STATUS OF VOLUNTEERS. ACT APRIL 22, 1898 (30 STAT. L., 361). SEC. 12. That all officers and enlisted men of the Volunteer Army, and of the militia of the States when in the service of the United States, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as that of officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Regular Army. STATUS OF MERCHANT-MARINE SERVICE, ACT MAY 28, 1896 (29 STAT. L., 189). ** No master, mate, pilot, or engineer of steam vessels licensed under title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes shall be liable to draft in time of War, except for the performance of duties such as required by his license; and, while performing such duties in the service of the United States, every such master, mate, pilot, or engineer shall be entitled to the highest rate of wages paid in the merchant marine of the United States for similar services; and if killed or wounded while performing such duties under the United States, they, or their heirs, or their legal representatives shall be entitled to all the privileges accorded to soldiers and sailors serving in the Army and Navy, under the pension laws of the United States. EMPLOYMENT IN CIVIL SERVICE NO BAR TO PENSION. ACT MARCH 1, 1879 (20 STAT. L., 327). That all persons who, under and by virtue of the first section of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, were deprived of their pensions during any portion of the time from the third of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the sixth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, by reason of their being in the civil service of the United States, shall be paid their said pensions, withheld by virtue of said section of the act aforesaid, for and during the said period of time from the third of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the sixth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. STATUS OF ARMY PAYMASTERS' CLERKS. ACT MARCH 3, 1911 (36 STAT. L., 1044). Hereafter the pay and allowances of Army paymasters' clerks shall be the same as provided by law for Navy paymasters' clerks on shore duty, and they shall also be entitled to the same right of retirement with the same retired pay as is now allowed Navy paymasters' clerks: Provided, That Army paymasters' clerks shall be subject to the rules and articles of war. REMUSTER OF OFFICERS. ACT FEBRUARY 24, 1897 (29 STAT. L., 593). SECTION 1. That any person who was duly appointed or commissioned to be an officer of the volunteer service during the war of the rebellion, and who was subject to the mustering regulations at the time applied to members of the volunteer service shall be held and considered to have been mustered into the service of the United States in the grade named in his appointment or commission from the date from which he was to take rank under and by the terms of his said appointment or commission, whether the same was actually received by him or not, and shall be entitled to pay, emoluments, and pension as if actually mustered at that date: Provided, That at the date from which he was to take rank by the terms of his said appointment or commission there was a vacancy to which he could be so appointed or commissioned, and his command had either been recruited to the minimum number required by law and the regulations of the War Department, or had been assigned to duty in the field, and that he was actually performing the duties of the grade to which he was so appointed or commissioned; or if not so performing such duties, then he shall be held and considered to have been mustered into service and to be entitled to the benefits of such muster from such time after the date of rank given in his commission as he may have actually entered upon such duties: Provided further, That any person held as a prisoner of war, or who may have been absent by reason of wounds, or in hospital by reason of disability received in the service in the line of duty, at the date of issue of his appointment or commission, if a vacancy existed for him in the grade to which so appointed or commissioned, shall be entitled to all the benefits to which he would have been entitled under this Act if he had been actually performing the duties of the grade to which he was appointed or commissioned at said date: Provided further, That this Act shall be construed to apply only in those cases where the commission bears date prior to June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or after that date when the commands of the persons appointed or commissioned were not below the minimum number required by then existing laws and regulations. SEC. 2. That the heirs or legal representatives of any person whose muster into service shall be recognized and established under the terms of this Act shall be entitled to receive the arrears of pay and emoluments due, and the pension, if any, authorized by law, for the grade to which recognition shall be so extended. SEC. 3. That the pay and allowances of any rank or grade paid to and received by any military or naval officer in good faith for services actually performed by such officer in such rank or grade during the war of the rebellion, other than as directed in the fourth proviso of the first section of this Act, shall not be charged to or recovered back from such officer because of any defect in the title of such officer to the office, rank, or grade in which such services were so actually performed. SEC. 4. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.1 1 See limitation imposed by act April 19, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 324). Prior acts relating to muster, remuster, and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces in the Civil War; joint resolution July 26, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 368); joint resolution July 11, 1870 (16 Stat. L., 385); act June 3, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 34); act Feb. 3, 1887 (24 Stat. L., 377). COPIES OF RECORDS TO BE FURNISHED; FEES. ACT AUGUST 24, 1912 (37 STAT. L., 497). SECTION 1. That the Secretary of the Interior, the head of any bureau, office, or institution, or any officer of that department, may, when not prejudicial to the interests of the Government, furnish authenticated or unauthenticated copies of any official books, records, papers, documents, maps, plats, or diagrams within his custody, and charge therefor the following fees: For all written copies, at the rate of fifteen cents for each hundred words therein; for each photolithographic copy, twenty-five cents where such copies are authorized by law; for photographic copies, fifteen cents for each sheet; and for tracings or blue prints the cost of the production thereof to be determined by the officer furnishing such copies, and in addition to these fees the sum of twenty-five cents shall be charged for each certificate of verification and the seal attached to authenticated copies: Provided, That there shall be no charge for the making or verification of copies required for official use by the officers of any branch of the Government: Provided further, That only a charge of twenty-five cents shall be made for furnishing authenticated copies of any rules, regulations, or instructions printed by the Government for gratuitous distribution. SEC. 2. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. That all authenticated copies furnished under this Act shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof. SEC. 4. That all officers who furnish authenticated copies under this Act shall attest their authentication by the use of an official seal, which is hereby authorized for that purpose.1 SEC. 6. That all sums received under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. The following sections in this chapter consist of excerpts from an office publication not available for general distribution, and the numbers of sections correspond with the numbers of sections in that publication: TABLE OF RATES. 410. TABLE I.-For simple total (a disability equivalent to the anchylosis of a wrist) provided by section 4695, Revised Statutes, United States. Per month. First lieutenant, assistant surgeon, deputy provost marshal, and quartermaster___. Second lieutenant and enrolling officer. $17.00 15.00 All enlisted men- NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 8.00 Captain, and all officers of higher rank, commander, lieutenant commanding, and master commanding, surgeon, paymaster, and chief engineer ranking with commander by law, lieutenant colonel, and all of higher rank in Marine Corps---- 30.00 Lieutenant, passed assistant surgeon, surgeon, paymaster, and chief engineer ranking with lieutenant by law, and major in Marine Corps 25.00 Master (now lieutenant, junior grade), professor of mathematics, assistant surgeon, assistant paymaster, and chaplain, and captain in Marine Corps_ First lieutenant in Marine Corps--- 20.00 17.00 First assistant engineer, ensign, and pilot, and second lieutenant in 15.00 Cadet midshipmen, passed midshipmen, midshipmen clerks of admirals, 10.00 8.00 |