St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-08-22


AN ACT to provide for the appointment of
Assistant Paymasters in the Navy
BE IL enacted by he Senate and LIguse Of Rcprc-
semtatices Of tie T,ited States Of Insrca IN ION
gress asso7nbLea That the grade Of assistant pay
nlaster in the Navy of the United States he
and hereby is established, and that from and
after the passage of this act the President of
the United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, may appoint assistant
paymasters from time to time, as they shall
be needed for active service in the Navy, not
exceeding thirty-six in number
SEC. >. Ind be ii FURTHER enacted, That every
person who shall be appointed assistant pay
master SHALL at the time of his appointment,
be not less than twenty-one years OF age nor
more than twenty-siX years and that previ-
Gus to his appointment, his physical, mental
and moral qualifications shall be inquired into
and tavorably reported on by a board OF pay
masters appointed for that purpose by the
Secretary of the Navy, and under such reg
ulations Is he may prescribe.
SEC. 3, Ind be ii further enacted That the
annual pay OF assistant paymasters shall be us
follows, viz:
On duty at sea, for the first five years after
date Of commission, one thousand three hun
dred dollars; after five years from date of
commission, one thousand and five hundred
dollars.
On other duty, for the first five years after
date of commission, one thousand dollars,
after tive years from date of commission one
thousand two hundred dollars.
On leave of absence or waiting orders, for
the first five years after date of commission,
eight hundred dollars; after five years from
the date of commission, one thousand dollars
and when attached to vessels for sea service
each assistant paynlaster shall be entitled to
one ration per day.
SEC. t. IRa be IL further enacted That from
and after the passage of this act no command
ing officer of any vessel in the navy shall hc
required to perform the duties of paymaster or
assistant paymastcr; and when such office
shall become vacant, by death or otherwise,
in ships at sea or on foreign statations, or on
the Pacific coast of the United States, the
senior officer present may make an acting ap-
pointment of any fit person to perform the
duties until another paymaster or assistant
paymaster shall report for duty. Any person
performing the duties Of paymaster or ussis-
tant paymaSter in accordance with this sec
ton (but not otherwise) shall he entitled to
receive the pay OF such grade whilst SO acting.
SEC. g. Ind be IL FURTHER enacted, That each
assistant paymaster shall, upon his appoint
ment, enter into bonds in the amount OF ten
thousand dollars, with at least two good and
sufficient securities for the faithful perform
ance of his duties, and that assistant paymas-
ters shall have rank and precedence with assis-
tant surgeons, not passed, and that all APP
pointments to fill vacancies in the corps OF
paymasters shall be made by regular promo
ton from the list of assistant paymasters.
SEC. 6. And be IL enacted, That within six
months after the expiration of the present in.
surrection the corps OF paymasters and assis-
tant paymasters shall be reduced to the mum.
Der of seyenty-tiye in the whole.
Approved, July II, 1861.