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THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 35, 36, 37. 1861. 285 amount to be allowed shall not exceed that to be paid to volunteer bands regularly mustered into the service under the President’s proclamation of Proc], NO, 5, May third, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. PM. D- 1260- SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President, in accepting and Volunteers un Organizing volunteers under the act entitled “An Act to authorize the em- 3*; ¤¢* 186% ¤l¤· Ployment ~f volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public ,[,cg;;e§"g, tg, property, ’ approved July twe¤ty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, may President. accept the service of such volunteers without previous proclamation, and Ame, p_ 26S_ in such numbers from any State or States as, in his discretion, the public servim may require. A.t··1·20vm>, July 31, 1861. Cnr. XXXV. -—An Ac! to increase the Consular Representation of the United Slate: Aug-ust 2mm_ during the present Insurrcclion. Be it enacted dy the Smale and House of Representatives of the United Post; p- 33ti. Slam of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United Consuls may States may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint Ejrtgfflggid f°’ consuls at any foreign ports where he shall deem it advisable, for the pur- pom, gu pose of preventing piracy, with such compensation, not exceeding Hiteen Salary_ hundred dollars per annum, as he shall think proper; to hold their offices, respectively, during the pleasure of the President, and in every case such compensation to cease with the restoration of internal peace within the United States. And the President may, during the present insurrection, Fw of °°¤'*¤i¤ . . _ . . - ccnsuls may be increase the compensation of any consuls m foreign ports, if he shall deem increased_ it necessary, so as not, however, to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in any case. But this power shall cease with the re~estab1ishm<-mt of Y¤W¤¤‘» Wim internal peace as aforesaid. °° °°“°‘ Approved, August 2, 1861. . XXXVI. —- An Act to tz an Ae: zizl "An Act pplemen to the A 6 Céaititled ‘An Act providing pmaw Pm; Efablishment xd jbr oth&;rWPurp0sesc,E passed March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and jbur.” 1804 ch. 53. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Vol. ii] p. 297. States of America, in Uongress assembled, That the above entitled act be, Vgggj 12h,?,?' and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word “captain," supmfmmi. where the same first occurs in said act, the words " or commander," so 6***** °*` IT'? that the President shall be authorized to select the superintendents of the f}]?;,:;`; several navy yards and heads of bureaus from the captains or commanders be when from of the navy of the United States. ;’Qu”d‘:;_°" °°m‘ Approved, August 2, 1861. . X — in eneral d the Attcm s and Mar- °m XX m “·m",t::*:,t;“::,";i"s#.£s,. M W —.—~e=* ¤= lsil · Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gf?} °hbg$· States of America in Oangress assembled, That the Attorney-General of "P‘ ' the United States be, and he is hereby, charged with the general superin· r£it*;>*;¤3’gG°¤· tendence and direction of the attorneys and marshals of all the districts in gupcdnwndwu the United States and the Territories as to the manner of discharging of district-attor their respective duties; and the said district-attorneys and marshals are g§£_’·“d m“' hereby required to report to the Attorney-General an account of their official proceedings, and the state and condition of their respective offices, in such time and manner as the Attorney-General may direct. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Attorney-General be, and attorney-Geubit is hereby, empowered, whenever in his opinion the public interest may $;?1¤;§fyt:“§Qd°y 1'8q¤it‘6 it, to employ and retain (iu the name of the United States) such tiistyjcmgwr. attorneys and counse11ors·at-law as he may think necessary to assist the ¤°.Y¤· districtpattomeys in the discharge of their duties, and shall stipulate with Compensation, such assistant counsel the amount of compensation.