Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "A Resolution to refund money to the States which have supplied volunteers, and furnished them transportation, during the present war, before being mustered and received into the service of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, extended, so as to embrace all cases of expenses heretofore incurred in organizing, subsisting, and transporting volunteers, previous to their being mustered and received into the service of the United States for the present war, whether by States, counties, corporations, or individuals, either acting with or without the authority of any States: Provided, however, That proof shall be made, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, of the amount thus expended, and that the same was necessary and proper for the troops aforesaid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an amount sufficient to refund said expenses so incurred be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in refunding moneys under this act, and the resolution which it amends, it shall be lawful to pay interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all sums advance (advanced) by States, corporations, or individuals, in all cases where the State, corporation, or individual paid or lost the interest, or is liable to pay it.

Approved, June 2, 1848.