784 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. lll. Ons. 44,46. 1899. county of Yavapai, Territory of Arizona; also to construct and maintain such side tracks, extensions, switches, and spurs as may be necessary to the convenient construction and maintenance of said railroad in the said counties of Coconiuo and Yavapai; said right of way being granted subiect to the rules and restrictions and carrying all the r1 ghts vo1.1s,p.4s2. and privileges of an Act entitled “An Act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States/f approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, said Act being hereby Prvviw made applicable to the right of way hereby granted: Provided, That Cutting timber nm- no timber shall be cut by said railroad company for any purpose out· “"“· side of the right of way herein granted. Approved, January 10, 1899. J'a¤uary12, 1899. CHAP. 46.-An Act Granting extra pay to officers and enlisted men of United ’_"""—"""— States Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Volunteer Army. States ofefmeriea in Congress assembled, That in lieu of granting leaves ,€;'*jj,Q{“,L}"{{;,I;"j,,.";{}§,j of absence and furloughs to officers and enlisted men belonging to com- 1<>¤gn.e¤c. panies and regiments of United States Volunteers prior to muster out of the service, all officers and enlisted men belonging to volunteer organizations hereafter mustered out of the service who have served honestly and faithfully beyond the limits of the United States shall be wg¤¤·>¤d<~=<l· z>¤·¢» v- paid two months’ extra pay on_muster out and discharge fromthe ` service, and all officers and enlisted men belonging to organizations hereafter mustered out of the service who have served honestly and faithfully within the limits of the United States shall be paid one month’s extra pay on muster out and discharge from the service, from Pr·¤>viS¤· any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That d,,{’Q"§}‘€§‘j§,;‘,Z QQ Z; the discharge of all officers and enlisted men from the volunteer service ¤w¤¤·¤=·¤i<—¤- of the United States shall, as far as practicable, take effect on the date of the muster out of the organization to winch they belong, and that r1a»i—.>•·mnsm mn. regiments and other independent organizations shall be mustered out at camps within the limits ot the United States or at the iendezvous of the State, regiment, or independent organization. l>¤¤< fiewe 9f·>¤li<{•·¤j¤j SEP. 2. That officers who at any time Were accountable or responsible
- ‘,}j,}’,Qff.‘,'g?,',‘TQ§’Ql{fl,,¥QQ, for public property shall be required, before final payment is made to
0* ¤··>¤*¤d¤'·**=·*¤*>¤· them on discharge from the service, to obtain certificates of nonindebtedness to the United States from only such of the bureaus of the \Var l)ep:1rtment to which the property for which they were accountable or responsible pertains, and the certificate from the Chiefof the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, Treasury Department. and such certificates, accompanied by the affidavits of officers, of nonaccountabilitv or nonresponsibility to other bureaus of the \Var Department, certified to by the commanding officer of the regiment or independent organization,
- »,.-amt. shall warrant their final payment
- Prorided, That officers who have
..of ·»!h¤·•·rs not av- _ V- Y · · , _,,,,,,_,__,,,,_g ,_,»,,dU,, not been responsible at any time for publlc property shall be required ~·=¤*i<·i··¤·¤- to make affidavit of that fact, certified to by their commanding officers, which shall be accepted as sufficient evidence to warrant their final
- \¤lH1lI.\lSI81'll1g payment on their discharge from the service
- l’roz·idedjvrther, That
"°"‘“· mastering officers are empowered to administer oaths in all matters pertaining to the muster out of volunteers. Approved, January 12, 1899.
