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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 170, 171. 1867. 487 General of the army, and, in case of his inability, through the next in rank. The General of the army shall not be removed, suspended, or Gcnernloftho relieved from command, or assigned to duty elsewhere than ac said head- ;‘;;‘g’vQ3°;z5; quarters, except at. his own request, without the previous approval of the gut, gm] Senate; and any orders or instructions relating to military operations issued contrary to the requirements of this section shall be null and void; and any officer who shall issue orders or instructions contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office; and any officer of the army who shall transmit, convey, or obey any orders or instructions so issued contrary to the provisions of this h£?;‘”ig 'd*;; section, knowing that such orders were so issued, shall be liable to im- ééntrugy hereto. prisoumenc fbi- not less than two nor more than twenty years, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That section three of the joint m E$°$;‘;°§fj;;j resolution relative to appointments to the military academy, approved Omgonmmgn June sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and the same is hereby :3 mp§;¤;;r¤¤¤€¤ re euied. I , PSec. 4. And be ii further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and aC21d,;`?;;, 359. fifty th0u<and dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any b ¥H'F·P"°9fJ f moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be disbursed by yezgoézhiqinf ` the Secretary of W'm·, in the erection of fire-proof buildings at or near diana. the city of Jef¥`ez·sonville, in the State of Indiana, to be used as storehouses for government property. Sxcc. 5. And be id further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Whipping 0; officers of the army and navy, and of the Freedmen`s Bureau, to prohibit ’“""?‘;\“g· M “ . . . . . pI1H1S KDBNYQ for and prevent whipping or mzuming of the person, as a punishment for any crime, forbidden crime, misdemeanor, or offence, by any pretended civil or military :1u-i¤,&<=·¤¤¤U,&¤- thority in any State lately in rebellion until~ the civil government of such State shall have been restored, and shall have been recognized by the Congress of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all militia forces now organized Niiifia ¢`<>r¤ ¢¤ or in service in either of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South  mm Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, certain rebel be fol`£il\\’iiil disbanded, and that the further organization, arming, or E “‘*;’*d*° bg TS? culling into service of the said militia forces, or any part thereof; is ylflihirgigulgiféf hereby pmliibited under any circumstances whatever, until the same shall tion prohibited. be authorized by Congress. Sec. 7. And be it further emzcied, That the paymaster-general be Payinentof a1uthi>rized to pay under such regulations as the Secretary 0i' WVar shall *;‘:;’s‘3;‘;;-7 gg]; prescribe in addition to the amount received by them, for the travel[1]ing gm, @,,m~(,,.,,;,,, expenses of such California and Nevada volunteers as were discharged and Nevada V01- in New Mexico, Arizona, or Utah, and at points distant from the place or “"t°°"‘ places of enlistment, such proportionate sum according to the distance [l'#1.\'(!i[i](£d as have been paid to the troops of other States similarly Situated; und such amount as shall be necessary to pay the same is APP"°P"“ti°“· hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise uppmpriatcd. Ai>1>1zovu1>, March 2, 1867. CHAP. CLXXI.—-An Act making Appropriations for lhe Construction, Preservalion, a2ad R<¤pairs of certain Fortwcations and other YV0rks of De/ence for the fiscal Year ending June [}Ll.T!iéZ/l, ezyhleen hundred and sz`xty-e{ght. Be it enacted by {/1c Smale and House of Representatives of the United  Slulcs of Auzerfca in Congress assembled, That the fioiiowing Sums bG,f‘i\¥p‘;9{f1’Yi°fi‘°“° 3i1d they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the tl‘€£1S\1I‘y not £d(K;;m$·av,ig;1;s ~»iierwise appropriated, for the construction, preservation, and repair of of d¤f¢¤<=¤· certain fortiiiczxtions and other works of defence for the year ending the thiriieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight : -— AI PP'°i€"i“*i°¤ For Fort Sceunmel, Portland, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. QEL °" °°”m`