The national Republican., 1862-03-24
rPUBLIC-No. 43.1

EO99e0 AZ Inc iSCOnU S<SStDV " uto fNuy
sepenh Congress.
tPuBLIc-No. 431
AN ACT to provide for the appointment Of
suffers In the volunteer service, and to de.
fine their duties.
BE u enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep |
resentatives of ne United States Of America In |
Opngress assembled, That the inspector gene. |
officers, whose duty Il shall be 10 prepare,
imme diately after the passage Of this act, list
or scheduls Of the following articles which /
may be sold BY cutters 10 the officers and
soldiers Of the volunteer service, TO wit {: Ap. /
pies, dried apples, oranges, ags, lemons. butter,
cheese, milk, sirup, molssses, 'raisins, candles,
crackers, wallets, brooms, comtorters, boots, |
pocket looking glasses, pins, gloves, Leather, |
tin washbasins, shirt buttons, horn and brase
buttonr, newspapers, books, tobacco, cigars,
pipes, matches, blacking, blackiug brushes,
clothes brushes, tooth brushes, hair brushes,
coarse and fine combs, emery, crocus, pocke,
hsndkerchiefs, stationery, armor oil, sweet oil
rotton stone, razor strops, razors, ehaving soap,
soap, suspeuders, scissors, shocstripgs, needles,
thread, knives, pencils, and Bristol brick. Said
time, 70 such revision and change as, In the
Judgment Of the said hoard. the good OF the
eervice may require: Provided, al,oays. That
no Intoxicating liquors shall at any time be
contained therein, or the sale Of such liquors
be In any way authorized by said board. A
copy Of said list or schedule, and Of any sub
eequent change therein, together with copy
Of this act shall be, without delay, furnished
BY said board TO the commanding officer Of
each brigade and Of each regiment not attached
to any brigade in the volunteer service, and
alec 10 the adjutant general Of the army.
SEQ. 2. And be Il further e,,acted, That i'm.
eaid list or schedule and copy Of this act by the
commanding officer Of any such brigade, the
acting brigadier general. surgeon, qusrtermas
ter, and commseary Of said brigade shall con
stitute board OF officers whose duty II shall
be TO ax TO each article 10 said list or schedule
price for said brigade which shall be by them
forthwith reported TO the commanding officer
of the division, II any, TO which said brigade is
attached, for his approval, with or without
modification. and who shall, after such approval,
report the same TO the inspector generals, and
the same, II not disapproved by them, shall b-
the price not exceeding which said articles may
be sold TO the officers and soldiers 10 said
brigade. Whenever any brigade rhall not be
attached 10 Q division, said prices shall then be
reported directly to the inspector generals, and
II approved by them, shall be the price fixed
for such brigade, as aforesaid and whenever
any regiment shall be unattached toany brigade,
the acting colonel, lieutenant colonel, major,
and captains thereof shall constitute the boar d
Of officers by whom the price Of said articles
shall be fixed for said regiment in the same
manner as is herein provided for an unattached
brigade. The prices so fixed may be changed
by said boards respectively from time to time,
not oftener than once ln thirty days, but all
Ia Al. .k.n L. o~&n ;.,l
ner and for the same purpose as when originally ,
fixed.
Sec. 5. And be Il further enacted. That it shall
be the duty of the commanding officer Of each
brigade, Immediately upon receipt Of a copy Vi
said list or schedule and copy of this act, az
herein provided, to cause one sutler for each
regiment In bis brigade TO be selected by the
commissioned officers Of such regiment, which
selection shall be by him reported to the adju
tant general of the army; the person 80 selected
shall be sole sutler OF said regiment And th,
commanding officer Of each unattached regiment
shall, 10 like manner, cause selection Of sut
Ter TO be made for said regiment, who shall bs
cole sutler Of said regiment Any vacancy IL
the office Of sutler from any cause shall be llet
in the same way a. an original appointment.
Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That the sut
lers chosen In the manner provided In the pre-
ceding section shall be allowed lien ONLY
upon the pay Oi the officers non.commlssionet
officers, and privates Of the regiment for which
he has been chosen, or those stationed at th,
post TO which he has been appointed, and fol
no greater sum than one-sixth OF the monthly
pay Of each officer, nOu.commissioned officer
or private for articles sold during each month
and the amount Of one-sixth or less than one
sixth Of the pay of such officer, non-com
missioned officer or private, so sold TO bin
h. AkA a,,tlA ball ha nkor he no
rolls of such officer, noncommissioned OIL
Ger or private, aud deducted from bis pay, ant
paid over by the paymaster to the suler Of tb'
regiment or military post, as tho case may b..
Provided, That If any paymaster In the servic'
Of the United States shall allow or pay any
greater sum to any sutler than that hereby
authorized to be retained from the pay OF th,
officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians
aud privates, for articles sold by any sutler du
ring any one month, then the amount so allow
ed or paid by the psymaster shall be charge
against the said paymaster and deducted iron
his pay and returned to the officer, non com
missoned officer, musician, or private, agains
whom the amount was originally charged. And
any captain or lieutenant commanding a CON
psny who may certify any payroll bearing
= charge In favor oil the suller against any
officer, non commissioned officer, musician, OF
private, larger or greater than one sixth o
the monthly pay Of such officer, non commits
stoned officer musician, or private, shall bt
punished at the discretion Of courtmartial
Provided, ho,oever, That suffers shall be al
lowed TO cell only the articles designated ii
the list or schedule provided 10 this act and
none others, and at prices not exceeding those
affixed to said articles, as herein provided
And prouided further That the suffers shal
have no legal claim upon any officer, non
commissioned officer musician, or private, :,
an amount exceeding one sixth of bis pay fol
articles sold during any month. He shall keeI
said list or schedule, together with a copy Of
this act, fairly written or printed. posted ur
10 some conspicuous part Of the place wbeI.
he makes said sales, and where the same ca
be easily read by any person to whom h'
makes said sales.
Sec. 8. And be il further e,ucted, That 1t sbal
be the duty of the inspector generals to caus
the place Of sale and articles kept for that pur
pose, by said suffers, to be inspected from tim
10 time, once In fifteen days a. least by som
competent officer, specially detailed for tha
duty, and such changes in said place, or in th
quality and character of the articles mentione
In said list or schedule, 80 kept as shall be re
quired by said officer shall be coniorlnsd to b.
each sutler. And such officer shall report eac
inspection to The inspector generals.
Sec. 6. And be Il further endcted, That II
person shall be permitted 10 act as sutler vi