Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-02-13

find be further enacted, That, whenever an of
hcer shall DC employed upon special service, relating
10 the navy, other than is provided for in this act
tue Secretary of the Navy may allow him such rate
Of pay and erolunent, rs he may deem proper, pco-
vided ii does not exceed the highest rate of paw and
emoiuments to which officers of his grade may be
entitled, when in active service at
find be further enacted, That all officers not at
tached to vessels in commission, TO navy yards, ma
val stations recruiting stations, hospitals, or employ
ed upon special service by order of the Secretary of
the Navy, or commander in chief upon n foreign
station, shall be allowed an annual compensation,
to be denominated reduced pay, and which shall be
as is established in the annexed table, marked G.
except in the mentioned in the next succeed
ing section.
find be 1t further enacted, That any officer who
shall be furoughed, who shall have been excused
from service at his own request, when receiving re-
duced pay, tor any other cause than inability to
perform the service, from sickness, shall receive an
annual pay, which shall be called furlough pay, as
IS established in the annexed table, marked II -
PrOridCd, he shall not have declined to perform ac-
tive service when ordered from furlough paw nor
nave exceeded the limits of the furlough, except
from unavoidable necessity in which cases he shall
no longer receive any pay, and he further punished
at the discretion OF court martial.
find be further enacted, That the President of
the United States may, in time of peace permit cap-
tains, masters commandant, lieuenants, sub-lieli-
HdSleIS, ScCOHu ana InidSnipnen,
to engage in the merchants any other sea service
and that to such of those officers who are thus en-
poyed, captains and masters commandment exccpt-
ed, reduced pay may be allowed for the time they
arc actually at sea, an induccmen for them to
avail themselves of such opportunities for improving
themselves in seamanshp
IND be 1t further enacted That all marine officers
and marines stationed or employed within the linn
its of Navy Yard, on board vessels in ordinary
shall be subject to the Laws and Regulations for
the government of the Navy, in the same manner as
they now are when employed on board Ships of the
United States at sea.
find be ii further endctei That all navy store
keepers may be taken from the pursers of the navy
or shall be appointed by from the President
OF the United States, and be subject to the Laws and
Regulations for the government of the Navy of the
United States; and their pay shall be established by
the President of the United States having regard to
their relative responsibilities.
find be ii further enacted, That the President of
the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to
assign such number of the officers, petty officers
men, and Marines of the Navy, to- the different YES
sells, navy yards, and stations he may deem most
advantageous to the public service Prortdcd, That
the whole number employed in each grade does not
exceed the number authorized by this act.
find be al further enacted, That all such acts, or
parts of acts heretofore passed, as shall be at var-
ance with, opposed to the provisions Of this act
shall be, and are hereby, repealed.
ind be ii further enocted That ali the provisions
of this act shall take effect from and after the -
day Of - next.