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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · Jan. 22, 1864 · Chapter III

Chapter III. *to provide for the Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Pay of Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri.* Jan. 22, 1864.[Pub

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Chap. III.— An Act *to provide for the Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Pay of Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri.* Jan. 22, 1864.[Pub. Res. No. 46](/us/bill/13/pubres/38)*Post,* p. 410. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there be and hereby is Appropriation for pay, bounty, &c., of men in Western department. 2THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 4, 5. 1864.appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven hundred thousand six hundred and twelve dollars and thirteen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry 1862, ch. 49, vol. xii. p. 374into effect the act approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the Western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension:
Payment, to whom to be made.*Provided, however,* That, in the payment of the money hereby appropriated, such payment shall be made directly to the officers or soldiers by whom the services were rendered, or to their personal representatives, or to their agents appointed by powers of attorney; and no assignment Assignmants invalid.of any sum due to any officer or soldier shall be valid; such payments to be made by paymasters of the United States army: *Provided further, When attorney may receive it.however,* That any person holding a power of attorney authorizing the receipt by him of the amount to be paid to any officer or soldier may, upon making and filing an affidavit to the effect that he is acting in the premises purely as agent without personal interest, and that he will pay over the amount received either to the soldier or (in his absence) to his wife or children, for their benefit, be entitled to receive such amount.
Approved, January 22, 1864. Chapter IV: to amend the Law prescribing the Articles to be admitted into the Mails of the United States. 13 Stat. 2 1864-01-22 Chapter IV 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 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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