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ware, by the British fleet, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve-fifteen.

[Approved, March 3, 1855.]

[By chapter 208, sec. 2, March 3, 1855, vol. 10, p. 703, the yearly allowance of the professor of French and Spanish, and of the professor of drawing, at West Point Military Academy, to be the same as is now allowed' to the other professors.]

RESOLUTION 9.-Approved, February 15, 1855.-Vol. 10, p. 723. A Resolution authorizing the President of the United States to confer the title of lieutenant-general by brevet, for eminent services.

That the grade of lieutenant-general be, and the same is hereby, revived in the army of the United States, in order that when, in the opinion of the President and senate, it shall be deemed proper to acknowledge eminent services of a major-general of the army in the late war with Mexico, in the mode already provided for in subordinate grades, the grade of lieutenant-general may be specially conferred by brevet, and by brevet only, to take rank from the date of such service or services: Provided, however, That, when the said grade of lieutenant-general by brevet shall have once been filled, and have become vacant, this joint resolution shall thereafter expire and be of no effect.3

CHAPTER 15.-Approved, April 5, 1856.-Vol. 11, p. 8.

An Act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

[So much of acts of 1828, chap. 53, 1832, chap. 126, part of 1848, chap. 155, as provides for payment out of any money not otherwise appropriated, be repealed.]

1 $2000 by 3 March, 1851, chap. 22; now $2240 per annum.

2 The appointment of lieutenant-general had been provided for by act of 28 May, 1798, chap. 47, and repealed by 3 March, 1799.

[For pay and emoluments of lieutenant-general, see 3 March, 1857, chap. 106, sec. 16.]

3 Under this resolution, Major-General Winfield Scott was appointed brevet lieutenant-general by President Pierce; and Lieutenant-General Scott retired, with his full pay and allowances, on 1st November, 1861.

CHAPTER 26.-Approved, May 14, 1856.-Vol. 11, p. 8.

An Act to amend the Act in addition to certain Acts granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

That in all cases where a certificate or warrant for bounty land for any less quantity than one hundred and sixty acres shall have been issued to any officer or soldier, or to the widow or minor child or children of any officer or soldier, under existing laws, the evidence upon which such certificate or warrant was issued shall be received to establish the service of such officer or soldier in the application of himself, or of his widow or minor child or children, for a certificate or warrant for so much land as may be required to make up the full sum of one hundred and sixty acres, on proof of the identity of such officer or soldier, or, in case of his death, of the marriage and identity of his widow, or, in case of her death, of the identity of his minor child or children: Provided, nevertheless, That if upon a review of such evidence the commissioner of pensions shall not be satisfied that the former certificate or warrant was properly granted, he may require additional evidence, as well of the term as of the fact of service.

SEC. 2. That in all cases where a pension has been granted to any officer or soldier, the evidence upon which such pension was granted shall be received to establish the service of such officer or soldier in his application for bounty land under existing laws; and, upon proof of his identity as such pensioner, a certificate or warrant may be issued to him for the quantity of land to which he shall be entitled; and in case of the death of such pensioned officer or soldier, his widow shall be entitled to a certificate or warrant for the same quantity of land to which her husband would have been entitled, if living, upon proof that she is such widow, and in case of the death of such officer or soldier, leaving a minor child or children and no widow, or where the widow may have deceased before the issuing of any certificate or warrant, such minor child or children shall be entitled to a certificate or warrant for the same quantity of land as the father would have been entitled to receive if living, upon proof of the decease of father and mother: Provided, nevertheless, That if upon a review of such evidence the commissioner of pen

sions shall not be satisfied that the pension was properly granted, he may require additional evidence, as well of the term as of the fact of service.

SEC. 3. That so much of the third section of the "Act in addition to certain acts granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,' as requires the party claiming a certificate or warrant, under the provisions of said act, to establish his or her right thereto by record evidence of the service for which such certificate or warrant has been or may be claimed, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and parol evidence, where no record evidence exists, may be admitted to prove the service performed, under such rules and regulations as the commissioner of pensions may prescribe.

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SEC. 4. That the eighth section of the act above mentioned, approved the third day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be construed as embracing officers, marines, seamen, and other persons engaged in the naval service of the United States during the revolutionary war, and the widows and minor children of all such officers, marines, seamen, and other persons engaged as aforesaid.

SEC. 5. That the provisions of the said act shall extend to all persons who have served as volunteers with the armed forces of the United States, subject to military orders, for the space of fourteen days, in any of the wars specified in the first section of the said act, whether such persons were or were not mustered into the service of the United States.

SEC. 6. That the widows and minor children of all such persons as are specified in the last preceding section of this act, and are now dead, shall be entitled to the same privileges as the widows and minor children of the beneficiaries named in the act to which this is an amendment.

SEC. 7. That when any company, battalion, or regiment, in an organized form, marched more than twenty miles to the place where they were mustered into the service of the United States, or were discharged more than twenty miles from the place where such company, battalion, or regiment was organized, in all such

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2 Chap. 207.

cases, in computing the length of service of the officers and soldiers of any such company, battalion, or regiment, there shall be allowed one day for every twenty miles from the place where the company, battalion, or regiment was organized to the place where the same was mustered into the service of the United States, and also one day for every twenty miles from the place where such company, battalion, or regiment was discharged, to the place where it was organized, and from whence it marched to enter the service: Provided, That such march was in obedience to the command or direction of the President of the United States, or some general officer of the United States, commanding an army or department, or the chief executive officer of the state or territory by which such company, battalion, or regiment was called into service.

[Approved, May 14, 1856.]

CHAPTER 125.—Approved, August 16, 1856.—Vol. 11, p. 51. An Act providing for a necessary increase and better organization of the medical and hospital department of the army.

That there be added to the medical department of1 the army four surgeons and eight assistant surgeons, to be appointed in accordance with the existing laws.

SEC. 2. That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, from the enlisted men of the army, or cause to be enlisted, as many competent hospital stewards as the service may require, not to exceed one for each military post, the said hospital stewards to be mustered and paid on hospital muster rolls as non-commissioned staff officers, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a sergeant of ordnance,3

and to be permanently attached to the medical and hospital department, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the secretary of war.

Ste. 3. That soldiers acting as cooks and nurses in hospitals be, and are hereby, allowed the extra pay authorized to soldiers on fatigue duty by "An act to increase the pay of the rank and file of the army," approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty four.

1 New chap 83, 2 March, 1849, and sec. 2, chap. 163, 21 June, 1860; for further increase see chap. 55, 16 April, 1862, and chap. 127, 2 July, 1862.

As the service may require, by 16 April, 1862.

50 a month, by same act.

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Chap. 247.

CHAPTER 36.-Approved, February 7, 1857.—Vol. 11, p. 157.

An Act supplementary to an Act to organize an institution for the insane of the army and nary, and of the District of Columbia, in the said District, approved March third, exjhtren hundred and fifty five.

That no insane person not charged with any breach of the peace shall, ever hereafter, be confined in the United States jail, or in the United States penitentiary, in this District.

Sr. 23 That the secretary of the interior shall have power to grant his order for the admission into the government hospital for the insane, any insane person unable to support himself or herself and family for himself, or herself, if he or she have no family under the visitation of insanity, who resided in the District at the time he or she became insane, and who is not charged with any breach of the peace, upon the certifi- ate of any judge of the circuit or criminal court, or any justice of the peace of the District, stating that two respectable physicians appeared before said judge or justice and certified under oath, and under their hands, that they knew the party anged to be insane, and that they believed him or her to be a fit subject for treatment in such hospital; also stating that two respectable house. 1.ders, residents of the District, aj j↑ ared before him and certibel under cath, and under their hands, that they knew the party alleged to be insane and indigent, that he or she was a resident of the District at the time he or she was seized with the mental disorder under which he or she then la's red, and that he or she was unable to pay his or her beard and other expenses therein; and the certificate of such physicians and the certificate of such householders shall accompany the certificate of such judge or justice The application of 'to the secretary of the interior for his order for the admission of said indigent insane person into the said hospital must be made within five days after the examination of the witnesses before the wud judge or justice of the peace, before such proceedings shall be had 1-fore such judge or justice,

SEC. 3. That the order of the secretary of the interior, granted under the authority of the second section of this act, shall authorize any police officer or constable to assist in carrying such indigent insane person to the hospital, whenever such as sistance is represented to be necessary by the person holding the order; but all the expenses of Witnesses before said judge or justice of the peace, and of carrying such patient to the hon. pital shall be borne by his or her friends, or by the local authoritres of the District.

Sie 4 That any indigent insane person who did not reside in the District at the time he or she became insane may in De

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