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642 THIRTYLSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23, 24, 25. 1863. Where and months, to be employed within the limits of Kentucky in repelling invah°*'*°*>°°¤¤· sion, suppressing insurrection, and guarding and protecting the public pi°y°d' property: Provided, That at any time it may be necessary, in the discretion of the President of the United States, these troops may be employed out of the limits of Kentucky against the enemies of the United States. 0meem,how Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the regimentul and company ¤PD¤i¤}W$i wd oillcers shall be appointed and commissioned by the State of Kentucky °°';m’s°l°°°d' according to the luws thereof: Provided, That the officers of said regiay' ments shell be entitled to pay only when the regiments or companies are filled, as now required by law, and while in actual service. To be mustered Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the regiments, when raised into the sqrvicc and officered as aforesaid, shall be mustered into the service of the United

jg; U“'t°d States, and be subject to the command of the President of the United

i States. me subject to Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officers and soldiers thus Nw ¤¤*i°l¤¤ °*` enrolled and mustered into service shall be subject to the rules and artiwm" cles of war. and shall be placed on the same footing as other volunteers l‘¤y(¤¤l>¤i¤¤- in the service of the United States as to pay, subsistence, clothing, and °“"* '°‘ other emoluments, except bounty, for and during the time they may be in actual service. Two regiments Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a portion of this volunteer ¥I*¤Y b° m°“¤'¥°d corps, not exceeding two regiments, may, when necessary, in the opinion "H°m°”° of the President of the United States, be mounted and armed as mounted riflemen. President may Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President shall have power

 '°g“l“' to make such other regulations in regard to the organization and service

of this force as he shall deem expedient for the interest of the service. These voltm. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That, by and with the consent of the 3:;; ¤3;Jé°b°· President of the United States, the volunteers authorized to be raised by wm- volunteers_ this act, or any portion of them, may be attached to and become part of ' the body of the three years’ volunteers, according to such rules and regulations as the President of the United States may prescribe. APPROVED, February 7, 1863. F¤bf¤¤1'y7, 1863- Cnn. XXIV.—An Act to providyfbr the Protection of Overland Emigrants to the "`j` States and ’ erritories of the Pacific. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of Amer{ea1In. Congress assembled, That for the protection of emifor ¤v¤r|¤¤d mi- grants by the overland routes to the States and Territories of the Pacific

 tflghif the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated,

the l’a;citlc,’ out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be exfor those on pended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That ten 3** '°“*° f""" thousand dollars of said appropriation shall be applied to the protection of ort Abercrom- . . . bi, by p,,,, emigrants on the route from Fort Abercrombie by Fort Benton. B<>n•>¤¤- Approved, February 7, 1863. ` . . X .—— n t n [` ` ¥f*w@ @3;, t35I, ,t;‘,r.£?a. 'J%,i2?€?;tC3'Z'ZZ£°;l‘fTi.d°Z£e"§;‘q,l‘i¢i'€;€.tfh}’,'°! .{"L£ cieneyh/`ar the Signal Servwe for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen tmdred and szxty-t rec. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Army appro- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and P'*°¤°¤· the same nre hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four: gmmmng For expenses of recruiting, transportation of recruits, and compensation ¤°"i¤°- to citizen surgeons for medical attendance, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.