PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTTSEVENTH CONGRESS OF THR UNITED STATES, Passed at thejirst session * which was begun and held az the City of Was/z· ington, 2):. the District of Columbia, on Thursday, the fourth day of July, A. D. 1861, and ended on Tuesday, the sixth day of August, A. D. 1861. ABRAHAM Lmcomc, President. HANMBAL HAm.n~1, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. SOLOMON FOOT1c was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eighteenth day of July, and continued so to act until the close of the session. GALUSHA A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. I. — An Act to rqfimd and remit dw Duties on Arms imported by States. July 10, 1861 Be it enacted by the Senate and .Hbuse of Representatives of the United `°`“‘f‘"" States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m_gff;g*0;°u; Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund and impmed by remit the duties and imposts on all arms imported into the United States git3W? bfm¤¤¤ d since the first: day of May last, or which may be imported before the first JQ 1; 18g2Q an day of January next, by, or for the account of any State: Provided, The proviso_ Secretary of the Treasury shall be satjsned that the said arms are in- pm, p_ 2u_ tended, in good faith, for the use of the troops of any State which is, or may be engaged in aiding to suppress the insurrection now existing against the United States. Az·1=1z0v1:1>, July 10, 1861. CHAP. II. —An Ad to provide jbr the Payment of the Militia and Vblunteers called into July 13, 1861. the Service of the United States fiom the Time they were called into Service to the thirtielh ·———;————— Day of June, eighteaz hundred and sixty-one. Be it emaclcd ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there bc, and hereby is, _ _ appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- t.0fHf'°§f“:;i‘;;_ priated, the sum of five millions seven hundred and sixty thousand dol- twgy Iars, 01'.SO much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Government to pay the militia and volunteers called into service of the United States, being an additional amount required for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Approved, July 13, 1861. Cru?. HI. —•An Adjizrt/zcr to for the Collection of Duties on Imports, and for Jujy 13, 1g6g__ other Purposes. -·————-—-—— Bc it enacted Q1; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever it shall in the _W`he¤ impr¤c— judgment of the President, by reason of unlawful combinations of persons g;fi2;°a2°a;;l;;‘: in opposition to the laws of the United States, become impmcticable to of may an my
- This session was called by Proclamation of the President, dated April 15th,
1861. See Appendix, Proclamation, N0. 3, post, p. 1258. v01.. x11. PUB.--33
