and restrictions1 now provided by law: Provided, also, That so much of any law as restricts the number of workmen in the armories of the United States to one hundred men, be, and the same hereby is, repealed.2 SEC. 3. That all the arms procured in virtue of this act shall be transmitted to the several states composing this union, and territories thereof, to each state and territory, respectively, in proportion to the number of the effective militia in each state and territory, and by each state and territory to be distributed to the militia in such state and territory, under such rules and regulations as shall be by law prescribed by the legislature of each state and territory. [Approved, April 23, 1808.] CHAPTER 58.-Approved, April 25, 1808.-Vol. 2, p. 496. An Act concerning invalid pensioners. 3. Secretary of war to place on pension list persons disabled in the Revolution. 4. And those disabled in service. 5. To be paid as prescribed. SEC. 3. That the secretary at war be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension list of the United States, all persons who now remain on the pension list of any of the states, and who were placed on the same in consequence of disability occasioned by known wounds received during the revolutionary war, whether such person or persons served in the land or sea service of the forces of the United States, or of any particular state, in the regular corps, or the militia, or as volunteers: Provided, That in no case the pensions allowed to such person or persons shall exceed the sums specified by the sixth section of an act intituled "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war," passed the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six: And Provided, That in every case where application shall be made, to have such person or persons plaeed on the pension list of the United States, under this law, satisfac 1 The 2 April, 1794, chap. 14, ante, and the 7 May, 1800, chap. 46, ante. See 2 April, 1794, chap. 14, ante. 3 According to representation in Congress, by sec. 7, chap. 169, 3 March, 1835. Now of the Interior. 5 Chap. 25, ante. tory documents from the proper officers of the state, shall be adduced to establish the fact of such person or persons having been placed on the state pension list in consequence of disability occasioned by known wounds received during the revolutionary war. SEC. 4. That any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, who has been wounded or disabled since the revolutionary war, while in the line of his duty, in the actual service of the United States, whether he belong to the military establishment, or the militia, or any volunteer corps, called into service under the authority of the United States, may be placed on the pension list of the United States, at such rate of compensation, and under such regulations, as are prescribed by the act. intituled "An act1 to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war," passed April the tenth, one thousand eight hundred and six. SEC. 5. That the pensioners becoming such in virtue of this act, shall be paid in the same manner as invalid pensioners are paid, who have heretofore been placed on the pension list of the United States, under such restrictions and regulations in all respects, as are prescribed by the laws of the United States, in such cases provided. [Approved, April 25, 1808.] CHAPTER 28.-Approved, March 3, 1809.-Vol. 2, p. 535. An Act further to amend the several acts3 for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments. 1. Warrants charged to appropriations. Payments charged to appropriations. Separate accounts reported to Congress. The President, in the recess, may order appropriation for one to be applied to another branch of expenditure, and laid before Congress. 2. Comptroller to settle accounts. Annual statement of delinquencies to Congress by him. 3. No special agents for purchases and contracts. Appointments during the recess of agents; number and compensation of. Not over one per cent. 4. Bonds of. To deposit public money in banks. 5. Purchases for supplies, how made. Annual statement of, made to Congress. 1 Chap. 25, ante; and see chap. 166, 14 July, 1862. And at the seat of government, if no pension agents have been appointed, by the 7 January, 1809, chap. 4. 3 See the end of this act for list of acts on the subject of this chapter. That all warrants drawn by the secretary of the treasury, or of war, or of the navy, upon the treasurer of the United States, shall specify the particular appropriation or appropriations to which the same should be charged: the moneys paid by virtue of such warrants shall, in conformity therewith, be charged to such appropriation or appropriations, in the books kept in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, in the case of warrants drawn by the secretary of the treasury, and in the books of the accountants of the war or navy department respectively, in the case of warrants drawn by the secretary of war, or by the secretary of the navy; and the officers, agents, or other persons, who may be receivers of public moneys, shall render distinct accounts of the application of such moneys according to the appropriation or appropriations under which the same shall have been drawn, and the secretary of war and of the navy shall, on the first day of January, in each and every year, severally report to Congress a distinct account of the expenditure and application of all such sums of money as may, prior to the thirtieth day of September preceding, have been by them respectively drawn from the treasury in virtue of the appropriation law of the preceding year, and the sums appropriated by law for each branch of expenditure in the several departments shall be solely applied to the objects for which they are respectively appropriated, and to no other: Provided, nevertheless, That during the recess of Congress, the President of the United States may,' and he is hereby authorized, on the application of the secretary of the proper department, and not otherwise, to direct, if in his opinion necessary for the public service, that a portion of the moneys appropriated for a particular branch of expenditure in that department, be applied to another branch of expenditure in the same department, in which case a special account of the moneys thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid before. Congress during the first week of their next ensuing session 1 But appropriations for one year not to be transferred in another year to a different branch of expenditure, by the 1 May, 1820, chap. 52, sec. 4. The power of transfer of appropriations is repealed, as to the navy department, by the 31 Aug. 1842, chap. 286, sec. 11, and by the 31 Aug. 1852, chap. 109, sec. 2; and, as to the war department, by the 31 Aug. 1852, chap. 110, sec. 2, except as to forage medical and hospital and quartermaster's departments. And see, for transfers after two years to the surplus fund, the 31 Aug. 1852, chap. 108, sec. 10. 2 Except as set forth in the 3 March, 1817, chap. 96, or the 1 March, 1820, chap. 52, sec. 4; and see 1 May, 1820, chap. 52, sec. 4, and the 6 April, 1838, chap. 54, sec. 1. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the comptroller of the treasury, in every case where in his opinion further delays would be injurious to the United States, and he is hereby authorized, to direct the auditor of the treasury, and the accountants of the war and navy departments, at any time, forthwith to audit and settle any particular account which the said officers may be respectively authorized to audit and settle, and to report such settlement for his revision and final decision. And the said comptroller shall also lay an annual statement before Congress, during the first week of their session, of the accounts in the treasury, war, or navy departments, which may have remained more than three years unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth of September then last past, together with a statement of the causes which have prevented the settlement of the accounts, or the recovery of the balances due to the United States. 2. SEC. 3. That, exclusively of the purveyor1 of public supplies, paymasters of the army, pursers of the navy, military agents, and other officers already authorized by law, no other permanent agents shall be appointed either for the purpose of making. contracts, or for the purchase of supplies, or for the disbursement in any other manner of moneys for the use of the military establishment, or of the navy of the United States, but such as shall be appointed by the President of the United States with. the advice and consent of the senate: Provided, That the President may, and he is hereby authorized, in the recess of the senate, to appoint all or any of such agents, which appointments shall be submitted to the senate at their next session, for their advice and consent, and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, until otherwise provided by law, to fix the number and compensations of such agents: Provided, That the compensation allowed to either shall not exceed one per centum on the public moneys disbursed by him, nor in any instance the compensation allowed by law to the purveyors of public supplies. SEC. 4. That every such agent as may be appointed by virtue of the next preceding section, and every purser of the navy, shall 1 This office of purveyor is abolished by the 28 March, 1812, chap. 46, sec. 9. 2 This office of military agents was abolished by the 28 March, 1812, chap. 46, sec. 18. 3 See preceding note. give bond with one or more sufficient sureties, in such sums as the President of the United States may direct, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him; and the paymaster of the army, the military agents, the purveyor of public supplies, the pursers of the navy, and the agents appointed by virtue of the preceding section, shall, whenever practicable, keep the public moneys in their hands, in some incorporated bank, to be designated for the purpose by the President of the United States, and shall make monthly returns, in such form as may be prescribed by the treasury department, of the moneys received and expended during the preceding month, and of the unexpended balance in their hands. SEC. 5. That all purchases and contracts for supplies or services which are or may, according to law, be made by or under the direction of either the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war, or the secretary of the navy, shall be made either by open purchase, or by previously advertising for proposals respecting the same. And an annual statement of all such contracts and purchases, and also of the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the contingent expenses of the navy of the United States, and for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for, and paid at the treasury, shall be laid before Congress, at the beginning of each year, by the secretary of the proper department. [Approved, March 3, 1809.] March 3, 1795, ch. 48. CHAPTER 12.-Approved, June 28, 1809.-Vol. 2, p. 552. An Act to suspend, for a limited time, the recruiting service.3 That so much of the act, entitled "An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force," as authorizes the enlisting of men for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged, be, and the same is hereby, suspended until twenty days after the next meeting of Congress. 1 See sub-treasury act, 6 Aug. 1846, chap. 90, as to deposit of public moneys. 2 How far does this act abrogate the 16 July, 1798, chap. 85? 3 See chap. 43, 12 April, 1808. |