[213] Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, December 9, 1861: Executive Documents, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 2.
[214] Acts of March 3, 1863, § 2, and June 30, 1864, § 2: Statutes at Large, Vols. XII. p. 710, XIII. p. 218.
[215] Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 219.
[216] Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, December 6, 1869: Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., No. 2, p. XXVII.
[217] Ibid., p. XVIII.
[218] Speech, January 12, 1870: Ante, pp. 238, seqq.
[219] Ante, p. 256.
[220] Speech, January 17, 1870: Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., p. 817.
[221] January 22, 1870.
[222] Monthly Reports on the Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1870, p. 200.