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Statute II.June 13, 1842.
Cannon-ballsand knapsacks.
Transporta-
tion.
Pay of staffofficers.
Blankets.
Repairs ofarms.
Proviso.
Statute II.
June 13, 1842.
Act of July 4,1836, ch. 355.
The 2d sectionof the actamended.
TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 39,40. 1842.
and the said collector shall reside in said town of Fairfield, or in thetown of Bridgeport , within said district.
Approved, June 4, 1842.
Chap. XXXIX .—An Ad to provide for the settlement of the claim of the State ofMaine for the services of her militia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretaryof War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to bereimbursed and paid to the State of Maine , on the order of the Governorof said State, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, such amountas the Paymaster General of the United States army , and the account-ing officers of the Treasury shall ascertain and certify would have beendue from the United States to the militia called into the service of theState in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, for the protection ofher northeastern frontier, by the Governor, if said militia had been dulycalled into the service of the United States , and regularly received andmustered by the officers of the United States army, according to thelaws and regulations which have governed in the payment of the volun-teers and militia of other States. And the Paymaster General and ac-counting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and required toinclude the following claims, presented by said State, viz. :
First. The cost of cannon-balls and knapsacks purchased by theState, for the use of the troops called into service, and for defence ofthe frontier aforesaid : Provided, That said balls and knapsacks shallbelong to the United States .
Second. The amount paid by the State for transportation of militarystores, and of her troops in actual service as aforesaid; Provided, Theamount should, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, appear to bereasonable.
Third. The pay or compensation allowed by the State to the Pay-master and Commissary General, and other staff officers, while theywere respectively employed in making or superintending disbursementsfor the militia in actual service as aforesaid : Provided, The compensa-tion paid by the State, as aforesaid, shall not exceed that paid by theUnited States for similar services.
Fourtli. The sum paid by the State for blankets for the use of hermilitia while in actual service as aforesaid, or so much thereof as shallappear reasonable.
Fifth. The amount of expenditures by said State in necessary repairsof arms used by the militia while in actual service as aforesaid.
Provided, That the accounts of the agent employed by the State ofMaine to make said payments, be submitted to the Paymaster Generaland the accounting officers for their inspection.
Approved, June 13, 1842.
Chap. XL .—An Act to amend an act entitled “ An act to carry into effect, in theStates of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States withregard to the five per cent, fund and the school reservations.' 1 ’’
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the secondsection of the act entitled “ An act to carry into effect, in the States ofAlabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States in re-gard to the five per cent, fund and the school reservations,” as requiresthe land therein designated as reserved to the State of Mississippi forthe use of schools to be selected, under the direction of the Secretaryof the Treasury, “out of any public lands, remaining unsold, that shall