Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-09
1PuBLIc--No. C52 I


! AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the
Navy to provide for the education of Nava
Constructors and Steam Engineers, and for
other purposes.
BE IL enacted by The Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatres Of The United States Of dmerica IN Con.
gress assembled That the Secretary Of the
Navy be, and he is hereby. authorized to pro.
vide. by regulations to be issued 10y him, foI
the education of such midshipmen or Others
at the Naval Academy as show a peculiar ap-
titHde therefor as naval constructors, or civil
, and steam engineers, and may form a sepa-
rate class for this purpose, to be styled cadet
engineers or otherwise afford to such persons
all proper facilities for such scientific me-
chanical education as will fit them for such
professions. ...
See. 2. -fnd be ii further enacted That up
on the recommendation of the academic board
such persons connected with the scientific and
mechanical class as graduate therein with Gre
dit, may be immediately appointed as assist.
ant naval constructors or warranted as engi-
neers.
Sec 8. 4ad he il further enacted, That ca
Diet engineers, not to exceed fifty in number,
shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Ma
Wy Prorided That no person, other than
midshipmen, shall be eligible for such ap-
pontment who shall not produce satisfactory
evidence of mechanical skill and proficiency
and that he has been employed al least two
years in the actual fabrication Of steam ma
chinery.
Sec. 4. And Be It further endctcd That ca
Diet engineers, when appointed, shall be under
eighteen years of age, and shall have passed
a mental and physical examination. They
shall be admitted TO the naval academy, where
they shall be examined from time to time, ac-
cordng to the regulations prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Navy and if found deficient
at any examination, or dismissed for miscon-
duct, they shall not be continued in the Acad-
emy or in the service, except upon recommen-
dation of the academic board.
Sec. 5. 44nd be Il further enacted That the
academic course of cadet engineers shall be
two years and their pay the same as that of
midshipmen. . .... .."
Sec g. Ind be IL further enacted, That
the number of chief engineers shall not ex-
ceed one for each first and second rate vessel
in the navy, with such first, second, and third
assistant engineers, or those acting as such, as
the wants of the service actually require.
And that, from and after the passage of this
act. the annual pay of the engineer officers OF
the navy, on the active list, shall be as fol-
lows: ..
Every chief engineer on duty, for the first
five years after the date of his commission
two thousand two hundred dollars.
For the second five years after the date of
his commission, two Thousand five hundred
dollars. ... - #.. .s
For the third five years after the date of his
commission, two thousand eight hundred dol
lars. . I.....
After fifteen years after the date of bis COM
mission, three thousand dollars.
Every chief engineer on leave or waiting Or
ders. for the first five years after the date of
his commission, one thousand five hundred
dollars
For the second FIVE years after the date of
his commission, one thousand six hundred
dollars
For the third five years after the date of his
commission, one thousand seven hundred dol
lars. " ~
After fifteen years after the date of his COM
mission, one thousand eight hundred dollars
Every first assistant engineer on duty, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
While on leave or waiting orders, one thou
sand one hundred dollars.
Every second assistant engineer on duty,
one Thousand two hundred dollars.
While On leave or waiting orders, nine hun
dred dollars. n.-. ...s.
Every third assistant engineer on duty, one
thousand dollars.
While on leave or waiting orders, eight hun
dred dollars
Sec. y. And BE Il further enacted, That sec.
ton two Of joint resolution :. authorizing the
Secretary of the navy to adjust the equitable
claims of contractors for naval supplies, and
regulating contracts with the Navy Depart
ment, approved March three. eighteen hun
dred and sixty-three, be, and the same is here
by. amended by adding to the same the fol-
lowing proviso, viz: Prouided, That where ar
ticles are advertised and bid for in classes and
in the Judgment Of the head of the Depart
ment, any one or more articles appear to be
bid for az excessive or unreasonable prices ex-
ceeding ten per centum above their fair mar
ket value, he shall be authorized to reject
such bid.
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