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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 187, 188. 1898. 363 brigade shall consist of one assistant adjntant- general, one assistant quartermaster, and one cominissary of subsistence, each with the rank of captain, one surgeon, and the aids-de-camp authorized by law. The A rrointment or staif onicers herein authorized for the corps, division, and brigade com °°°E °m°°"‘ manders may be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as officer of the Volunteer Army, or may be assigned by him, in his discretion, trom officers of the Regular Army or the Volunteer Army, or of the militia in the service of the United ,,0,, P ,,1 States: Provided, That when relieved from such staif service said   _ ` appointments or assignments shall terminate. x .,,,'}`,§’,',',§‘,;},‘{*‘°“ °‘ '¥" Sno 11. That the Presidentis hereby authorized to appoint in the 41>1>¤i¤t¤·e¤=,¤f Volunteer Army, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, m°}]3;ns°?¢ $$52:; not exceeding one maj0r·general for each organized army corps and 2***5*- division, and one brigadier-general for each brigade, and any officer so selected and appointed from the Regular Army shall be entitled to retain his rank therein: Provided, That each general officer of the Vol- Pwnc. . unteer Army shall be entitled to the number of aids~de-camp author- ‘*“°"°°"“"‘ ized for an onicer of like grade in the Regular Army. Sec. 12. That all officers and enlisted men of the Volunteer Army, smut of umm. and of the militia of the States when in the service of the United °°°"v°"""°°" "‘“" States, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as that of officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Regular Army. Sec. 13. That the governor of any State or Territory may, with the °,,{g’,§‘f,}“,Q‘°f;,f,f;Q‘;’,f consent of the President, appoint officers of the Regular Army in the vtnmtm Amy. grades of iield officers in organizations of the Volunteer Army, and P"" *" *2* ‘ officers thus appointed shall be entitled to retain their rank in the Regular Army: Provided, That not more than one onicer of the Regu- £r·>·;<•¤· lar Army shall hold a commission in any one regiment of the Volunteer '"' °‘ Army at the same time. Sec. 14. That the general commanding a separate department or a d Qimtgjgegeyjg _*·; detached army is authorized to appoint from time to time military boards .,§;€$'§. ° ° * ° of not less than three nor more than five Volunteer officers of the Volunteer Army to examine into the capacity, qualifications, conduct, and eliiciency of any commissioned omcer of said army within his command: Provided, That each member of the board shall be superior in rank to ,*;;”,j*,m,;mbm 0,. the onicer whose qualifications are to be inquired into: And provided mu. further, That if the report of such a board is adverse to the continu· *""°“‘° '°’°"· ance of any officer, and the report be approved by the President, such onicer shall be discharged from service in the Volunteer Army, at the discretion of the President, with one month’s pay and allowances. Sec. 15. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro- ¤·1>•·1· visions hereof be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, April 22, 1898. CHAP. 188.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "A.n Act giving the consent of the Apn'1 25, 1896. United States to the erection of a bridge across Portage Lake, Houghton County, "’-"“""_"" Michigan, between the villages of Houghton and Hancock," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Gongreas assembled, That the Act entitled “An Act Brad? ¤§;9¤:.Y¤¤· giving the consent of the United States to the erection of a bridge across °“° " °’ I" wl"` Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, between the villages of Houghton and Hancock," approved March third, eighteen hundred and "°*· 2°·P-*3** ninety-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding a new section, to stand as section seven, as follows: _ _ “SEc. 7. That all railroad companies desiring to use that portion of m*§§Qf‘“ °' "'“'°"““ said bridge constructed for railroad purposes shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passing over the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof and of the approaches thereto, for a reasonable compensation, to be paid to the owner or owners thereof;