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SEC. 2 Assd be it further enacted. That Che
benefits provided by the first section or this
act extend to the legal representatives Of said
volunteer.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That the
same evidence as is now required to establish
the fact of ordinary service, shall be sufficient
to establish the fact of imprisonment, and to
authorize and require said accounting officers
to make the payment provided by the first
section of this act, upon application of said
volunteer, his authorized agent, or legal repre-
sentative.
Approved March Q, ls49.
[PUBLIc-No. Gillian Act concerning the
pay department of the army.
Be ii enacted BY the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Ame.
RIGA IN Congress assembled, That The pay
department of the army shall consist of Pay
master General, who shall have the rank OF
colonel. and the same pay and allowances az
are 1T present provided by law. and the same
tenure OF Office as the heads Of other disbur.
sing departments OF the army two deputy
Paynasters General, with the same rank, pay,
and allowances as ara now provided by law
for such officers, aid the same tenure of Office
as officers of like grade in other discussing
departments of the army and twenty-fte pay
masters, with the same rank, pay, and allow
ances as are now provided by law for such
officers, and the same tenure of Office as Off
GERS of like grade in other discussing depart
ments of the army. That ii shall be the duty of
all disbursing officers OF the pay department TO
renew their bonds, or furnish additional securi-
ty, at least once in four years. or as much of
tener as the President may direct. That the
81 1ho rfp nj for
by the first section of this act shall consist of
the Paymaster General, the two deputy PSy-
masters General now in commission, the fff-
teen payma.ters who were in service under
the acts in force al the commencement of the
war with Mexico, and ten paymasters to be
selected from the additional paymasters now
in service, and the thirteen paymasters author
lied by the acts OF seventeenth of June, eigh-
teen hundred and fortysix, and the third of
March, eighteen hundred and forty seven.
Approved March 2, 1S49.
| CPUBLIc-No. %. IAN Act to continue the
light at Sands Point, on Long Island.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Aaaeri-
ca in Congress assembled, That so much of
the fourth section of the act of the third of
March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, en-
titled " An act authorizing the erection of GER
tain lighthouses, and for other purposes" as
requires the light at Sands Point, on Long ls-
land, TO be discontinued, be, and it is hereby,
repealed
Approved March ., ls49.
[PUBLIc-No. % IAN Act 10 amend an act
| entitled An act for authenticating certain
records" approved February twenty-second
eighteen hundred and forty-nine
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri-
ca tn Congress assembled, That the first Sec
ton of the act entitled {" An act for aathenti-
eating certain records" approved February
twenty second. eighteen hundred and forty
nine. be and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows: Section /. Be 1t enacted
by the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of america IN Congress
assembled, That it may and shall be lawful
for the keepers or persoLs having the custody
of laws, judgements, orders, DEGREES, journals.
correspondence, or other public documents of
any foreign government or its agents, relating
to the title TO lands claimed by or under the
! United States, on the application of the head
OF one of the departments, the Solicitor of the
Treasury, or the Commissioner of the Gener-
al Land Office, to authenticate the same under
his hand and seal, and certify the same to be
correct and true copies of such laws, judg-
ments, orders, DEGREES, journals, correspon-
dence, or other public documents; and when
the same shall be certified by an American
minister or consul under his hand and seal of
Office, or by a judge of one of the United
States courts under his hand and seal, to be
true copies of the originals, the same shall be
sealed up by him and returned TO the Solicitor
of the Treasury, who shall file the same in
his Office, and cause it 10 be recorded in book
to be kept for that purpose. A copy of said
laws. Judgements, orders, DEGREES, journals,
correspondence, or other public documents,
so filed, or of the same 80 recorded in said book
may be read in evidence in all courts where
the title to land claimed by or under the Uni
ted States may come into question, equally
with the originals thereof.
APPROVED March Q 1G40