September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
War-date Confederate imprint, "A Bill To be entitled An Act to suppress abuses in the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments of the army." 9pp. octavo, 1863, and reads in small part: "...The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint, for each military department, one competent person, to be styled inspector of such department, who shall be commissioned, and have the rank, pay and allowances of colonel of cavalry; and two assistants, who shall also be commissioned, and have the rank, pay and allowances of captains of cavalry, and be styled assistant inspectors of such department. Such inspectors of department shall be allowed two clerks, and such assistant inspectors shall be allowed one clerk each...If any such inspector, or assistant inspector, after having entered upon the discharge of his duties as such, shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to make the inspections and reports thereof, or any one of either, as required by this act, or shall through any fear, favor, or affection, or for any reward, or the promise or hope thereof, fail, neglect, or refuse to make true and faithful reports or acts of malfeasance, defaults, embezzlements, or other improper acts in office, by any such quartermaster or commissary, whose affairs it shall become his duty to inspect, as provided by this act, or if any such inspector, or assistant inspector, shall, through any ill-will, prejudice, or for any other cause, willfully make any false report as to any such matters, he shall, upon conviction thereof, by a court martial, be cashiered, or suffer such other punishment as may be adjudged by the court trying the case..." "Rebel Archives" stamp, VG.
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