The national Republican., 1861-06-21
Navy Yards.

For repairs Of marine barracks at Charles.
town, Massachusetts, nine teen thousand four
hundred and ftty-six dollars.
For repairs OF all kinds, forty thousand dol
lars. ..,
Neu York.-For boilers for new boiler.
house, sixteen thousand two hundred and twen.
| ty.fve dollars.
For boilers for machine shop, twelve thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars.
For machinery for smithery and saw.mill
| eight thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
For repairs Of all kinds, thirty thousand dol.
| lars.
Phi1adelphid.-Fo repairs Of all kinds,
twelve thousand and forty three dollars.
Wdstington.-For repairs Of all kinds, TWEEN
ty thousand dollars. ....-....
For wall on west side of yard, FIVE hundred
and forty feet long, thirteen thousand four hun.
dred and lightweight dollars.
NorfoM.-For completing timber shed mum.
ber seventeen, nine thousand eight hundred
and eighty.eight dollars. ...
For completing spar shed, twelve thousand
, dollars.
For repairs of all kinds, twenty thousand
dollars.
For amount due to contractors for provision
store, and to omplete the same, thirty.six thou.
sand one hundred and sixty eight dollars.
Mare Bland.-For completing machine shop
fifty thousand dollars.
For completing smithery, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For completing coopers' shop, ten thousand
dollars.
For repairs of all kinds, twenty thousand
dollars.
sacketts Harbor.-For repairs of all kinds,
one thousand dollars.
Hospitals.
Boston.-For repairs of all kinds, two thou.
sand five hundred dollars.
Nep Tork.-For repairs of hospital buildings,
laboratory, and apparatus, two thousand one
hundred dollars.
Napal asylum, Phaadelphia.-For furniture
and repairs, house cleaning and whitewashiLg,
repairs to furnaces, CRATES, and ranges, gas and
water rent, and for repairs of all kinds, four
| thousand three hundred dollars. ..
For support of bene6ciaries at the asylum,
twenty. y.seven thousand dollars.
Wdshington.-For repairs of all kinds, one
thousand dollars.
Nortolk.-For general repairs at hospital,
eight thousand dollars.
Magazines.
For the construction and CONF mpletion of works,
| and for the current repairs at the several naval
| magazines:
| DOSOU.-rOr repairs Ot all klnuS, anu DullQ-
ing powder boat, FIVE thousand four hundred
dollars.
| Washingtan-For repairing and improving
ordnance building, six thousand dollars.
| Nortolk.-For shot beds and gunskids, ad.
ditional store at magazine, and for repairs of
all kinds, twelve thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
For pay of superintendent, naval construct
ors, and all the civil establishments at the
several navy yards and stations, one hundred
and fortyeight thousand one hundred and four
dollars.
For the purchase of nautical instruments for
the use of the navy; for repairs Of the same,
and also of astronomical instruments; and for
the purchase of nautical books, maps, and
charts, and for backing and binding the same,
twenty thousand dollars.
For models, drawings, and copying; for post.
age, freight, and transportation for keeping
grounds in order for fuel and lights, and for
all other contingent expenses; and for the
wages of persons employed at the United States
Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office,
| viz: one instrument maker, two watchmen, and
one porter, nine thousand dollars.
For the erection and repairs of buildings,
improvement and preservation Of the grounds,
aud for contingencies at the United States Ma.
val Academy, torty.nine thousand five hundred
aud sixty.seven dollars and twenty-five cents.
For preparing for publication the American
Nautical Almanac, twenty-five thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars.
For the completion of the charts Of the sur
vey of the La Plata, six thousand dollars.
For reducing and preparing for printing and
engraving, under direction OF Captain Cadwal
lader Ringgod, subject to the control of the
Secretary OF the Navy of the United States,
copies Of the charts of all surveys and recon.
noissances made by him while in command of
the North Pacific Surveying Expedition, and
Of the "Coral Archipelago" and the ap.
proaches thereto, together with sailing direc
tions, reports, photographic and other results,
and observations explanatory Of the voyage,
calculated to lessen the dangers and facilitate
intercourse with the Eastern seas, China, and
Japan, in accordance with the estimates OF
Captain Ringgold, seven thousand seven hun.
dred dollars Prorided, That no publication
shall be made under and by virtue hereof, ex.
cept the same be the result of actual SURVEYS
reconnossances, and observations, made by
Captain Ringgold, or under his personal direc.
ton and supervision.
For completing the publication of the charts
o! the exp oration of the North Pacific China
seas, and Behring's Straits, eleven thousand
six hundred and seventy two dollars.
Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, That the
payments heretofore made to the clerks of
yards and the commandments clerks at the navy
yards Of kittery and Philadelphia, under ap
preparations made by Congress for that pur.
pose, at the rate Of twelve hundred dollars per
annum, are hereby allowed and confirmed.
Sec. And be ii Jlriher enacted, That the
President OF the United States is hereby author
lied to place on retired list any medical
officer Of the navy who is now or may hereafter
be proved to be permanently incapable, from
physica or mental in6rmity, of further service
at sea; and that the payment of officers SO re-
tired shall be the leave OF absence pay of their
respective grades as it existed prior to the pas
sage of the act of Congress to regulate the pay
Of the navy. approved June one, eighteen hun.