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 594 THIRTY—SEVEN'.l`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 199, 200. 1862. Time may be require it, extend the time hereinbefore prescribed for the rendition of °*°°"d°d· accounts: and provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be m|g,°l;:':e?(:ff;d_ construed to restrain the heads of any of the departmentsfrom requiring such other returns or reports from the officer or agent, subject to the c0n· trol of such heads of departments, as the public interests may require. Approved, July 17, 1862. July 17, 1862_ CHAP- Cc• *440 A6! to d¢fYI¢ fflé Pay Grgfrgymduhldds of certain Officers of the . rmy, and for ot urposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and femme q" Representatives of the United Forage to be States of America in Congress assembled, That officcrs of the army entid"*“'“‘“ k‘“d· tled to forage for horses shall not be allowed to commute it, but may draw forage in kind for each horse actually kept by them when and at the place where they are on duty, not exceeding the number authorized when to be by law: Provided, however, That when forage in kind cannot be furnished eommuted. by the proper department, then, and in all such eases, officers entitled to forage may commute the same according to existing regulations: And Oflieers on duty provided further That officers of the army and of volunteers assivned "°q“'"“g °h‘"“ °° to duty which reciuires them to be mounted, shall, during the time they be lll0\·\Hh0ll [0 !'€··, ceive pay of csv- are employedn on sueth duty, receive the pay, emolumeuts, and allowances my ¢>*H¤•=¤‘¤- of cavalry officers o the same grade respectively. Forage of mn- Sec. 2. And be it jitrtlaer enacted, That major generals shall be enti— §g;:_'“'“l;“_ tled to draw forage in kind for five horses; brigadier generals for four a1sFco1ondi;,&e. horses; colonels, lieutenant coloncls, and majors, for two horses each; Captains, &e. captains and lieutenants of cavalry and artillery, or having the cavalry Che lnins. allowance, for two horses each; and cha lains, for one horse onl . p P Y Otncersemplny- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever an officer of the fnzscldiers as ni-my shall employ a soldier as his servant he shall for each and every ”°"'“l"‘"° d`?' month durin which said soldier shall be so em l0’ed, deduct from his duct lfom hl1Q1I' g _ p y pnv, Src. own monthly pay the full amount paid to or expended by the government per month on account of said soldier · and every officer of the army who Penalty- shall fail to make such deduction shall, on conviction thereof before a general court-martial be cashiered. Conmuwon Sec. 4. And be it ifurther enacted, That the first section of the act ape:" apt of 1861, proved August six, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An act to °l‘·/mel 1*,,26 increase the pay of privates in the regular army and in the volunteers in 'P"the service of the United States, and for other purposes," shall not be so construed, after the passage of this act, as to increase the emoluments of the commissioned officers of the army. And the eighth section of the act § 8* 18mv°h· °· of twenty-second July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An act _f;,m,,p, 210, to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws my or quartz;. and promoting pultgxchproperty, shall be- so construed. as to pnve to_qua1·- ¤¤¤***¤* wl-I€¤¤ · tcrmaster sergean the same compensation as to regnmenta commissary sergeants. Regimental Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That so much of the aforesaid act z:;g“0$l§  approved twenty-second July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as authorm0_ izes each regiment of volunteers in the United States service to have 1861, ch. 9, 6 2. twenty-four musicians for a band, and fixes the compensation of the leader A""'· D‘ 269* of the band, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and the men composing such bands shall be mustered out of the service within thirty days after the passage of this act. Brigade bands, Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That each brigade in the volunteer ¤¤¤¤*>°*‘» WY, M- service may have sixteen musicians as a band, who shall receive the pay and allowances now provided by- law for regimental bands, except the leader of the band, who shall receive forty-five dollars per month with the emoluments and allowances of a quartermastefs sergeant. Mileage of om- Sec. 7. And be at further enacted, That in lieu of the present rate of °°*¤ mileage allowed to officers of the army when travelling on public duty,