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T ing of men, to their fitness for the particular serrieo fei wMoh $ they are aaaigno-d. Pronidtd, that the nnmber of cotamiasioned 9 officers of all gr&dee assigned, fit for daty ia other branchea of

10    serrice, shall not escood twenty, and that the appointments of

11    officers from among persona now engaged In this serrioe, and

12    from thoso not liablo to, or who aro unfit for activo field daty,

13    shall not cxcccd a corrcsponding nnmber; aD<| that thenumber

14    of non-commisaioned officers and men assigned from other ser*

15    Tice, or from thosc liablo to field duty, shall not ezceed two

16    hundred. This provision, howeyer, shall not be construed to

17    pretent the tcmporary dctail of men to this sertice, when deem-

18    ed neccssary by commandcrs of dcpartmcnts; nor to provent the

19    increase of the corps of noncommissioned officers and mon by

20    the recroiting and cmploymcnt of thoso not liablo or equal to

21    field daty, or of person* outside of the limits of the Confodor*

22    ato States.

1    Sec. 7. The chiof of burcau shall be, and 19 hereby authorized

2    to make soch contracts for the purchase of, or right to nse, any

3    patented inveution applieable to and valuable in this branch of

4    8ervice, or to the ‘Confederatc States: Provided, That such eon-

5    tract or purchase shall be subjcct to tho approval of the Presi-fi dent or board of cxamining officers, and that in the case of such

7    iuyentions as are intended to receivo the benefits of tke Act of

8    Congress, approvcd April 21st, 1862, giying onc-half of the

9    armed vcsscls of the enemy wiiich may bc destroyed by any

10    new invention or contrivauec, or the licnofit of any Act which

11    may hcrcafter bepa.s?.cd, giving compormtion for tho destruction

12    of property of tho enemy in timilar cases, the cost of the eon*

13    struction and application of juch inveution or contrivance in-

14    currełł by tlm govei-mnent, shall bo dcductcd from the amount