The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-04
B Y A U T II o Il I T y
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed during the Second Session of
tie 1HHtySecond Congress.
LPrnf.Ic Acr-No. AL

PUBLIC Acr-No 81
AN ACT making appropriations for the !
naval service for the year ending the /
thirtieth of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-four.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled. That
the following sums be, ard they are here
by, appropriated, to be paid out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the year ending the
thirtieth of June, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty four.
For pay of commission, warrant, and
petty officers and seamen, including the
engineer corps of the navy, two million
eight hundred and eighty thousand one
hundred and forty eight dollars: Provi-
ded, That the salary of the assistant OBJ
server or astronomer at the National
/ Observatory shall be two thousand dol.
lars, and the salary of the principal clerk
at said Observatory shall be twelve hun
drcd dollars.
And the pay Of person when attach
ed to, and dong duty at, the naval sta
ton of California, shall be four thousand
dollars per annum, and he shall be al
lowed clerk at a compensation not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars per annum.
And the proper accounting officers of tho
Treasury be. and they are hereby, au.
thorized and directed to allow and pay
out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to the officers,
petty officers, and seamen Of the United
States navy, to the officers, non commits
stoned officers, musicians, and privates of
, the Marine Corps; and to the officers
and men of the Revenue service, who
served in the Pacific ocean on the coast
t of California and Mexico during the late
= war with Mexico, and since the conclu-
sion of the war up to the twenty eighth
of September, eighteen hundred aud fif
ty, the same additional compensation as
has been by law directed to be paid tc
the officers and soldiers of the army who
served in California and that this pro
vision allowing extra pay, as well as that
+ contained in the Navy Appropriation act
of August thirty first, eighteen hundred
and fifty two, shall extend to and include
f all naval storckeopers who were station
! cd on the Pacific coast and the add
= tional compensation authorized by The
! foregoing provision, and by the Navy
C Appropriation act Of eighteen hundred
and fifty two, shall be paid to the lega
t representatives of all deceased person:
s who would have been entitled to receive
n the same if living,
e Aud there shall be allowed to Lieu
p tenants William Lewis Herndon aud
! Lardncr Gibbon, officers of the United
. States navy, who were engaged upon the
:; exploration of the Amazon, the same pay
as has been allowed to the superinten
dent of the naval astronomical expedi
S tion in Chill, by the act making appro
, priations for the naval service, approved
. March third. eighteen hundred and fifty
| one, during the period of their service as
J aforesaid, which period shall be rcckoned
from the date on which each officer left
the United States until the final return
of the exploring party.
For pay of superintendents, naval con
structors, and all the civil establishments
at the several navy yards and stations
) one hundred and eight thousand six hun
, dred and fifty dollars;
J And the first and second clerks to the
commandants of the principal navy yards
: viz boston, New York, Washington
: Norfolk, and Pensacola-shall receive
the same pay tina. the two lowest class
es of clerks in the bureaus o f the
Navy Department now receive re-
, spectively; and each "clerk of the yard
in said navy yards shall receive the same
compensation as is herein provided for
the first clerks to commandants.
, For provisions for commission, war
rant, and petty officers and seamen, in
cluding engineers and marines attached
to vessels for sea service. six hundred
and eighty six thousand dollars;
For the completion of II scientific in.
vestigation and experiments upon the
character Of alimentary subsistence in
the navy, and means to prevent their de-
terioration, five thousand dollars, to be
expended under the direction of the See
retary of the Navy;
For surgeons nccessaries and appli-
anoes for the sick and hurt of the navy.
including the marine corps, thirty seven
thousand three hundred dollars;
For repair of vessels in ordinary, and
for wear and tear of vessels in commits
sion, including fuel and purchase of
hemp, one million nine hundred and for.
ty one thousand four hundred and fifty
dollars
For ordnance and ordnance stores and
small arms including incidental expen-
ses, two hundred thousand dollars;
For preparing for publication the A
morican Nautical Almanac, nineteen
thousand four hundred dollars;
y For the purchase of nautical instru-
4 ynents required for the use of the navy,