Daily Mississippi clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-07-11
LANS OF THE united States
Passed at the first Session Of the Thirty
ninth Congress.
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PUBLIC REsoLUTIoN-No AZ.
JOINT RESOLUTION relative to appointments
to the Military Academy of the United
States.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States o f Americd
in Congress assembled, That the age for the
admission of cadets to the United States
Military Academy shall hereafter be between
seventeen and twenty-five years but any
person who has served honorably and faith
fully not less than one year as an officer or
enlisted man in the army of the United States
either as a volunteer or in the regular SER
vice, in the late war for the suppression of
the rebellion, and who possesses the other
qualifications prescribed;by law, shall be1eli-
gible to appointment up to the age of twenty
four years.
SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That ca
diets at the Military Academy shall hereafter
be appointed one year in advance of the
time of their admission, except in cases
where by reason of death or other cause a
vacancy occurs which cannot be thus pro-
vided for by such appointment in advance ;
but no pay OF allowance shall be made to any
such appOintee until he shall be regularly
admitted on examination as now provided
by law nor shall this provision apply to ap-
pointments to be made in the present year
sary for admission as provided by the third
section of the ."Act making further provis-
ions for the corps of engineers" approved
April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and
twelve, candidates shall be required to have
a knowledge of the elements of English
grammar, of descriptive geography, particu-
larly of our own country, and of the history
of the United States.
SEC. g. And be it further resolred, That
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nv academy after those who enter the pres
emit year, the person authorized to nominate
shall nominate not less than five candidates
for each vacancy, all of whom shall be ac-
fual residents of the Congressional district
Territory or District of Columbia, entitled
to the appointment, and the selection of one
shall be made from the candidates accord
ing to their respective merits and qualifca-
tions, under such rules and regulations as
the Secretary of War shall from time to time
prescribe And in like manner the President
of the United States shall be authorized
hereafter to nominate fifty at large each
year, instead of ten as now provided by law,
who shall be examined under like regula-
tions, and of whom the ten who may be re-
ported as most meritoriOus and best qualified
shall be appointed: Provided, hOperer, That
not more than two of these shall be appoint
ed in any one year from one State.
Approved, June Is, 1866.
Be it resolved BY the Senate and House of Rep
reseRtatires Of the United States of america "a
Congress assembled, That the omission in the
muster-rolls of the words free on OF before
April nineteen, eighteen hundred and sixty
one" shall not deprive any colored soldier
of the bounty to which he is entitled, and
which is now or may hereafter be withheld
by reason of such omission, but where moth
ing appears on the muster-ron or of record
to show that a colored soldier was not a
freeman at the date aforesaid, under the pro-
vision of the fourth section of the "Act ma
king appropriations for the support of the
army, for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-ive,a the
presumption shall be that the person was
free at the time of his enlistment.
SEC. 2. And be ii further resolved, That in
determining who is or was the wife, widow,
or heirs of any colored soldier. evidence that
be and the woman claimed to be his wife or
widow were joined in marriage by some
ceremony deemed by them obligatory, fol-
lowed by their living together as husband
and wife up to the time Of enlistment, shall
be deemed sufficient proof of such marriage
for the purpose of securing any arrears Of
pay, pension or other allowances due any
colored soldier at the time of his death; and
the children born Of any such marriage shall
be held and taken to be lawfal children and
heirs Of such soldier. 1
Approved, June Is, 1856.