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and twenty eight thousand seven hundred and
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forty six dollars.
Washington.
For machinery and tools; paving; gas works:
repairs and increase of ordnance machinery
and shops, and repairs Of all kinds, one hundred
and twentysix thousand nino hundred and
eighty Ave dollars.
Mare Island.
For completion Of derrick, foundry, and
equipment grading; completing oflcsrs'
houses; gas works; two iron wharforanes; ma.
chinery and tools for smithery; cisterns, scows,
lighters, stages. and pils.driyer; drainage and
al snd ons snd @
three hundred and ffty.two dollars: Provtded,
That no expenditure for completing o6acera
houses shall be incurred until complete plans
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the Secretary of the Navy, and tho work shall
be done by contract after due and public ad
vertisement for proposals; but no portion OF
this appropriation shall be expended unless the
work can be completed for tho sum hereby
appropriated.
Sackens Harbor.
For repairs Of all kinds, one thousand i've
hundred dollars.
HOSPITALS.
Portsmouth, Nep Hampshire.
For purchase Of twenty.seven and three hun.
dred and ffty.fve thousandths acres of land on
Seavey's Island, adjacent to the kittery navy
yard fourteen thSusanS hye hundred ,n pu ao"rs
Yards and Docks be and he Is hereby author.
lied to purchase that portion Of Seaveys Island
lying west Of the road, for suoh sum as to him
may seem reasonable and advantageous to the
Government.
For hospital on seayey's Island, ten thousand
dollars; Prouided, That no building shall be
erected or extended until complete plans and
specifications and estimates OF cost In detail
shall be furnished to and approved by the SEQ.
retary of the Navy, and contracts therefor
shall be lot upon due aud public advertise.
ment.
Boston.
For extension of hospital and repairs of build
ing, seventy one thousand Ave hundred dollars:
Provided; That no building shall be erected or
extended until complete plans and specihca-
tions and estimates of cost In detail shall be
furnished to and approved by tho Secretary OF
the Navy, and contracts therefor shall be let
upon due and public advertisement.
Neto York.
For repairs and improvements, and house
for surgeon and director Of the Laboratory,
twenty .one thousand five hundred dollars.
Philadelphia.
For furniture and repairs of same; house
cleaning and whitewashing; repairs to fur.
naoes, CRATES, and ranges; gas and water rent;
repairs, five thousand three hundred dollars.
For support Of benef,ciaries. twenty.seven
thousand dollars.
MAGAZINES
Boston.
For general repairs Of buildings; addition to
magazine, and wall around magazine grounds,
thirty two thousand nine hundred and thirteen
dollars.
Ne,o York.
For Improvement Of armory; house for stor-
age of loaded shells, and repairs of all kinds,
afty.fve thousand two hundred and forty.nine
dollars.
Philadelphia.
For repairs Of wharf and magazine nj Fort
Mifin, one thousand Ave hundred dollars.
Washington.
For repairs Of magazine and ordnance builA
ings, six thousand dollars.
Mare Island.
For repairs Of all kinds, two thousand dol
For pay of superintendents naval construo,
tors, and all the civil establishments at the gen
eral navy yards and stations, one hundred and
four thousand i've hundred and eighty -four
dollars: Prouided, That hereafter no salaries
shall be paid to any employee In any Of the
navy yards except to those designated In the
estimates. All other persons shall receive
per diom compensation for tho time during
which they were actually engaged.
NAVAL OBSERVATORY.
For purchase of nautical instruments, repairs
Of the same, and of astronomical instruments.
and charts. and for backing and binding the
same, sixty thousand dollars.
For wages Of instrument maker, watchnan.
porter, and laborers; for keeping grounds In
and postage; for repairs to buildings and on
closures, and contingent expenses, thirteen
thousand dollars.
For pay of four aids to be employed at tho
Observatory and photographed oaics, four
thousand dollars.
For wages of wstohmen and contingent OK.
penses Of the Naval Academy, twenty-five
thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven
dollars.
For the pay Of mileage of the visitors to the
Naval Academy, one thousand dollars.
For preparing for publication the Amerio eau
Nautical Almanac, twenty five thousand eight
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Sec. 2. And be further enacted, That the
pay of any captain Of the navy who shall, 10
pursuance of law, perform duty as chief of
bureau In the Navy Department, shall be the
10 take effect from the date of the "Act regu-
one, eighteen hundred and sixty.
Sec. 3. And be il further enacled, That the
pay Of the clerks OF the navy yard and navy
agency at Mare Island shall be as follows, viz /:
One clerk to navy agent, two thousand dollars
per annum; one clerk to navy agent, fifteen
hundred dollars; one clerk 10 the oommandant,
fifteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the yard.
fifteen hundred dollars; one clerk to the pay
master and inspector Of provisions, and \"
forth, fifteen hundred dollars; one clerk to the
naval constructor, nine hundred dollars; ono
clerk to the OWL englneer, nine hundred dol
twelve hundred dollars; one steward to pay
master, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
SEQ. 4. And be il further enacted. That from
and after the first day OfrSeptember, eighteen
hundred and sixty two, the spirit ration in the
navy of the United States shall forever cease.
and thereafter no distilled spirtuOus liquors
shall be admitted on board of vessels. .Of.war
except as medical stores, and upon the order
and under the control of the medical officers OF
such vessels, and 10 be used only for medical
purposes. From and after the said frst day
Of September next there shall be allowed and
paid to each person In the navy now entitled
10 tho spirit ration fivo cents per day In com.
mutation and lieu thereof, which shall be in
ad iition to their present pay.
Sec. s. And be II further enacted, That the
orders, regulations, and instructions heretofore
issued by the Secretary OF tho Navy be and
they are hereby recognized as the regulations
of the Navy Department, subject, however, to
| such alterations as the Secretary Of tho Navy
may adopt, with the appreciation Of the Presi.
dent of the United States.
SEQ. Q. And be il further enacted, That ths
pay of the secretary of a commander of
| squadron shall hereafter be fifteen hundred
dollars year and one ration.
SEQ. 7. And be II further enucted, That CHAP.
lains In the navy shall be 40 less than twenty.
| one nor more than thirty.hve years of age at
| the time of their appointment rs such.
SEQ. 8. And be il further eaacted, That the
President of the United States be and he Is
hereby authorized to annually appoint ten act.
ing midshipmen for education ut the Naval
Academy, who shall be selected from the sons
of officers or soldiers who distinguished them.
selves in the service of the United Statos, or
from the sons of officers or men In the naval or