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 . And be it further enacted, That medical purveyors and storekeepers shall give bonds in such sums as the Secretary of War may require with security to be approved by him.

, July 17, 1862.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. That the State of Missouri shall be entitled to a credit against the direct tax apportioned to said State by the "act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for all sums of money expended by said State in the arming, equipping, subsisting and paying of troops organized under the ordinances of the convention of said State, passed during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and employed in concert with the federal authorities in suppressing insurrection against the United States, and enforcing the laws thereof.

. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount due to said State for moneys so expended, the Secretary of War shall, immediately after the passage of this act, by commission or otherwise, cause the accounts to be examined, and a report made to him of the amount due, which being approved by the Secretary of War, and by him certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, the amount thereof shall be allowed to said State, and deducted from the amount apportioned thereto by the aforesaid act, and the remainder only, if any, shall be collected as therein prescribed: Provided, That, in the adjustment of accounts under this act, no greater rate of compensation shall be allowed than was provided for by the laws of the United States applicable to the arming, equipping, subsisting, and payment of volunteers, in force at the time of the enrolment of such troops of Missouri.

. And be it further enacted, That if said State shall assume and pay into the treasury the balance of said direct tax, if any, at such time as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or should said expenditures be found to be equal to the tax, the deduction or discount of fifteen per centum, as prescribed in the fifty-third section of the add recited act, shall be allowed on the whole amount thus apportioned.

, July 17, 1862.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. That the operation of the act entitled "An act to prevent and punish frauds on the part of officers intrusted with making of contracts for the government," approved June two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be, and the same is hereby, suspended until the first Monday of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

, July 17, 1862.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. That, from and after the first