A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend the existing Acts for the exemption of persons from military service." Mr Perkins moved the following as an amendment to the Exemption Bill, reported from the Committee on Military Affairs; enacted by the...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Amendment: To Senate Bill (S.129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the county.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. An American bald eagle, with an olive branch in its beak and a clutch of arrows in one claw, is trying to fly. Its other leg is tied to a stake by means of a tether labeled "War...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A bedroom is shown, and the bedspread is labeled "5th Amendment." A man hides under the bed, and he is identified as "Bobby Baker."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is flying a plane over Washington, D.C. On the side of the plane is a sign that reads, "School prayer amendment." There are large holes in the plane, and Reagan...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the right to vote and Mississippi's history of denying African Americans the right to vote. It discusses what the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's Congressional...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An apparently naked man labeled "N.O." wears a barrel labeled, "Homestead exemption" and a pair of shoes. He stands on a sidewalk next to a brick building that has a sign...
Amendment: To Section 3rd of the Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions and regiments." By Mr. Norton; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 02 January 1865.
Amendment: To the Bill to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency. By Mr. Perkins; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 14 December 1864.
Amendment: Proposed by the Senate to the Bill (H. R. 379) to levy additional taxes for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, for the support of the government.
Amendment: To Bill to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions and regiment. By Mr Hanly; Ordered to by printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 19 December 1864.
Amendment: To the Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions and regiments." By Mr. Villere; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 19 December 1864.
A Bill: Declaring the mode of ascertaining the value of the tithe deliverable to the government under the true construction of existing laws. December 5, 1864, read first and second times,and referred to Committee of Ways and Means; December 29,...
A Bill: To provide for furnishing domestic supplies to the Government. Mr. Simpson's Amendment to Impressment Bill; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 07 June 1864.
A Bill: Requiring suit to be brought against persons connected with the Cotton Bureau and Cotton Office in Texas. By Mr. Herbert; January 20, 1865 - Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. March 2, 1865 -...
