, 1864-10-17

SuIOuS VI lhe PcISOu Ut P0iSOhS W w "a
afined, and that they &ill not ditulge the
vote of any member upon the examination
Of any officer who may appear before
them.
Sec. 2. Aad Be IL further enacted, That
such boards of examination shall be con;
eefed Under the direction Of the Secretary
of War; by the Quartermaster General;
the Coinmissafy General Of Subsistehee;
and the Paymaster General at cohvehient
places; and general rules Of examination
and standard of qualifications shall be
prescribed by said officers, subject to the
approval OF the Secretary Of War, and
shall be published in general orders.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
after such general orders shall have been
published for sixty days, if any Officer who
shall then be ordered before o board Of
examiners, tinder the provisions Of this act,
shall fail for thirty days, after receiving
special order, to report himself as directed;
all his pay and allowances shall cease and
be forfeited until he does dppcar and report
for examination; and If he shall still. there
after fail for further period of thirty days
so to appear, he shall thereupon be dropped
from the rolls Of the army: Provided, kow-
ever, That il such failure to appear and re.
ports hall have been occasioned by woundsor
sickness, or other physical disability, then
there shall be no forfeiture Of pay until
thirty days after such disability has been
removed; but If n sixty days after the
disability is removed the officer shall not
report himself, he shall then be dropped
from the 70 is as in other cases.
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
if the board Of examination shall report
that any officer docs not possess the requi.
site business qualifications, they shall for.
ward the record Of the examination Of such
officer to the head Of the bureau to which
he may belong, and If tho head o. such
bureau shall approve the finding and re.
port Of the board, he shall forward the same
through the Secretary Of War to the Pres.
ident Of the United States, and If the Pres
ident shall confirm the same, the officer 50
failing in his examination shall, if commis.
stoned, be dismissed from the service with
one months pay, and IL not Jet corrinIisI
stoned, his appointment shall be revoked.
And it the board shall report that aty off.
Ger fails to pass satisfactory examination
by reason Of intemperanee, gambling, or
other immortality, and IL the head Of the
bureau shall approve the finding and report
Of the board, and the same being communi.
Gated, as before provided, to the President
and confirmed by him, then such officer
shall be dismissed from the service without
pay, and shall not be permitted to fe-enter
the service Us on officer: Provided, That
such dismissal shall not relieve him from
liability under existing laws for any offence
he may have committed.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted, That
the boards Of examination shall forward all
their records Of examination TO the heads
Of the bureaus to which they appertain,
and such records shall be filed in the pro-
per bureaus with q suitable index; and
any officer who may desire il shall be en-
titled to receive copy Of the record In his
own case upon paying the cost Of copying
the same.
Approved, June IS, 1854.
AN AcT to amend an act entitled "An act
10 aid in the construction Of railroad
and telegraph line from the Missouri
river to The Pacific ocean, and to secure
to the Government the use Of the same
for postal, military, and other purposes"
approved July first, eighteen hundred
and sixty two.
Be IL enacted by Ms Senate and Hoasf Of
Representatives. Of Me United States Of
AmericG in Congress assembled, That the
capital stock OF the company entitled "
Union Pacific Railroad Company, author.
lied by the act Of which this Is amendatory,
shall be in shares Of one hundred dollars,
instead Of one thousand dollars, each; that
the number Of share; shall be one million,
instead Of one hundred thousand; and that
the number OF shares which any person
shall hold to entitle him to serve as di.
rector in said company Except the five d..
rectors to he appointed BY Government)
shpll be fifty shares, instead Of five shares;
and that every subscriber TO said capital
stock for each share Of one thousand dol.
lars, heretofore subscribed, shall be entitled
to o certificate for ten shares Of one hun.
dred dollars each; and that the following
words in section first Of said oct: switch
shall be subscribed for and held in not
more than two hundred shares by any one
person." be and the same are hereby res
pealed.
Sec. 2. And Js IL further ta0eted, That
the Union Pacific Railroad Company shall
cause books to be kept open to receive
to the capital stock Of said
(until the entire capital Of one
hundred millions Of dollars shall be subs
scribed,) at the general office Of said com.
pany in the city Of New York, and In each
Of the cities Of Boston, Philadelphia, Bal.
timore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis,
at such places as may be designated By
the President Of the United States, and N
such other localities as may be directed bf
him. No subscription for said stock shall
be deemed valid unless the subscriber there.
for shall, at tho time Of subscribing, pay
o. remit to the treasurer of the company
an amount per share subscribed BY him
equal 10 the amount per share pteti0tsit
paid by the then existing stockholders.
The said company shall make assessments
upon its stockholders Of not less than Eve
dollars per share, and at intervals Of not
exceeding six months from and after tho
passage Of this oct, until the par valuo Of
all shares subscribed shall be fully paid;