The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-12
OFFICIAL.


Mare kland-For; continuing grading and paving;
foundry establishment completing ironwharf cranes
smithery TOOLS and machinery; cisern and holder tor
gas-woeks saw-m machinery; coal-house and wharf;
sea-wa continuation guardhouse; completing onehaf
of storehose and repairs of all kinds two hundred and
eight thousand eight hundred dollars
Sdcketfs Hdrb0r.-For repairs Of all kinds two thous
and dollars
HOSPITALS.
Bostor-For repairs of buildings roads, fences paint
ing hospital enlargement of cemetery, glazing painting
furniture and miscellaneous items, eight thousand five
hundred dollars.
Ne,c York-For repairs of hospital buildings, append
ages roads, fences walls stables painting glazing In hos
pta and laboratory and labor cemetery and grounds
fourteen thousand dollars.
Washington, District Of oolun,biasrFor completing
ding authorized by act of March fourteenth eighteen
hundred and sixty-four thirty thousand dollars
N@tolk-For plastering glazing, painting, repair of
wharves and bridges repair Of cemetery enclosure gas
fixtures, and tagging, twelve thousand five hundred
ISnsacolaFor extension of building enclosures, rooms
for distributing stores and for general repairs and i'm
ten thousand five hundred dollars.
Memphis-For repairs and Improvements, seven thous
and dollars.
Nerv Orleans-For repairs and improvements, Eve
thousand dollars.
Portsmouth.-For shobeds; quay walls boiler, boiler
ROOM and machinery grading grounds and repairs OF
kinds totyseyen bousond four hundred and twenty-five
dollars. .---..-....
For repairs of magazine, shellhouses, wharf at
Chelsea and powderboa repairs of ordnance store she'll
depot at Maiden; and tools for gun-carrage shop six
thousand three hundred and seventy eight dollars.
Neic York.-For ordnance machinery, and repairs Of
all kinds ffty-fve thousand dollars.
PhiladelpiaFor two stone magazine buildings fifteen
thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars. l,r.
Washington, District Of C6l,mbia-For repairs to
buildings In ordnance yard repairs to branch Magazine
cleaning and improving ordnance yard, erecting tempo
rary buildings additional ordnance machinery, and
tinuing work on new ordnance foundry, eightyseven
thousand dollars.
Norfolk For improvements and repairs of buildings
at NIsgazne Fort Norfolk, ten thousand dollars.
Mare Iland.-For continuing shell-house and powder.
magazine north end ofyard, building second shell.
house magazine continuing preparations for gunpark,
tools and machines for ordnance shop repairs to build
ing number seventy, occupied by ordnance; repairs to
magazine; and for strengthening old wharf at magazine
and building addition, ortyour thousand four hun
bred and eightysix dollars
Mscellaneous.For pay II superintendent naval con
structor and all the civil establishments of the several
navyyards and stations one hundred and thirty.two
| thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.
For expenses of professors watchmen and Others and
contingencies Of the United States Naval Academy one
hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and twentysix
Naval Obserpatory-For pay of assistant astronomer,
| three aids; and clerk eight thousand dollars.
For wages Of instrument maker, two wachmen porter,
messenger and aborers keeping grounds in order and
repairs to buildings and enclosures; fuel lights, Office
furniture and stationery and for freight transportation,
postage and incidental expenses, fourteen thousand
| dollars.
For preparing for publication tho American Nautical
Almanac, twenty five thousand eight hundred and fifty
dollars.
NAVAL ASYLUM, PHILADELPHIA.
For furniture and repairs Of housekeeping and
whtc-washing furnaces, CRATES, and ranges; gas and
water rent improvements of grounds wharyes and LOTS
and for hospital and repairs of all kinds five thousand
six hundred dollars
For support of benefcaries forty-two thousand dollars
To meet emergencies at the Atlantic, East and West
Gulf, and Mississippi stations, five hundred thousand
| dollars
For pay of photographer in the bureau Of ordnance,
SEC q And be 1t tt,ther enacted That no mdshlpman
shall be appointed for any district not represented in
Congress-
SIC g. and ii further enacted, That so much Of the
second section of entitled An to increase and
regulate the pay of the navy of the United States APP
proved June one eighteen hundred and sixty provided
that the officer charged with experiments in gunnery
at the navy-yard Washington, shall receive the
pay of the grade next above him. be- and the same is
Sea- Andbet further enacted That to defraythe neces
say expenses ofthecommssion to select the
ed site for hayward or naval station on the Mississippi
River, or upon one of its tributaries" the of two
five hundred and ninety dollars is hereby APP
propriated.
SEC. 8. And be further enacted, That the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars hereby appropriated to
large the accommodation for sick wounded and other
wise disabled at tho Naval Asylum, Philadelphia author
hundred and sixty-iour.
SEC. 1nd belt further enacted That the Secretary Of
the Navy be- and Is hereby authorized to purchase the
balance Of square nine hundred and forty eight in the
city Of Washington, District Of Columbia, fourteen
thousand feet, upon which naval hospital Is now In
course OF erection rorided the be obtained,
IN the Judgment Of the secretary upon terms deemed just
and reasonable
Sec. 7. Aud be further enacted That so much Of the
provso of the act Of third March, eighteen hundred and
fortythree entitled "An act making appropriations for
the naval service for the hafcalendar year. beginning tho
first OF January and ending the thirteth day of june
eighteen hundred and foryour" as requires that proy
slons and all other materials of every and nature
for the of the navy be furnished by contract with the
Lowest bidder after advertisement shall be- and the same
hereby so far modified that it shall not apply to bun
ting delivered for the use of the army and navy that 1t
be lawful for the Secretary of War; tho Secretary of
Navy and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into
for bunting of American manufacture as their
respective services for period exceeding ono
year. and at price not exceeding that at which an ar
tcle ofequal quality can he imported.
Approved, March 2, 1865. % ~
Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to ncorpor-
ate the Columbia Institution for the instruction or the
deaf and dumb and the blind" approved February six
teen, eighteen hundred and ffty-seven p
re enacted 9y ne &nate and House Of Representa
ures q ne United States Of America in C0nyess assem-
DIED. That 10 much of said as requires the teaching
no BIND IN sad Institution be, and the is hereby
repealed aud the corporate name and style thereof shall
hereafter be "The Columbia Institution for the instrc
ton of the Deaf and Dumb" a
SEC And be further enacted, That the Secretary Of
the Interior be- and no Is hereby authorized to cause ali
INDECENT blind children who are now or NAV hereafter
become entitled under the law It now exists TO IN
sructon in said institution to be instructed in some in
stituton for the education Of the blind MaryAnd or
some other State at cost not greater for each pupil than
is or may be for the time being paid by such State and
to cause the same to be paid out of the Treasury Of the
SEC g. And be it further enacted That this act shall
take effect from and after the hreth day Of June cg-
teen hundred and sixty-fve
Approved February Is 1865. t''
AN ACT to provide for advance Of Rank to Officers Of the
navy and Marine Corps for distinguished Merit
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rsr,sntof;p,s
q ms onited States Of america in Congress assembled That
ocer OF the navy marine corps by and with the
aave and consent Of the Senate may be advanced not
exceeding thirty numbers In rank for having exhibited
heroism. ~'~ -S
SEC And be further enacted That any officer of the
navy of marine corps either of volunteers or otherwise
VINO shsii De nominated to higher grade by the proyi
os the st section of this act or of that of section
h va s ast entlled An act to establish and equaizs
proved July sixteenth eighteen hundred and sxty-two
snan oe promoted Notwithstanding the number Of said
s,aue may DC null but further promotions shall take
@ IN mat grade except for like cause until the number
9 70 that provided by law. -..- RI. ~
" hMa oe Juther enacted, That all acts parts
| act are hereby repealed
approved, January "a, 1865.
AN AIT supplementary to Act entitled Gan Act to pre-
SLIDE On oath OF Office, and for other Purposes" ap.
proved July two, eighteen hundred and sjxty-tyo
e enacted By the Senate and House of Rsresentaives
he oned States Of america in Congress assembled That
no person. after the date Of this act shall be admitted to
he par OF the supreme court of the United States or at
any time after the fourth of March next shall be admitted
20 he bar Of any circuit or district court of the United
states or of the court Of claims attorney or couse
or Of such court shall DO allowed to appear and be
eau In any such court by virtue of any previous adms
or any special power of attorney unless he shall have
and subscribed the oath prescribed San act to
prescribe an oath of office, and for other purposes APP
txtn Oh IL.