dy of the United States, on such person pe titioning for relief to any judge or court proper to hear the same, in pursuance of the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating and remitting the fines, forfeitures and penalties, in certain cases therein mentioned;" and on the facts being shown, on inquiry had by said judge or court, stated and transmitted as by said act is required, to the Secretary of the Treasury; in all such cases wherein it shall be proved, to his satisfaction, that said goods, wares and merchandise, at the time of their shipment, were bona fide owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, and for the landing or delivery of which, at some port or place in the United States, bonds were required and given as aforesaid, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to remit all fines, penalties and forfeitures, which may have been incurred in consequence of such shipment, importation or importations, to deliver up possession of the said vessels, goods, wares and merchandise, to the owner or owners thereof, upon the costs and charges that have arisen or may arise being paid, and the duties payable on such goods, wares and merchandise, or which would have been payable if they had been legally imported, being paid or secured to be paid according to law, as if the same had been imported and entered at the time of the release thereof; and also to direct the prosecution or prosecutions, if any shall have been instituted for the recovery of such fines, penalties and forfeitures, to cease and be discontinued: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to a remission of or exemption from any fine, penalty or forfeiture which has been or may be incurred for a breach of any law or laws of the United States other than such as prohibit the admission into the United States of goods, wares and mer chandise, imported as aforesaid. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. January 27, 1813. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER CLVII. AN ACT in addition to the aet, entitled "An act to raise an additional military force," and for other purposes. Additional BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the present military establishment of regiments to the United States, there be raised such number be raised. of regiments of infantry, not exceeding twenty, as in the opinion of the President may be necessary for the public service, to be enlisted for the term of one year, unless sooner discharged. Constituent Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the said regiments shall consist of one colo- parts of the nel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, one ad- regiments. jutant, one pay-master, one quarter-master, one surgeon, two surgeons' mates, one serjeant-major, one quarter-master-serjeant, two principal musicians, and ten companies. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each 1 Of companies. President may appoint the officers during the recess. of the officers, &c. &c. company shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one third lieutenant, one ensign, five serjeants, six corporals, two musicians, and ninety privates. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States in the recess of the Senate to appoint such of the officers authorised by this act, as may not be appointed during the present session; which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session for their advice and consent. Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That all Pay, &c. &c. the officers, non commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, authorised by this act, shall receive the like pay, forage, rations, clothing, and other emoluments (the land and bounty excepted) as the officers of the same grade and corps, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, of the present military establish To be governed by the ment. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non commissioned officers, musicians, rules and ar- and privates, of the regiments hereby authoris ticles of war. ed to be raised, shall be governed by the rules and articles of war, which have been established by the United States in Congress assem bled, or by such rules and articles as may be hereafter by law established. Premium to Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioned officers who shall be employed for enlisting in recruiting the force authorised by this act, the officers men. Proviso. shall be entitled to receive, for every person enlisted by them into this service, for the term specified, and approved by the commanding officer of the regiment, and between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, the sum of two dollars: Provided nevertheless, That this regulation, so far as respects the age of the re rent, &c. cruit, shall not extend to musicians, or to those soldiers who may re-enlist into the service: And provided also, That no person under the No person age of twenty-one years, shall be enlisted by under twen any officer, or held in the service of the United ty-one to be enlisted, States, without the consent, in writing, of his without conparent, guardian, or master, first had and ob- sent of pa tained, if any he have; and if any officer shall enlist any person contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, for every such offence he shall forfeit and pay the amount of the bounty and clothing, which the persons so recruited may have received from the public, to be deducted out of the pay and emoluments of such officer. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That Sixteen dolthere shall be allowed and paid to each man re- lars bounty to cruited as aforesaid, a bounty of sixteen dol- each man. lars; but the payment of eight dollars of the said bounty shall be deferred until he shall be mustered, and have joined some military corps of the United States. Arrears Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said regiments shall be paid in such manner, never to exthat the arrears shall at no time exceed two months, unless the circumstances of the case shall render it unavoidable. ceed two cians, and list of in Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That if Disabled offi any officer, non-commissioned officer, musi- cers, musician or private, shall be disabled by wounds privates, to be or otherwise, while in the line of his duty in placed on the public service, he shall be placed on the list of valids. invalids of the United States, at such rate of pension and under such regulations as are or may be directed by law: Provided always, Proviso, That the compensation to be allowed for such wounds or disabilities, to a commissioned officer, shall not exceed for the highest rate of disability half the monthly pay of such officer, Proviso. Widows or children of commissioned officers dying from wounds received in ac entitled to half the at the time of his being disabled or wounded; and that no officer shall receive more than the half pay of a lieutenant-colonel; and that the rate of compensation to non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates shall not exceed five dollars per month: And provided also, That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled to receive an allowance proportionate to the highest disability. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any commissioned officer shall, while in the service of the United States, die, by reason of any wound received in actual service of the United States, and leave a widow, or if no tual service, widow, a child or children, under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, monthly pay such child or children, shall be entitled to and for five years. receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years: but in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the said term of five years, the half pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the child or children of such deceased officer: Provided always, That such half pay shall cease on the decease of such child or children. Proviso. sioned offi cers, musi cians, or pri ing the ser. vice, to make Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if Non-commis. any non-commissioned officer, musician or private, shall desert the service of the United States, he shall, in addition to the penalties vates, desert- mentioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to serve for and during such a period good the time as shall, with the time he may have served of enlistment, previous to his desertion, amount to the full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall and may be tried by a court martial, and punished, although the term of his enlistment may have elapsed previous to his being apprehended or tried. &c. |