Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1861-09-07


AN-AGf relative to the revenue marine to fix
the compensation Of the officers thereof, and for
other purposes.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House of
Representai,cesofhe United STATES Of An.
ertca in Congress assembled, That the
compensation otthe officers Of the revenue cutters
shall be at the following rates, to wit
DUTY PAY.
Captains, eighteen hundred dollars per annum.
First lleutenlnts, fourteen hundred dollars per-
annum.
Second lieutanants twelve hundred dollars per
annum.
Third lieutenant5, nine hundred dollars per
annum.
LEAVE or ABSENCE OR wlrrISG ORDERS PAY.
Captains twelve hundred dollars per annum.
Flrat leutenants, one thousand dollars per an
nun,
Third lieutenanys seven hundred dollars per
annum.
Sec. 2. Ind be i further enacted, That
the number Of officers for each revenue vessel
shall be one captain and three lieutenanls-
first second and third aud oI steam vessel one
engineer, and one assistant engineer, and such
number Of petty officers and men as in the opinion
OF the Secretary OF tho Treasury may be required
to make the vessels efficient for the duties reour.
ed ofthem: Provided, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury shall have the power to assign any grea-
ter number OF officers than is hereiu prescribed
should the nature Of the service TO which any yes
sci may be assigned in his opinion require it.
Sec. 3. And be Il further enacted, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury shall have the power
to Fect the performance Of any service by the
revenue vessels which, in his judgment, may be
necessary for the protection of the revenue.
Sec 4. And be Il further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discre
tion, dispose Ofa any of the vessels now belonging
to the revenue marine which, in his opinion, are
unsuitable for service and to substitute therefor
such other vessels as the advanced naval architec
ture and the increased wants of the service de-
mand: Provided, That no expenditure shall be
incurred beyond the specific appropriation there
! for
Sec, 5, And be 1t further enacted, That
the President Of the United States, with the as
sent of the Secretary ofthe Treasury, may transfer
the steamer Harriet Lane" permanently to the
navy Provided, That the cost ofsad steamer shaI
be. Refunded to the appropriation "for suitable
steamer for areyenue cntter," and which amount
together with the proceeds Of any vessels disposed
ofby authority Of this act, may be applied to the
building or purchase Of such other vessels as may
be required
Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted Thai
there may be appointed such number Of addtioua
engineers and assistant engineers as may be re
quired by the steamers now or hereafter in the
service.
Approved July 25, 1861.
PUBLIc--No 20.
AN ACT to provide for the payment Of the po
lice organized by the United States for the city
of Baltimore, and to enable the mint to furnish
small gold coins, and to provide for the manu-
facture or purchase Of field signals.
Be il enacted by The Senate and House q
Representatives of the United States %
AHtcFtVW w OUHVftSd uSStHtUttu, lHuU IUl
the maintenance Of said police there is hereby ap
propriated out Of any money in the Treasury moi
otherwise appropriated tho sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars
Sec, 2. And be II further enacted, That
Of said sum not more than twenty thousand dol
lars shall be expended in any one month for sale
purpose and that the same shall cease when the
said police are dismissed from service by the Uni
ted States; And provided, That the disbursement,
of the amount hereby allowed shall be made only
with the sanction and by the authority Of tho Com
manding General Of that Military Department.
Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That
there be and hereby appropriated out Of any mo
ney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
the following sums, viz:
To enable the mint to furnish such small golt
coins as may be required for the public service, for
ty thsusand dollars, or SO much thereof as may b,
necessary
For the manufacture or purchase Of apparatu
and equipments for field signals five thousand dol
lars.
| Annrnval Tnlv 9th 1851