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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. C h. 67, 69. 1832.
Proviso.
Statute I.April 5, 1832.
Ordnance de-partment toconsist of, &c.
Ordnance ser-geants.
Act of Feb.8,1815, ch.38.
Act of March2, 1821,ch.13.
Proviso.
Governmentand pay.
Statute I.April 20, 1832.
of said order of delivery, or of sale, as are now had in like cases whenordered in term time: Provided, That upon every such application, eitherfor an order of delivery or of sale, the collector and the attorney of thedistrict shall have reasonable notice in cases of the United States , andthe party or counsel in all other cases.
Approved, April 5, 1832.
Chap. LXVII .—An Act providing for the organization of the ordnance de-partment. (a~)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passageof this act, the ordnance department shall consist of one colonel, onelieutenant colonel, two majors, and ten captains, and as many enlistedmen as the public service may require, not exceeding two hundred and fifty.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be autho-rized to select from the sergeants of the line of the army, who shall havefaithfully served eight years in the service, four years of which in thegrade of non-commissioned officer, as many ordnance sergeants as theservice may require, not to exceed one for each military post; whose dutyit shall be to receive and preserve the ordnance, arms, ammunition, andother military stores, at the post under the direction of the commandingofficer of the same, and under such regulations as shall be prescribed bythe Secretary of War, and who shall receive for their services five dollarsper month, in addition to their pay in the line.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the actpassed on the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,entitled “ An act for the better regulation of the ordnance department,”and so much of the second section of the act, entitled “ An act to reduceand fix the military peace establishment of the .United States, ” passedthe second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, asprovides for one supernumerary captain to each regiment of artillery, toperform ordnance duty, and so much of the fourth section of the sameact as merges the ordnance department in the artillery, and reduces thenumber of enlisted men, be, and the same are hereby repealed: Provided,That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to divest thePresident of the United States of authority to select from the regiments ofartillery such number of lieutenants as may be necessary for the perform-ance of the duties of the ordnance department.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all officers and enlisted menauthorized by this act, shall be subject to the rules and articles of war,and that the officers shall receive the pay and emoluments now allowed,or which may hereafter be allowed, to artillery officers.
Approved, April 5, 1832.
Chap. LXIX .—An Act to change the time of holding the United States districtcourt, at Staunton, in the western district of Virginia , (b)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passingof this act, the United States district court, in the western district ofVirginia , heretofore held at Staunton, on Wednesday after the fourthMonday in April and September, in each year, be hereafter held at Staun-ton, on the first day of May, and the first day of October, in each year;and when those days, or either of them, fall on Sunday, the court to beheld on the next succeeding day.
Approved, April 20, 1832.