Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-09-02


ed and competent inspectors familiar with the val
ne and quality of the supplies, ordnance, ordnance
stores Or other military stores so contracted for,
whose duty it shall be 70 examine anil accept o.
REJECT tins same and if accepted to give certln-
ease thereof 70 the contractor or vendor and no
Dill rendered for such supplies, ordnance, ordnance
stores or other military stores shall be pad until
80. certihed and approved the inspectors 80 ap-
pointed shall each receive five dollars per day. Tor
every day necessarily employed in the disch arge
OF their dutles and shall seyerally be sworn or af-
firmed to discharge their duties with fidelity -
Frorided That the Quartcrmaster General and
Commissary General shall respectively have au-
thorty if practicable, to obtain the supplies, or0
lance 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: Pr0rioled fur
ther, That the Comnissary General shall have
power to purchase direct, when actually necessa-
ry, and when there is not time tc advertise for
contracts, all conmissary stores actually needed
for the troops Propided, also, That no more
than, the actual cash price shall be paid for any
article purchased
SEc. g. That the Governor of the Common
wealth is hereby authorized and empowered to
organize military corps, TO be called the Penn
sylsania State Guard, TO be composed of fifteen
regiments, in due proportion Of cavalry, infantry
and artlllery, or such portion thereof as may be
deemed necessary. The said regiments shall
] seEeTally be composed Of companies Of like num-
Der, and to be armed and equipped, clothed, dis
/ clplineG, governed and paid while In actual SER
vice., as similar troops in the service Of the Uni
ted States, and shall be enlisted in the service of
the State for period not exceeding three years,
unless sooner discharged and shall be liable to be
called ln6o the service OF this State at such times
as the Governor of the Commonwealth may deem
their SERVICES necessary for the purpose Of sup
pressing lnsaErectlOns, or repeling layasions and
the Governor shall appoint all the regnental Off
GERS and the companies shall cave the right to
elect the company officers, and said Major General
and Brlgadier Generals, and all regimental and
company officers shall be citizens Of this Commo7r
wealth Provided, That such portions of the
SAID corps as shall be called into actual service,
shall be supplied and provided with ordnance
stores, as provided ior in this act, but when not
called into actual service sucbsapplies, ordnance
and ordnance stores shall be withheld until re-
quired
SEc. 6, The Coy. of the CommoEwealth is
hereby authorized 10 provide the necessary hospi-
tai arrangements, camps of instruction, arms and
accoatrements, garrison and camp eauipage,
transportation, and all things necessary for the
armlng and equipping and putting into service,
subsistence when IN service, quartermaster S, com
mlssary and ordnance stores qf the said Pennsyl-
lvanla State Guard, and 10 mako and adopt all
Eneedtul rules and regulations, to take aud 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 horses taken, and the time
when and BY whom, and the service fcp which the
same are required, and such supplies as in his
Judgement may be necessary, and t. seize such
railroads and other means Of transportation as the
exlgencss OF the case may demand.
SEC 7. The Gov of the Commonwealth is al
so hereby authorized and empowered to canse to
be made an, immediate enrolment and classifca-
ton Of the Militia of the Commonwealth and il
shall be his duty to call and keep in service as
long as he Iqay deem necessary, from the body OF
the said militia OF from such portions Of the Com
monwealth as he may deem necessary, the said
pennsylvania State Guard, by volunteering OF
draft: FrOrided, That any persons who may be
deemed bg the board of examination able TO dc
military duty, may be received as yoluBteers in
the regiments provided to be raised by this act
without reference to age
SIC: 8. That if practicable, until the time fix.
ed By law for making the enrolment Of the niitia
of RE Commonwealth, the Governor is authori-
Zed AMI empowered 10 organize the military force
authorised By this act on the basis of the enroll
ent made in the several districts Of the State BY
/ the enrolhnr officers of the General Government
but if nprac ticable, the Governor is hereby di-
rected to cause an immediate ehrcllment Of the
militia Of the Commonwealth, to be made IS pro-
vided for In the act to which taiS is supplement
4 That when the assessors refuse or neglect to en-
/ terupon the performance Of the duties of enroll
ing the citizens OF their respective districts for
period Of FIVE days after being notified oe theil
duty, the Governor shall appoint competent per
son or pera9ns 10 make the enrolment
| 1t shall be the duty OF the Governor to appoint
one competent citizen in each county, who shall
/ be physician, who. in connection with the coun-
ty commissioners or eity commissioners, shall con-
stitute board, three Of whom the physician ke-
| ing one shall make quorum, with power to deter
| mine who are exempt from enrolment under this
act, and the act 60 which it is a supplement and
II shall be the duty Of the enrolling officer to give
notice by publication in a newspaper of the coun.
! ty, of the times at which such application shall
be heard, and to notify said board when they will
! be required to hear such applications.
That all other duties IN reference to the enroll
ment shall be performed as directed in the act to
which this is supplement, and that the physi
clan so appointed TO hear and decide on applica
tons for exemption shall receive for each and ey.
| cry day so employed the sum OF 1--WE dollars, and
| the county commissioners or city commissioner:
| the sum of three dollars per diem to be paid out
of the State Treasury
That the Governor shall have authority to make
and enforce all orders which may in his judgement
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
act, and to effect speedy enrolment and organi
cation of the militia of this Commonwealth
SEC 9. That tAe Qgartermaster General b.
and he is hereby authorized 10 sell any unsuitable
or unserviceable ordnance belonging to the State
Treasury, and apply it, if deemed necessary By
the CommaDder-ln Chief IL addition to the appro
priation above named, towards the purchase O
ordnance and ordnance stores
SEC TO- That where the brigade fund of the
county is not sufficient to pay the assessors, a:
provided by the third section of the act to which
this act is a supplement, the said assessors shall
be paid by the several cities and counties in which
such assessments is made