The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-21

allowed or paid by the paymastcr shall
be charged against the said pAymasler
and deducted from his pay aud returned
to the officer, non commissioned officer.
musician, or private, against whom the
amount was originally charged FAnd
any captain or lieutenant commanding a
company who may certify any pay roll
bearing charge in favor of tho sutler
against any officer, ,non-commissioned Of,
fcer musician or private, larger OF great +
than one-sixth Of the monthly pay of
such officer, non commissioned officer,
musician, or private, shall be punished at
the discretion of q court. martial: Pro.
Uided however, That suffers shall be
allowed TO sell only the articles desig
mated in the list er schedule provided
in this act, and none others, and at
prices not exceeding those affixed to said
artices as herein provided: Apd provided
fUtbe7, That the suffers shall have no
legal claim upon any officer, non COM
mlssioned officer musician, or private, TO
an amount exceeding one sixth of his
pay for articles sold during any month.
lie shall keep said list or schedule, to-
gether with n copy of this act, fairly
written or printed posted up in some con-
spicuous part of the place where he makes
said sales, and where the same can be
easily read by any person to whom he
makes said sales
See. 8. Aad Be Il further enGrted, Thatit
shall be the duty of the inspector gem
erals to cause the place of sale and ar
ticles kept for that purpose, by said
suffers to be inspected from time to time,
once in fifteen days al least, by some
competent officer, specially detailed for
that duty, and such changes in said
place, or in the quality and character Of
the articles mentioned in said list or
schedule 30 kept, as shall be required by
said officer shall be cOnformed 10 by
each sutler. And such officer shall re
port each inspection TO the inspector
generals.
Sec g. Ind he It further enacted That
no person shall be permitted to act as
sutler unless appointed according TO the
provisions of this act nor shall any per-
son be sutler for more than one regiment; !;
nor shall any sutlcr farm out or underlet
the business of sutling or the privileges
granted to him by his appointment; nor
shall any officer of the army receive from
any sutler any money or other presents
nor be interested in any way in the stock,
trade, or business of any sutler; and any
officer receiving such presents, or being
thus interested, directly or indirectly
shall be punished at the discretion of o
court martial. No sutler shall sell TO IN
enlisted man on credit a sum exceeding
one fourth of his monthly pay within
the same month nor shall the regimental
quartermasters allow the use of army
wagons for suffers purposes nor shall
the quartermasters' conveyances be used
for the transportation of suffers sup
plies.
SEC. Z. And be II ftytler enacted, That
any sutler who shall violate any of the
provisions of this act shall, by the col
onel, with the consent Of the council OF
administration, be dismissed from the
service, and be ineligible to a reappQint-
ment as sutler in the service of the
United States.
Approved March 10, 1862.
By order Of the Secretary of War,
l.. THOMAS,
Adimant General