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army of the United States, there shall be a physician and surgeon general, with an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, and an apothecary general, with an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; whose respective duties and powers shall be prescribed by the President of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That the forage, wagon, and barrack masters shall be appointed as heretofore: but each quartermaster general, attached to any separate army, command, or district, shall be authorized, with the approbation and under the direction of the Secretary of the War department, to appoint as many such officers and to employ as many artificers, mechanics, and labourers, as the public service may require.

. And be it further enacted, That the assistant deputy quartermasters general may be appointed, and officers taken from the line and transferred to the staff, may be thus transferred by the President of the United States alone. But all other new appointments authorized by this act shall be made by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, that during the recess of the Senate such appointments may be made by the President alone, in which case the same shall be laid before the Senate at their next session for their advice and consent.

. And be it further enacted, That every act, and every part of any act of Congress now in force, within the purview and meaning of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

. And be it further enacted, That all letters and packets to and from the adjutant and inspector general, adjutants general, inspectors general, quartermasters general, commissary general of ordnance, physician and surgeon general, and apothecary general, which relate to their official duties, shall be free from postage.

. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint any of the officers authorized by an act, entitled “,” passed the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, during the recess of the Senate, and to be submitted to the Senate at their next session for their advice and consent; and that no officer appointed, or who may be appointed, by virtue of the aforesaid act, shall be entitled to receive any pay or emolument until he shall be called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall be continued therein.

, March 3, 1813.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of Congress, passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, entitled “,” be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for one year, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.

, March 3, 1813.