non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and men, together with the artificers and men already belonging to the corps of engineers, shall be formed into a company, to be stiled a company of bombardiers, sappers and miners, and be officered from the corps of engineers, according as the com manding officer of that corps may, with the approbation of the President of the United States, direct; and the said non commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and men, shall be allowed the same pay and emoluments as are allowed to the non commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and men in the regiment of artillerists. To be officercorps of en ed from the gineers. Military Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the military academy shall consist of the corps academy how of engineers, and the following professors, constituted. in addition to the teachers of the French language and drawing already provided, viz: one professor of natural and experimental philosophy, with the pay and emoluments of lieutenant colonel, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments as shall equal those of a lieutenant colonel; one professor of mathematics, with the pay and emoluments of a major, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments, as shall equal those of a major; one professor of the art of engineering in all its branches, with the pay and emoluments of a major, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments as shall equal those of a major; cach of the foregoing professors to have an assistant professor, Proviso. Number of cadets limited. Regulations concerning them. which assistant professor shall be taken from the most prominent characters of the officers or cadets, and receive the pay and emolu. ments of captains, and no other pay or emo luments while performing these duties: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall entitle the academical staff, as such, to any command in the army separate from the academy. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the cadets heretofore appointed in the service of the United States, whether of artillery, cavalry, riflemen or infantry, or that may in future be appointed as hereinafter provid ed, shall at no time exceed two hundred and fifty: that they may be attached at the discretion of the President of the United States, as students to the military academy, and be subject to the established regulations thereof; that they shall be arranged into companies of non commissioned officers and privates, according to the directions of the commandant of engineers, and be officered from the said corps, for the purposes of military instruction; that there shall be added to each company of cadets four musicians; and the said corps shall be trained and taught all the duties of a private, non commissioned officer and officer; be encamped at least three months of each year, and taught all the duties incident to a regular camp: that the Age & quali- candidates for cadets be not under the age of fourteen, nor above the age of twenty one years; that each cadet, previously to his ap pointment by the President of the United States, shall be well versed in reading, writing and arithmetic, and that he shall sign ar ticles, with the consent of his parent or guar fications of the candidates. dian, by which he shall engage to serve five Term of ser years, unless sooner discharged; and all such vice. cadets shall be entitled to and receive the pay and emoluments now allowed by law to cadets in the corps of engineers. sidered as tion. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when cadets when any cadet shall receive a regular degree shall be confrom the academical staff, after going through candidates all the classes, he shall be considered as for promoamong the candidates for a commission in any corps, according to the duties he may be judged competent to perform; and in case there shall not at the time be a vacancy in such corps, he may be attached to it at the discretion of the President of the United States, by brevet of the lowest grade, as a supernumerary officer, with the usual pay and emoluments of such grade, until a vacancy shall happen: Provided, That there shall Proviso. not be more than one supernumerary officer to any one company at the same time tary academy. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Appropria sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and ton for mili the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for erecting buildings, and for providing an apparatus, a library and all necessary implements, and for such contingent expenses as may be necessary and proper, in the judgment of the President of the United States, for such an institution. repealed. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That so Section of a much of the twenty sixth section of the act en- former act titled "An act fixing the military peace establishment, passed the sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and two," as confines the selection of the commander of the corps of engineers to the said corps, be, and the same is hereby repealed. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate, pro-tempore. April 29, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. Cession of a lot of ground and the Government House in the City of New. of Louisiana CHAPTER LXXIII. AN ACT granting to the Governor of the state of Louisiana for the time being, and his successors in office, a lot of ground and the buildings thereon, in the city of New-Orleans. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the right and claim of the United States, to the use, possession and occupancy of a space of three hundred and thirty six by two hundred and twenty feet of a lot of ground in the city. the Governor of New-Orleans, bounded by Chartres and for the time Levee streets, and by Thoulouse street and the lot of the widow Castilleon, together with the house on the above described lot, known by the name of the Government House, and the other buildings thereon, be, and the same are hereby vested in, and conveyed to the Governor of the state of Louisiana for the time being, and his successors in the same office, for the sole use and benefit of the said state of Louisiana forever: Provided how being. Proviso. ever, That this act shall not affect the claim or claims of any individual or individuals, if any such there be. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate, pro-tempore. April 29, 1812. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. CHAPTER LXXIV. AN ACT for the relief of Charles Minifie. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorised and required to settle the account of Charles Minifie for a cargo of masts, yards, bowsprits, spars and other ship building materials, delivered by him at the Navy Yard in Washington, for the public service, in the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and three; and if in his judgment the said Charles Minifie has not heretofore received a just and adequate com· pensation therefor, he allow the said Charles Minifie such additional sum as he may deem just and equitable. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. May 1, 1812. |