Trrmz xrv.—THE ARMY.——Ch. 1. 207 estimates shall have been previously submitted to Congress, and ap- 3 MM-, 1859, <=- proved by a special appropriation for the same, except when constructed 83;- l·"· 11-1*-432- by the troops; and no such structures, the cost of which shall exceed 69 1;§b"ugg_.g °' twenty thousand dollars, shall be erected unless b s ial authorit of ’p` ` Congress. [It shall be the duty of all officers of gas lllhited States having any of the title-papers (property purchased, or about to be purchased, for erection of public buildings) in.their ssession, to furnish them forthwith to the Attorney-General. No publ; money shall be expended until the written opinion of the Attorney-General shall be had.] Sec. 1137. The Quartermaster—Gcneral may employ as many forage- Fo rage an d masters and wagon-masters, not exceeding twenty in the whole, as he w¤g¤¤ masters. may deem necessary for the service, [who shall be entitled to receive T_}`u§"`@]` each forty dollars per month and three rations r day, and fora e for one 162, s. 16, v. 5; pi horse.] No forage-master or wagon-master shgll be concerned? directly 257- or indirectly, in any means of transport employed by the United States, 6927 F‘b·· l877· °· or in the purchase or sale of any proper·ty rocured for or belonging to ’ v' 19* p' 242 the United States, except as agent for the lilnited States. Sec. 1138. No officerbelongmgto the Quartermaster’s Department, or Officers not to doing the duty of a quartermaster or assistant quartermaster, shall be ****1**- concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any article 22 M,,y;`]812_ ,,_ intended for or appertaining to said department of service, except on 92, s.1,v. 2, p. 742. account of the United States; nor shall any such officer take or apply to his own use any gain or emolument for negotiatin or transacting an business connected with the duties of his office, other than that which may be allowed by law. Sec. 1139. The Quartermaster-General, under the direction of the Sec- Syuem of ucretary of War, shall prescribe and enforce a system of accountabilit for f“”“’·b‘l“Y· all quartermaster’s supplies to the Army or to officers, seamen, andyma— 18 May, 1826, c. rines. [And he shall account to the Secretary of War at least once in 7*· S- 1;*- 4» P-173- three months for all property and money that may pass through his hands, 6,,2.; IJ3b" IgE- °‘ or the hands of his subordinate officers.] "’ p` ' Sec. 1140. The Subsistence Department of the Army shall consist of Subsistence one Commissary—Gencra1 of Subsistence, with the rank of brigadier- en- g°’P¤» 0*8***1**- eral; two assistant commissaries-general of subsistence, with the ranlr of 2u__ colonel of cavalry; two assistant commissaries—general of subsistence, 28-1111:*, 1866, ¢- with the rank of lieutenant—c0lonel of cavalry; eight comrnissaries of sub- E- “· 16- "· M- P- sistence, with the rank of major of cavalry; and sixteen commissaries of gg y,,,,,_ ,874, c_ subsistence, with the rank of captain of cavalry. 458,¤.3,v.18,p.244. Sec. 1141. It shall be the duty of the officers of the Subsistence Depart- Duties_ ment, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to purchase and issue · - ~——j~· - — to the Army such supplies as enter into the composition of the ration. 611: ·;1>;11§ 1g1gé;- 3 Mar., 1835, c. 49, s. 1, v. 4, p. 780. Sec. 1142. The Secretary of War- is authorized to select from the ser- P<>et<·<>¤¤mi¤sery— nts of the line of the Army who shall have faithfully served therein 'ff§*f‘““’· hi; years, three years of which in the grade of non-commissioned officers, 3 Mar., 1873, c. as many commissary-sergeants as the service may require, not to exceed 224, V- 17, P- 485- one for each military post or place of deposit of subsistence supplies, whose duty it shall be to receive and preserve the subsistence supplies at the posts, under- the direction of the proper officers of the Subsistence Department, and under- such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War. The commissary-sergeants hereby authorized shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and shall receive for their services the same pa and allowances as ordnance-sergeants. Sec. 1143. The officers of the Subsistence Department shall, upon the Raticns to naval requisition of the naval or marine officer commanding any detachment of dcwchments. seamen or marineslunder orders to act on shore, in co—operation with the Tg QQQYSQTQ land troops, and during the time such detachment is so acting or proceed- 13, s. 1, v. 3, p. 151. ing to act, furnish rations to the officers, seamen, and marines of the same. Sec. 1144. The officers of the Subsistence Department shall procure, Credit sales. and keep for sale to officers and enhsted men at cost prices, for cash or §Ju,y,l866,c_299_ on credit, such articles as. may, from time to time, be designated by the ,,25, V, 14, P, 33;;, inspectors-general of the Army. An account of all sales on credit shall
