Chapter XII. to pay Members of certain military Organizations therein named
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CHAP. XII.— An Act to pay Members of certain military Organizations therein named. April 12, 1871. *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the military organizationsPayment to be made to members of certain military organizations. known as the “Westport Police Guards,” “Hickman’s Mills’ Company,” and companies “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” and “E,” of the “Kansas City Station Guards, having been called into the service of the United States, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in the district of the border department of Alissouri, under authority derived from Alajor-General 642 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch . 12, 13, 20, 34. 1871. John M. Schofield, United States army, be, and they are hereby, placed on the same footing as to pay and allowances as volunteers in the service of the United States. Sec. 2. Accounts how to be adjusted. That it shall be the duty of the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department to adjust the accounts of all members of the above-described organizations, and, on presentation of properly authenticated rolls, showing the names of all officers and men belonging to such organizations and the term of service of each, and of such other evidence as maybe required to fully prove such service, the said accounting officers shall pay the accounts out of any money in the treasury not otherwise Members not entitled to bounties or pensions.appropriated: *Provided, however,* That this act shall not be so construed as to entitle the members of said military organizations to bounty or pensions under any law of the United States.
Approved, April 12, 1871.