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 .IlIOL'SK UlLL^ No. lO.j 
 
 HOUSE OF RErRESEKTXftV:fiV ^ 3rl. IS64.— Read first 
 and second times, referred ta tfee Military Committee and ordered 
 lo be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Pkrki^ns.] . • 
 
 A. BILL 
 
 To amend An Act entitled An Act to allow commissioned officers of 
 the army rations and the priviFege of purchasing clothing from the 
 Quartermaster's Department, approved ITth February, 1864. 
 
 1 Section 1 . Tht Congress of the Confederate States of America do 
 
 2 enact, That, in addition to the privilege conTerred upon the offi- 
 
 3 cers described in the lirst section of the act aforesaid, there shall 
 
 4 be allowed to all such officers, who are required to be mounted, 
 
 5 while in service in the field, the privilege of purchasing not 
 
 6 exceeding one ration, under such regulations as may be pre- 
 
 7 scribed by the Secretary of Was. 
 
 1 Sec. 2, That the Secretary of War may, under such regula- 
 
 2 tions as he may prescribe, allow officers to whom rations in kind 
 5 are not issued under the first section of the act, to purchase 
 4 not exceeding two rations from the Commissary Department. 
 

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