Chapter XXIII. to continue in force for a limited time, certain acts authorizing corps of rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States, and making appropriations for the same
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Chap. XXIII.— An Act to continue in force for a limited time, certain acts authorizing corps of rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States, and making appropriations for the same. July 24, 1813. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Certain acts continued in force.Act of Jan. 2, 1812, ch. 11.Act of July 1, 1812, ch. 119. That the act entitled, “An act authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States,” passed January second, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and also the act supplementary thereto, passed July first, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and the same are hereby continued in force for one year from and after the passage hereof, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the sum of four hundred andSpecific appropriation. seventy-two thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars be, and the 40 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 24. 1813. same is hereby appropriated, for the pay, subsistence, and forage during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, of the seven companies of rangers raised or to be raised for the United States, pursuant to the above recited acts, and of the ten companies of rangers authorized 1813, chap. 31.by the act of the twenty-fifth of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
For pay, forage, &c.For the pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the said companies, the sum of four hundred and fifty-one thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. For the subsistence of the officers, eleven thousand one hundred and sixty-nine dollars. For forage, the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars. The said sums to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 24, 1813.