Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION.
H. R. 727.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 18, 1849.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill:
A BILL
To reorganize the pay department of the army.

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the pay department of the army shall
consist of a paymaster general, who shall have the rank
of colonel, and the same pay and allowances as are at
present provided by law, and the same tenure of office as
the heads of other disbursing departments of the army;
two deputy paymasters general, with the same rank, pay, and
allowances as are now provided by law for such officers,
and the same tenure of office as officers of like grade in
other disbursing departments of the army; and twenty-five

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11 paymasters, with the same rank, pay, and allowances as
are now provided by law for such officers, and the same
tenure of office as officers of like grade in other disbursing
departments of the army.
Sec. 2. And it be further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of all disbursing officers of the pay department
to renew their bonds or furnish additional security at least
once in four years, or as much oftener as the President
may direct.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers
of the pay department, provided for by the first section of
this act, shall consist of the paymaster general, the two
deputy paymasters general, now in commission, the fifteen
paymasters who are in service under the acts in force at
the commencement of the war with Mexico, and ten pay-
masters, to be selected from the additional paymasters
now in service, and the thirteen paymasters authorized by
the acts of seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and
forty-six and the third of March, eighteen hundred and
forty-seven.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pay department of the army shall consist of a paymaster general, who shall have the rank of colonel, and the same pay and allowances as are at present provided by law, and the same tenure of office as the heads of other disbursing departments of the army; two deputy paymasters general, with the same rank, pay, and allowances as are now provided by law for such officers, and the same tenure of office as officers of like grade in other disbursing departments of the army; and twenty-five
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12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	paymasters, with the same rank, pay, and allowances as are now provided by law for such officers, and the same tenure of office as officers of like grade in other disbursing departments of the army. Sec. 2. And it be further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all disbursing officers of the pay department to renew their bonds or furnish additional security at least once in four years, or as much oftener as the President may direct. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the pay department, provided for by the first section of this act, shall consist of the paymaster general, the two deputy paymasters general, now in commission, the fifteen paymasters who are in service under the acts in force at the commencement of the war with Mexico, and ten pay- masters, to be selected from the additional paymasters now in service, and the thirteen paymasters authorized by the acts of seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six and the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.