The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-01

That the same eau be done nj ain expcnce not ex.
ccesling two dollars per mile and the post master
general is hereby authorised procure proper In
struments for the purpose-froViaed, cha, the
expence do not exceed three hundred dollars, and
The expense both Ut the surveys and instruments be
paid out OF the monies which may be in his hands
ior postage.
II. CLAY,
Speaker offhe House Of Representatives
WN. ". CRAWFORD,
President Of The Senate, pro te,npOre
May IA, 1919.
.9pprored, JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT for the better regulation of the Ordnance.
~ enacted 6y the Senate and House Of Repre-
aS sehtatives the u. STATES of .i,neyicd tx Con-
6vess assembled, That there be and hereby is
tabi'shed an Ordnance Department, to consist OF a
'nissary general OF ordnance, assistant
missary general, four deputy commissares as
ny assistant deputy commssaries the President OF
the United States may thing necessary, not exceed
ing eight.
Sec. p Ind be it further enacted. That the com.
missary general DC authorised from time to time to
employ rs many wheewrights, carriage makers,
backsmiths and laborers tue public service may
his Judgment require.
Sec. s. find BE- it further enacted, That the COM
mssary general of ordnance shall be entitled the
same pay and emolument. Of a colonel of infantry,
and be further allowed at the rate of Ave hundred
dollars per year, and four rsons per day for clerks
IN ms department the assistant nssary
oil ordnance shall be entitled to the rank pay and
emolumenis OF a ma or OF infantry, with three add
tionai ratons per day; the deputy cominssaries Of
ordnance shall be entitled the rank, pay and
luments of captain of infantry with two additional
raions per day, and forage for one horse; the as
sstant deputies shall have the rank, pay and emou-
ments OF second lieutenant of infantry, with one
additional ration per dag.
Sec. 4. .4,:d be az further enacted, That master
wheeiviIsht and carIisge-maker, & master black
smith, be allowed thirty dollars each, per mouth
one ration and one half of ration per day that any
other ~heewrghts, carriage makers & blacksmiths,
be allowed each sixteen dollars per month, and one
ration and one half of ration per day that the la
horers each be allowed nine dollars per month and
one ration per day.
Sec. s. lind be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the commissary-g of ordnance
TO oirect the inspection and proving OF all pieces OF
ordnance, cannon balls shells and shot, procured for
the use of the army OF the United States and di
rect the construction of all carriages, and every ap-
paatus Tor ordnance, for garrison and field service,
anc All ammunition, Wagons, pontoons and travel
ing torges; Also the direction Of tile laboratories,
the inspection and proving the public powder, and
the preparing all kinds of ammunition for garrison
ana heid service and shall, half yearly, examine all
.o'unahce; carriages, ammunition and apparatus, in
the respective fortresses, magazines and arsenas
ana cause the came to be preserved and kept in good
order -.
Sec. s. .fnd be 10 further enacted, That the COM
issaTy general of ordnance shall execute all orders
issued by the Secretary for the Department Of War;
IN conveying all ordnance, ammunition and appara-
tus to the respective armies garrsons, magazines
and arsehas; and in time of war he shs. execute
all orders of any general officer, commanding in any
army or garrison, for the supply of ordnance, am
munition, carriages, pontoons, FORCES, furnaces or
apparatus, for garrison, field siege service, and
forward the same without delay and in good cond-
ton.
Sec, z. .qnd be it further enacted, That the com.
of ordnance shall half yearly trans
NIT to the Department of War a correct return of
all ordnance, ammunition military stores and Effects
III tne respective garrisons, arsenals, magazines
posts and camps, with statement of their order,
quality and condition; and also what may be neces-
sAry 10 keep up an ample supply of each and every
article IN the ordnance department, and shall, in all
things, faithfully and without delay the or
ders OF the Secretary for the Department of War
touching the same.
Sec g. ind be it further enacted, That the SUI
perintendants of military stores, keepers of maya
zines and arsenals, shall, half yearly make correct
returns to the commissary general of ordnance of all
military stores that they respectively have in charge
That the assistant commissary general Of ordnance
the deputy commssaies and assistant deputies shall
faithfully, and without delay, execute all orders that
shall be issued by the Secretary for the Department
OF war the commanding general, in time of war, OF
any corps, camp or garrison, or of the commssary-
general OF ordnance in their respective departments
by virtue of this act
Sec. 9. find be it further enacted, That the com.
of ordnance shall make correct re-
port Of the srt6cers and laborers from time to time
employed by him, and transmit the same to the ad.
jutant- general
Sec. TO- .4nd be it further enacted, That for de-
trayins the expence that may be incurred in the ex
ecutien OF this act, the OF twenty thousand dol
lars ne, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be
paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
SIGNED, as above.
May IL, 1872