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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 55, 56, 57. 1861. 317 permanently absent therefrom, shall be registered as a deserter, and punished as smjn. d be h H Fl h Sec. 3. n it rt er enacted, That 0 `n as a unishmeut in 03 `ugiut • the army is hereby `fhlolished. ggl g P "my 5’l°h°b°d’ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for removing stables and other Washington obstructions from the grounds around the Washington Infirmary, used as I“6“““’·Y· an army hospital, and grading said grounds to secure proper drainage of the same, the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the surgeon-general of the United States army. Approved, August 5, 1861. Gun. LV.—An Ad in Relation to the Office of Attorne of the United States jer the August 6, 1861. Southern District of New Yuri. """""‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid to the Salary of attorattorney of the United States for the southern district of New York, g?§r?§tS°;,'t§°m quarterly, a salary at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, and {0,.;; ° ew such additional sum as shall be necessary, together with the costs and fees now allowed by law to pay such amount as shall be fixed by the Secretary Expense, of of the Interior for the proper expenses of the offce, including salaries of vimassistants and clerks. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounts of said attorney, Accounts from from and after the fourth day of April last, shall be adjusted and settled {AP;} Mui {IS? in the same manner as the same would have been adjusted and settled ,§;,°,,2€_t°° Y had this act been in operation on and after that day. Am-Rovnn, August 6, 1861. Can. LVI. —An Act to punish certain Crimes against the United States. August 6, 1861. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _Recmiti¤g sol— States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person shall be $2** g' ;;u*1”th*° guilty of the act of recruiting soldiers or sailors in any State or Territory Un;;dgS,;;,s ° of the United States to engage in armed hostility against the United pnmislmble. States, or who shall open 2. recruiting station for the enlistment of such persons, either as regulars or volunteers, to serve as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court of record having jurisdiction of the offence, shall be fined a sum not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and confined and imprisoned for a period not less than one year nor more than five years. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the person so enlisted, or en- Those enlisting gaged as regular or volunteer, shall be fined in a. like manner a sum of P“”*sh”b1°· one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than one nor more than three y031‘S. Armzovmo, August 6, 1861. Can. LVH. —An Act to promote the E_jfcienq1 ¢y" the Engineer and Topographical August 6» 1861- Engineer Corps, and for otier Purposes. 1863, eh_ 7g_ .Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United PLM p` T43' States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be added to Inma;eo£ne1d· each of the corps of engneers, and topographical engineers, by regu- gf::’;;§e:;';ifd lar promotion of their present officers, two lieutenant-colonels and four m,,,;,,,,,;,;,,,,; majors. engineers. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That there shall be added to the Company of corps of topographical engmeers one company of soldiers, to be com- €g;‘g§;;Pg?éQd8g manded by appropriate oflslcers of said corps, to have the same pay and 8;;,,,,-S, rations, clothing, and other allowances, and to be entitled to the same benehts in every respect as the company created by the act for the organ-