Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-08
WHOLE NO. 1888.

snail be mustered into the service of the United states, and shall continue during this term of | service; and in case such officer or volunteer shall dle, or be disabled during service the pay ment herein provided shall continue durino said term, unless the company to which he beionoed shall be sooner discharged.
 SEC. g. The selectmen of the several towns in this state shall on or before the first day of Au gust, A. D. 1884, and as often thereafter as oc- casion may require, return to the comptroller of public accounts statement in writing, contain ing the name of each non-commissioned officer musician, artifcer and private, (having family,l resident in such town, who shall be accepted, into the service of this state into the service of the United States, as part of the militia of this state, under and pursuant to any call of the president of the United States for volunteers or militia, which statement shall contain the name of the wife, the name of each child under lineage or fourteen years, the name of the company and regiment in which he may be serving, and the date and term of her enlistment; which state- ment shall be signed by majority of the select men, and verified by affidavit; and duplicate of such statement shall be lodged with the town l clerk; and said selectmen shall, from time to time, report to the comptroller any changes that may occur in the families of such soldiers, by death, by children becoming of the age of four teen years, or otherwise.
 SEC. A. The comptroller shall, on the first day of August, A. D. 1861, or as soon thereafter as may be, and at the end of each successive period of three months thereafter, draw his order on the treasury of this state, in favor of the trea- surer of each town, for such sum as may be due to the families of soldiers resident in such town under the provisions of this act; and the trea- surer shall pay the same to the order of the per- sons respectively entitled to the same proVided, that in all cases where any city, town, individ- ual association of individuals, shall have pri- | do Of st 4 ded support for the wife or child of any volun- teer entitled to such support under the provi- slons of this act, the town treasurer of the town where such wife or child resides shall, on the written statement, under oath, of the individual, or of the majority of the selectmen of such town, or the mayor of any city, the committee of any association of individuals, reimburse such town, city, individual or individuals, for the money so expended, to an amount not exceeding the sum received for such wife and child or chill dren.
 SEC. 5. Whenever individuals or communities have heretofore furnished uniforms and clothing to the volunteer militia who have been already | enlisted and accepted into the service of this | state, and said uniform and clothing have been accepted by tho quarter-master general the bills
 for the same shall be audited and paid in the
 manner provided in the fifth section of the act to
 which this is in addition prouided, that in no
 case the sum hereby authorized to be paid shall
 exceed the actual cost, nor the actual value, of
 said uniforms and clothing.
 ] SEC. 6. The commander-in- chief, at his dis
 cretion appoint for the militia of this stdte, in
 the service of the United States, surgeon for
 each brigade, and surgeon and ono or two as-
 sistant surgeons for each regiment, who shall be
 subject to the regulations prescribed for geons in the army of the United States, and en-
 titled to the same compensation and in case any | surgeon so appointed shall not be paid by the United States he shall be paid from the treasur- CT of this state, at such times, and in such man. ner as the commander-in-chief shall direct SEQ. z. The commander in-chief is hereby au- thorized to appoint medical board, consisting of not less than three physicians, whose duty it ! shall be to examine into the qualifications of all | applicants for the office of surgeon or assistant | surgeon; and no person shall be appointed to either of said offices, except upon the recommend ation of said medical board, or a majority of them.
 SEQ. S. The commander-in-chiefm may appoint one chaplain for each regiment now in the ser- vice of the United States, from this state, and may, at his discretion, appoint one additional chaplain who shall be subject to the regulations prescribed for chaplains in the army of the Un- lted States, and entitled to the same compensa- tion; and in case any chaplain so appointed shall not be paid by the United States, he shall be paid from the treasury of this state, in such manner and at such times as the commander-in- chief shall direct.
 SEC 9. In all cases where an adjutant has been appointed in any of the volunte teer regiments from this state in the service of the United States who is not lieutenant in any company in said reg iment, the commander-in-chief may issue commission to such adjutant, who shall be entitled to the compensation and allowance of adjutants; and in case any such adjutant shall not be paid by the United States he shall be paid from the treasury of this state, at such times, and in such manner, as the commander-in-chief may direct.
 SEQ. 10. The compensation of the payhiaster- general for all moneys paid out by him under the provisions of this act, the act to which this is in addition and all other acts which may here- after be passed in addition thereto or in altera- tion thereof, shall be 8 commission of one-half of one per cent. on the amount of money so paid by him as aforesaid provided, such commission shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum of seven hundred dollars in any one year.
 SEC. II, The adjutant- general shall receive for his compensation for the year ending March 3lst, A. D., 1862, and in lieu of all other com pensation, the sum of one thousand dollars, and shall be allowed the necessary expenses connect ed with the duties of his office The compensa- tion of the quartermaster-general for the same year, shall be thousand dollars, in lieu of all other compensation; and (he) shall also be al- lowed all necessary expenses relating to his of- fcial duties. The commissary- general shall TO- ceive for his compensation, at the rate of eighty five dollars per month, in lieu of all other com pensation for the time actually spent in the dis charge of his official duties; and shall also be allowed all necessary expenses relating to tho duties of his office.
 SEc 12. The forces which may have been, and which may hereafter be accepted for any time exceeding three months, and the first three regi- ments accepted by !the commander-in-chief for three months, shall be taken and considered as part of the force of ten thousand men, authoriz- ed by the act to which this is in addition, and the extra pay and other expenses herein author in said act
 SEC. Is. This act shall take effect on the day of its passage.
 Approved, June 27th, 1861.