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Excerpt from Select Statutes: And Other Documents, Illustrative of the History of the United States, 1861-1898 Number 1. Call for Volunteers. April 15, 1861 2. Proclamation declaring a Blockade of Southern Ports. April 19, 1861 3. Act for the Collection of Duties. July 13, 1861 4. Act for a National Loan. July 17, 1861 5. Act authorizing the Employment of Volunteers. July 22, 1861 v6. Resolution on the Nature and Object of the War. July 22, 1861 7. Indemnity for State War Expenses. July 27, 1861 8. Act for calling out the Militia. July 29, 1861 9. Act to define and punish certain Conspiracies. July 31, 1861 10. Supplementary National Loan Act. August 5, 1861 111. Confiscation Act. August 6, 1861 12. Act authorizing the Seizure of Railroad and Telegraph Lines. January 31, 1862 13. Act prohibiting the Coolie Trade. February 19, 1862 14. Act authorizing the Issue of Legal Tender Notes. February 25, 1862 15. Act for an Additional Article of War. March 13, 1862 16. Act authorizing further Purchase of Coin. March 17, 1862 017. Joint Resolution on Compensated Emancipation. April 10, 1862 a18. Act abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia. April 16, 11862 19. Collection of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary States. June 7, 1862 20. Abolition of Slavery in the Territories. June 19, 1862 21. Anti-polygamy Act. July 1, 1862 22. Oath of Office. July 2, 1862 23. Election of Representatives by Districts. July 14, 1862 24. Confiscation Act. July 17, 1862 25. Act to authorize Payments in Stamps. July 17, 1862 26. Militia Act. July 17, 1862 27. Act admitting West Virginia. December 31, 1862 -28. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.