, 1861-02-01

expenses; and for the wages Of persons employed at
the nited States Naval Observatory aud hydIpgIapM-
cal Office, viz: one Instrument maker, two watcamen
and one porter seven thousand i've hundred dolarS.
For the erection Of hJse-house, one thousand aud
Ave hundred dollars.
Eor the erection and repairs Of buildings, improve
ment and preservation Of the grounds aud for contR
gepces AZ the United States Naval Academy, hftysCy
en- thousand and ninety-six dollars.
For preparing for publication the American Nauti-
cal Almanac twenty-five thousand eight hundred and
eighty dollars.
the survey OF the rou between California and China,
and Of portions Of the coast Of Japan, five thousand
dollars.
For engraving charts Of the survey Of Bclrng
Straits the North Pacific Ocean, and China seas, Tn
der the direction Of the Secrtary OF the Navy, nne
thousand and ten dollars.
For the removal Of the naval monument from the
west front OF the Capitol 10 the gronads Of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis fifteen hundred dollars.
Sac. 2 ARd BE- IL further enacted, That the sun
Of thirty nine thousand four hurded dollars be, and
the same Is hereby, appropriated for pay OF comms
sion warrant, aud petty ocers and seImen, ihclging
The engineer corps OF We navy, Tor nc year epding
SIC ,. And be IL further Snaeifd, That phser
in the navy Of the United States shall hearaicr b,
styled paymasteTs, and that all laws and regulations
applying 10 them rs purse, and all responsibilities
/ and obligations attaching to them such, shall re
main in full force aHd continue 70 apply to theg un
der the title Of paymasers, and that the payment
heretofore made 10 the pursers clerks at tue navy
yards at Charleston, New York and NoDdlk, unde
appropriations made by Congress, at theate Of seVeI
hundred and fifty dollars per annum are hereby con
hned; and that the pay OF the purses clerks at hos
navyyaTds shall be continued the rate OF seven hun
| dred and fifty dollars per annuu.
! SEc. 4. AHd BE- IL 6HfhsG enacted, That the sun
OF FIVE thousand dollars he yahd the same Is hereby
appropriated, out Of anymoney in the treasury no
otherwise appropriated to he expended under the join
resolution passed the tWentysixth February eigheeI
hundred and fftyseyen, "tO prevent the counterfeit
ing Of the coins Of the United States"
SEC g. And BE- IL further snacted, That the sum o
ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, ap
propriated to enable the President to send some com
petent person or persons to the Isthmus Of Chrqui
whose duty II shall he to examine into and report upoT
the quality and probable quantity Of coal to be fOunC
there upon the lands Of the Chiriqui improvement
Company; upon the character Of the harbors Of Chr
qu Lagoon and Golfto; upon the practicability Of
building railroad across said lsthmds, so as to con
meet said harbors and generally upon the value Of th'
privileges contracted for in a Conditional contract
made on the twenty-frst day of/May, eighteen hun
dred and iftynine between Isaac TOucey, the Secre
tary Of the Navy Of the United States, and Ambrose
W. Thompson, and the Chiriqui Improvement COmpa
ny; Prorided That nothing herein contained shal
be construed a ratification Of the said contract.
Approved, June p, lsG0.