The national Republican., 1861-07-22

daily allowance II shall be lawful TO substitute
one pound Of soft bread, or one pound of -FOUR
or half a pound Of rice for fourteen ounces OF
buiscuit half pint Of wine for z II of spirits
half pound Of rice for half pint Of beans or
peas half pint Of beans or peas for half a
pound Of rice. .u.l,47Yg l-,su.,
Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That, in
case Of necessity, the daily allowance Of pro
visions may be diminished or varied BY the
discretion Of the senior officer present in com.
mand but payment shall be made to the per.
sons whose allowance shall be thus diminished,
according to the scale Of prices which is or
may be established for the same; but q COM
mander who shall thus make dimunition or
variation shall report to his commanding officer,
or to the Navy Department, the necessity for
the same, and give to the paymaster written
orders specifying particularly the diminution
or reduction which is to be made. r5. a..r
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted, That no
commissioned or warrant officer, or any per.
son under twenty.one years Of age, shall be
be allowed to draw the spirit part Of the daily
ration; and all other persons shall be permit.
ted to relinquish that part Of their rations
under such restriction as the President Of the
United States may authorize and that the
spirit portion of the daily ration may be sus.
pended or stopped by the commanding officer,
whenever in his opinion it shall be expedient,
for cause of drunkenness and to any person
who, by this section, is prohibited from draw.
ing, or who may relinquish the spirit part Of
his ration, there shall be paid, in lieu thereof,
the sum Of four cents per day.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions Of this act shall go into effect in the
United States on the first day Of the succeeding
quarter after il becomes law; and in vessels
abroad on the FIRST day Of the succeeding quar-.
ter after its official receipt; that any acts and
parts Of acts which may be contrary to or in.
consistent with the provisions Of this act shall
be and are hereby repealed. ...
Sec. Z. And be Il. further enacted, That the
Secretary Of the Navy be authorized to pro.
cure the preserved meats, pickles, butter, and
desiccated vegetables in such manner and
under such restrictions and guarantees as In his
opinion will best insure the good quality Of said
articles.
Approrsa, July ls, 1861.
PuBLrC-No. 81
AN ACT making additional appropriations
for the naval service for the year ending the
thirtieth Of June eighteen hundred and six.
tytwo, and appropriations Of arreafages for
teen hundred and sixty-one. Il yI.. ... .
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Q,
Representatives Of tie United States Of amer.
sums be and they are hereby appropriated, to
otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the
thirtieth Of Ju..s, eighteen hundred and sixty.
two:
For pay Of commission, warrant, and petty
officers and seamen, including the engineer
corps Of the navy, six million eight hundred
and forty thousand dollars.
| For the repair and equipment Of vessels OF
the navy, eight millian Eve hundred and seven
| ty.fve thousand dollars.
For fuel for the navy, to be purchased in the
mode prescribed by law for other materials
and for the transportation thereof, one million
and eighty thousand dollars.
For the purchase Of hemp and other mate
rials for the navy, three hundred thousand dol
lars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including
incidental expenses, three million Eve hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
For the completion of seven steam screw
sloops, authorized by act Of February twenty
first, eighteen hundred and sixty.one, one mil
lion Elk hundred thousand dollars.
For the completion Of seven steam screw
sloops and side-whsel steamer, ninety one thou
sand four hundred and thirty.nine dollars and
eighty-two cents.
For provisions for commission, warrant, aud
petty officers and seamen, including engineers
and marines attached to vessels 70, sea service
one million nine hundred and ninety.four thou
sand two hundred and twenty-five dollars and
forty seven cents.
For surgeons necessaries and appliances 70,
the sick and hurt of the navy, including the
| engineer and marine corps, twenty-five thou
| sand dollars.
For contingent expenses that may accrue fol
the following purposes, viz: freight and trans
portation, printing and stationery, advertising
in newspapers, books, maps, models, and draw
ings, purchase and repair of fre-engines AND
machinery, repairs Of and attending to steam
engines in navy yards, purchase and mainte
nance of horses and oxen, and driving teams
carts, timber.wheels, and the purchase and
repairs Of workmen's tools, postage on public
letters, fuel, oil, and candles for navy yard.
and shore stations, pay Of watchmen and Incl
dental labor not chargeable to any other appro
| priation, transportation TO and labor attending
the delivery of provisions and stores on foreign
stations, wharfage, docksge, and rent, travelling
expenses Of officers and others under orders
funeral expenses store and Office rent, fuel
commissions and pay of clerks to navy agents
and storekeepers, flags, awnings, and packing
boxes, premiums and other expenses of recruit
ing, apprehending deserters, per diem pay tc
persons attending courts.martial, courts of in
qulry, and other services authorized by law
pay to judges advocate, pilotsge and towage
Of vessels, and assistance to vessels in distress
and for bills of health and quarantine expenses
Of vessels Of the United States navy in foreign