For twelve years' sea-service and upwards, one thousand two hundred dollars.

When on leave or waiting orders.-For the first three years' sea-service after the date of his warrant, six hundred dollars. For the second three years' sca-service after the date of his warrant, seven hundred dollars.

For the third three years' sea-service after the date of his warrant, eight hundred dollars.

For the fourth three years' sea-service after the date of his warrant, nine hundred dollars.

For twelve years' sea-service and upwards, one thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter nc service shall be regarded as sea-service but such as shall be performed at sea under the orders of a department, and in vessels employed by authority of law.

What constitutes

sea service.

officers.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Right to furlough act contained shall be held to modify or affect the existing power of the Secretary of the Navy to furlough officers or to affect the furlough pay.

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Pay of reserved officers called into

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That officers on the reserved list, when called into active ser- active service. vice, shall receive the pay of their respective grades as herein provided during the term of such service: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to change or modify the present pay of officers on the reserved list, either on leave or furlough.

Approved June 1, 1860. (Vol. 12, p. 23.)

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade."*

ception in Africa

ed from vessels

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That President may it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United contract for the reStates to enter into contract with any person or persons, sO- of negroes deliverciety or societies, or body corporate, for a term not exceeding seized in the slave five years, to receive from the United States through their trade, &c. duly constituted agent or agents, upon the coast of Africa, all negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color, delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave trade, by commanders of the United States armed vessels, and to provide the said negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color with comfortable clothing, shelter, and provisions for a period not exceeding one year from the date of their being landed on the coast of Africa, at a price in no case to exceed one hundred dollars for each person so clothed, sheltered, and provided

*See amendatory act of July 17, 1862, providing for the landing and employment of negroes, delivered from on board of vessels engaged in the slave trade, in the West Indies or other tropical regions.

renewed from time

to time.

Contract may be with food: Provided, That any contract so made as aforesaid may be renewed by the President from time to time as found necessary for periods not to exceed five years on each renewal.

at once to coast of

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue instructions to the commanders of the armed vessels of the United States United States, directing them whenever it shall be practicavessels to proceed ble, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, Africa, and there to proceed directly to the coast of Africa, and there deliver deliver such ne- to the agent or agents of the United States all negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave trade, afterwards bringing the captured vessels and persons engaged in prosecuting the slave trade to the United States for trial and adjudication.

groes, &c.

Pursers to be called paymasters.

Restriction

on

repairs of hull and

AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

navy

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That pursers in the of the United States shall hereafter be styled paymasters, and that all laws and regulations applying to them as pursers, and all responsibilities and obligations attaching to them as such, shall remain in full force, and continue to apply to them, under the title of paymasters.

Approved June 22, 1860. (Vol. 12, p. 83.)

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AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Provided, That not more than three thousand dollars shall spars of vessels. hereafter be expended at any navy yard in repairing the hull and spars of any vessel until the necessity and expediency of such repair, and the probable cost thereof, be ascertained and reported to the Navy Department by an examining board, to be composed of one captain or commander in the navy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, the naval constructor of the yard where any vessel may be ordered for repairs, and two master-workmen of such yard, or one master-workman and an engineer of the navy, according to the nature of the repairs to be made; said master-workman or engineer to be designated by the head of the Bureau repair of sails and of Construction and Repairs; and not more than one thousand dollars shall be expended in repairs on the sails and rigging of any vessel until the expediency and necessity of such repairs and the estimated cost thereof have been ascertained and reported to the Navy Department by an examining board, to be composed of one naval officer, appointed

Restriction

rigging.

on

by the Secretary of the Navy, and the master rigger and the master sailmaker of the yard where such vessel may be ordered.

medical officers.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of Retired list for the United States is hereby authorized to place on a retired list any medical officer of the navy who is now or may hereafter be proved to be permanently incapable, from physical or mental infirmity, of further service at sea.

Vacancies caus

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all vacancies in ed thereby-how the medical corps of the navy caused by the foregoing sec- filled. tion shall be filled in accordance with established usage: Provided, The number of medical officers on the active list shall not exceed the number authorized by existing laws.

for foreign hydro

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all appropriations Appropriations now or hereafter made for the preparation or publication of graphic surveys, foreign hydrographic surveys shall only be applicable to their when applicable. object upon the approval by the Secretary of the Navy, after a report from three competent naval officers, to the effect that the original data for proposed charts are such as to justify their publication; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to order a board of three naval officers to examine and report upon the said data before he shall approve of any application of money to the preparation or publication of said charts or hydrographic results.

commandants navy yards.

at

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the pay of first Pay of clerks of clerks to commandents at all* the navy yards shall be at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum, except that at [the] California navy yard, which shall be at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum.†

Approved February 21, 1861. (Vol. 12, p. 147.)

AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

contracts, except

made after adver

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all purchases and Purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the departments for personal serof the government, except for personal services when the vices, &c., to be public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of tising for propothe article or articles, or performance of the service, shall be sals. made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same. When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency, the articles or service

*Only those at the principal navy yards had been receiving, under act of March 3 1853, $1,200 per annum.

t † See 3d section, act of July 14, 1862, giving a salary of $1,500 to the clerk to the commandant of the navy yard, Mare Island.

chases unauthor

required may be procured by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged between individuals. Contracts or pur- No contract or purchase shall hereafter be made, unless the ized by law for same be authorized by law or be under an appropriation adequate to its fulfilment, except in the War and Navy Departments, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters, or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.

bidden.

the navy established.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of assistant paymasters in the navy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Grade of assist of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That ant paymaster in the grade of assistant paymaster in the navy of the United States be, and hereby is, established, and that from and after the passage of this act the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint assistant paymasters from time to time, as they shall be needed for active service in the navy, not exceeding thirty-six in number.

Number.

Qualifications.

Pay.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person who shall be appointed assistant paymaster shall, at the time of his appointment, be not less than twenty-one years of age, nor more than twenty-six years; * and that, previous to his appointment, his physical, mental, and moral qualifications shall be inquired into and favorably reported upon by a board of paymasters appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of the Navy, and under such regulations as he may prescribe. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the annual pay of assistant paymaster shall be as follows, viz:

On duty at sea, for the first five years after date of commission, one thousand three hundred dollars; after five years from date of commission, one thousand five hundred dollars.

On other duty, for the first five years after date of commission, one thousand dollars; after five years from date of commission, one thousand two hundred dollars.

On leave of absence or waiting orders, for the first five years after date of commission, eight hundred dollars; after five years from date of commission, one thousand dollars; and when attached to vessels for sea service, each assistant paymaster shall be entitled to one ration per day.

*Acting assistant paymasters may be promoted to assistant paymasters for faithful, diligent discharge of duty, although over twenty-six years of age, provided they be not over thirty.-(Act of April 1, 1864.)

ficers not to per

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Commanding of passage of this act no commanding officer of any vessel in form duties of paythe navy shall be required to perform the duties of paymaster master. or assistant paymaster; and when such office shall become vacant, by death or otherwise, in ships at sea or on foreign Office of paystations, or on the Pacific coast of the United States, the master becoming senior officer present may make an acting appointment of vacant on foreign any station, &c., may fit person to perform the duties until another paymaster or be filled, &c. assistant paymaster shall report for duty. Any person performing the duties of paymaster or assistant paymaster in accordance with this section (but not otherwise) shall be entitled to receive the pay of such grade whilst s acting.

of assistant paymasters.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each assistant pay- Bonds and rank master shall, upon his appointment, enter into bonds in the amount of ten thousand dollars, with at least two good and sufficient securities, for the faithful performance of his duties, and that assistant paymasters shall have rank and precedence with assistant surgeons not passed, and that all appointments to fill vacancies in the corps of paymasters shall be made by regular promotion from the list of assistant paymasters. SEC 6. And be it further enacted, That within six months after the expiration of the present insurrection the corps of paymasters and assistant paymasters shall be reduced to the number of seventy-five in the whole.

Approved July 17, 1861. (Vol. 12, p. 258.)

Promotion.

Future

reduction of corps of paymasters.

the

AN ACT to alter and regulate the navy ration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That navy ration shall consist of the following daily allowance Navy ration. of provisions to each person: One pound of salt pork, with half a pint of beans or peas; or one pound of salt beef, with half a pound of flour, and two ounces of dried apples or other dried fruit; or three-quarters of a pound of preserved meat, with half a pound of rice, two ounces of butter, and one ounce of desiccated "mixed vegetables;" or three-quarters of a pound of preserved meat, two ounces of butter, and two ounces of desiccated potato; together with fourteen ounces of biscuit, one-quarter of an ounce of tea, or one ounce of coffee* or cocoa, two ounces of sugar, and a gill of spirits; and of a weekly allowance of half a pound of pickles, half a pint of molasses, and half a pint of vinegar.

articles.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That fresh or preserved Substitution of be substituted for salt beef or pork, and vegetables for the other articles usually issued with the salted meats;

meat may

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By the fourth section of the act of April 17, 1832, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to commute the navy ration of coffee and sugar for the extract of coffee combined with milk and sugar.