. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ations and for the settle-ment of all questions of disagreement between thetwo governments, was appointed and commissioners were A. B. Roman, of Louisi-ana, Martin J. Crawford, of Georgia, and JohnForsyth, of Alabama. An aet of Felimary iJiUhpro\-ided for the repeal of all laws which forbadethe employment in the coasting trade of vesselsnot enrolled or licensed, and all laws imposingdiscriminating duties on foreign vessels or goodsimported in them. This Provisional C
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ations and for the settle-ment of all questions of disagreement between thetwo governments, was appointed and commissioners were A. B. Roman, of Louisi-ana, Martin J. Crawford, of Georgia, and JohnForsyth, of Alabama. An aet of Felimary iJiUhpro\-ided for the repeal of all laws which forbadethe employment in the coasting trade of vesselsnot enrolled or licensed, and all laws imposingdiscriminating duties on foreign vessels or goodsimported in them. This Provisional Congress ofone House held four sessions, as follows: I. Feb-ruary 4th-March Kth, 1801: II. -\pril JOth-May l2Jd. IStil: III. .Inly -JOth-Angnst ; IV. November ISth, 18(51-February ITth,ISlVJ ; the first and second of these at Montgom-ery, the third and fourth at Richmond, whither theExecutive Pepartnu^nt was removed late in May,1 S(n ,—because of the hostile demonstrations ofthe United States Government against Virginia,as Mr Pa\is says in his Rise and Fall of theConfederate (Jovernment.— ItOHKHT HM) IIltST Si:( IM^TAIM ol ST \Ti: OI THE CUKriilJEUACY ; .llEMUEU OF THE CUNIEDEKATE SENATE; ISRIGAWEB-GENERAL, C. S. A. PROM A rnOTOGRjVPH. both the convention that organized the Confederacyand its Provisional Congress. On the 8th of Feb-ruary the Provisional Constitution was adopted,to be in force one year. On the 0th was passedthe first enactment, providing That all thelaws of the United States of America in force andin use in tlie Confederate States of Americaon the first day of November last, and not incon-sistent with the Constitution of the ConfederateStates, be and the same are hereljy continued inforce imtil altered or repealed by the next act, adopted February 1-lth, continuedin office until April 1st all officers connected withthe collection of customs, and the assistant treas-urers, with the same powers and functions asunder the Gove
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