Nebraska advertiser., 1862-03-06
FFICIA
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at he Seocn9 Session of the TAirty
Seventh Congress.
GPUBL1C-No. IL
An ACT to further promote the eficiencyof
the Navy.

An All TO furtner promote the eHclencyot
the Navy.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United Skates of
America in Congress in Congress Assembled,
That whenever the name of any naval officer
now in the service, or who may hereafter be
in the service of the United States, shall have
been borne on the Naval Register forty
five years, or shall be of the age of sixty
two years, he shall be retired from active ser
vice, and his name entered on thd retired list
of officers of the grade to which he belonged
at the time of such retirement
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Pres
ident of the United States be and he is here
by authorized to assign any officer who who
may be retired under the preceding sectidn of
this act to shore duty. and such officer thus
assigned shall receive the full shore pay of his
grade while so employed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate
shall have the authority to detail from the re-
tired list of the navy for the command of
squadrons and single ships such officers as he
may believe that the good of the service re
cuires to he thus placed in command; and
such officers may. if upon the recommends
tioE of the President of the United States,
they shall receive a vote of thanks of Con-
gress for gallantry in action against an en-
envy be restored to the active list and not 9TH
erwise.
Sec, f.. And be it further enacted, taat the
President of the United States shall have the
authority to select any officer from the grades
1 Captain q Camflander in the navy and as
Igh aim the conmabd Of asquadron with
lfshuf rank and title Of 4 Gag officer and any
thus assigned shall have the same au-
lbolsy and receive the same obedience from
the commanders OF ships in bis squadron
holding commissions of an older date than bis
that he would be entitled to receive were his
commission the Oldest; and to receive, when
so employed, the pay to which he would
have been entitled if he were on the active
list of the navy.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
all officers retired under the provisions of this
act shall receive the retired pay of their re-
spective grades as fixed BY law.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Navy be and is hereby
authorized to cause two hundred medals of
honor'' to be prepared, with suitable emblem
attic devices, which shall be bestowed upOn
such petty officers. -sesmen, iandsmen, and
marines as shall most distinguish themselves
by their gailantry in action and other seaman
like qualities duringthe present war, and that
the-sum-of one thousand dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated out of any mon
ey in the Treasury, for the purpose of Carrying
this section into effect.
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
the hours of labor in the navy yards of the
United States shall be the same as in the
private ship yards at or nearest to the post
where such navy yard is established, and'the
wages ppid to all employees in such yards
shall be, as near as may be, the average price
paid to employees of the same grade in pri-
vate shipyards in or nearest to the same vicin-
ity, to be determined by the commandant Of
the navyyard.
Approved December 81, 1861.