The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-09-07
IOFFICIAL.l }
LAWS OF THE United STATES.
Passed a I che First session ofthe Thirty v
Eighth Congress
IPUBuc-No 1851

rPUBuC-NO Il.
An ACT % provide for the examination ei Ger tain
cih-eTs 81 tle army
Be -aaoted bythe Senateand Hoase cf IpresentatsUs
81 the nied Siates cf AEasTicG an Congress asstted
That every Q quarter master AMI assistant quarter
master and every cummissafy and a. slstai4t com
missarv Of subsistence and every pay nias lei a4 49,
duional paymaster SHALL as sooa az Practicable, Dr.
ordered h. APPEAR Tor examination as % his qualii
tons before a board be posed of three "a II
officers The corps T. which be- belongs Of recosuiz
cd merit and dtnes7, Of whom two % l-ast sl-.. be
officers oi volunteers, which board shall make care
iui examination ss u the qialia atloI7 u oH4eefs
VINO may app ar before them IN pursuance oi tAl7
act and shall a.s0 keep minutes AID MAKE fun AMI
tue record Of tie examination IN each case Anl az
members of such boarcs Of examination shall before
proceeding to the discharge Of their duties a. herein
provided swear affirm that they vii conduct a.
examinations with imparti4llty, and sol' Vi"
10 tie qualifications Of the person or persons 10 be
examined and that they viii not dvuige the vote Of
any member upon the examination oi any Ouleer
who may appear before them
Sc And be Il further eaacted, That such boards ~
on shall be convened under the direction of
the secretary Of War, by the Quartermaster General
the Csmmisslry General Of Subsistence ami the Pay
mister tcu,r al cOny rnient places ani general rules
uf examination and 4 standard OF qualifications shall
be gre-cr bed by said officers subject O. the a1qrOy
II Lhe .cletary Of War, and shall be- pubIlshei IA
general orders.
sec g. And b. Il further cnacted. That after such
rsDa~,l orders shall have bean puuiI-hcd Tor sixty
davs n any officer who shall then b. ordered before
a board Of examincis <, under the Provisions ul tuia
art shall fin for thirty days alter receiving slrh
special order, 90 report himself A. directed all ms
t4y and allowances shall and be forfeited until
b.. does APPEAR and report for Examination, and he
shall still thereafter i4l fr airtirr period % ulrty
da7s - % appear lr shall tl-reupua br n piel
from tle rolls u the army Prorif ~ h0tosrcr That
f such failure O. appear ami report shai have been
occ4sonod by wounds sickness Or other pAs -ica
disability. then there shall Doe no forfeiture oi pay
unti tu.rty DAYS after such disability Las br re-
move. but sixty aay after the disability i- re-
muvei the olicer shai not ropnrt himself he sl4l
t.es. bee dropped from the rolls Ia other cas-
sec. 1 Ani bs Il further cRdcted, That II The boa
OF examination shall report that a-y ohc.r Hocs MT
pos tle req sitr business qIalihc atoms they sha
forward tl- record Of tie examination 40 such officer
% tha aca. OF the bureau 70 which he may belong
ana lf the head of such bureau shall approve t.i-
lIfg and reporf of the board h. shall forward the
same through the Secretary of War % the President
uf the INT Stlt-s. aud II the President Shall CON
firm thr Sam, officer failing IN biz examination
shall Of comnssinnrd, DE dismissed from The sery ice
with one month IS pay ami If yet commissioned
L.s .puOlntmeut shall bee revoke . Anu Il the board
shall report tiat any Officer fails O. pass tory
examine ttou by reason ~ lntemporanrc Eamb ing or
other immortality and l the head of tho bureau shtll
approve the finding ana report of the board and TIE
sam. brng communicated IS before provided. & the
shall Doe dismissed from the service without pay and
shall not b. b, ,Tnttr % reent.r the service au
officer Protqfcd. That such dismissal shall not re-
lievr hiu from itbity unocr existing laws iqr any
/ off.ncc hc may have committed
See g. And be Z further eEGcied, That the boards
of examination shall forward all their records of eX
animation 10 The heads Of The bureaus 10 which thet
aplertan sud such records shall be hle IL The p op-
II bureaus with suitable index and any oicer who
may desire 10 shall b. entitled u receive copy o.
the record in his own case upon payng tine cost of
! copying tie same
/ Approve june 25, lst4-