Thirtieth Congress,
First Session,
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, appropria-

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appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

In Senate of the United States,
June 1, 1848.

Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Actto refund money for expenses incurred, subsistence or transportation furnished, for the use of Volunteers during the present war, before being mustered and received into the service of the United States,” do pass, with the following

Amendment:

Add the following section:

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in refunding monies 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 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.