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General any such contract or proposal. suc
neglect or refusal shall be deemed prima faci
evidence Of fraud and the pay Of such qual
J termaster shall be stopped until he shall hav
made satisfactory explanation to the Secre
tary of War Of such neglect or refusal. ''
Sec. o And be IL further enacted. That, al
inspectors of horses, mules clothing, fuel
forage, lumber, hired transports and othe
supplies of the Quartermaster's Department
shall be sworn Tor affirmed) To perform thei
duties in a faithful and impartial manner, an
shall, Tor any cOruaption. wiiful sncglect, q
fraud In The performance of their duties,
liable to punishment by fine and imprison
inent, by sentence of court-martial or militia
ry commission. And if any contractor or per
son furnishing such supplies or transportation
shall give. or offer to give, to any inspector 0
such supplies or transportation, or to any 9th
er person for his use, directly or indirectly
any money or other valuable consideration
such person giving or Offering to give, sucl
money or other valuable consideration, shall
forfeit to the United States The full amount o
his contract or contracts with the Unitet
States, and the name and offense of such per
son shall be published in general orders, anC
also in one newspaper of general circulation
nearest to his place of residence.
Sec. :. And be 1t further enacted, That tht
provisions of the sixteenth section of the &C,
entitled IAN act to define the pay and emol
uments of certain officers of the Army and fol-
other purposes approved July seventeen
eighteen hundred aud sixty.two, shall apply
to all persons engaged in executing the con
tracts therein referred to, whether as agents
OF such contractors or as claiming to be as
signees thereof, or otherwise and to all in.
spectors employed by the United States for the
inspection of subsistence, clothing, arms, am.
munition, munitions of war, or other descrip.
tion of supplies for the army or Navy of the
! United States Prorided, That any person ar
rested to answer charges for a violation of the
provisions of this act or of the act to which il
is in addition, shall be admitted to bail for hi:
appearance to answer the charges made against
him before any court tmartial constituted to
| try him, in such sums and with such sureties
as shall be designated and approved by the
judge of the district court of the district in
which the arrest is made, or the offense is
charged to have been committed or any CON-
missioner appointed by such court. ..
Sec. 8. Ind be Il further enacted. That If
any contractor or person furnishing supplies
! or transportation shall give, or offer to give,
or cause to be given, to any officer or employe
of the Quartermaster's Department having
charge of the receipt or disposition of the
supplies or transportation furnished by him,
or in any way connected Herewith, any mon
ey or other valuable consideration, directly or
indirectly, all contracts and charters with such
person shall, at the option of the Secretary of
War, be null and void and if any officer or
employe of the Quartermaster's Department
shall knowingly accept any such money or
other valuable consideration from such person,
he shall be deemed guilty of nalfeasance, and
shall be punished by fine and Imprisonment.
or both, as court martial or military COM
mission may direct.
lDH r., a - hat
whenever it shall become necessary to pur-
chase any steam or sailing vessel for the use
of the Quartermaster Department, the same
shall be first inspected by one or more compe-
tent naval officers detailed in accordance with
the provisions of the 90 act authorizing the de-
tail of naval officers for the service of the
War Department" approved February twelve,
eighteen hundred and siXty-two, and all steam
vessels shall be inspected by an officer skilled
in the construction and operation of steam
machinery, in addition to the other usual in
spection of such vessels: Proaided, That the
provisions of this section shall not apply to
steamboats, or other vessels in military service
on the western rivers; but such river steam
boats or vessels shall be SO inspected by compe-
tent builders, to be designated for that pur-
pose .-3f ..f a. +. .. 49,. ....
Sec. 10. 4ad be IL further enacted, That the
officers placed in charge of the several divi-
sions provided for by the first section of this
act, shall, during the time they remain in
such charge, each have the rank, pay, and
emoluments Of a colonel in the Quartermas-
ter's Department Proeided, That the Quar-
termaster General may, with the approval Of
the Secretary of War; from time to time, and
according to the necessities Of the public serv-
ice, change the distribution of duties among
them and all such changes shall be forth
with published in general orders OF the War
Department.. ... .
Sec. IL. .4nd Be IL further enacted, That
during the continuance Of the present rebel
lion, the Secretary of War may assign to du-
ty, as Inspectors of the Qusrtermasters De-
partment, six officers, to be selected from the
regular and volunteer officers of that staff
corps, who have served not less than one year,
who shall have, while SO assigned and acting
the temporary rank, pay, and emoluments of
colonels Of the Quartermasters Department;
and also, when in his judgment it is necessary,
may assign to each army in the field. consist
ing of more than one Army corps, and to each
military department and to each principal de-
pot, not exceeding ten in number at any one
time, Of the Quartermaster Department, an
officer to act as chief or senior quartermaster
OF said army, military department, or depot,
who shall have while SO assigned the tempo
rary rank, pay, and emoluments of colonel
of the Quartermasters Department and also
to assign to each division Of two or more brig
AIDES, a quartermaster, as division quartermas-
ter, who, while SO assigned and acting, shall
have the temporary rank, pay, and emolu-
ments of major of the Quartermaster's De-
partment: Propided, That when any of said
officers is relieved from such duty, his tempo
rary rank, pay, and emoluments shall cease,
and he shall return to has lineral rank in the
department 4nd. prorided, further, That
when within the limits of any military de-
partment there shall not more than one Ar
my corps, then the chief quartermaster OF the
Army corps shall perform also the duties OF
the department quartermaster.
Sec. IL. Ind be IL further enacted, That at
least two thirds of all the officers of each
grade or assigned rank provided for under the
provisions of this act shall be selected from
among quartermasters OF the volunteer service.
Sec. l3. Ind be IL further enacted, That
ali acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the
provisions OF this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed. t...
Approved, July 4, 1864.