Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-21

For completion OF armory loaded shell mousse ana gun
lrriage shed; sighting ground for cannon; new gun
rounds small row boat and shed; repairs of wharf;
ew pier and boat slip at Ells's Island repairs Of all
inds thrtysx thousand two hundred and thirty eight
ollars.
PHILADELPHIA
For building wharf at Fort Mlin and repairs of all
inds, ten thousand one hundred and seven dollars.
WASHINGTON
For repairs of ordnance buildings four thousand eight
undred dollars
For ordnance building, engine and machinery sea-
rail- at Fort Norfolk and repairs of all kinds, fftysix
thousand and ninety dollars.
PENSACOLA.
For repairs Of all kinds, thousand dollars.
For pay Of superintendent naval constructors and all
he civil establishments at the several navy yards and
ations, hundred and twenty thousand three
hundred and eighty-two dollars.
For the purchase of nautical instruments required for
he use of the navy for repairs of the same and also of
astronomical instruments and for the purchase OF nau
cal books maps and charts and for backing and bind
ng the same, eighteen thousand dollars
For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydro
graphical surveys and astronomical observations hfteen
thousand dollars
For continuing the publication of the series Of wind
md current charts and for defaying all the expenses
connected Herewith, eighteen thousand dollars.
For models, drawings and copying postage freight,
and transportation for working photographic PRESS in
Guiding CHEMICALS for keeping grounds in order for
fuel and lights and for all other contingent expenses of
the United States Naval Observatory and Photographed
Office, eight thousand dollars.
For the wages of persons employed at the United States
Naval Observatory and Photographed Office, viz
1hoaapher, instrument maker, two watchmen, and
rter three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars
eyectfon, Improvement, and repairs of buildings,
uis, and support of the Naval Academy at Annap-
biS MArylana; forty ntndred snd
seven dollars and twenty-five cents
For preparing for publication the American Nautical
Almanac, twentysix thousand eight hundred and eighty
dollars
For preparing for publication the surveys of the late
expedition North Pacific Ocean and Bhering Straits
AID for finishing the publication of charts made by the
lite expedition for the exploration and survey OF the river
la Plata ndtrbutaries six thousand hundred and
sixty dollars Provided, That the whole expense shall
not exceed the sum hereby appropriated.
For the appropriation of this sum, Carried to the sur
puefund being due Thomas Barnum, of Con-
nectcu for prize money appears from the prize list Of
tle Erie squadron file ia the office of the Fourth Au
dor of the Treasury two hundred and fourteen dollars
and eighty -nine cents.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted That to enable the
Secretary of the Navy test useful inventions and dis
cveries applicable to and designed to advance the eff
cncy of the navy, the of ten thousand dollars is
reby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury
MT otherwise appropriated, and the same to his
cntro
Sec g. And be it further enacted That hereafter it shall
h lawful for the Secretary of the Navy to place the SUI
rvison of the compilation and publication of the Maui
teal Almanac in charge of any officer professor Of
mathematics of the navy of competent qualifications
Provided That such officer or professor when so en-
Moved shall receive higher pay than the duty pay to
which his grade shall entitle him
Sec A. And be 1t further enacted, That the acts making
for the naval service of the fifth of August
eighteen hundred and fifty -four, and of the third OF
arch eighteen hundred and ftyfve shall be so con-
rued allow to the boatswans, gunners sallmakers,
dnd carpenters Of the navy when on shore duty the
per centage for sea service as is allowed to them
\ 7hen on sea duty.
Sec s. And be further enacted That the Secretary OF
Navy be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be
INSTRUCTED for the United States navy at early day
apraccable consistent with due regard for economy
any efficiency, five sloepsof-war to be provided with
screw propellers and properly armed and equipped fol
service said vessels and machinery to be built by con-
tract or in the Government navy yards as the Secre
tary of the Navy may think most advisable forhe pub
interest and that there be and is hereby appA
. be expended under the direction of the Sed e
he Navy for the purpose above specified, the 81
Iillion dollars, out of any money in the Trea
berwise appropriated.
1s NAVY is h, it further I'll a = ~ eul
the plat of ground Gu v6 from the asylum by Ship
pen street. if in his opinion fair price be obaine
for it. the proceeds to be carried to the credit of tn
Naval Hospital fund.- from which fund they were pur
chased.
Sec And be it further enacted That the Secretar,
Navy eand he is hereby directed to have prepared
and to report to Congress at its next session for its
prevail code of regulations for the government of thu
navy which shall embrace such general orders and form
for the performance of all the necessary duties ncum
bent the officers thereof both ashore and afoat in
GLIDING rules for the of courts martial
courts of inquiry, well to establish the rank
precedence of each grade of officers in the line of
ton and the relative rank and precedence ashore
afoat between them and noncombatants and between
officers and petty officers Of all grades not in the line
promotion.
Sec g. Aad be it further enacted That the sum of Sc
md hn and no harah
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury moi
otherwise appropriated to be applied in carrying out the
provisions Of the third section of the act to amend
act entitled An act to promote the efficiency of the
navy, granting one years duty pay to the dropped
officers who shall not be restored to the navy; and thai
all of said dropped officers shall be entitled to receive
the forthwith; and if restored to the navy the
amount received under this provision shall be deduct
from the pay to which they will be entitled under the
sixth section of the said to amend the promote
the efficiency ofthe navy"
Sec 9. And be 1T further enacted That the Secretary
of the Navy be and he is hereby authorized
be extended and completed the exploration of the Parans
and the tributaries of the Paraguay river Provided
That the expense thereof shall not exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars which hereby appropriated for that
purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated
Sec TO- And be it further enacted, That the Secreta-
of War and the Navy be authorized under the drec
on of the President to employ such officers of the
and navy as may be necessary for the purpose to make
exploration and vercation of the surveys already made
of ship-canal the Isthmus of Daren to connect
the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic by the Atrato and
Turando rivers Provided, That the expense shall not
exceed twenty five thousand dollars which hereby
appropriated therefor out of any money the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. IT, And be it further enacted That, for prepar-
ng arranging classifying and labelling the specimens
Of natural history brought home by the North Pacific
exploring and surveying expedition, and for reporting
the to Congress, with the appropriate drawings
and catalogues the Of fifteen thousand dollars be