Chapter LVIII. *to authorize an Increase in the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers.* August 6, 1861
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Chap. LVIII.— An Act *to authorize an Increase in the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers.* August 6, 1861. Increase of field officers in corps of engineers and topographical engineers.*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be added to each of the corps of engineers and topographical engineers, by regular promotion of their present officers, two lieutenant-colonels and four majors.
Sec. 2. Company of soldiers added to topographical engineers. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall he added to the corps of topographical engineers one company of soldiers, to be commanded by appropriate officers of said corps, to have the same pay and rations, clothing, and other allowances, and to be entitled to the same benefits in every respect as the company created by the act for the organization of a company of sappers and miners, and pontoniers, approved 1846, ch. 21.
Vol. ix. p. 12.May *sixteenth,* [fifteenth] eighteen hundred and forty-six. The said company shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and shall have the same organization as the companies of engineer soldiers attached to the corps of engineers. Sec. 3. Two additional inspectors-general authorized. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint two additional inspectors-general of the United States army, to have the same rank and receive the same pay and allowances as now provided by law for inspectors-general.
Approved, August 6, 1861. Chapter LIX: to provide for holding the District and Circuit Courts in Judicial Districts during a temporary Vacancy of the Judgeship. 11 Stat. 318 1861-08-06 Chapter LIX Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 37 1 public
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