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Former orders

II. That all 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. ANDREW JOHNSON

Ordered:

No. 4.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Washington City, May 9, 1865.

May 9, 1865.

lished in Vir

First. That all acts and proceedings of the political, military, and civil or- The authority 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. 8.] of the United States to be affixed.

By the President:

ANDREW JOHNSON.

W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State.

No. 5.

Nov. 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 arrest of Jacob Thompson and others revoked.

Ordered, That

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 adju tant-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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.37, 38
for support of military academy,....38, 467
for payment of officers and crew of the
Bainbridge,...

for refugee and destitute Indians in
Southern confederacy,.....

for agricultural improvements in Uinta
Valley,.

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63

...79, 506

for purchase or construction of six rev-
enue steam cutters for the Lakes,.... 419
for relief of friendly Indians of the Sioux
nation in Minnesota,

to carry into effect postal money-order
system,

for naval service for years ending June
30, 1865, and June 30, 1866,......80, 462
for payment of awards of commissioner
for damages by Sioux Indians,...... 92
for payment of Peruvian citizens, Ste-
phen G. Montano and Juan del Car-
men Vergel,
.....95, 141
for support of the army for years ending
June 30, 1865, and June 30, 1866,.. 126
for consular and diplomatic expenses, 137, 422
for legislative, executive, and judicial
expenses for years ending June 30,
1865, and June 30, 1866,...
for sundry civil expenses of the govern-
ment,.
for the construction, preservation, and
repair of fortifications,.. ...353, 442
for the purchase of site and erection of
buildings for branch-mint at San Fran-
cisco,....

.145, 445

for rent of rooms for department of agri-
culture,....

844

875

427

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Armored Plated Vessels,

387

appropriation for completion of,........ 80

for purchase of copies of Congressional
Globe and Appendix,...

Armory, National,

392

appropriation for,.

129, 497

for testing submarine inventions,.
for deficiencies in public printing and
bounties to volunteers,..

392

Arms,

.899, 400

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for payment of taxes on certain lands
owned by the United States,........ 402
for payment of volunteers for not less
than one hundred days,..
for payment of expenses incurred by
joint committee on the conduct of the
.... 406

war,.

... 405

for petty officers and crew of the gun-
boat Baron De Kalb,:.
408
for relief of sufferers by the accident at
Washington arsenal,... .....416, 417
for expenses of Indian Department for
years ending June 30, 1865, and June
80, 1866,....
......161, 541
for expenses of commission to carry into
effect treaty with Great Britain re-
specting Hudson's Bay and Puget's
Sound agricultural companies,...... 195
for the preservation of certain public
works on Northern lakes and sea-
board,...

VOL. XIII. PUB. 66

.200, 201

appropriation for purchase and manufac-
ture of,..

for the years ending June 30, 1865, and
June 30, 1866,..........126-130, 495-498
recruiting, transportation, citizen sur-

geons,
books of tactics and instruction,..
contingencies of adjutant-general's de-
partment,....

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126, 495

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