Chapter XVII. to regulate the allowance of forage to officers in the army of the United States
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Chap. XVII.— An Act to regulate the allowance of forage to officers in the army of the United States. July 22, 1813. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 78. An equivalent in money to be allowed where forage is not drawn. That all officers in the military service of the United States, who are by law entitled to forage, shall receive in lieu thereof when not drawn in kind, an equivalent in money, at the rate of eight dollars per month for each horse to which they may be entitled:
Provided, That no allowance shall be made to THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 18, 21. 1813. 35 any officer for more horses than he shall actually employ in the public service. Approved, July 22, 1813.