Miscellaneous Documents

House of Representatives from the First to the Forty-second Congress, inclusive-Continued.

Index of bills relating to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, &c., presented in the

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An act to amend an act entitled "An act to pro- 34
vide for the better organization of the Treasury,
and for the collection, transfer, safe-keeping, and
disbursement of the public revenue.

A bill to modify the first section of the act enti-
tled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to
provide for the better organization of the Treas
ury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer,
and disbursement of the public revenue.'

A bill to provide increased revenue from imports, 37 to pay interest on public debt, and for other purposes.

A bill to provide additional revenue for defraying 37
the expenses of Government, and maintaining
the public credit by the assessment and collec-
tion of a direct tax and internal revenue.

A bill to punish treason, and to provide a more
effectual mode for the collection of taxes im-
posed by Congress, and to furnish a fund to re-
munerate the losses of loyal citizens and provide
homesteads for soldiers employed in suppressing
the present rebellion.

A bill to expedite the collection of the revenue, and the final disposition of suits arising therefrom.

A bill to enforce the collection of the direct and other taxes imposed by the act entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved August 5, 1861, and to liberate the slaves of rebels and colonize the

same.