394 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 252, 253. 1864. After fiftecn years after the dabc of his commission, one thousand eight hundred dollars. _ Pay ofdrst as- Every first assistant engineer on duty, one thousand Eve hundred usfant engineer; dollars- While 0n leave or waiting orders, one thousand one hundred dollars. _ <>*`¤¤¤¤¤4 #5- Every second assistant engineer 011 duty, one thousand two hundred sxstunt engineer; dollars. While on leave or waiting orders, nine hundred dollars. ofthiyd assist- Every third assistant engineer on duty, one thousand dollars. ““° °“g"‘°°" While on leave or waiting orders, eight hundred dollars. Wlgero ujticlcs Szc. 7. And be 1't_fur¢her enacted, That section two of joint resolution
- 2 gggu “ authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to adjust the equitable claims
mus may bg re. of contractors for naval supplies, and regulating contracts with the Navy 5¤¢*°d· Departm<-mt," approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to the same the following Vol. xii. p. 828. proviso, viz: Provided, That where articles are advertised and bid for in classes, and in the judgment of the head of the department, any one or more articles appear to be bid for at excessive or unreasonable prices exceeding ten per centum above their fair market-value, he shall bc authorized to reject such bid. APPROVED, July 4, 1864. July 4, 1864. CHAP. CCLIII. -— An Act to prmzide for the better Organization q/' the Quartermasteh ’"t_“ Department. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Organization States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established gf ‘}“”"°"m”‘ in the officc of the quartcrmastcr-general of the army, to exist during the ers department. . . . . . . (mmm dMs_ present rebellion aud one year thereafter, the followm divisions, each of ions established. which shall be placed in the charge of a competent oféccr of the quartermaste1·’s department, be be assigned to such duty by the Secretary of War, who shall, under such rules as may be prescribed by the quartermastcr-gcucral, with the approval of the Secretary of War, transact the business of such division as hereinafter provided, to wit :-— 1st diviSi¤¤· The first division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, and disposition of horses and mules for cavalry, artillery, wagon and ambulance trains, and all other purposes for which horses or mules may bc procured for the armies of the United States. 2d division. The second division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, issue, and disposition of cloth and clothing, knapsacks, camp and garrison equipagc, and all accoutrements of the soldier which are provided by the quartermaster’s department. 3d division. The third division shall have charge of the purchase, charter, hire, and maintenance of all vessels to be used in the transportation of the army, and of prisoners of war, and of their supplies, on the ocean, and the bays and sounds connected therewith, and upon the northern and northwestern lakes, including all vessels propelled by steam or otherwise, owned or employed by the War Department, excepting river steam-vcsscls and barges upon the western rivers. 4;,11 division, The fourth division shall have charge of the purchase, charter, hire, maintenance, and procurement of all transportation for the army, and its supplies by land and upon the western rivers, (other than transportation by animal power in the field, and at camps, garrisons, posts, depots, and stations,) including all railroad and telegraph lines operated by the United States for military purposes, and of all steam rams and gunboats owned or employed by the War Department upon the western rivers, until other disposition shall be made of them by competent authority. 5;], diy3S5W_ The {mh division shall have charge of the purchase, procurement, issue, and disposition of forage and straw for the army.
