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 350 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch. 80, 81, 82. 1849. w whe extend- the hrs: section of this act extend to the legal representatives of said ed tolegul repre- volunteer tat' s. · _. _ $*11;: zvidence Sec. 3. And be at further eaacted, Thnt the sarne evndence as rs b° **1**** now required to establish the fact of ordinary servnce shall be Sum. ' cient to establish the fact of imprisonment, and to authorize and require said accounting <>cers to mnkethe puyrnent provided·by the first section of this act, upon application of said volunteer, hrs authorized agent, or legal representauve. Approved, March 2, 1849. Merch 2, 1849. CHA?. LXXX. -—J2n Act concerning the Pay Department of the Jrmy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the pay department United States of America in Cangress assembled, That the pay de- ¤f the muy r¢· partmem of the army shall consist of a Pnymaster—General, who shall °'%Q:§,‘;_ their have the rank of colonel, and the same pay and allowances as are ¤mk,pay,em¤1u- at present provided by law, and the same tenure of office as the heads m°°*°¤ ““‘1 *°“‘ of other disbursing departments of the army · two deputy Paymastersum °f °Ei°°S' General, with the same rank, pay, and allowances as are now provided by law for such officers, and the same tenure of office as officers of like grade in other drsbursing departments of the army- and twenty-five Paymasters, with the same rank, pay, and allowance; as ure now provided by law for such olllcers, and the same tenure of office as officers Disburslng om- of like grade in other disbursing departments of the army. That it cm °f *h° d°‘ shall be the duty of all disbursing officers of the pay department to partment to re- I. b d {. I dd. . I, _ l , f new their bonds renew nerr on s, or urmsr a mom: securlty, at east once m our evcry four years. years, or as much oftener as the President may direct. That the ug ofilcers of thepay department, provided for by the hrst section of this rnem. shall een- ac., shall consrst of the ·P:sym¤ster-Genera], the two deputy Paymusters- ¤¤$*· General now m commission, the fifteen Paymasters who were in service under the acts in force at the commencement of the war with Mexico, and ten Paymasters to be selected from the additional paymasters new in service, and the thirteen Paymasters authorized by the acts 1846, eh. 28. of the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and the 1847, e1».61. third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849. CHAP. LXXXI. -.011 Act to continue the Light afSand's Paint, an Lang Island. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Llghtzxt S¤¤d‘s United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of R°’“*éL·I·#°°“‘ the fourth section of the act of the third of March, eicrhteen hundred m;;?; eh_ s2_ end forty-seven, entitled "An Act authorizing she eredzion of certain lighthouses, and for other purposes," as requires the light at Sand’S Pomt, on Long Island, to be discontinued, be, and it is hereby, repealed. Avrnovxap, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849, CHAP. LXXXU. -:,311 ./9ct to amend an .9ct entitled “An Ae! for authenlicliing ;_;r;;zn_€ec0rds, approved February twmty-seemzd, eighteen hundred Md ·*' T ·7¢l7l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the F.. . . . P a”*;:::;’:;¢;*;§f United States of Almcrzca an Congress assembled, That the llrst SBU- ,,,,,,,,§ cm,, in tion of the act emntled "An Ae: for authenticating certain rec0rdS,” rem s amended approved February twenty-second, eichteen hundred and forty-nine, bc, “d °"P1“i“°d· and the same is hereby, amended sobas tolrend as follows: Sec. I. _Bc it enacted by the Senate and House af Representatives qf the United States ofAme-rica in Congress assembled, That it may and shall be lawful for the keepers or persons having the custody of