Marshal to pay over fines collected. act 2d Feb, 1813. ment, or until the fine shall be paid, in the same manner, as other persons condemned to fine and imprisonment, at the suit of the United States, may be committed. 8. And be it further enacted, That the marshals and their deputies shall pay all such fines by them levied, to the supervisor of the revenue, in the disAltered-see trict in which they are collected, within two months after they shall have received the same, deducting therefrom, five per centum, as a compensation for their trouble; and in case of failure, the same shall be recoverable by action of debt or information, in any court of the United States, of the district in which such fines shall be levied, having cognizance thereof, to be sued for, prosecuted and recovered, in the name of the supervisor of the district, with interest and costs. Marshals of the districts to powers in executing the 9. And be it further enacted, That the marshals have the same of the several districts, and their deputies, shall have the same powers in executing the laws of the United States, as sheriffs and their deputies, in the several states, have by law, in executing the laws of the respective states. laws of U. States as sheriff's in the states. Former act repealed.j 10. And be it further enacted, That the act, entitled, "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions," passed the second day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety two, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. [Approved, February 28, 1795.] The adjutant general of the militia to AN ACT In addition to an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States." 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of annually. the adjutant general of the militia in each state, to make return make return of the militia of the state to which he' belongs, with their arms, accoutrements and ammunition, agreeably to the directions of the act to which this is an addition, to the President of the United States annually, on or before the first Monday in January in each year; and it shall be the secretary of duty of the secretary of war, from time to time, scribe forms to give such directions to the adjutants general of and lay abthe Militia, as shall, in his opinion, be necessary to congress. produce an uniformity in the said returns; and he shall lay an abstract of the same before Congress on or before the first Monday of February annually. war to pre stract before rolled to pro 2. And be it further enacted, That every citizen Citizens enduly enrolled in the militia, shall be constantly videarms, &cprovided with arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, agreeably to the direction of the said act, from and after he shall be duly notified of his enrollment; and any notice or warning to the citi-Notice to mus zens so enrolled to attend a company, battalion, or ter, legal no regimental muster or training, which shall be ac- ment. cording to the laws of the state in which it is given, for that purpose, shall be deemed a legal notice of his enrollment. tice of lains to mili 3. And be it further enacted, That in addition to Quarter-masthe officers provided for by the said act, there shall ters and chapbe to the militia of each state, one quarter-master tia. general; to each brigade, one quarter-master of brigade, and to each regiment one chaplain. [Approved March 2, 1803.] The act of Congress, approved 23d April, 1808, entitled, "An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States," appropriates the sum of two hundred thousand dollars annually, for the purchase or manufacture of arms, to be distributed to the militia of the several states and territories, in H proportion to the number of the effective militia of Fines imposed by courts AN ACT Supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions," and to repeal the act now in force for those purposes, and to increase the pay of volunteer and militia corps. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Remartial to be presentatives of the United States of America in certified to the Congress assembled, That in every case in which comptroller of the treasury. a court martial shall have adjudged and determined a fine against any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, of the militia, for any of the causes specified in the act to which this act is a supplement, or in the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act to authorise a detachment from the militia of the United States;" all such fines so assessed, shall be certified to the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States, in the same manner as the act to which this act is a supplement directed the same to be certified to the supervisor of the revenue. 2. And be it further enacted, That the marshals shall all fines which have been levied and colpay months after lected by them or their respective deputies, under to the treasu- the authority of the acts herein referred to, into the treasury of the United States within two months after they shall have received the same, deducting five per centum for their own trouble; and in case of failure, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller of the Treasury to give notice to the district attorney of the United States, who shall proceed Marshals to pay fines within two collection in sury, deducting five cent. per against the said marshal in the district court by attachment for the recovery of the same. sioned offi vates of vo militia corps and forage, &c. as those of the army of 3. And be it further enacted, That the non-com- Non-commismissioned officers, musicians, and privates of volun- cers, musiteer and militia corps, who, subsequent to the thir- cians and pri ty first day of December, one thousand eight hun-lunteer and dred and twelve, shall have been or may hereafter entitled to the be called out, while in the service of the United same monthly pay, rations, States, shall, during the continuance of the present war between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America, and their territories, be entitled to and receive the same monthly pay, rations, and forage, and furnished with the same camp equipage as are or may be provided by law for the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the army of the United States. [Approved February 2, 1813.] the United States. AN ACT To provide for the widows and orphans of Militia stain, and for Militia disabled in the service of the United States. tives of volun in actual ser vice, entitled to pension for five years. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- Representapresentatives of the United States of America, in teer or militia "Congress assembled, That if any commissioned officers slain officer of the militia, or of any volunteer corps, shall, while in the service of the United States, die by reason of any wound received in actual service of the United States, and leave a widow, or if no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or children shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years; but in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the said term of five years, the half pay for the Proviso. commissioned vates disabled list. remainder of the time shall go to the child or children of such deceased officer: Provided always, That such half pay shall cease on the death of such child or children. Officers, non- 2. And be it further enacted, That if any officer, officers, musi- non-commissioned officer, musician or private of cians, or pri- the militia, or of any volunteer corps, shall be disin actual ser- abled by known wounds received in the actual service, placed vice of the United States, while in the line of his on pension duty, he shall, upon substantiating his claim in the manner described by an act, entitled "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war," passed the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, be placed on the list of invalids o the United States, at such rate of pension, and under such regulations as are provided by the said act, or as may hereafter be provided by law: Provided always, That the compensation to be allowed for such wounds or disabilities, to a commissioned officer shall not exceed for the highest rate of disability half the monthly pay of such officer at the time of his being wounded or disabled, and that no officer shall receive more than the half pay of a lieutenant colonel; and that the rate of compensation to noncommissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall not exceed five dollars per month: And provided also, That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the persons so disabled, to receive an allowance proportionate to the highest disability. Proviso. Proviso. Commence. ment of this act. Repeal of part of a former act. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall be construed to have effect from and after the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sixth section of an act, entitled "An act authorising the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps," passed the sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be and the same is hereby repealed. [Approved August 2, 1813.] |