Evansville daily journal., 1864-08-01
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Pas,sd at the first Session Of The Thirty
eightb Congress.

IPUBL1C-No. 49,
AHAcT to provide for the examihs'i'h VI 0s''@'-
n. = saead b. ts ssnats and Houss Of Rsprs-
,>atires of he United etatss @ America ta Congrss.
asseusbIed, That every quartsrmastsr Aao
-,1srterraaster and every coEmissary ana assis-
fdsnt eomrnissary Of subsistence, and every psy-
master and additional psymaster shah, As soon a.
practicable, be ordersd 70 appear for sxaminatioh
a. TO his qualifications bsfore board 70 Do com
posed OF three stan officers Of the corps 70 which
hs belongs Of recognized merit and fitness, Of
whom two at least shall be officers OF volunteers,
which board shall make careful examination A.
70 the qualldcAtions Of all officers who may ap:
pear before them IN pursuance Of this ast' and
shall also keep minutes and make inh and ifne
record Of ths examination In each case. Ana All
members Of such boards Of examination SHAH,
before procseding to hs discharge Of their duties
~ herein provided, swear or efnrm thss they VIII
conduct all examinations With imperttality' ana
With q sole view to the qualifications OF the per-
son persons 10 be examined, and that they VIII
not diTulgs the vote Of any member upon the er-
animation Of any officer who may appear before
Sec. O. and: be further enacted, That such
boards Of examination shall BE- convened under
the direction Of the Secretary OF War, By the
QuArtsrmaster General, the Commssary GensTal
Of Subsistence, and the Paymastsr General at con-
ysnient places and general rules Of examination
and standard Of qualifications shall be prescrib-
I'd by said officers, subject 10 the approval Of the
Secretary Of War, and shall be pubiishsd in gen
sral orders.
Sec. g. AHd be IL further enacted. That after such
days, n any officer sbo shaIl then be ordered be-
fors'a board Of examiners, under ths pr0yisiOns
Of thls act, shall fail for thirty days, afer recsis
ing such special order, to report himself as direct
a. all his pay aad allowances shall cease aud be
foreifed uatli he does appsar and report for exam
tpaffon aBd II he shai stiil thereafter fail bf
further period Of thirty days appear be shall
thsrsupon Be dropped from the rolls Of the army
Proptdsd, hot0ersr, That " such failure 20 appear
and report shall have besu occasioned by wounds,
OF sickness, other physical disability, thsn there
haIf Ia farfat af nj Aaa
after such disability has been removed but II In
sixty days after the disability IL removed the OH
Ger shall not report himself hs aha'I tbsn be
dropped from the rolls as IN oGher cases
Sec. 4. Azd be Il further enacted That II the
board Of examination shall report that any oiicsr
does not possss the requisite business quAlites-
lions they shall forward the record of the exam
inatioa Of such officer to the head Of he bureau
20 which be may belong, aud II the head OF such
bureau shall approvatlls finding and report Of the
board, he shall forward the came through thS Sec
retary Of War t0ssthe President Of the United
States ana n ths President shall confirm the same
the officer 30 falling 10 his examination shall, II
commissioned, be dismissed from the service with
one months pay and II not yet Commissioned his
appointment shall be revoked. AHd If the board
report that any officer falls to pass satisfactory
examination BY reason Of intemperaucs, gambling
OF other immortality, and II the head Of the bu.
Tcau shall approve the finding and report Of the
board, aud the same being communicated, - be-
fore provided, 10 the, President and confirmed by
HIN, then such officer shaii be dismissed frem the
service without pay, and shall not be psrmited to
To-enter the service officer: Provided, That
such dismissal shall not relieve bin from liability
under existing laws for any offence he may havs
Sec 8. And be Il further enacted. That the boards
OF fs1annHtion shall forward all their rscof ds Of
examination to the heads Of the bureaus TO which
tiey appeTtaiu, and such records shall be filed In
the propsr bureaus with suitable index aud any
ofioer Who may desire It shall be entitled 20 re-
eeivea copy Of the record IN his own case upon
paying the coat Of copying them.
Approved June 26th, 1854.