general, nor any or either of their deputies or assistant deputies, shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale, for commercial purposes, of any article intended for, making a part of, or appertaining to their respective departments, except for and on account of the United States; nor shall they, or either of them, take or apply to his or their own use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transacting any business in their respective departments, other than what is or may be allowed by law.

SEC. 2. That the quartermaster-general be, and he is hereby, empowered to appoint one principal barrack-master, and as many deputy barrack-masters as may from time to time be necessary, not exceeding one to each separate barrack or cantonment which said principal barrack-master shall be entitled to receive the same pay, rations, and emoluments as the principal forage-master; and each of his deputies, the same pay, rations, and emoluments as is by law allowed to a deputy forage-master.

SEC. 3. That in addition to the allowance made to the quartermaster-general and commissary-general respectively, in and by the act hereby amended, it shall and may be lawful for the secretary for the department of war, for the time being, to allow to them respectively, such sums as in his opinion shall have been actually and necessarily expended in their several departments for office rent, fuel, candles, and extra clerk hire.

SEC. 4. That the quartermaster-general, the deputy quartermaster, and the assistant deputy quartermasters, shall, before they or either of them enter upon the duties of their appointment, respectively enter into bond with sufficient security, to be approved of by the secretary at war, conditioned for the faithful expenditure of all public moneys, and accounting for all public property, which may come to their hands respectively: and the quartermaster-general shall not be liable for any money or property that may come into the hands of the subordinate officers of his department.

SEC. 5. That the sixth' section of the act hereby amended be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

[Approved, May 22, 1812.]

See March 28, 1812, chap. 46, April 14, 1818, chap. 61, and May 18, 1826, chap. 14.

1 Inhibiting from trade, 28 March, 1812, chap. 46.

CHAPTER 102.-Approved, June 18, 1812.-Vol. 2, p. 755.

An Act declaring war between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their Territories.

That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their Territories; and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the United States to carry the same into effect, and to issue to private armed vessels of the United States, commissions, or letters of marque and general reprisal, in such form as he shall think proper, under the seal of the United States, against the vessels, goods, and effects of the government of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the subjects thereof.

CHAPTER 108.-Approved, June 26, 1812.-Vol. 2, p. 764.

An Act for the more perfect organization of the Army of the United States.1

That the infantry of the army of the United States shall consist of twentyfive regiments, and that a regiment shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one surgeon, two surgeon's mates, one sergeant-major, one quartermastersergeant, two principal musicians, and ten companies.

SEC. 2. That each company shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, six corporals, two musicians, and ninety privates.

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SEC. 3. That, to the regiment of cavalry, authorized by the act, passed January 11, 1812, entitled "An act to raise an additional military force," there shall be added one riding-master; and to the regiment of light dragoons authorized by the act, passed April 12, 1808, entitled "An act to raise for a limited time an additional military force,"3 one surgeon's mate.

SEC. 4. That each troop of cavalry, or light dragoons, shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one cornet, four sergeants, six corporals, two musicians, one master of the sword, one saddler, one farrier, one blacksmith, and sixty-four privates; and the and emopay lument of a master of the sword shall be the same as those of a riding-master, and the pay and emolument of a blacksmith shall be the same as those of a farrier.

SEC. 5. That the military establishment authorized by law previous to the 12th day of April, 1808, and the additional military force raised by virtue of the act of the 12th of April, 1808, be and the same are hereby incorporated; and that, from and after the passing of this act, the promotions shall be made through the lines of artillerists, light artillery, dragoons, riflemen, and infantry, respectively, according to established rule.

1 This act, with the exception of that part of sec. 5 which relates to the rule of promotions, is superseded by the act of 3 March, 1815, chap. 79; but all of sec. 5 repealed by sec. 12, chap. 37, 30 March, 1814, post.

2 Chap. 14.

$ Chap. 43.

CHAPTER 113.-Approved, July 1, 1812.-Vol. 2, p. 769.

An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act1 more effectually to provide for the organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia."

1. Legionary musters. 3. Battalion courts of inquiry. 4. Collection of fines. 6. Squadron courts of inquiry. Cavalry to be subject to legionary courts, &c. Proviso. 7. Orders in relation to uniform issued through the brigadier-general to be obeyed. 8. Arms exempt from taxation or execution.

That, from and after the passage of this act, the muster of each legion, required to be held by the act to which this is a supplement, in each year, may be held in either the month of October or November, as the commanding officer of the brigade may appoint.

SEC. 2. That so much of the eleventh section of the act to which this is a supplement, as requires that there shall be a muster of each troop of cavalry and company of militia comprehending the companies made up by voluntary enrolment, in the months of July, August, and November, and all the twenty-second section of the said act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. That the battalion courts of inquiry, mentioned in the eighth section of said act, shall be held in the months only of July and November in each year; and the legionary courts of inquiry, mentioned in the said section, shall be respectively held in not less than ten nor more than twenty days after each battalion court of inquiry: Provided, however, That the commanding officer of each legion shall be and is hereby empowered to appoint and convene legionary courts extraordinary, which may exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or any of the duties, of the ordinary legionary courts of inquiry, except the power of assessing fines incurred by the officers of the legion, for any delinquency or neglect of duty, other than failing to attend such legionary courts extraordinary.

SEC. 4. That all fines to be assessed under the authority of the act last aforesaid, shall be certified by the clerks of the legionary and battalion courts of inquiry respectively, by which the same shall be assessed, to the marshal of the District of Columbia, and, so certified, shall be delivered to the marshal within

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

1 Act of March 3, 1803, chap. 20. This virtually repeals the 22d sec. of chap. 20, 3 March, 1803, appointing a collector of fines, &c.

fifteen days after the sitting of the court empowered finally to determine, and he shall give a receipt therefor. The said marshal shall forthwith proceed to collect the said fines, and (should any person fail to make payment when called on) to levy the amount with costs by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent; which costs and manner of proceeding shall be the same as in other cases of distresses. And where there are no goods or chattels to be found whereof to levy the said fines, the marshal shall commit such delinquent to jail, and hold him in close confinement during the term of twenty-four hours, for each and every fine by him payable, (unless the same shall be sooner paid,) in the same manner as other persons condemned to fine and imprisonment at the suit of the United States may be committed; and the marshal shall account for all the fines, and pay such as have been by him levied, to the paymaster of the legion, from which he shall have received the certified lists, within six months after said lists may have been delivered to him, respectively deducting from the amount so to be paid, twelve and a half per centum as a compensation for his trouble; and, in case of failure, the same shall be recovered by motion in the circuit court of the District of Columbia, in either county of said district, in the name of the paymaster of said legion, with twelve and a half per centum damages, and legal interest on the amount from the time it ought to have been paid, and costs of suit: Provided, The marshal shall have had ten days' notice of such motion. And should it happen in any case, during the pendency of proceedings and before payment is made by the marshal, that the paymaster in whose name the proceedings are going on, should be removed from his office or station, it shall not abate or in any manner interrupt or affect the proceedings, but the name of the succeeding paymaster may be substituted until the proceedings are formally closed.

SEC. 5. That where any fine or fines shall have been collected or imposed, the delinquent shall be at liberty, at any time within twelve months after such imposition, to apply to any of the legionary courts to return or remit the same, and the court is hereby empowered to make such order in the case as may seem to them, or a majority of them, to be right and just.

SEC. 6. That squadron courts of inquiry, for the squadron of cavalry within the District of Columbia, shall be separately held

within the said district; but whenever a legionary court of inquiry, as heretofore by law directed, shall be held, the cavalry within the limits of the legion for which such court may be held, shall be within and subject to its jurisdiction and authority; and the commanding officers of the squadron and companies of cavalry shall be members of such legionary court for the legion within which they shall respectively reside: Provided, however, That when the cavalry shall have been established or formed into a separate legion, there shall be separate legionary courts held by and for them, at some place within the district; both the squadron and legionary courts of cavalry to be respectively for similar purposes, to be appointed and constituted in a similar manner, and to be subject to the same rules and regulations as the battalion and legionary courts authorized and directed by the act to which this is a supplement.

SEC. 7. That all orders in relation to the procuring or wearing of such uniform and equipments, or either of them, as shall have been previously determined on, which shall be issued and communicated by the brigadier-general to the officers of the brigade, or any of them, shall be forthwith obeyed; and for every disobedience of any such order the delinquent shall be subject to the penalty or fine prescribed in the twenty-seventh1 section of the said act to which this is a supplement, besides being subject to arrest.

SEC. 8. That the arms and other equipments belonging to an officer, non-commissioned officer, or private, be exempt from taxation or execution.

[Approved, July 1, 1812.]

CHAPTER 119.-Approved, July 1, 1812.—Vol. 2, p. 774.

An Act supplementary to “An Act2 authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States."

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to raise one additional company of rangers, when he may deem it necessary for the public service, under the same provisions, conditions, and restrictions of the act to which this is a supplement.

1 Act of 3 March, 1803, chap. 20.

2 Act of 2 January, 1812, chap. 11. See chap. 31, 25 Feb. 1812. chap. 41, 2 Aug. 1813, chap. 131, 15 June, 1832, and sec. 4, chap. 76, 2 March, 1833.