242 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 69. _1877. word ¢• majors ", in the second line, the words “one surgeon, one assist. ant surgeon " ; and in the seventh line after the word “ the", insert the words " seventh, eighth ". is 1110, p. 204. Section eleven hundred and ten is amended by striking out the word ¢¢ post" before the words “ ordnance sergeants " in the iirst line. _ _ 9 1118, p. 205. Section eleven hundred and eighteen is amended by striking out the words " any criminal oftienee" in the third line, and inserting the words ‘* a felony". V _ §11‘.36,p.205. Section eleven hundred and twenty six is amended by inserting a comma. after the word “ post", in the first line. 91131,p. 206. Section eleven hundred and thirty-one is amended by inserting, after the word “ cavalry" in the second line, the words “ provided no promo-` tion shal1,_be made until the number of inspectors-general is reduced to four". 5 1132, p. 206.Section eleven hundred and thirty two is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: “All appointments in the Quartermastens Department shall be made from the Army. During the absence of the Q,uartermzister-General, or the chief of any military bureau of the War Department, the President is authorized to empower some officer of the department or corps whose chief is absent to take charge thereof, and to perform the duties of Quartermaster-General, or chief of the department or corps, as the case may be, during such absence? §1136,p.206. Section eleven hundred and thirty-six is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: A “ It shall be the duty of all officers of the United States having any of the title·papers (property purchased, or about to be purchased, for erection of public buildings) in their possession, to furnish them forth-' with to the Attorney—General. No public money shall be expended until the written opinion of the Attorney-General shall be had." §1137,p.206. Section eleven hundred and thirty-seven is amended by inserting, in the third line, after the word ‘*serviee" the following: “ who shall be entitled to receive each forty dollars per month and three rations per , day, and forage for one horse". gs11:s9, p. 207. Section eleven hundred and thirty-nine is amended by adding at the end of the section the following: "And he shall account to the Secretary of War at least once in three months for all property and money that may pass through his hands, or the hands of his subordinate oii'icers." §1162,p.209. Section eleven hundred and sixty two is amended by striking out all after the word "many" in the first line and inserting the following: " sergeants of ordnance, corporals of ordnance, and iirst and second class privates of ordnance, as the Secretary of War may direct." $1163, p. 209. Section eleven hundred and sixty three is amended by striking out, in the third line,.the words " privates of first class", and inserting the words “ ordnance enlisted men", in lieu thereof. - §1167,p.210. Section eleven hundred and sixty seven is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following words: “Every officer of the Ordnance Department, every ordnance-store keeper, every post ordnance sergeant, each keeper of magazines, arsenals,.aud armories, every assistant and deputy of such, and all other officers, agents, or persons who shall have received or may be entrusted with any stores or supplies, shall quarterly, or oftener if so directed, and in such manner and on such forms as may be directed or prescribed by the Chief of Ordnance, . make true and correct returns to the Chief off lrdnance of all ordnancearms, ordnance·sto·res, and all other supplies and property of every kind, received by or intrusted to them and each of them, or which may in any manner come into their and each of their possession or charge. The Chief of ordnance, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, is hereby authorizedand directed to draw up and enforce in his department a system of rules and regulations for the government of the Ordnance Department, and of all persons in said department, and for the
