The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-17
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| Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That hereafter
! the compensation of all chapiains in the regular
or volunteer service or army hospitals shall be
one hundred dollars per month and two ratIons a
| day when on duty; and the chaplans of the per-
| nanent hospitals, appointed under the authority
| of the second section of the act approved May
twentieth, eighteen hundred and siXty-two, shall
be nominated to the Senate for its advice and con-
sent and they SHALL in all respects, fill the requi-
relnents of the preceding section of this act rela
tive to the appointment of chapains in the army
hospitals, heretofore made by the President, are
hereby confirmed; and it is hereby made the du-
| ty of each officer commanding Il district or post
! containing hospitals, brigade of troops, with
in thirty days after the reception of the order pro-
mitigating this act, to inquire into the fitness, eff
| iciency, and qualifications OF he chaplianS of
! hospitals regiments, and to muster out of ser
vice such chaplains as were not appointed in con-
| formity with the requirements of this act, and
who nave not faithfully discharged the duties OF
| chaplains during the time they have been enga-
| ssed as such. Chaplains employed at the military
posts called ''chaplans' posts" shall be required
to reside at the posts, and all chapains in the u
nited States service shall be subject to such rules
! in relation to leave of absence from duty as
prescribed for commissioned officers of the Unit
| ed States army stationed at such posts
| Sec. TO- And be it further enacted, That
much OF the fifth section of the act approved July
twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty one,
as allows forty cents per day for the and risk
of the horses of company officers of cavalry, and
| the tenth section Of the aforesaid act, approved
August three, eighteen hundred and sixty one, be
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. IL And be it further enacted, That when
ever an officer shall be put unaer arrest except
| at remote military posts stations, it shall be
the duty of the officer by whose orders he is ar
rested to see that copy of the charges which
he has been arrested and is to be tried shall be
served upon him within eight days thereafter,
and that he shall be brought to trial within ten
days thereafter, unless the necessities of the ser
vice prevent such trial; and than he shall be
brought to trial within thirty days after the expi-
ration of the said ten days the Arrest shall
Provided, That if the copy of the charges be not
served upon the arrested officer, herein provid-
d. rPle
from arrest under the provisions of this section
may be tried whenever the exigencies of the
vice will permit, within twelve months after such
release from arrest: And provided, further, That
the provisions of this section shall apply to
all persons now under arrest and awaiting
trial.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That when-
ever the name of any officer of the army marine
corps, now in the service, or who may hereafter
be in the service OF the United States, shall lave
been borne on the army register or naval register,
as the case may be, forty-tive years, or he shall
be of the age OF siXtytwo years, it shall be in the
discretion of the President to retire him from
tive service and direct his name to be entered on
the retired list of officers of the grade to which
he belonged at the time of such retirement: and
the President is hereby authorized to assign any
officer retired under this section the of Au-
gust third, eighteen hundred and sixty one, to
any appropriate duty; and such officer thus as
signed shall receive the full pay and emolu
ments of his grade while so assigned and en-
ployed.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all
contracts made for, orders given for the pur
chase OF, goods or supplies by any department OF
the government shall be promptly reported to
Congress by the proper head of such department
OF Congress shall at the time be in session, and if
not in session said reports shall be made at
the commencement of the next ensuing ses-
sion.
Sec. IA. And be it further enacted, That no
contract order, or any interest therein, shall
be Unanswered by the party or parties to whom
such contract or order may be given to any other
party parties, and that any such transwer shall
cause the annulments of the contract or order
n
cerned: Provided, That all rights of action are
hereby reserved to the United States for any
breach of such contract by the contracting party
or parties.
Sec Is. And be it further enacted, That ev-
cry person who shall furnish supplies of any kind
to the army or navy shall be required to mark
and distinguish the same, with the name or names
OF the contractors so furnishing said supplies in
such manner as the Secretary of War and the Sc
cretary of the Navy may respectively direct, and
no supplies of any kind shall be received unless
so marked and distinguished