The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-02

premises, the said Secretary and Clerk, and the
clerk OF the Printing Committee, are hereby all
thorIed and required to settle and pay bis accounts
for oil work done, and all work ordered now in bis
hands in process Of completion, according to his
contract prices, with such proportion Of fifty thou
sand dollars in addition thereto DO the amount of
the work performed by him bears 70 the amount
OF work done by the printer for the thirty fret Con-
gress, when estimated under his contract prices.
SEC Is. And be ii further enacted That no per-
son hereafter who holds shall hold any Office
under the Government Of the United States, whose
salary or annual compensation shall amount to the
sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, shall
receive compensation for dscharging the duties of
any other office.
Approved August 81, 1852
[PUBLIc Acr--No. ST.
AN ACT making appropriations for the naval
vice for the year ending the thiriieth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. .
snacid by the Senate and House Of Representa-
hpss Of the United States Qf Americd IN Congress
sfnsbed, That the following sumo be and they are
hereby appropriated, to be paid out Of any mo-
ney in tho Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the year ending the thirtieh of June, thou
sand eight hundred and fifty. three:
For pay Of commission, warrant, and petty Off.
cers and seumen, including the engineer corps of
the navy, two million seven hundred and seventy
one thousand ak hundred and ninety eight dol
lars: Provided, That from and after the first day
Of July, eighteen hundred and hhy-two. the saa-
~ Of the secretary ofthe Nav al Academy at Annap-
oils shall be twelve hundred and fifty dollars per
annum I; and the proper accounting officers of the
Treasury be and they are hereby authorized and
directed to allow and pay, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the
officers, petty officers, seamen and marines of the
United States navy, and to the officers and men OF
the revenue service who served in the Pacific ocean
on the coast of California and Mexico since the
twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hun
dred and fifty. the same increased or additional
compensation as has been by law directed 10 be
Maid To fNnn froA.
served in California; and the several officers who
served on the late Arctic expedition in search OF
Sir John Franklil shall, in addition to the pay
with which they have already been credited, be
allowed for the period during which they 30 served
the following compensation respectively, namely:
the commander OF the expedition the pay of a COM
mander; the passed midshipmcn the pay Of lieu
tenants; the passed assistant surgeon the pay Of
fleet surgeon; the assistant surgeon the pay of a
surgeon and the mdshipmen the pay of passed
midshipmen-all as on sea service and that there
be allowed to the warrant officers and to the petty
officers and men that composed the crews of the
vessels employed on that expedition extra pay
equal to the regular pay with which they have
been credited for their services on the said cxpe-
dition; and the pay Of cbapsins in the navy shall
be one thousand dollars on leave waiting
ders, and fifteen hundred dollars while on duty.
For pay of superintendents, naval constructors,
and all the civil establishments at the several navy
yards and stations, ninety thousand nine hundred
and sixty dollars and the navy agent at Mem
or may perform the duties of purser, in addition TO
his own, shall be allowed and paid the annual sal
airy of purser on duty at navy yards OF the second
missions, but in lieu thereof and the salary Of the
assistant to purser for the navy yard ut Kittery,
Maine, who also discharges the duties OF clerk and
steward, shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars;
and the paw OF the irst clerk to the comman dant'
at the navy yards at Norfolk, New York, and Bos-
ton, shall be at the rate OF thousand dollars per
annum and that the "second clerk to the COIN
mandant" at the same yards shall be at the rate
of eight hundred dollars per annum from and after
the passage of this act
For provisions for commission, warrant, and
petty officers and seamen, including engineers
and marines attached to vessels for sea service, Six
hundred and eighty-six thousand two hundred
dollars it being provided that 30 much OF the act
approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty
one, entitled San act making appropriations for
the naval service OF the year ending the thirieth
of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty
two," as provides that emo Communication Of rations
shall be allowed, except to officers and their at
PENDANTS, and for the spirit part Of the ration" be
AID the same is hereby repealed. .
For scientific investigation and experiments
upon the character of alimentary substances used
as subsistence in the navy, and means to prevent
their deterioration, two thousand five hundred dol
lars; to be expended under the direction of the Sec
rotary of the Navy.
For surgeons necessaries and appliances for the
sick and hurt OF the navy, including the marine
corps, thirty-seven thousand six hundred dollars
For repair of vessels in ordinary, and for wear
and tear OF vessels in commission, including iuel
and purchase OF hemp, one million three hundred
and sixty-five thousand dollars. And the Secretary
of the Navy be and he ia hereby authorized and re-
quired to have completed, with the least possible
delay, the war-stcamer contracted for with Robert
l.. Stevens, in pursuance Of an act OF Congress ap-
proved April fourteenth, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-two and the balance of the appro-
pratt heretofore made, which has been carried
10 the credit of the surplus fund.- shall be used for
that purpose. And the Secretary of the Navy
may, il he deem it proper, cause to be applied.
as soon as practicable, to one or more oil the
steam-vessels belonging to the United States, any
s,eam-condenser which may be found best CAL
cuiated for the purpose, for furnishing fresh wa
ter to marine boilers and for the use of the
crews. ..'
arms, including incidental expenses, one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For preparing for publication the American
Nautical Almanac, nineteen thousand four hun
dred dollars
For the purchase and repair Of nautical in
struments required for the use of the navy, ten
thousand five hundred dollars
For the purchase of all the books, maps, and
charts required for the use Of the navy, eight
thousand two hundred and fiji y dollars.
For backing and binding the same, and for
printing and publishing sailing directions, ny
biographical surveys, and astronomical observa-
tons, nine thousand two hundred dollars.
For models, drawings and copying, postage,
stationery, freight and transportation, for pay of
photographer, and for working photographic press,
including chemicals, for Ike. ping grounds and
buildings in order, for repairing and protecting
from further depreda brick wall eant, south,
and weat side Of the grounds, for pay of porter,
gardener, watchnen, instrument maker, tor fuel,
lights, and all the unenumerated contingent ex-
penees of the Photographed Office and National
observatory, eleven thousand five hundred and
twenty dollars. .,..,.
For continuing the publication of the wind and
current charts and Tor defraying all the expenses
connected Herewith, ten thousand dollars
For the repairs and erection OF buildings at the Uni
ted States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland,
twenty eight thousand dollars. To complete the
quarters for the students and professors at the Ma
val Academy at Annapolis, the sum OF seventy five
thousand dollars. And hereafter no appointment
Of midshpmcn, acting midshipmen, or pupil al
any naval school in the navy, shall be made unless
recommended by the member of Congress repre-
senung the district in which the applicant resides
in the same manner that cadets at West Point ar,
now appoin,e d; and that the Secretary of the Navy
ishereby required to report to Congress at ts SECOND
session, the number and names OF appointments e
the Naval School which have been made and the
district and State whence each comes; and tn,
number of vacancies then existing at said school
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