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Public Law 12–CXXXVIII
supplementary to the act entitled “An act authorizing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps.”
Approved July 6, 1812
Statutory text
An Act
supplementary to the act entitled “An act authorizing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps.”
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That in all cases where
Act of Feb. 6, 1812, ch. 21.
Act of January 29, 1813, ch. 15, sec. 13.
Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 78.
President may appoint officers to volunteer corps.
volunteers have offered or hereafter shall offer their services to the United States, under the act entitled “An act authorizing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps,” it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to appoint and commission officers thereto, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that prior to the issuing of such commissions, the
Proviso.
volunteers aforesaid shall have signed an enrolment binding themselves to service, conformably to the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is
Corps of volunteers to be formed into battalions, &c.
hereby authorized to form the corps of volunteers into battalions, squadrons, regiments, brigades and divisions, and to appoint thereto, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, general, field and staff officers conformably with the military establishment of the United States, and who shall be entitled to the pay and emoluments of officers of a similar grade and corps in the army of the United States.
Sec. 3.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the
President may appoint the officers in the recess of the Senate.
President of the United States, in the recess of the Senate, to appoint all the officers authorized by this act; which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate, at their next session, for their advice and consent.
Sec. 4.
And be it further enacted, That in case the volunteers when
Volunteers to be paid for delivering up their arms at the ex-
their term of service shall have expired, shall deliver their stand of arms and accoutrements, in good order, to the proper officer, they shall be TWELFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Resolutions. 1812.
piration of their term of service.
entitled to receive in lieu thereof ten dollars for every stand of arms so delivered.
Approved, .