Nebraska advertiser., 1857-07-16

naval board; or he shall remain upon the re-
tired list on leave Of absence or furlough pay,
according to the finding of the court. approved
by the President: Provided, That theoficers
so restored or placed on the reserved list, shall
be appointed to their placed by the President,
| by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted. That
the operation of the present law limiting the
number of officers of the navy shall be sus-
pended so far as to authorize the restoration,
within one year from the passagerCf this act,
By the President, and with tie 8 Hiks and c,n-
sent ot the enats IF ofieIKa xaIafssa .ld
dte sG sllsdsA tie eteiatIoa 81 "a let of The
twenty-eighlak of February, eighlein hnndrad
and fifty i've entitled "An aCit To pEstnote the
efficiency of the navy:" Provided that there
shall be no further promotionsor or appointments
in any grade, after said restorations shall have
been made thereto, until such grade in the
active service shall be reduced to the limit
now prescribed by law. That when any such
officer shall be restored to the navy, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. the
officer so restored shall occupy that position
and rank in the navy which he would have
held had he not retired, furloughed, or dropped,
by the order of the President, on the report of
the naval board: Provided, further, That any
dropped officer who may be, in the opinion of
said court, entitled to be placed on the retired
or furloughed list may be thus placed by the
President by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
officers who were dropped, as aforesaid, and
who shall not be restored to the naval service
within one year from the passage hereof, shall
be entitled TO receive one years duty pay OF
their grades, respectively; and the President
shall be, and he is hereby, authorized, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, to trans
fer any officer from the furlough to the re-
served list and that so much Of the act oil
February twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-fve, entitled "An act to promote the
efficiency Of the navy" as renders reserved
officers ineligible to promotion, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. Ard be it further enacted, Thai
reserved officers may be promoted on the re.
served list, by and with the advice and con
sent of che Senate, but no such promotion shall
entitle them to any pay beyond that to which
they were entitled when so reserved, nor shall
they, by such promotion, take any highe
Ldnh Iudn tuey WOuIu nave taken Hau lne.
been retained in the active service of the navy
and nothing in this act, or in the act to which
this is an amendment, shall be so construed a
to preclude officers on the reserved list from
wearing the uniform Of their grades respec
lively.
Sec 81 Apa y i fiishs,l silas,eui. sTiA
captains in command Of squalrofs shall b
& denominated flag officers
Sec. s.. And Be u further enacted Tha
all officers who may be restored to actiV
service, under the provisions of this act, shal
be entitled to draw the same pay they wer
drawing at the time they were retired or drop
! ped, for and during the time of such retire
ment or suspension from the active servic
! aforesaid.
: Approved, Jan. 16, 1857