Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a town ant fungus garden. It resembles a gray sponge and is made of bits of vegetation cut and carried to the nest.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act repealing certain abatements from the property tax and income tax, and amending the said tax laws.". By Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made continuing special order after...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act authorizing the promotion of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, for distinguished valor and skill or for peculiar competency and general merit. By Mr Wickham; Read first and second times, and referred...
A Bill: Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the Department of Justice for the half year ending 31 December 1864. By Mr. Lyon, of the Committee of Ways and Means; Read first and second times, laid on the table and...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to exempt from taxation the capitol of bonds and certificates issued by the Confederate States." By Mr. Lyon, from Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made special order, and ordered to be...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to impose a duty on tobacco and an additional duty on cotton exported from the Confederate Sates." By Mr. Lyon, from Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, and made special order after last special...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service." By Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs; Read first and second times, made special order for tomorrow, 21st January, and from day to day...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act making appropriations for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial expenses of the Government for the month of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two." By Mr. Kenner, from Committee of Ways and Means; Referred to...
A Bill: To amend An Act entitled, "An Act to lay taxes for the common defence and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," approved April 24, 1863. By Mr. Pugh, from the Special Committee on Currency; Read first and second times, and...
Joint Resolutions: In reference to the treatment of colored troops. By Mr. Curry; Read first and second times, postponed until tomorrow, made special order for 1 o'clock, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act making appropriations for the postal service of the Confederate States, for the year 1862 and 1863." By Mr. Lyon, from the Committee of Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made special order after...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act making appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America from July 1 to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency." By Mr. Lyon, from the Committee of Ways and Means; Read...
A Bill: Supplemental to the several acts in relation to public printing. Read first and second times, postponed, ordered to be printed, and made the order of the day for tomorrow by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 12 February...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to protect the Confederate States against frauds and to provide remedies against officers and employees of the Government committing them." By Mr. Orr, from Committee on Quartermaster and Commissary Departments; Read...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to organize the Supreme Court." By Mr. Chilton, from Committee on Judiciary; Read first and second times, and made special order after Currency and Tax bills, and from day to day, and ordered to be printed by the...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to facilitate the settlement of claims of deceased officers and soldiers." By Mr. Perkins; Read first and second times, made special order from Monday next, after morning hour, and day to day, and ordered to be...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend An Act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries, approved May 21st, 1864." By Mr. Lyon, from Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made special order after...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to levy additional taxes for the year 1865, for the support of the Government." By Mr. Lyon, form Committee of Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made order of the day for Friday, 20th January, and ordered...
A Bill: To provide for the establishment of a Bureau for Special and Secret Service. By Mr. Clarke; Read first and second times, made special order after pending special order and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of...
