and protection of, 138

Ames, Julia A.,

852, 424

pension to,.....

580

Agents, &c.,

Amnesty Proclamation,

among Indians, to have families with
them........

of President Lincoln,..

787

695

not to apply to persons in custody, &c., 737

Agents,

such persons may apply to the Pres-

to purchase for the United States, prod-
ucts of states in insurrection,

ident for clemency,...

738

377

of President Johnson,

758

Agricultural Implements,

classes of persons excepted from its

to be furnished, certain Indians,........ 694

operation,..

759

Agricultural Statistics,

regulations of Secretary of State, .... 759

appropriations for,...

155

Am-pe-tu-to-ke-cha,

Agriculture, Department of,

payment to be made to,.......

427

appropriations for,........

23, 155, 455

Anderson, Charles,

rooms for,...

381, 415

assignee of John James, payment to,... 594

See Department of Agriculture.

Andrews, Solomon,

Alabama,

appropriation to test his new mode of

not entitled to representation in electoral
college,.

fastening mail-bags,......

574

567

Annual Reports,

provisional governor appointed for,..... 767
the United States to help,. ... 767
convention, qualifications of electors, &c., 767

Ale, Beer, and Porter,

duty on, tariff,..

internal revenue duty on,.

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of heads of departments, &c., when and
how to be printed,.

number of copies, and how distrib-
uted,.

185

..

185

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of agent and consul-general,........ 188

Shoshonee-Goship bands, granted,..... 682
to Chippewas, Pillager, and Lake Win-

nebagoshish Indians, extended,...... 694

Alexandria, D. C.,

board of visitors to be present at pay-

commercial intercourse with, permitted,
subject, &c.,

ment of certain,

....694, 697

735

See the several Indian Treaties.

Alienage,

Apache, Indians,

plea of, not to exempt certain persons
from military duty,....

appropriations for the,...

..165, 544

782

..

Southern agency of, abolished, ..... 323

Aliens,

agent for, and Kioways and Camanches,

to be appointed,.

323

9

salary of,.

823

Allen, Isaac,

Appeals. See Internal Revenue.

581

Ambulances,

not to be exempted from enrolment or
draft, if they have voted, &c.,.......

full pension to,....

act to establish uniform system of, in
the armies of the United States,..... 20
authority of medical directors, &c.,.... 20
how furnished and distributed to each

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in cases arising under internal revenue

law, how made, heard, and deter-
mined,.

228, 229

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20-22

to be examined, instructed, &c.,..20, 21
designation and uniform of,......21, 22

Appropriations,

ambulances, how furnished and distrib-

uted,

20

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46

161

for the army, civil expenses, consular
and diplomatic expenses, fortifications,
Indian department, legislative, &c.,
navy, &c., see those several Titles.
deficiency of, for pay, &c., of officers and
men in Western Department,....... 1, 2
for invalid and other pensions,.......8, 421
for rebuilding stable at the President's,.
for protection of overland emigrants,... 14

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