the pay and emoluments of regimental paymasters; and that there shall one commissary of purchases, and two military storekeepers, to be attached to the purchasing department.
Military storekeepers.
A surgeon general.
Eight surgeons.Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the medical department shall consist of one surgeon general, eight surgeons, with the compensation of regimental surgeons, and forty-five assistant surgeons, with the compensation of post surgeons.
Forty-five assistant surgeons.
Rank, pay, &c.
The force subject to rules and articles of war.Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, artificers, musicians, and privates, retained by this act, except those specially provided for, shall have the same rank, pay, and emoluments, as are provided, in like cases, by existing laws; and that the force authorized and continued in service under this act, shall be subject to the rules and articles of war.
The President to cause the force retained to be formed and completed out of the corps new in service.Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States cause to be arranged the officers, non-commissioned officers, artificers, musicians, and privates, of the several corps now in the service of the United States, in such manner as to form and complete, out of the same, the force authorized by this act, and cause the supemumerary officers, non-commissioned officers, artificers, musicians, and privates, to be discharged from the service of the United States.
Three months’ additional pay, on discharge.Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid to each commissioned officer who shall be discharged from the service of the United States in pursuance of this act, three months’ pay, in addition to the pay and emoluments to which he may be entitled by law at the time of his discharge.
General regulations, &c. of General Scott.Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the system of “General regulations for the army,” compiled by Major General Scott, shall be, and the same is hereby, approved and adopted for the government of the army of the United States, and of the militia, when in the service of the United States.[1]
Approved, March 2, 1821.
Statute II.
Chap. XIV.—An Act further to regulate the entry of merchandise imported into the United States from any adjacent territory.
Persons coming into the United States from adjacent foreign territory with merchandise subject to duty, are to deliver manifests of the cargo or loading, at the office of the nearest collector, &c.
Manifests to be verified by oath before the collector, &c.
Merchandise, vessel, carriage, &c. forfeited.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 the master of any vessel, except registered vessels, and of every other person having charge of any boat, canoe, or raft, and of the conductor or driver of any carriage or sleigh, and of every other person, coming from any foreign territory adjacent to the United States into the United States with merchandise subject to duty, to deliver, immediately on his or her arrival within the United States, a manifest of the cargo or loading of such vessel, boat, canoe, raft, carriage, or sleigh, or of the merchandise so brought from such foreign territory to the office of any collector or deputy collector; which shall be nearest to the boundary line, or nearest to the road or waters by which such merchandise is brought; and every such manifest shall be verified by the oath of such person delivering the same; which oath shall be taken before such collector or deputy collector and such oath shall state that such manifest contains a full, just, and true, account, of the kinds, quantities, and values, of all the merchandise, so brought from such foreign territory; and if the master, or other person having charge of such vessel, boat, canoe, or raft, or the conductor or driver of, such carriage or sleigh, or other person, bringing merchandise as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifest herein required, or pass by, or avoid, such office, the merchandise subject to duty, and so imported, shall be forfeited to the United States, together with the vessel,
- ↑ This section is repealed by the act of May 7, 1822, ch. 88.
