American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-08-31

file in their several departments for pub
lie inspection, list of all the proposals
offered including those rejected as well
as those awarded and before the accept
ance of any supplies, ordnance, ordnance
stores, or other military stores of any kind
whatsoever, purchased upon contract, as
herein before provided 1t shall be the
duty of the Quartermaster General or
Commssary General as the ease may be,
in connection with the Auditor General
and State Treasurer, to appoint from time
to time as required, one or more disenter-
ested and competent inspectors, familiar
with the value and qualityo of the supplies,
ordnance, ordnance stores, or other mill
tary stores, so contracted for, whose duty
it shall be to examine and accept or re-
jcct the same, and if accepted to give
a certificate thereof to the contractor or
vendor, and no bill rendered for any such
supplies, ordnance, ordnance stores, or
other military stores shall be paid untilso
certfcated and approved; the inspectors
so appointed shall each receive five dol
lars per day, for every day necessarily en-
ployed in the discharge of their duties,
and shall severally be sworn or affirmed
to discharge their duties with Fidelity:
P.oyided, That the Quartermaster Gener-
al and Commissary General shall respec-
lively hsve authority, if practical, to OBJ
tain the supplies, ordnance, and ordnance
stores, or other military stores, or any part
thereof mentioned in this section, from
the United States Government paying
them, if required, the cost prices thereof.
Provided, further, That the Commissary-
General shall have power to purchase di-
rect, when actually necessary, and when
there is not time to advertise for contracts,
all commissary stores actually needed
for the troops: Provided, also, That
no more than the actual cash price shall
be paid for any article purchased.
SEC. s. That the Governor of the Com
monwcalth is hereby authorized and en-
powered to organize military corps, to
be called the Pennsylvania State Guard,
to be composed of fifteen regiments, in
due proportion Of cavalry, infantry and
artillery, or such portion thereof as may
be deemed necessary. The said regiments
shall scverally be composed of companies
of like number, and to be armed and
equipped, clothed, disciplined, governed
and paid while in actual service, of SINH
lar troops in the service of the United
States, and shall be enlisted in the ser
vice Of the State for period not exceed
ing three years, unless sooner discharged,
and shall be liable to be called into the
service Of this State at such times as the
Governor of the Commonwealth may deem
their services necessary, for the purpose
of suppressing instructions, or repelling
invasions; and the Governor shallappoint
all the regimental officers, and the compa-
MES shall have the right to elect the COM
pany officers, and said Major General and
Brigadicr Generals, and all regimental
and company officers shall be citizens of
this Commonwealth ProUiaed, That
such portions of the said corps as shall
be called into actual service, shall be sup
piled and provided with ordnance stores,
as provided for in this act, but when not
called into actual service, such supplies,
ordnance stores shall be withheld until
required.
SEC 6. The Governor of the Common
wealth is hereby authorized to provide
the necessary hospital arrangements,
camps of instruction, arms and accoutre-
ments, garrison and camp equippage,
transportation, and all things necessary
for the arming and equipping ndputting
into service, subsistence when in service,
quartermaster's commissary and ordnance
stores of the said Pennsylvania State
Guard, and to make and adopt all need
full rules and regulations, to take and use
horses for cavalry and artillery service,
for which full compensation shall be made
within six months after the taking of the
same, and the person by whom the same
shall be taken shall exhibit to the owner
thereof his authority for such seizure,
and shall at the time give to the owner
certificate stating the number of hor-
ses taken, aud the time when and by
whom, and the service for (which the same
are required, and such supplies as in his
judgment may be necessary, and to seize
such railroads and other means of trans
portation as the exigencies Of the case may
demand
SEC. Z. The Governor of the Com
monwealth is also hereby authorized and
empowered to cause to be made an immc-