Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-04-24
OFFICIAL.
GA
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed mt the second session OF the thirty.
seventh Congress.


AN ACT to provide for the appoin,
mcnt of suffers in the volunteer scr
vice, and to define their duties.
BE IL enoctcd By The Senate and Hons
Of Representatives. of the United States o
1n'er'ca IN Congress assembled, That th
inspector generals of the army shal
constitute a board of officers, who's,
duty it shall he to prepare, immedi
ately after the passage of this act, +;
list or schedule of the following arti
cles which may be sold by suffers tt
the officers and soldiers of the volun-
tccr service, to wit: Apples, dried ap.
pies, oranges, figs, lemons, butter
cheese, milk, syrup, molasses, raisins
candles, crackers, wallets, brooms,
comfor,ers, boots, pocket looking -glas.
ses, pins, gloves, leather, tin washba,
sins, shirt buttons, horn and brass
buttons, newspapers, books, tobacco.
cigars, pipes, matches, blacking, black.
ing brushes, clothes brushes, tooth
brushes, hair brushes, coarse aud fine
combs. emery, crocus, pocket hand.
kercticfs, stationery, armor oil, sweet
on, rotten stone, razor-strops, razors,
shaving soap. soap, suspenders, scis-
sots, shoe-strings, needles, thread,
knives, pencils. and Bristol brick.
Said list or schedule shall be subject,
from time to time, to such revision
and change as, in the judgement of
the said board, the good of the service
may require Proridcd, always, That
no Intoxicating liquors shall at any
time be contained therein, or the sale
OF such liquors be in any way author
lied by said board. A copy of said
list or schedule, and of any subse-
quent changes therein, together with
a 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 also to the adjutant general of the
army.
Sec. 2. And Be Il further enacted, That
Immediately upon the receipt from
said board of said list or schedule
and copy Of this act 10y the command
ing officer of any such brigade, the
acting brigadier general, surgeon,
quartermaster, and commisary of said
brigade shall constitute board of of.
fcers whose duty it shall be to alfix to
each article in said list or schedule a
price for said brigade, which shall be
by them forthwith reported to the CON-
manding officer Of tho division, if any
to which said brigade is attached, for
his approval, with or without modifi-
cation, and who shall, after such ap.
proval, report the same to the inspect
or general, and the same, if not dis
approved by them, shall be the price
not exceeding which said articles may
be sold to the officers and soldiers in
said brigade. Whenever any brigade
shall not be attached to a division,
said prices shall then be reported d.
rcctly to the Inspector generals, and
if approved by them shall be the price
fixed for such brigade'as aforesaid; and
whenever any regiment shall be unat-
tached to any brigade the acting col
onei, lieutenant colonel, major, and
captains thereof shall constitute the
board of officers by whom the price of
said articles shall be fixed for said
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 oftencr than
once in thirty days, but all changes
therein shall be reported in like man
ner and for the same purpose as when
originally fixed.
Sec. 3. And be II further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the command
ing officer Of each brigade, immedi-
ately upon receipt of q copy of
said list or schedule and copy of
this act, as hcreinprovided, to
cause one sutler for each regiment
in his brigade to be selected by
the commissioned officers of such
regiment, which selection shall be by
him reported to the adjutant general
Of the army; the person so selected
shall be sole sutler of said regiment.
Aud the commanding officer Of each
unattached regiment shall, in like
manner, cause a selection of a sutler
to be made for said regiment,
who shall be sole sutler Of said regi.
ment. Any vacancy in the office of
sutlcr from any cause shall be filled
in the same way as an original ap-
pointment.
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
the suffers chosen in the manner pro-
vided in the preceding section shall
be allowed lien only upon the pay
Of the officers, nOncommissioned Off
GERS, and privates Of the regiment for
which he has been chosen, or those
stationed at the post to which he has
been appointed, and for no greater
sum than one-sixth Of the monthly pay
Of each officer. non-commissioncd off.
Ger, or private for articles sold during
each month and the amount of one.
sixth or less than one-sixth Of the pa
| on such officer, non-commissioned Off
"a, or private, so sold to him by the
sutier hall be charged on tho pay.
rolls Of sucn officer, non-commissioned
officer or private, md deducted from
his pay, and paid over by the pay.
master to the sutler of the regiLaen'
or military post, as the case may be I:
.ProrMed, That If any paymaster in
the service 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 the Off.
GERS, non-commissioned officers, musi
clans, and privates, for articles sold
by any sutler during any one month
then the amount SO allowed or paid by
/ the paymaster shall be charged
! against the said paymaster and de
Quoted from his pay and returned t
the officer, non-commissioned officer
musician, or private, against whom