The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 282
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282 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
and rations now allowed by law to soldiers, according to their respective grades:
Provided, That persons of African descent, who under this law shall be employed,
shall receive ten dollars per month and one ration, three dollars of which monthly
pay may be in clothing.
SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That medical purveyors and store-keepers shall
give bonds in such sums as the Secretary of War may require, with security to be
approved by him.
Approved July 17, 1862.
(XII. PUBLIC-NO. 167.)
AN ACT to allow and pay to the State of Missouri the amount of money expended by said Statein the
arming and paying of troops employed in the suppression of insurrection against the laws of the
United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the State of Missouri shall be entitled to a credit against
the direct tax apportioned to said State by the " Act to provide increased revenue
from imports to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved
August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for all sums of money expended by
said State in the arming, equipping, subsisting and paying of troops organized under
the ordinances of the convention of said State, passed during the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, and employed in concert with the Federal authorities in suppressing
insurrection against the United States, and enforcing the laws thereof.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount
due to said State for moneys so expended, the Secretary of War shall, immediately
after the passage of this act, by commission or otherwise, cause the accounts to be
examined, and a report made to him of the amount due, which, being approved by
the Secretary of War, and by him certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, the
amount thereof shall be allowed to said State, and deducted from the amount
apportioned thereto by the aforesaid act, and the remainder only, if any, shall be
collected as therein prescribed: Provided, That, in the adjustment of accounts under
this act, no greater rate of compensation shall be allowed than was provided for by
the laws of the United States applicable to the arming, equipping, subsisting, and
payment of volunteers, in force at the time of enrolment of such troops of Missouri.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if said State shall assume and pay into the
Treasury the balance of said direct tax, if any, at such time as may be fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, or should said expenditures be found to be equal to the
tax, the deduction or discount of fifteen per centum, as prescribed in the fifty-third
section of the said recited act, shall be allowed on the whole amount thus appor-
tioned.
Approved July 17, 1862.
(XIII. PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 42.)
A RESOLUTION to suspend all payments under the act approved twenty-fifth of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the
Western Department, or Department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension," And for other
purposes. (See General Orders, No. 31.)
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to suspend all payments under the act approved twenty-fifth March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to secure to the officers and men actually
employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri, their pay, bounty,
and pension," and that there shall be appointed by the President, immediately after
the passage of this resolution, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
three commissioners, to examine all claims arising under the provisions of that act,
and report the same, with the facts connected therewith, to the Secretary of War;
said commissioners to have such compensation for their services as the Secretary of
War may consider just and reasonable: Provided, That said commissioners shall be
required to examine and report within sixty days after the passage of this resolu-
tion upon all such claims as may be presented by persons claiming to have been
organized or employed in the State of Missouri and to have performed service accord-
ing to the provisions of the said recited act, whereupon payments shall be made as
recommended by said commissioners and as required by said act : And provided further,
That within ninety days from the passage of this resolution the said commissioners
shall examine and report upon all other claims arising under the act aforesaid, when
payments shall be made as herein prescribed.
Approved July 12, 1862.
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