Chapter XVI. for the Relief of the Ohio and other Volunteers
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Chap. XVI.— An Act for the Relief of the Ohio and other Volunteers.July 24, 1861. Whereas the War Department has decided that the term of service ofPreamble.1795, ch. 36, § 2. Vol. i. p. 424. the ninety days’ volunteers, called out under the act of seventeen hundred and ninety-five, commenced only on the day when they were actually sworn into the service of the United States; and *whereas* the troops now in service of the United States from the State of Ohio were not sworn into said service until some days after their organization and acceptance as companies by the Governor of said State, and that for such period, under existing laws no payment can be made:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper disbursing officerVolunteers to be paid from the date of their organization and acceptance as companies by the governor of the State. compute and pay to the said volunteers compensation from the day of their organization and acceptance as companies by the Governor of the State of Ohio, as aforesaid, until the expiration of their term of service.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That where the militia of other States are situated similarly with those of Ohio, the War Department pay them according to the provisions of the foregoing section. Approved, July 24, 1861.