Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-04

GoSNili ahN vi hilt etCTtL stINlNt luuds
heretofore appropriated, for defraying
the necessary expenditures for carrying
such plan or service into effect,
Sec, 4, The chief Of bureau shall hare dS-
eyetloHwy poorer, Wgectfo the approval Of the
president iGhcH the SerYie is unusually import
ant, to employ secret aqests for Serrice either
~ the Confederate Stats, Or rithH the enc
ny's lines, or ~ any toragA country and for
this purpose Is empowered to make use
of the fund hereinafter appropriated,
and, If necessary, TO draw upon the Sc
Cret service fund already appropriated,
to defray the expenses of such service
and he is also authorized to organize
such a system for Interpolation of the
new means Of warfare approved, and of
secret service agenccl as may tend best
to secure the objects of the establish
ment of the bureau h:rein provided for,
See. 3. There shall be organized, in
connection with this bureau, POlyteCh-
mic Corps, to consist of one chief of
corps, commanders, captains, first lieu
tenants and second lialtenants, with the
necessary superintendent of COnstruC-
ton to be appointed by the president,
and such number and grades of non
commissioned oftiCersand men as may
be necessary for the PERFECTION and APP
plicatiOn of such plans as may be APP
proved whose ratiOns and pay shall be
the same as in the corresponding grades
in the engineer corps and who shall be
under the control and act under the or
ders of the chief of blreau, who shall
receive his orders from, and be under
the control and direction of the Presi-
dent
See 6. The officers and men of this
corps, shall be assigned and detailed
from other branches o. the service upon
the requitition of the chief of bureau,
when this may be done without serious
detriment to the service to which they
belong or recruited in like manner as
for other branches O the military or
naval service, reference being had in the
assignment and appointment of officers,
and the assignment, DEAL or recruiting
Of men, to their fitness for the particular
service for which they are assigned.
See. 7. The chief of bureau shall be,
and is hereby authorized to make such
contracts for the purchase Of or right
to use, any patented intention appliCa-
BILE to and of value in this branch of ser
vice or to the Confederate States Pro
vided, such contract or purchase shall be
subject to the approval Of the board of
examining officers, and that in the case
Of such inventions as arr intended to re
Ceive the benefits of the acts of Con-
gress, approved April DIST 1862, giving
one half the value of the armed vessel
Of the enemy which may be destroyed
by any new invention or cOntrivanCe
or the benefit Of any act which may
hereafter be passed giving compensation
for the destruction Of properly of the
enemy in similar cases, the cost of the
construction anu zppl'C@tion of such in
VentIon or contrivance incurred ~ tne
government, shall be deducted FROM the
amount authorized to be paid under
said act, or as authorized under this
act.
Sec. 8. The chief of bureau IS hereby
authorized to employ such CLERKS,
draughtsmen and others as may be nee
essary for the business Of the bureau,
the sane Ra aye fgh IL 6T0T 1Hfeap and
to make such other incidental disburse-
ments as may be necessary to carry into
effect the objects OF this act; and the
officers and men and employees shall
have the same rights and immunities,
and be subject to the same penalties, as
those of other branches of service in
the army of the Confederate States.
Sec. 9. The companies and parties
now organized for the application of
submerged or other defences, and known
as Torpedo Corps, and for the cOnstruc-
tiOn and use of new war-like instru-
ments, or for secret service, shall be in
corpOrated into and form a part of the
organization contemplated by this act ;
Provided, that in such interpretations,
the terms and conditions of persons
heretofore organized or joining such or
CARNATIONS shall not be invalidated.
Sec. 10. The valuation Of the property
Of the enemy destroyed, and for which
compensation is provided in the acts APP
proved April Dist, 1862, or which may
be provided in any act which may here
after be passed, giving compensation in
like cases, shall be made by the Board of
Examining Officers, and this award be
Immediately paid to the claimants whose
claims are approved; and the examining
officers shall take evidence as to the
originality and priority of inventions,
and also as to the claims OF different
parties claiming the bounty for the
same work performed the claimant be
ing allowed counsel and a reasonable
time to produce his evidence, an exami-
nation and valuation by experts being
authorized when necessary, and the de-
cisiOn and award of the Examining
Board, when asked by the claimants,
shall be Anal and binding and should
it appear from the testimony that the
parties using any particular invention
or device, in whole or in part were not
the original inventors, a portion of the
award shall be made to the party who
shall prove his priority to the invention,
which rule shall also apply when an old
invention is successfully applied to a
new and valuable use.
Sec. II, The operations of the corps
hereby organized shall be, when in the
limits of the Confederate States, under
the control of the commandment of the
department where they may be designed
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